tommy2tone_1999 Posted July 6, 2009 #1 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Oil Dropped $3/barrel to $63.73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyroad Posted July 6, 2009 #2 Share Posted July 6, 2009 that is great. i hope it keeps up and see a price drop at the gas station one of these days again;). it is a good sign for us cruisers too if it stays at that price for awile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler353 Posted July 6, 2009 #3 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Locally we have seen the pump prices drop about 12 cents or more in the past week. That was after going up 20 cents the week before. Go figure.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchyWoman14 Posted July 6, 2009 #4 Share Posted July 6, 2009 It would be nice if prices would stay low... We are driving to Fort Lauderdale in Nov for our cruise. That's a long drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umwife11 Posted July 6, 2009 #5 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Woo hoo! That's good news... **waits patiently for prices to drop at the pumps here in South Florida because so far, it's not happening** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted July 9, 2009 #6 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Locally we have seen the pump prices drop about 12 cents or more in the past week. That was after going up 20 cents the week before. Go figure.:confused: Prices and false values are all over the place, aren't they? Yesterday, Bloomberg TV Channel was repeatedly covering the oil price manipulation thing that now seems to be out in the open, at last. A refreshing breath of air in the greedy world of commodities market traders, don't you think? I personally appreciatd the comment from the Washington DC politician pointing out that, in a time of much supply and reduced demand it was more than passing strange that Oil was still trending upwards and that something must be done about taking the excessive profiteering out of this market :cool: ............................................. And aren't we glad now that Carnival didn't jump all over the Fuel Surcharge thing the very minute crude reached $70 a barrel..? :) As it turned out, CCL was right to wait awhile...perhaps sensing that this reverse trend downwards was coming. Maybe they knew more than the cruising public did about the oil traders manipulating things upwards for their personal benefit? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingbajan Posted July 9, 2009 #7 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Prices and false values are all over the place, aren't they? Yesterday, Bloomberg TV Channel was repeatedly covering the oil price manipulation thing that now seems to be out in the open, at last. A refreshing breath of air in the greedy world of commodities market traders, don't you think? I personally appreciatd the comment from the Washington DC politician pointing out that, in a time of much supply and reduced demand it was more than passing strange that Oil was still trending upwards and that something must be done about taking the excessive profiteering out of this market :cool: ............................................. And aren't we glad now that Carnival didn't jump all over the Fuel Surcharge thing the very minute crude reached $70 a barrel..? :) As it turned out, CCL was right to wait awhile...perhaps sensing that this reverse trend downwards was coming. Maybe they knew more than the cruising public did about the oil traders manipulating things upwards for their personal benefit? . Well said... Our prices at the pump went up here at the same time the price of crude was dropping:confused:. I think they could have waited as well...lets hop they adjust it down as quickly.:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin_Sea Posted July 9, 2009 #8 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Oil Dropped $3/barrel to $63.73 I believe its about $60 bucks now:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxamuus Posted July 9, 2009 #9 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Locally we have seen the pump prices drop about 12 cents or more in the past week. That was after going up 20 cents the week before. Go figure.:confused: Would like to see that happen here. Oil has dropped almost 20 dollars a barrell in the last few weeks, price of gas hasnt dropped a penny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanLovesCruisin Posted July 9, 2009 #10 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Come to Oklahoma! I filled up at 2.05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridacruiser63 Posted July 9, 2009 #11 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Come to Oklahoma! I filled up at 2.05 Wow, what a difference! I filled up this morning on my way to work at $2.75 per gallon of regular. (Miami, Florida). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin_Sea Posted July 9, 2009 #12 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Come to Oklahoma! I filled up at 2.05 Nope..to bad I cant get there!. Im forced to pay $275 in NY.