This may be why Carnival is pushing for more profits.

[Retired_to_Cruise]

This is where the cruise lines make their money... from alcohol sales; casino, spa and photography activities; and shore excursions. They want to see passengers spend $1,000+ each per 7-day cruise.

 

They make their money by charging a cruise fare that does more than covers their basic costs and providing additional money making activities. The things you mention are parts of that equation, and it seems to be working for Carnival. Remember, there is a "famous wanna be politician" in the U.S. that filed bankruptcy on 6 casinos.

[NavarreCruiser]

Hard to believe that Carnival has more market share than RCCL. 22% sounds high to me

 

 

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I am uncertain, but I suspect their share is based on passenger count. Since RCCL has almost 20% more capacity it would seem likely that they would have more passengers. However, Carnival has many more 3, 4, and 5-day cruises then Royal which would lead to faster turnover of guests and a larger number of different passengers.

[maxydu]

I keep reading these threads and I have yet to find out if Carnival is going to change the Cheers program to where not everyone in the cabin has to buy it. Let's stick to something more important........These other numbers won't change my desire to be on the sea on a Carnival Cruise Ship.

[dsotm73]

I keep reading these threads and I have yet to find out if Carnival is going to change the Cheers program to where not everyone in the cabin has to buy it. Let's stick to something more important........These other numbers won't change my desire to be on the sea on a Carnival Cruise Ship.

 

 

 

Whether or not they change the Cheers program will not “change my desire to be on the sea on a Carnival Cruise Ship,” so maybe we should do away with those threads as well. Better yet, I’ll just avoid the threads on topics that don’t interest me.[emoji41]

 

 

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[ScottsSweetie]

One aspect of Carnival's business plan is that carnival is an entry level line and that many Carnival cruises will move on to the higher priced sister lines. One Carnival cruise will allow you to get past guest rates on the sister lines but this is generally higher than a Carnival cruise. RCCL and similar plan with their higher priced sister lines.

 

Really?

[riclop]

That is why so many cut back and higher $$$$$.

[NavarreCruiser]

One aspect of Carnival's business plan is that carnival is an entry-level line and that many Carnival cruises will move on to the higher priced sister lines. One Carnival cruise will allow you to get past guest rates on the sister lines but this is generally higher than a Carnival cruise. RCCL and similar plan with their higher priced sister lines.

 

This theory makes some sense, but it would be a lot more successful if Carnival Corporate gave Carnival cruise line cruisers a little more incentive to try other sister lines. RCCL's offering to try Celebrity offers much better perks than just a past guest rate. John Heald has spoken about this for years but there are no real inducements to move to more expensive offerings.