phabric Posted January 27, 2012 #1 Share Posted January 27, 2012 We are on the Caribbean Princess 12 day British Isles August 1-13 cruise out of Southampton, England. The Olympics starts July 27 in London. I have been checking Princess website and the same 6 cabins in my category have been listed for the past couple of months. The only categories sold out are the top two suite categories. Has Princess ever cancelled a cruise if it is not selling well or will they reduce the price to get people to cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogun Posted January 27, 2012 #2 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Hi There Princess has a sale on just now for 4 days for UK folks so you may well find higher number of Btrits than normal on cruises out of Southampton. yours shogun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D&N LUV 2 TRAVEL Posted January 27, 2012 #3 Share Posted January 27, 2012 One thing I have noticed with Princess is that if a cruise is not selling that quickly they will have past passenger promo sales but you have to be diligent and check your cruise prices weekly. Do not rely on your TA to do this, you need to do it and then contact your TA with the info. This past year I received discounts at the end of May, June and July for our Feb/12 Cruise totalling $600 for our cabin. The cruise now is basically sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted January 27, 2012 #4 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Princess will not cancel the cruise. Keep in mind that they often sell guarentees. With these, while a cabin is sold, as of now it is not a specific cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted January 27, 2012 #5 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Don't worry. One way or the other, the ship will be sold out or almost sold out, even if they have to have a "Flash" sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highheel girl Posted January 27, 2012 #6 Share Posted January 27, 2012 No way would they cancel. It will be full. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonbeam Posted January 27, 2012 #7 Share Posted January 27, 2012 A cruise will almost never ever be cancelled. Modified maybe, but unlike hotel rooms, if the line cancels a trip they need to do SOMETHING with the ship it can't just stay at a berth for 10 days. The exceptions are maintenance and disinfection issues, but even those usually result in modification, not cancellation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted January 28, 2012 #8 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Be assured, they will not cancel. I watched that same cruise last year like a hawk during the same time frame. I waited & hoped it would be completely empty and I could jump on it at the last minute. Well, it remained empty for quite awhile, then in the last 6 weeks, it filled up to beyond sold out - they had a waitlist for it even! It seems like this is pretty much the norm for the British Isles cruises - they fill up at the last minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox Fan Cruiser Posted January 28, 2012 #9 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Our panama canal cruise last April was only 2/3 full. It was the last sailing out of Alcapulco and a lot of folks didn't want to sail from there because of the safety issue. Other than there being less passengers you wouldn't have known it. The itinerary was the same and all the onboard activities were the same. It was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted January 28, 2012 #10 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I have been checking Princess website and the same 6 cabins in my category have been listed for the past couple of months. Princess only lists up to six cabins in a category, even if more are available. So, you cannot tell from that list of six if the category is selling well or not, just that at least six cabins remain. It could be that a number of cabins have been sold in that category over the time period you have been watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted January 28, 2012 #11 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You can try looking at inventory at that website that is like Travel o city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmaster Posted January 28, 2012 #12 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Besides a disaster, marketing isn't so bad they will miss gauge demand so badly that the ill-will and costs of cancelation exceeds the cost of a sale to fill cabins. Nothing like dropping price to make demand meet supply. The fact you see the "same" 6 cabins on a web site I will believe means nothing as to what is really available. People who book a category gurantee and likely the 6 cabins are representative and nothing else. We are on the Caribbean Princess 12 day British Isles August 1-13 cruise out of Southampton, England. The Olympics starts July 27 in London. I have been checking Princess website and the same 6 cabins in my category have been listed for the past couple of months. The only categories sold out are the top two suite categories. Has Princess ever cancelled a cruise if it is not selling well or will they reduce the price to get people to cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted January 29, 2012 #13 Share Posted January 29, 2012 You can try looking at inventory at that website that is like Travel o city. and the result will be the same, a max of six listed in each category Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzebird Posted January 29, 2012 #14 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The only time I've seen a cruise canceled is if they changed it to a charter, and that is done long before sail date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted January 29, 2012 #15 Share Posted January 29, 2012 and the result will be the same, a max of six listed in each category I just pulled up 9 available cabins, no problem at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted January 30, 2012 #16 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just pulled up 9 available cabins, no problem at all. From the Princess site? All 9 in the same category? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTElkwhistle Posted January 30, 2012 #17 Share Posted January 30, 2012 It will be full, its the school holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted January 30, 2012 #18 Share Posted January 30, 2012 From the Princess site? All 9 in the same category? No, from the one I said you could do that on - Travel o City. It's the one you said I couldn't pull up more than 6 cabins on. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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