That makes sense. If people are going to pay, they have incentive.
But both of those prices that I screen shot are for the basic package. With Princess Plus, it jumps to 3660$ per guest on the 2024 cruise. It just seems like an intense jump in prices. Perhaps the demand is there.
I was looking at Royal for a similar itinerary, and they, too, have a jump in price, but that price increase is for only a few hundred dollars between 2023 and 2024.
I'm new to cruising as I went on my first one in 2022, and with the prices and experience, I was prepared to keep doing cruises, but if this is the future of prices, I just don't know.