Ship passenger capacity?

[saltshell]

Planning a Spring TA US to Rotterdam.  Are ships usually booked to full passenger capacity or is there more "breathing room"? 

[Heidi13]

3 hours ago, saltshell said:

Planning a Spring TA US to Rotterdam.  Are ships usually booked to full passenger capacity or is there more "breathing room"? 

 

Since you experience less kids on TA cruises, the probability of the ship being at full pax capacity is fairly low as few of the 3rd/4th berth cabins will have more than 2 pax. 

 

However, the mainstream lines drop prices to fill cabins, so many TA's will be close to double occupancy. Some of the smaller ship cruise lines, who may not discount as heavily, may have lower occupancy.

 

The last Viking TA, if memory is correct, had about 600 pax out of 930 capacity.

[CGTNORMANDIE]

On 2/22/2023 at 3:50 PM, saltshell said:

Planning a Spring TA US to Rotterdam.  Are ships usually booked to full passenger capacity or is there more "breathing room"? 

My guess is your TA will be rather laid back as the TA crowd tends to be experienced voyagers.  The atmosphere should be more subdued and less frenetic than other shorter cruises…even if sailing close to capacity.  

[Ex-Airbalancer]

Most TAs before the Covid were filled , our April TA is about 50% , but our November TA is about 80% filled already 

[Markanddonna]

The latest chatter is that many ships to all regions are close or at capacity now. The problem has been a shortage of crew coupled with supply chain issues that affect the food offerings. 

 

I wonder if cruise companies will note that some cruisers might get turned off to cruising if a more acceptable ratio isn't maintained. I was on a sailing in late Jan that was filled up with hundreds of last-minute casino club cruisers that pushed the ship beyond the breaking point. I have never been on a ship with such unruly, boorish people, and a fight at the pool area ensued. 

 

On TAs, most passengers want a relatively calm, controlled environment. I hope companies don't have fire sales to fill up a TA. 

[SoloAlaska]

I’m taking a TA with NCL and it had no single supplement. Lots of singles means filled rooms but less people which will be great.