Carnival Share Discussion Threads

[jan-mar] 21/3/2022 08:29

That's me out for now

[jan-mar] 18/3/2022 17:23

Just for youA message from P&O Cruises As Britain's favourite cruise line, your loyalty, advocacy and support has always meant the world to us. P&O Cruises has been part of Carnival Corporation & plc for over 20 years and has no connection to P&O Ferries. Our thoughts go out to all those affected by yesterday's news. However, please be assured it's business as usual on our cruises and our crew look forward to welcoming you on board soon.

[jan-mar] 18/3/2022 15:51

Expected to announce an 8800% increase in revenue from last year, from 26 million dollars to 2.2 billion dollars, it will be interesting what the current occupancy is and when they will be back to pre Covid occupancy figures. The April cruise on the QE2 is fully booked, not sure of what occupancy level they are taking

[pierre oreilly] 18/3/2022 15:41

Btw, anyone interested in a really cheap cruise?.2 weeks on iona 2nd Jan for 550 quid. Tips included. £250 obc for shareholders.Never seen such a cheap high quality cruise, unbelievable.

[pierre oreilly] 18/3/2022 15:36

I bet they'll restate again that p&o are nothing to do with p&o ferries!

[jan-mar] 16/3/2022 15:54

Any views on what might be said in the update next week

[jan-mar] 15/3/2022 17:07

First quarter update will be on March 22nd

[pierre oreilly] 15/3/2022 14:49

Lovely, that's the next couple of cruises paid for. How lucky is that. Not selling yet, i feel it has quite a bit further to go.

[pierre oreilly] 15/3/2022 10:46

Cruising to be resumed in Australia 17 April - announced today.

No masks required on Princess from yesterday

No plfs required for uk from end of this month - another bugbear gone.

I bought more on the Aussi situation. Lots of pent up demand for cruises going there from Europe, and vv.

[pierre oreilly] 11/3/2022 11:01

Shopping in St Martin? What a waste when Maho beach is a few miles away where you can get sand blasted by the exhaust from departing jets a few metres away, and they nearly take your head off as they land. Such fun! Hang onto the railings and 'don't stand here' signs very tightly though else you could get killed as several unfortunate plane spotters have.

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Having done a bit more probing, i think, but not sure, that fcds are still for sale on Princess cruises (anyone confirm?) - if so I'll be buying a load in June when we're on board. The wheeze may be clinging onto life in princess, having been withdrawn from p&o and cunard.

[sardine2] 11/3/2022 10:13

Thanks guys and very much appreciated. Pierre, you should consider writing a guide to booking a cruise, It would sell well.
How cruising has changed. I remember arriving at St Maarten in the Caribbean and being tendered into the beach at Phillipsburg. In those days the now thriving streets of shops were a few wooden shacks scattered along a track which made up the strip. Now they have two piers which can accommodate 8 cruise ships ( horrible). Mind you the shopping is great.
Having just retired I was booked on the Spirit of Adventure for a five week bash around the Caribbean with Saga, there and back. Unfortunately I had to cancel due to unforeseen problems two weeks before sailing. I understand that the ship was two days away from Antiqua before having to turn around.
Again - many thanks. S

[pierre oreilly] 11/3/2022 00:00

Saga cruise returned to Southampton after COVID outbreak.There were no cases on our recent cruise

[stansmith3] 10/3/2022 23:23

off topic.."Virgin Voyages cancels a month of cruises with only 12 days notice to charter the ship for The Bachelorette filming"total shocker, i was looking forward to booking with them in the future, not now...

[pierre oreilly] 10/3/2022 18:50

Sardine, others have answered what you get and how you get it.

Sometimes, they are tough on evidence of your 100 share holding. Easy if you have the cert or a screenshot with your name and holding on the same page. My online account doesn't have a page like that and in the past i've had trouble supplying acceptable evidence.

I've now got an arrangement with my broker that i send them all the info required, and they forward it to shareholderbenefits with confirmation that i own 100 shares, and that has worked well for the last couple of cruises.

The other bigger wheeze was the future cruise deposit, which has now unfortunately stopped for p&o (a few years ago) and cunard ( less than a year ago). By making a £50 deposit on an unlnown future cruise while on a cruise, we regularly got an extra $600 on board credit for the 2 week cruises we usually go on (mainly because the obc was far greater than what was paid for less than 2 weeks). We bought 8 (4 each) before covid, but 2 booked cruises with the obc got cancelled, and the obc is 'lost'. We used 2 on our recent cruise, and have 2 fcd left (meaning 1 more cash rich cruise!). Pity they're now history - all what's left is the much less generous shareholder benefit.

[oneilly] 10/3/2022 16:56

Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 14 days or longer Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 7 to 13 days Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 6 days or lessNORTH AMERICA BRANDSUS $250 US $100 US $ 50CONTINENTAL EUROPE BRANDS€200 € 75 € 40UNITED KINGDOM BRANDS£150 £ 60 £ 30AUSTRALIA BRANDSA$250 A$100 A$ 50

[stansmith3] 10/3/2022 15:24

[e-mail]..,i sent them a screenshot of my trading account

[jan-mar] 10/3/2022 15:19

Hopefully have some good news at the end of the first quarter, March, on occupancy levels and on board sales

[sardine2] 10/3/2022 14:52

>Pierre

I don't often post on this thread but I am a serious holder of ccl and saga, although none of the latter at present. I have about twenty p&o cruises under my belt along with seven Cunard. Owing to my recent vocation, these were all taken feb/mar and oct/nov, the only time I could get a break. I have been a shareholder for years but was, before you posted, never aware of a shareholder's discount. If you have time please could you let me know what's on offer and how do you go about attaining it.

Best ever cruise - P&O Victoria, New Orleans to Barbados 97
2nd best - Ancient Places - Queen Victoria
Worst ( Not the cruise but the service) UK - Hamburg and back, Queen Victoria Queen's Grill, Jan 20.

regards S

[jan-mar] 10/3/2022 08:56

I thought you could opt out of the daily tips payment a# long as you tell them as soon as you are on board, and do your own tipping

[stansmith3] 09/3/2022 19:49

pierre

sorry, i was liking the 30ppd package to what the components cost, drinks alone on p&o is £40, wifi and tips on most cruise lines are about 15-20 per day, so if you always buy those the drinks package is costing about 15 vs 40, so all you can drink all day, decent coffees etc for the price of two drinks

[pierre oreilly] 09/3/2022 19:07

Just checked the offer on the cruise we've booked, and the wifi/booze/tips is £30pppd, meaning £720. No need for wifi round the uk, wife doesn't drink much, so looks like i'll give it a miss, and just pay as we go. Tips a bit stupid i think, $12.5 pppd, so $290, with little obc to compensate.

[stansmith3] 09/3/2022 15:50

pierrewe had our first cruise on princess in october, surprised at the main dining room food not being as good as p&o and the buffet coming up short against royal, but on balance our favourite, ship was at a very high standard, the medallion system is fantastic and the drink/wifi/tips package was amazing value - meaning all the good quality booze you can drink for about £15 or less per day....

[rettah] 09/3/2022 14:31

Article in the Telegraph today titled "The British golden age of cruise travel is back: Inside Cunard's first ship in a decade". About new Cunard ship Queen Anne. Looks very nice indeed.