sunsetbeachgal Posted April 13, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2012 My TA just forwarded me Princess schedule that goes into 2014...starting in December, 2013, the Ruby is doing 4 and 5 night sailings out of Ft. Lauderdale...don't remember Princess ever doing many cruises less than 7 nights....very interesting!! Maybe they see the market changing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffstew Posted April 13, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2012 My TA just forwarded me Princess schedule that goes into 2014...starting in December, 2013, the Ruby is doing 4 and 5 night sailings out of Ft. Lauderdale...don't remember Princess ever doing many cruises less than 7 nights....very interesting!! Maybe they see the market changing? Can you post the schedule? Now I'm curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted April 13, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Are you able to make it available for download? If not, would kindly post the plans they have for the Royal? Thanks... Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetbeachgal Posted April 13, 2012 Author #4 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Don't laugh...I don't know how...if you give me your email would forward the email with attachment from TA...then you can post if it can be done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted April 13, 2012 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2012 5 night Western sailing: FT. LAUDERDALE, Grand Cayman, Island of Cozumel, FT. LAUDERDALE 5 night Eastern sailing: FT. LAUDERDALE, Princess Cays, Grand Turk, FT. LAUDERDALE 4 night Western sailing: FT. LAUDERDALE, Grand Cayman, FT. LAUDERDALE 4 night Eastern sailing: FT. LAUDERDALE, Grand Turk, FT. LAUDERDALE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 13, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I guess that means we can't hope for another ship to be doing 8+ night cruises. I had kind of hoped that, with the addition of the Royal Princess, that a second ship would be doing longer itineraries, but obviously that's not going to happen. It seem that Princess is adopting the Carnival business model of shorter, party cruises. I'm certain that they are more profitable on a per diem basis than the 10 night cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted April 13, 2012 #7 Share Posted April 13, 2012 if you give me your email would forward the email with attachment from TA...then you can post if it can be done... I'll leave this email address active until I receive it from you: lgr547-xxx@yahoo.com Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetbeachgal Posted April 13, 2012 Author #8 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Lew...my email returned it undeliverable..do you have another address? Ae those xxx supposed to be there?. Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted April 13, 2012 #9 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Lew...sent it to above address...hope you received it...and can post it... Sorry Carole, but I need to ask that you try again. Error on my part...not yours. Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolforkatz Posted April 13, 2012 #10 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I'm sorry to see this trend for shorter and shorter cruises. Celebrity is doing the same. Fourteen day itineraries will soon be a thing of the past :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted April 13, 2012 #11 Share Posted April 13, 2012 error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted April 13, 2012 #12 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Okay Folks, click on this link to download the file. It's in MS Excel format. Please post if you have issues... Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetbeachgal Posted April 13, 2012 Author #13 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Wow Lew....very good job...and very quick!! Have a nice weekend! Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 13, 2012 #14 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Okay Folks, click on this link to download the file. It's in MS Excel format. Please post if you have issues... Lew Lew- Is it Mexico and West Coast only? Never mind...I see it. Separate spreadsheets. Thanks! I do wonder how those 4 and 5 night cruises will sell. One port on the 4 night cruises...it's good that they're alternating, in case people want to do B2Bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted April 13, 2012 #15 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Wow Lew....very good job...and very quick!! Have a nice weekend! Thank you, Carole. I sent you an email, but Yahoo! Mail is having issues today, so I'm not sure you received it. To others who requested I email the file, Yahoo! Mail is not working correctly today. Give the download link a try. If it doesn't work for you, leave a message here with your email address spelled out phonetically, and I'll be happy to send it to you later today or tomorrow. Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dstables Posted April 13, 2012 #16 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The Royal's Caribbean initernary is not very exciting! It is Ft. Lauderdale, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and Ft. Lauderdale all winter. No hope for a b2b unless you like doing the same initernary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wineforhealth Posted April 13, 2012 #17 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Wow Lew....very good job...and very quick!! Have a nice weekend! Carole Ditto, thanks Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonbeam Posted April 13, 2012 #18 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Shorter cruises tend to be a little more profitable in certain markets, of which the carribean is one. They also have more price flexibility since you can adjust in smaller chunks. And they are more attractive to novice cruisers, which is where a lot of the money is. Look at it this way. Lets compare a 10 day cruise to two 5s. First, the price of the 5 will probably be a few dollars more than 1/2 of the ten. Second, there are a certain class of items that most people purchase 1 of per trip. For example, regardless of it being 5-10 days, I am probably only going to buy one island princess polo shirt. With more turnover, that exposes the product to more people. Third, 10 day itins often have more sea days (less excursion revenue, more cost, offset by more onboard revenue to some extent). I did notice there were still a lot of 7 days and many 10s on the Emerald. And the 5 and 4s often worked out with different ports to be OK B2Bs (although with a wasted day in FLL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffstew Posted April 13, 2012 #19 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Thank you, Carole. I sent you an email, but Yahoo! Mail is having issues today, so I'm not sure you received it. To others who requested I email the file, Yahoo! Mail is not working correctly today. Give the download link a try. If it doesn't work for you, leave a message here with your email address spelled out phonetically, and I'll be happy to send it to you later today or tomorrow. Lew The download worked great. Thanks- much obliged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickEk Posted April 13, 2012 #20 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Wow...interesting... there's a 4 day itinerary for the Ruby that just goes to Princess Cays and back..:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icat2000 Posted April 13, 2012 #21 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Lew - Fantastic job. Thanks for taking the time to put it into a format that is easy to view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted April 13, 2012 #22 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Lew - Fantastic job. Thanks for taking the time to put it into a format that is easy to view. Sarah... I'd love to take credit, but the file emailed to me by Carole was just as you see it. I just made it available for downloading. Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compozer Posted April 13, 2012 #23 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I don't care for the short cruises, mainly because we are flying in from the midwest so, to me, it isn't worth it. I would think that the staff would prefer longer cruises, especially the room stewards. I'll be looking for longer cruises. BUT, I just got an AMEX platinum card because of the cruise perks - it offers 2 cabin upgrades (or $300 OBC in suite), specialty dinners and a bottle of bubbly with each cruise. THE BIG BUT is that it is only offered on 7 day or more cruises and not B2B's, So the shorter ones are out for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matcodixon Posted April 13, 2012 #24 Share Posted April 13, 2012 In place of the CB cruises out of San Juan, there are the 10 day cruises from FLL with most of the same ports. Question though, Where are the Mediterranean cruises? Did I miss them somehow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffstew Posted April 13, 2012 #25 Share Posted April 13, 2012 In place of the CB cruises out of San Juan, there are the 10 day cruises from FLL with most of the same ports. Question though, Where are the Mediterranean cruises? Did I miss them somehow? Apparantly, these are just the intineraries that haven't been officially released yet- so no Europe or Alaska included in this schedule as they're already on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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