what are the slowest cruise weeks of the year

[kelmac]

Looking forward to the day my wife is retired (she's a Teacher) so we can explore those "off season" trips! Looks like the first two weeks of December, first week of January, early May, October, the Trans-Atlantics and other repositioning cruises are less expensive.

 

Enjoy!

Kel:)

[zoncom]

Kelmac is correct .Another bonus is fewer crowds.

[spookwife]

The days between Christmas and New Years Eve is a good time. We have done this before and will be going again this year!

 

 

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Umm those are the worst/busiest weeks with multigenerational families clogging everything

 

 

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[BruceMuzz]

The OIP asked about lowest occupancy, but many of the responses went for cheapest prices.

 

Most of the mass market lines today have a policy that all cabins must be sold before the ship sails.

Most of the time they succeed.

The rare exceptions are unpopular ships and unpopular itineraries.

 

My ship typically sails at 110% occupancy. (100% occupancy is 2 pax in every cabin).

During family holiday cruises, occupancy goes up to 115% - 125%.

The 3 weeks after American Thanksgiving, occupancy drops to around 105%.

That is generally the lowest of the year.

[gumdrop44]

I guess it depends on the cruise line and where you go i just got a crazy deal for a norweign italy cruise in jan, im assuming it's empty.

[Athankfulheart]

Be careful of cruising in October. I just came back from a 7-day cruise on the Dream, and it was PACKED! Out of 4200 people on the ship 900+ were kids (18 yrs. and under). I was really shocked that so many kids were on the ship, but apparently some of the school districts have Fall Break. This is the first and second week in October. My cruise was 10/5 - 10/12. Good luck! I'm looking at November 29th for next year, and hopefully it won't be as crowded.

 

Been on the Dream in March with 1500 kids, none of which were mine, so I would take 900 any day :p

[hospvol]

For quite a few years we cruised in early December. Prices were the lowest and kids were still in school. :)