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy2tone_1999 Posted July 9, 2009 Author #13 Share Posted July 9, 2009 $2.24 here in Baton Rouge, LA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJacketsFan1 Posted July 9, 2009 #14 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I watch oil prices because of gas prices. I never plan on worrying about $9 per day when it come to a cruise vacation. If $9 a day is going to seriously hurt someone maybe they just shouldn't be planning a cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnsunshine Posted July 9, 2009 #15 Share Posted July 9, 2009 While paying $9 a day for my upcoming cruise won't HURT me ($72 total), If I was paying for a family of four that would be almost an extra $300. Now that can mess with a families budget as they are paying for everything times four. No I won't worry about it but I would rather choose where I spend my extra $9 a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy2tone_1999 Posted July 10, 2009 Author #16 Share Posted July 10, 2009 While paying $9 a day for my upcoming cruise won't HURT me ($72 total), If I was paying for a family of four that would be almost an extra $300. Now that can mess with a families budget as they are paying for everything times four. No I won't worry about it but I would rather choose where I spend my extra $9 a day. Amen! That's my situation. I'll take every penny I can save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondu Posted July 10, 2009 #17 Share Posted July 10, 2009 While paying $9 a day for my upcoming cruise won't HURT me ($72 total), If I was paying for a family of four that would be almost an extra $300. Now that can mess with a families budget as they are paying for everything times four. No I won't worry about it but I would rather choose where I spend my extra $9 a day. Couldn't agree more. We are a family of 5 sailing later this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megnsamsgracie Posted July 10, 2009 #18 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Couldn't agree more. We are a family of 5 sailing later this month. Hey, we are booked for November over Thanksgiving and sailing with 6 of us! SO a fuel charge added in would sure add up for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelntreats Posted July 10, 2009 #19 Share Posted July 10, 2009 $2.45 here in Ga. today..... As for the FS... not necessarily will it start at $9 per day p/p...... it may start at $5 per day p/p and then move up as oil prices move up.....it's anyones guess ;) Hopefully we will not find out anytime soon and they don't have to re implement the FS :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsAllAboutTheSass Posted July 10, 2009 #20 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I figure the $9/day into my budget. I keep a spreadsheet of all expenses (cruise fare, hotels, transfers, etc) and the $9/day is a seperate line item. If it is not imposed, it goes as fun money on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted July 10, 2009 #21 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Our prices at the pump went up here at the same time the price of crude was dropping:confused:. I think they could have waited as well... lets hope they adjust it down as quickly. ===> When the next batch comes in, yes. Here on the island,Keith we suffer(benefit?) from a lag effect in the price of gasoline. Government adjusts the price at the island pumps according to what that last batch of product costs us, per tanker-load. It takes about 1-2 months for islanders to work thru that stock of product, thus the lag effect. Thus it is entirely possible for us(on the island) to have lowered gas price announced on Island TV while simultaneously seeing crude prices jump up on the NYMEX - because of the lag time involved in the last buying-price of finished product working its way thru to us. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ata1976 Posted July 10, 2009 #22 Share Posted July 10, 2009 While paying $9 a day for my upcoming cruise won't HURT me ($72 total), If I was paying for a family of four that would be almost an extra $300. Now that can mess with a families budget as they are paying for everything times four. No I won't worry about it but I would rather choose where I spend my extra $9 a day. We are a family of 3 and I would rather keep my money too, to spend on the ship and not on gas for the ship. :p This morning gas is $2.20, although I just filled up on Wed for $2.29. I am glad it is headed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingbajan Posted July 10, 2009 #23 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Here on the island,Keith we suffer(benefit?) from a lag effect in the price of gasoline. Government adjusts the price at the island pumps according to what that last batch of product costs us, per tanker-load. It takes about 1-2 months for islanders to work thru that stock of product, thus the lag effect. Thus it is entirely possible for us(on the island) to have lowered gas price announced on Island TV while simultaneously seeing crude prices jump up on the NYMEX - because of the lag time involved in the last buying-price of finished product working its way thru to us. . Point taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeBrew Posted July 10, 2009 #24 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Get me on a ship , hell I'll pay , the pumps get me every week , and at least I l'll be on a ship doing something fun and relaxing , not using it to drive to work or to spend more money somewhere else . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiorcruise Posted July 13, 2009 #25 Share Posted July 13, 2009 2.57 in northern Utah. We seem to lag behind, gas prices increasing and decreasing well after the oil prices change. They do seem to increase faster than they decrease, though. I can live without the oil surcharges, but they won't stop me from crusing. Now a serious increase in the price of the DOD, that's another matter. I hope many of the oil traders guessed the wrong way and got crushed as the prices finally came down. I know we need them for "stability" in the market, but when they all get greedy it hurts us all. Kind of like the banks and mortgage brokers with all the fancy mortgage products that anyone qualified for but no one could understand...look where that got us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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