Average vacancy on a ship

[jdurant1981]

What is the average for the amount of available rooms, i would assume 85%

[nets33]

I doubt that a ship would sail with 15% vacancy. Cruises are not like a hotel, once a ship sails that room is empty for the entire cruise. All cruise lines want bodies in cabins, they make money on the casino, drinks and other purchases.

 

If you watch cruise pricing costs often drop after full payment due, this is when all cruise lines are trying to fill up the ship. There may be a few empty cabins but I would guess that vacancy is closer to 5% (or less).

 

The other thing to consider is not the empty rooms but the entire capacity of the ship. Laws only allow a ship to sail with a certain number of passengers based on lifeboat capacity. If all rooms were booked to maximum capacity (i.e. a room that sleeps 4 is booked with 4) you could have empty rooms but the ship is sailing full.

[Seanote]

From NCLH's 2013 Annual Report:

 

Passenger Cruise Days: 11,400,906

Capacity Days: 10,446,216

Occupancy Percentage: 109.1%

 

Meaning that NCL ships sailed at 109% capacity as a percentage of available lower berths. It exceeds 100% because you can put more than two people in most rooms.

[jdurant1981]

so then basically my cruise on the getaway is going to have 3696 guest on board, i really hope it doesnt feel too croweded cause i want to be able to experience all that the ship has to offer

[www3traveler]

I sailed on the Getaway in mid June (over Father's Day and the beginning of summer vacation season), we had about 4600 passengers. Except for immediately following the Muster Drill and a couple of times when there were events in the lobby did it seem crowded.

[LrgPizza]

Our Getaway cruise was sold out, and I was able to experience all that the ship has to offer.

[callmehalia]

I know that on HAL, for example, they will also offer cabins to family members/friends of staff at a low cost if a sailing isn't selling well. They also will comp cabins to travel agents and the like.