Any update on when China bookings will open

[heatherbelle]

Has anyone found out when the itinerary will be released and when bookings will start for the Miracle in 2017?

 

Or even which ports the ship will be visiting and the lengths of the cruises?

[jimbo5544]

Good question, I am not even sure you will be able to book them they the way you cruises on a Carnival ship. My guess it would be much more like Carnival Australia.

[riffatsea]

I imagine that the China cruises will focus more on the Chinese market for passengers than on the USA market.

I agree that it would probably be a separate company like Carnival Australia for booking but no one knows for sure at this point.

[jimbo5544]

I imagine that the China cruises will focus more on the Chinese market for passengers than on the USA market.

I agree that it would probably be a separate company like Carnival Australia for booking but no one knows for sure at this point.

 

 

It def will be focused on the China market, of that you can sure. A placement cruise to there would be an interesting proposition to consider.

Edited January 17, 2016 by jimbo5544

[ATL_Miami_Cruiser]

I would definitely be interested in doing a repositioning cruise if it included ports in south east Asia.

[Micahs Grandad]

I would definitely be interested in doing a repositioning cruise if it included ports in south east Asia.

 

That could be a very interesting one.

 

Strange to me that other cruise lines are building ships for the Chinese market and CCL is bringing an older ship there.

 

Would think they would have to offer pretty good deals to fill their ships.

[springs741]

Just talked to my PVP last week. When the China market opens it will focus on China. She even said "you won't be able to book it"

Now that would be the repo cruise to end all repo cruises.

[idlenote]

Last week on the Freedom the future cruise lady mentioned the repo cruise at the future cruise talk. Checked in with the PVP and she just told me that no one had any information as yet, future cruise lady said the thing when I caught her at her desk a couple of days later.

 

Now the PVP knows I want in on this she will let me know when something is announced. We've done four of these long cruises, they are always a lot of fun and many once in a lifetime ports.

Edited January 18, 2016 by idlenote
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[chengkp75]

That could be a very interesting one.

 

Strange to me that other cruise lines are building ships for the Chinese market and CCL is bringing an older ship there.

 

Would think they would have to offer pretty good deals to fill their ships.

 

With a market that is virtually new to cruising' date=' ships will sell themselves. Also, the Asian market does not need or want all the bells and whistles that N.A. and European cruisers expect. Carnival is building new ships for China, but building them [b']in China, as Chinese flag,[/b] to get around China's cabotage laws similar to the US's PVSA. That would allow them to offer coastwise cruises strictly within China, which the government likes as it keeps more money in China.

[Micahs Grandad]

With a market that is virtually new to cruising, ships will sell themselves. Also, the Asian market does not need or want all the bells and whistles that N.A. and European cruisers expect. Carnival is building new ships for China, but building them in China, as Chinese flag, to get around China's cabotage laws similar to the US's PVSA. That would allow them to offer coastwise cruises strictly within China, which the government likes as it keeps more money in China.

 

I agree with you for the first year or so but after people learn a bit about cruising think they would head toward newer and better ships.

 

Will be interesting to see how that shakes out..

[chengkp75]

I agree with you for the first year or so but after people learn a bit about cruising think they would head toward newer and better ships.

 

Will be interesting to see how that shakes out..

 

I don't think so. This is why they are phasing out the Broadway shows and stuff on these cruises, because the Asian market doesn't want it. Star cruises have been operating there for years, and they are basically casinos with restaurants.

[Micahs Grandad]

I don't think so. This is why they are phasing out the Broadway shows and stuff on these cruises, because the Asian market doesn't want it. Star cruises have been operating there for years, and they are basically casinos with restaurants.

 

They will certainly make their money in the casinos.