4/8 cruise almost sold out??

[crabbdock]

I just noticed my cruise on 4/8 went from 50% sold to 80% sold, any ideas why?? Im wondering if I should change to a different one?? Has anyone ever seen anything like this before??? Thanks!!

[peggyo]

how do you find out how full the ship is?

[kelkel2]

I wouldn't switch ships. You picked it for a reason, and most ships sell fully sold out any given time of the year. Plus that is peak season. Whatever you switch to is likely to be fully sold out as well.

But, where are you finding this data about how sold your ship is?

[isaiahsnana]

Most Carnival ships sail full every time so switching doesn't make any sense. It will be full now or later!

[gpb11]

If you wait for a ship that isn't darn near fully sold you'll never cruise.

[crabbdock]

There is a site called cruise fish that will show you how sold out your ship is.. I understand all cruises are sold out by the time they sail. Just find it strange the cruise before and after this one, are still over 50% empty. My cruise was at 50% a week ago, so that's 30% of cabins sold in one week, and just curious if anyone had any ideas on why? It does suck that there wont be any price reductions, but I guess I should be happy I booked when I did...lol,,

[lukydog]

Maybe there is some kind of large group or charter that just booked??

[lagienomai]

By seeing which cruise you have booked it could be the issue. Well the itinerary that is. I was looking at it and the 2 cruises on her after. The April 8 cruise is cheaper for me than the 2 following weeks. It could be a factor. I tend to look at what months I want to sail and choose the cheapest being a family of five and then choose between itineraries.

[lagienomai]

Also wasn't sure but looked and saw the cruise before this is only a 5 day to the Bahamas. Would much rather sail for 8 days, especially to Aruba :)

[sandij]

Cool site, thanks

[erins_76]

The percentage indicates what percentage of cruise categories are still available, not the percentage of cabins available. There could be one room of each category available or 100 rooms of each type available, only the cruise line knows for sure

[TEXASMUNK]

Inventory management is today a science! There is no way any cruise line would allow detailed information regarding their booking levels to be public information.

You may get some percentages, that are estimates, but that is all they are. Some would call them guessing.

[AdrenalineRush]

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Edited November 11, 2015 by AdrenalineRush

[ATL_Miami_Cruiser]

The more people on ship the more interesting people you'll get to meet. It's not a bad thing IMO

[crabbdock]

The percentage indicates what percentage of cruise categories are still available, not the percentage of cabins available. There could be one room of each category available or 100 rooms of each type available, only the cruise line knows for sure

 

Carnival shows all insides sold out, so maybe that explains it...