SUN PRINCESS 55 day cruise cost

[Tanndance]

Can anyone provide any cost basis for the Sun Princess or another Princess cruise that leaves Australia and goes west to Africa then back to Australia for about 55 days from the January 2018 or 2019 cruise?  We have an opportunity to get on the 2020 January cruise and would like to know if they might discount the cabins as the time get closer to leaving like some other cruise lines do when they want to fill the ship.  Right now they are advertising only inside cabins for $7500 per person for 55 nights.

[fishywood]

According to the US Princess website there are exactly three cabins available (oceanview, not inside) for the 46 night round-trip Freemante sailing that starts a few days later & ends a few earlier than the 55 nighter.

The 55 night version that sails round-trip Adelaide is showing completely sold out.

I'm guessing you are searching TA websites? (Please note it is against cruise critic rules to mention those sites by name).

 

Any cruise with so little availability three months before final payment/six months before sailing is almost certainly not going to be discounted. Likely there is a waiting list for balcony cabins and suites.

 

Long cruises such as this one designed to cater to the Australia market (Sun Princess is based Down Under year round, the onboard currency is AU$ and activities and entertainment more than a bit different than the rest of the Princess fleet) tend to book up very fast as soon as the itineraries are released. You may want to start researching cruises in the region for 2021 now; the late 2021/early 2022 Princess Australia deployments will be out in 4 or 5 months as well.

 

(welcome to Cruise Critic by the way)

Edited July 16, 2019 by fishywood

[fishywood]

14 minutes ago, fishywood said:

 

deleted--is cruise critic ever going to fix the problem of the 'edit' and 'quote' buttons being literally millimeters apart in the same tiny print

Edited July 16, 2019 by fishywood

[spookwife]

if that is taxes and fees included, that's a pretty good deal.  better if the quote is in AUS $.  

[CruiserBruce]

Previous years prices and fare trends have absolutely nothing to do with what you might see for the 2020 cruise.

[capriccio]

Welcome to cruise critic!

 

I presume you are a US resident (given your Nevada location).  In that case, should the fare decrease before final payment you can get your reservation re-fared by Princess (if you booked directly) or your travel agent (if you used one).

[Mike981]

As of this post, the US dollar is worth 1.422 AU$. FYI

[Turtles06]

Welcome to Cruise Critic!

 

This is the forum for asking general cruise questions. There is a dedicated forum for Princess Cruises, where you should ask your questions. 

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/119-princess-cruises/

 

Enjoy!