Is Princess having IT problems again or are the cabins really sold out?

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On 6/28/2023 at 4:54 PM, startedwithamouse said:

Actually, yes, we do. 

 

The "let's beat the system" is only taking away revenue from the cruise line.

 

Let's say out of 300 cabins, 100 of those have a capacity for 4.  All booked by couples, maximum of 2 passengers per cabin. Those cabins SHOULD be available for parties of 4 only.  Princess also misses out of 200 additional fares for those 100 cabins. 

 

 

 

I read about this years ago, and it likely still applies as the economics of it still makes sense, and the ships the article referenced are still in service (Grand Class Princess at the time):

 

I read that there are far more berths/ beds on every ship than there are spots in lifeboats for "souls".  

So there are multiple extra cabin configurations that will never be able to be filled because the entire ship is maxed out by souls per lifeboat / muster station.  Every cruise ship offers various cabin configurations in 2, 3 and 4's, but never sells 100% of the beds available because the "souls" limit is far less than the number of beds.  

 

For example:  If the midship quad cabins are sold as quads, there will HAVE to be empty cabins midship because the lifeboats/ muster stations will fill up before the cabins do, as quads are sold. 

They will block out those cabins, and move people to other areas of the ship where there are still spaces in the muster stations.     Having a "full" ship does not mean every bed is taken.  It means every lifeboat seat is taken.    

 

Thus it is possible and required that cabins with 4 or 3 beds be sold to 2 or 1 person.  

The very recent change to Princess' booking methodology to prevent 2 people from booking a Deluxe Balcony cabin for 3 is in conflict with this onboard hard limit.   

 

 

Edit to add:  

@chengkp75  mentioned this regarding another ship:      

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by CruisinFinsUp