Wonder what CCL occupancy is currently?

[havanadaydreaming]

Im curious if east coast embarkations are different than west coast ones?  Or if big are more full than smaller ships? 

 

Ive sailed big and small and i like them both.

 

We got spoiled past 3 cruises, i suspect all were 50-60% full.  

 

 

[shof515]

most ships is sailing at around 90-100%+ capacity, ships is filling up

 

the days of reduce capacity is over

[tallnthensome]

40 minutes ago, havanadaydreaming said:

Im curious if east coast embarkations are different than west coast ones?  Or if big are more full than smaller ships? 

 

Ive sailed big and small and i like them both.

 

We got spoiled past 3 cruises, i suspect all were 50-60% full.  

 

 

With school out it will be like Shof said above now.

[BoozinCroozin]

I would hope they have the crew to be able to manage a full capacity cruise. But as covid is going out the backdoor, they are going to ramp up capacity as much as possible. They need the revenue and it is questionable that they have the staff.

[Kenito]

I'm curious too!  Sailing on the Vista in November... in a Havana Cabana!

From Crazily dot com

Case in point: Carnival Corporation — the parent of Carnival Cruise Line, Princess, Costa, and others — just released a quarterly update to investors.

Within that update, the company says that as of now, 75% of its capacity has resumed passenger sailings. 

However, occupancy — the number of people occupying available cabins — is still relatively low. In the first quarter 2022, Carnival Corporation said its occupancy was 54%.

For comparison, the average occupancy in 2019 (the year before the health crisis) was at 106.8% across all its ships. A figure above 100% means some cabins had more than two people, such as a family sailing with kids.

“During the first quarter 2022, as a result of the Omicron variant we experienced an impact on bookings for near-term sailings including higher cancellations resulting from an increase in pre-travel positive test results, challenges in the availability of timely pre-travel test, and disruption that Omicron caused on society during this time,” said Carnival Corporation Chief Financial Officer David Bernstein.

“All of this inhibited our ability to build on our cabin occupancy booked position for the first quarter 2022, during the first quarter, resulting in occupancy during the first quarter 2022 at 54%, being lower than the 58% occupancy we achieved in the fourth quarter 2021,” he added.

At first glance, that sounds like Carnival’s business took a downturn.

In reality, the company carried over 1 million passengers, marking a nearly 20% increase from the previous quarter. With more ships back sailing, the company was able to carry more passengers, despite the lower occupancy level.

Occupancy Trends Improving Quickly… With More Spending

The good news is that as Omicron subsides, the outlook is improving.

Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald shared that in March so far, occupancy levels are closer to 70%. In addition, the company has also seen more than 40 sailings with occupancy of more than 100%. On top of that, Carnival says that recent weekly bookings have been at higher volumes than at any point since cruising restarted.

Assuming that there are no more serious waves of Covid, it certainly seems that the days of ships sailing at sharply lower capacity may be near their end.

If so, then the fortunes of companies like Carnival could see a dramatic turnaround. For instance, in the most recent quarter the cruise giant reported a loss of $1.9 billion. That’s in addition to a loss of $9.5 billion for 2021.

However, as more passengers come back to sailing, they are opening their wallets wider. Carnival says that revenue per passenger cruise day was up 7.5% during the most recent quarter, driven by “exceptionally strong onboard and other revenue.”

“As we get to full occupancy, and we carry more kids in the summer, you could see the per diems maybe will change a little bit,” Donald said. “But overall, the spending is significantly up and has continued to be so far.”

In other words, if cruising can continue its comeback without more disruptions, then full ships with passengers spending more money points to better days ahead.

Edited June 19, 2022 by Kenito

[havanadaydreaming]

Good points shof and tall.  

 

Next weekend is our first non FL port of departure.  Also, think Panorama is our newest ship sailed.  

 

I think Epic and Escape were slighter bigger and Magic/Breeze very close in size too.  

[ninjacat123]

May 28 Ecstasy cruise was at 100% according to Carnival personnel

Edited June 19, 2022 by ninjacat123

[ontheweb]

3 hours ago, BoozinCroozin said:

I would hope they have the crew to be able to manage a full capacity cruise. But as covid is going out the backdoor, they are going to ramp up capacity as much as possible. They need the revenue and it is questionable that they have the staff.

