Recent ship capacity

[baw53]

Rough idea ( or exact if known😀) of percentage of passengers on recent sailings.I have just read on another companies FB page that crew numbers are reduced , not necessarily due to covid but recruitment issues.Has this affected any Cunard cruises? I am curious as there appears to be a lot of cabins still available on all grades of cabin on the QV sailing I have booked for December.Do you think the rising cost of living is deterring people from booking or are they waiting for last minute deals? 

[Host Hattie]

There are some recent numbers from Southampton in this thread. Some passengers had their sailings on Queen Elizabeth cancelled earlier in the year due to lack of crew.

 

 

[exlondoner]

I don't know when you are going, but would think that December cruises, unless over Christmas, are often not fully booked, for obvious reasons.

Edited August 24, 2022 by exlondoner

[baw53]

Thanks for the info @HostHattie 

[Canuker]

A notice posted on the QE for its last Alaska cruise of the 2022 season (departure July 11) mentioned a 70% complement of passengers, which it intimated was a in line with an equivalent staff reduction.

Interesting that 70% would have been pre-planned, not the result of weak demand, as the cruise was announced as all but "sold out" prior to departure.

FYI.