SailAwayInAugust Posted June 17, 2014 #1 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I have no clue how to word this properly, so pls excuse the strange question - Is there anyway you can tell how booked a particular ship is during a specific sailing? Thanks! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted June 17, 2014 #2 Share Posted June 17, 2014 You really can not tell much of anything, other than if it is close to full. And to do that, you go online and try to book a cabin. If various categories are sold out, or they only offer a few, then it is close to full. You should know they really work hard to fill every ship with last minute sales. And empty cabin will generate ZERO $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtwingcpa Posted June 17, 2014 #3 Share Posted June 17, 2014 With rare exception, I think you can assume that the cruise will be booked with at least 100% occupancy (usually defined as an average of 2 people in every cabin). In fact, I believe the cruise lines usually shoot for something higher, like 104%. However, there is a maximum number of passengers a particular ship can carry due to safety issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkacmom Posted June 17, 2014 #4 Share Posted June 17, 2014 And if you are cruising during school holidays, expect the cruise to be FULL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelJoe Posted June 17, 2014 #5 Share Posted June 17, 2014 And if you are cruising during school holidays, expect the cruise to be FULL. Yeah -- you can pretty much assume mid-June through the end of August to mean full. Some of the TA sites (one of the airlines for example) will display not only what categories are still open, but if you attempt to "book" a stateroom in a specific category (using 1 person for occupancy), it will display all of the actual staterooms that are still avaible for the given deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidybabe Posted June 17, 2014 #6 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Remember there are differences between no available cabins and the ship being filled. If a cabin can fit 4, but only 2-3 are booked, then the ship is not filled to max, but cabin is not available. Safe sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare graphicguy Posted June 17, 2014 #7 Share Posted June 17, 2014 These days, just like airlines, ships on all cruise lines sail full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtwingcpa Posted June 17, 2014 #8 Share Posted June 17, 2014 And if you are cruising during school holidays, expect the cruise to be FULL. Yeah, I think most cruises will be nominally "full" regardless of when they sail. But if there is a higher percentage of children on a particular cruise, it may seem "fuller" than usual. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacaena Posted June 17, 2014 #9 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I don't know if this is helpful but this is a little trick I find useful... If you look at the weeks where the prices jump those weeks are usually higher in demand (ie: school vacation weeks) so these weeks tend to be more crowded in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted June 18, 2014 #10 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Some of the TA sites (one of the airlines for example) will display not only what categories are still open, but if you attempt to "book" a stateroom in a specific category (using 1 person for occupancy), it will display all of the actual staterooms that are still avaible for the given deck. That info is exactly the same as is available from NCL website, maximum of 15 available cabins listed from each category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulubelle45 Posted June 18, 2014 #11 Share Posted June 18, 2014 My TA booked me into a quad inside cabin even though only 2 of us were sailing but were possibly taking our kids. Close to our sail date and after final payment we were upgraded to an ocean view i assume to fill it with 4. No complaint from me! Sent from my GT-I9100M using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrabMyWrist Posted June 18, 2014 #12 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Stand at the gangway with a clicker and count? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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