Caribbean Princess April 17th

[CRUISING FROM SC]

We are sailing on Caribbean Princess on April 17th and the ship still seems to have alot of vacant cabins. Is this normal for this ship/cruise? :confused: We were hoping to see an upgrade or price reduction, but with 21 days out and so many cabins available I don't think we wil get any discounts. Love to hear others thoughts on this. My DH is afraid we've picked a bad cruise.:eek:

[Loralye]

Posting to bump this back to the first page...

 

I don't have the answers but I am curious about the experts' responses.

 

I am on this trip also (this one plus the next one -b2b).

 

I don't think I picked a bad cruise - it's the CB out of San Juan with excellent itinerary - who could ask for more :)

 

But I am curious as to why so many empty cabins during spring break!!!

 

Maybe the effects of ridiculous airfare?

 

Thanks,

Lori

[RickEk]

Probably the airfare is a factor for folks flying out of the United States. What will probably happen is that Princess will offer the voyage at a significant discount to residents of Puerto Rico and will fill the ship that way...

[CRUISING FROM SC]

I'm going to go with the high airfare. I know I'm glad we booked ours when we did.

 

I hope this doesn't turn into one of the cruises I've read others post about where Princess offers low rates to fill the ship and you get a bunch of wild, inconsiderate people. If I wanted to cruise on the wild side I'd pick something besides Princess. I'm looking for a relaxing week visiting beautiful islands.

[CRUISING FROM SC]

Just checked the Princess website and today all the balcony cabins around ours are not available. Not just one or two, but 10 or so. I find this very odd since yesterday evening they were all available.

[DonnaK]

They might be in the process of assigning cabins to those who booked guarantees.

 

Just because a lot of cabins appear to be vacant, that doesn't mean that the cruise is undersold. Many people may have booked guarantees, which are unassigned until close to sailing.

[Loralye]

They might be in the process of assigning cabins to those who booked guarantees.

 

Just because a lot of cabins appear to be vacant, that doesn't mean that the cruise is undersold. Many people may have booked guarantees, which are unassigned until close to sailing.

 

I hope this is the case - I'm doing B2B (4/17 & 4/24) and both trips are showing +++ cabins (a lot) available.

 

I wasnt looking for a wild, rowdy cruise (which I've read could happen with last minute sales)...

 

Hopefully they have a lot of cabins to assign :)

 

Thank you everyone for your thoughts / comments !!!

 

Lori