Posted on 06/22/2021 11:30:35 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
I don't believe the cruise industry will fully rebound in 2022. I don't believe it will fully rebound in the next 5 years, if ever.
Why? The world's economy is in a tailspin, dyed in the wool cruisers will go, but a lot of disposable income from the "deplorables" will be spent elsewhere.
Also the press and others are working to frustrate the Cruise Lines and their passengers, the Cruise Lines owe Billions of dollars that have to be paid back, and ships as collateral are practically worthless "white Elephants, because the whole cruise Industry is struggling.
They will rebound but I don't believe the 2019 Cruise Line incomes are in the foreseeable future. -Tom
As long as they insist on segregating vaxxers(certified of course) and anti-vaxxers(?)[no cert or don’t want to show it], it may be a while.
52 days and a wake up until my cruise !!!
This is the first time in 18 months Ive got passed 60 days left without the wicked cancellation...
Now id they accept my request for an exemption...
Meanwhile theres suddenly lots of empty cabins available for summer cruises at very low rates...
>>I don’t believe the cruise industry will fully rebound in 2022. I don’t believe it will fully rebound in the next 5 years, if ever.<<
Blame it on those stupid mega-ships they are building. Every report I see on cruises has the same complaint: too damn crowded. Long lines for everything. Cannot use most of the facilities, including the pools and even the sun decks. Even getting off the ship for tours is an ordeal.
If I ever go on a cruise again it will be on one of the smaller lines/ships. The cruise I took in the 1980s was great.
The last cruise I went on (10 years or so ago) carried about 1,000 passengers and even THAT was too crowded. I cannot even IMAGINE 2,500 or 3,000 people.
Those ‘Around the World’ cruises didnt sell out in one day...I got EMails about them...They were presold at special prices about 6 weeks before they went on sale...
Plus the ships are less than half full...
Those big new ships have 5-6,000 passengers...
>>hose big new ships have 5-6,000 passengers...<<
I should have remembered that — heck I was in Puerto Rico at the Marriott at the dock in San Jose back in 2018 so I saw the Splendor and Oasis from my window all the time.
How long before they start doing 10K or even 20K ships? maybe the lines will learn a lesson from all this.
Those around the world cruises will not bail out the cruise lines which need to fill their ships on shorter 7 day cruises- especially filled with Americans leaving from America.
There is a lot of rah-rah and cheerleading talk about cruise ship bookings, but when, and if they go, and at what capacity is not usually mentioned because it does not help the narrative of "book now before we sell out". -Tom
Summer 2021 is time for cruise bargains. Cruisers are tired of getting canceled and many others are just scared to go on a cruise. I am booked on 2 cruises in 2021. Prices are cheap.
I did one on Oasis towards end of 2019. I love that ship. Least crowded ship with 6000 passengers. There are open spaces galore including a forest preserve in middle of ship where birds are living permanently.
I took a lot of cruises back in the day and I’d like to take them again. Lot’s of good food and I like to walk around the decks each morning and at night before bed. I have a lot of money so I’m happy to pay for the cruises. However, I don’t want to deal with the nonsense about masking and whether you were “vaccinated” or not.
Like I said in previous post, Oasis of the Seas was the least crowded among my 36 cruises, and it is a mega ship. There were numerous choices for food so main restaurant and buffet was not crowded. Best part? With 6000 paying passengers, the ship could afford to buy some of the best shows I have ever seen. The ice skating show was so great we watched it 2nd time in a 7 day cruise.
Never been on one, never will.
Been on one, will again.
“Never been on one, never will.”
And?
“The cruise I took in the 1980s”
Thanks for your up-to-date, expert analysis.
Hi.
“How quickly can the cruise industry rebound?:
If they hav good LOCs in place, I’d say by Labor day.
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I was using it as an example for comparison.
The Love Boat.... theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYgvqxuHPVM
See photos from the final days of the now-demolished cruise ships used in ‘The Love Boat’
https://www.metv.com/stories/photos-from-the-final-days-of-the-now-demolished-cruise-ships-used-in-the-love-boat
>>See photos from the final days of the now-demolished cruise ships used in ‘The Love Boat’<<
We watch TLB on Sundays on METV.
The Princess only held 750 or so passengers. I did a photo scale comparison of the Princess to the Oasis and the Princess looks like a pilot boat.
Her end was truly sad for such a famous vessel.
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