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This isn't really true. The market isn't one person. It's millions of potential buyers. What matters is how many cruises they can sell when they raise prices, and if the higher fares they can sell are more profitable with lower occupancy. It's basic economic elasticity at play.

Agree 100% Cruise lines will continue to raise prices as long as there's demand. Revenue managers and computer algorithms much smarter than me find sweet spots between rate and occupancy to maximize profits. The prices you see are the result of those calculations.

It's basic supply and demand. Cruise lines have sold out many sailings within a year. Prices for remaining cabins are superhigh. Yet, the economy is terrible. Go figure.

What a waste.

I canceled a shore excursion and rebooked it to take advantage of a promotion. I received this email: ” As per your request through Carnival.com, your pre-sales order, XXXXX, has been cancelled. A refund has been processed for the credit card(s) and/or Carnival gift card(s) used to make your purchase. For credit cards, please note this unprecedented situation is delaying our processing times so calling/emailing us will not expedite the process. We appreciate your patience. For Carnival gift cards, you will be receiving a newly issued Carnival gift card as a replacement. What unprecedented situation are they referring to? No one has ever canceled and rebooked an excursion because of a promotion before now?

The problem nowadays is too many people don’t care if their actions affect others.

There's no magic. A Food and Beverage Manager for cruise lines explained to me recently that most cruise line specialty restaurants only book about 80% of their tables in advance. They leave reservation slots open for suite guests, frequent cruisers, and Officer requests for passengers. If they pre-reserved every table, they would have a lot of disappointed VIP's.

me too.

I just finished paying for the cruise using gift cards. Can I add them to my account before sailing so I start the cruise with an onboard credit? Or do I have to do that onboard?

I'm ok with 5-6 hours on an overpriced party atmosphere beach, listening to loud music, lounging and tanning in the sun, people watching, swimming, drinking, eating mediocre beach food, then going to back the ship. The other 5 port stops will be sightseeing. A beach stop in early September to break up tons of walking on other days sounds perfect to me.

I have Drinks in the Casino for my upcoming 10 day cruise on Legend. I bought the Cheers package anyway because I don't want to be so restricted about where I can get a drink and not pay for it. I don't want to run to the casino every time I want an included drink. I'd gladly trade the perk for a bottle of Bulleit in my cabin.

Do most cabins have regular king.beds?

They’ve been sold out for a few months.

are the beds short?

My wife and I booked a Balcony Guarantee on Carnival Legend because guarantees were all that were left. We just got assigned a cabin. I like the location (Forward/Mid) and I like the deck (6) between two other decks of cabins so minimal overhead or below noise. So that's a relief. According to the deck plans, the cabin has two twin beds which convert to a King and a Pullman bed. I know the pullman stays locked to the wall if it's not being used, but I'm wondering if it takes up a lot of wall space which would otherwise be utilized with something else. Does this mean the cabin won't have a sofa? I tried searching for photos online but couldn't find any. Is the wall of the pullman magnetic? can we attach magnetic hooks and use it to hang things on? Will I even notice the pullman is there? One other question, we would want the twin beds converted to a king but does that mean there are two mattresses on the top or just one big King mattress? A typical twin bed is 75" long whereas a Twin XL is the same length as a King (80"). Which can I expect?