Roughly what % of capacity has Carnival been running at the last few weeks?

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

I'm asking because we're going on the Reflection next month, and they've had several sailings with guest counts of 900-1200, so appx 35-40%, which seems quite low. I was not sure if Carnival has been in the same range or not. I know on our three (since restart) Carnival sailings they were a good 60-75%+, but that was pre-Omicron.

 

Tom

[Guest BasicSailor]

Dang, Tom your post almost went to page two 😆. No man's land. I think right before omicron I noticed there was an increase in passengers. along 60 to 70 percent. The next few weeks Carnival was adding passengers and jumped to 75 to 85 percent. Omicron dropped it back, I'm guessing around 60 to 70 percent or even less. But that's just my take on it.

[2Shoes2Go]

On Valor now. Guest count is 1502; down from 1,780 last cruise.

[BabyJacks17]

On the Jan 15th sailing of Mardi Gras I was told we were sailing at close to 70%.  Had there not been an Omicron flare up in recent weeks I’m sure it would have been closer to 85%. 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

2 minutes ago, 2Shoes2Go said:

On Valor now. Guest count is 1502; down from 1,780 last cruise.

Thanks.

So, that's about 50%?

 

In your frequent sailings, have you seen a recent decline?

 

Tom

[2Shoes2Go]

It has been quite a drop in counts since end of Dec. (Omicron) Our NYE cruise was still about at 70%, 4 day Elation. After that one, the bottom dropped out. Ship had little over 1,000 for following three cruises on her. 

[sportscruiser]

Just got off Radiance on Friday. Only 872 passengers, capacity 2984, so less than 50%. Approx. 1400 people canceled in the previous 2 weeks before the cruise departed. But home port is in California so that could be why, CA is very cautious about everything. 😁

[ads0221]

We were on the Valor last weekend and it was about 60% capacity.

 

No wait times at any of the bars or food lines. It was awesome.

[ninjacat123]

We were on Sunshine out of Charleston, Jan 13-17 and we were told 1,900 passengers which I believe put us at 65%. Felt comfortable and not too much like a "ghost ship", like our September cruise on Magic.

[claimee]

Anyone have any info on % full for Panorama? I realize it's different for every date, but just curious as I'm scheduled for the 2/5 sailing.

[crewsweeper]

One thing I heard is that ships with lower passenger counts have also had around the same number cancel.  Omicron and continued need for testing are partially driving these cancellations.  They tend to increase for various ships when there are reports of COVID on board a current or recent cruise. But I'm not seeing cruise lines pushing to fill up space with last minute sale prices.

[brilliantseas]

Reports from Carnival Legend that this week is around 1,050 passengers, or just below 50% of the 2,124 capacity. 

[csm5986142]

We have been on 4 carnival cruises (timeframe July - Nov) and not one was over 50%.  We sail on the Breeze again on Thursday so I'm curious to see how it compares to last time (July).

Between the people who test positive at the last minutes and have to cancel, and the people who are voluntarily cancelling due to the extended protocols and Omicron concerns, I'm guessing we'll be at 50% or less still.

[wardwhitty]

We were on the Freedom on 1/9-1/15 and it sailed at 40%.  Although it was nice to have the ship at such low numbers I have to say it seemed a little eerie at times that the ship was so empty and quiet.

[ninjacat123]

1 hour ago, wardwhitty said:

We were on the Freedom on 1/9-1/15 and it sailed at 40%.  Although it was nice to have the ship at such low numbers I have to say it seemed a little eerie at times that the ship was so empty and quiet.

That's how Magic felt for us last September.  The hall through the staterooms felt like the scene out of "The Shining" with the twin girls.  Just a little too quiet.😳

[ChutChut]

Cruise lines can't continue to "remain afloat" if these low percentages continue....

[keels81]

7 hours ago, 2Shoes2Go said:

On Valor now. Guest count is 1502; down from 1,780 last cruise.

 

I was on that cruise ... if there were 1780 TOTAL people on board (including crew), I'll be a monkey's uncle. It was a ghost ship except for where they were showing football and even then, you could still count the number of people.

[cocomango]

6 hours ago, brilliantseas said:

Reports from Carnival Legend that this week is around 1,050 passengers, or just below 50% of the 2,124 capacity. 

That's even fewer than what we had!

We were on Legend from Jan 2-9. Had 1400. It was great! 

[vwrestler171]

I saw a post social media and a person was saying that they were on the Carnival Miracle and it had under 500 people cruising.

[FSUDAVE]

Just off the Pride 7 day western....We were at 1380 or just below 50%.  It was great...no lines, and the service was the best weve ever had on a Carnival cruise.  

[Tiger0613]

Freedom

1/15/22 - 1/23/22

8 day Southern itinerary

low 1500s - If I am remembering correctly, I think it was somewhere between 42% and 43%.

[Gypsywych]

Would anyone have a more current Magic count? 

[brilliantseas]

2 hours ago, cocomango said:

That's even fewer than what we had!

We were on Legend from Jan 2-9. Had 1400. It was great! 

 

We had 1,800 on Legend December 5-12. Not crowded, but definitely not a ghost ship. Short wait for YTD at peak times. Comedy shows hit capacity 20+ minutes prior to showtime. Trivia sessions would sometimes overflow out of the seating area across from Red Frog Pub. Plenty of empty seats for all of the Playlist Productions shows, and I never saw a lounge at capacity. 

[SNJCruisers]

7 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

That's how Magic felt for us last September.  The hall through the staterooms felt like the scene out of "The Shining" with the twin girls.  Just a little too quiet.😳

REDRUM

[SNJCruisers]

5 hours ago, ChutChut said:

Cruise lines can't continue to "remain afloat" if these low percentages continue....

Substantially better than one year ago when they were all at 0%.  The big 4 aren't going anywhere.