That is a problem. In another thread it is reported that the backlog of obtaining visas for the crew is beginning to get better. Hopefully, that will help with the staffing problem.

[JT1962]

My cruise on Carnival Ecstasy on June 6 was at 107% capacity (2,200 passengers, per the Cruise Director,  with 2,056 being double occupancy capacity). It was noticeable with  long lines at most food venues due to staffing issues.

Edited June 20, 2022 by JT1962

[mz-s]

The ships have been sailing as full as possible for months now, Carnival has not been shy about discounting as necessary to fill as many berths as possible.

[pc_load_letter]

But John Heald will tell you they are sailing at reduced capacities due to staffing and supply chain

[csm5986142]

We just returned from our 8th cruise since cruising resumed about a year ago.  Each cruise has steadily had more and more passengers (and doesn't seem to matter which port, we've been east coast, Texas, and west coast).  We just got off Radiance Friday, and it was super crowded with a ton of kids (3100 total passengers according to the cruise director) and when I google the Radiance Capacity, it is 2,764, so definitely a full ship.

[Bevv]

Post from John Heald, Carnival Cruise Ambassador, about the Elation.  Guest Capacity per Carnival.com is 2190 (two people per cabin) Posted June 18th, 2022.

"And talking of feeling elated today’s chosen ship is of course the Carnival Elation and their cruise from Jacksonville to Freeport and Bimini.

Total Guests 2486

Guests under 18 507

Blue Card 1131

Red Card 901

Gold Card 297

Platinum Card 130

Diamond Card 27

Guests from

USA 2177

Canada 48

French Canadian 4

Cleveland, Ohio 19

Mexico 11

UK 7

Captain Domenico Calise

Cruise Director Stiepan Neral"

Edited June 20, 2022 by Bevv

[nlktx49]

Carnival was quick to boast they were the first cruise line since the pandemic to have all ships in service and sailing at full capacity. They neglected to mention crew was at 50%! We've been on 4 cruises since January and the crew shortages created a lot of issues and frustration for passengers. Our last cruise in April on the Dream when we checked in for Anytime dining it was over an hour before a table was available, whereas it used to be 10 minutes or less.

 

I think Carnival jumped the gun on that one.

[shibby sails]

Just got off carnival sunshine out of Charleston. CD said it was full over 3000. Was my 8th cruise back since resumption. First time noticing they have a crew shortage but carnival will probably run at full capacity anyway. Little things like 2 stations open on Lido buffet instead of 4. Lunch buffet on ocean plaza closed all week. Italian restaurant open for lunch but not for dinner. Biggest complaint allowing smoking all over the casino and no masks. That’s a personal complaint but first time in 8 cruises back that I came home and tested positive for Covid. Will still go on future booked cruises just be prepared.

[mz-s]

49 minutes ago, shibby sails said:

Just got off carnival sunshine out of Charleston. CD said it was full over 3000. Was my 8th cruise back since resumption. First time noticing they have a crew shortage but carnival will probably run at full capacity anyway. Little things like 2 stations open on Lido buffet instead of 4. Lunch buffet on ocean plaza closed all week. Italian restaurant open for lunch but not for dinner. Biggest complaint allowing smoking all over the casino and no masks. That’s a personal complaint but first time in 8 cruises back that I came home and tested positive for Covid. Will still go on future booked cruises just be prepared.

 

Carnival stopped requiring masks I believe back on May 1. And yes I fully agree - they aren't doing anything to curb smoking in the casinos. It's supposed to be only for those actively playing and only at designated tables/machines. It was almost better back when the Casino bar was still a smoking area, at least they congregated there.

 

The staff shortages that Carnival is ignoring will end up doing a lot of damage to their brand I fear. But that is for them to worry about, not my ball of wax.

[Ilovesailaway]

10 hours ago, Bevv said:

Post from John Heald, Carnival Cruise Ambassador, about the Elation

Based on those numbers, I would not want to be on that cruise