Carnival Share Discussion Threads

[the codger] 16/6/2022 15:53

I'm calling the bottom folks

[the codger] 16/6/2022 15:52

This will snap back like elastic

[the codger] 16/6/2022 15:44

Wtf ! Absolute bargain, these are covid prices. Ridiculous!

[max euwe] 16/6/2022 13:39

It amazes me how these travel Co's moan and groan about the lack of staff after firing thousands for refusing the vax.

[jan-mar] 16/6/2022 08:43

Anyone with level two, who is taken up all the sell's

[jan-mar] 16/6/2022 08:41

It looks like a big seller has decided to offload today

[jan-mar] 15/6/2022 19:29

Unfortunately at the moment the share price is completely linked to Wall Street, tonight is a glaring example of that. I'm not sure why we make a market in the UK, every day at 2.30 it mirrors the movement in America, crazy

[stansmith3] 15/6/2022 18:14

well to put it mildly i missed the covid lows, the debt pile is pretty shocking, so trying to catch the bottom is not easy, but i think this is the best way to play this recession...cruising is this best business there is outside iphones

[jan-mar] 15/6/2022 17:52

Keep booking keep spending let's get the share price moving I hope the company update at the end of June will put us on the right track

[stansmith3] 15/6/2022 17:20

janlol i dont think its that bad, p&o are the worst cruise line though, most would agree with that i think, they are though without a doubt the best value cruise line and sail from Southampton which is why they get my money

[jan-mar] 15/6/2022 16:57

Calm down people, cruising should be for everyone, get on the ship that floats your boat. Stay cool, just cruise and spend money

[stansmith3] 15/6/2022 16:50

sardinethe buffet is not a restuarant, i think anyone who has not been on board a p&o ship during a formal gala night might be disappointed, elderly men struggling to fill out huge suits, women wearing whatever they please getting their picture taken at the stairs, pretentious garbage, thankfully party ships like iona and changing demographics will put an end to this nonsense

[sardine2] 15/6/2022 16:20

Stan> Formal dress is not required in the self service restaurants (buffet) or what has happened in the last five years with the creation of nightly themed restaurants in the buffet area. For example, American, Italian and far eastern evenings. I must admit that I enjoy dressing up and sinking a few gin and tonics before dinner, and even entertaining the next cabin or recently made friends in our cabin.

The answer is you stick with Princess and I will stick with P&O, which I have done for the last twenty five years.

You also cannot knock the P&O Gala nights the lobster has always been fantastic...S

[stansmith3] 15/6/2022 14:38

pierre,ok - just thar you were doing a good sell for it, but i do remember you being very cool on it - i think it is a fabulous deal IF you normally get the wifi and pay the tips.... i cant be bothered with the formal nights on p&o and the sooner they get rid of them the better, i would happily go to the speciality restaurants on those nights casually dressed - but this seems be beyond their marketing depts, incidentally princess do allow that

[pierre oreilly] 15/6/2022 14:08

Not sure what your point is stan. The £30 per day drinks isn't for me, but it's great for ccl. Not sure what you mean 'dismissive' - it's simply an offer, take it or leave it. The more that take it the better, but I won't (and didn't). Great marketing though and the more who think spending £720 (less tips) on booze over 12 days is great value (as most do!) the better! (assuming 2 per cabin, who both have to take the package).

But many thanks for buying the package and spreading the word - all helps to keep cruise prices low.

Bit of a culture shock at times - some of the small minority 20 something morbidly obese americans turning up to the restaurants in old t shirts and shorts - I'm all for informality and live and let live, but that just seemed odd to me, especially as many brits dressed up a bit, even on non-formal nights. Maybe we were just unlucky in that experience.

[smurfy2001] 15/6/2022 13:28

Carnival CEO talks cruise recovery, ticket pricing, and leadership lessons

[smurfy2001] 15/6/2022 13:27

I missed this video few months old.

Carnival CEO: The end of '22 should be bright for the cruise industry and Carnival Corp.

[stansmith3] 15/6/2022 10:35

pierrei told you about the 30ppd offer 6 months ago as you said you were booked with princess and you were very dismissive of it, what changed? i thought it a great deal...

[smurfy2001] 15/6/2022 10:22

Airlines ordered to end holiday flight chaos

[jan-mar] 15/6/2022 09:19

addition to Carnival Luminosa out of Brisbane, Carnival Splendor will arrive in Sydney to resume sailing year-round on October 2, 2022. With the arrival of Carnival Celebration this November, Carnival's fleet will number 24 ships, and its lower berth capacity will be seven percent higher than at the end of November 2019.

[pierre oreilly] 15/6/2022 09:12

Why were ccl 35 quid once?

Well, ignoring the price they paid for a cruise, because of a special £30 per day offer for drinks and tips, most on my recent cruise took up that offer. Say 75% of 3500ish so say 3k. 3k*£30 = 90,000 per day mainly for drinks. The cost to ccl was the tips they gave the staff, say max 20% of that, so say 70,000 per day from this offer. Cost of drinks to ccl, probably a grand (no tax, and alcohol is cheap especially in bulk). So at least 60k per day profit from that offer. (and it's for the full 12 days of the cruise). That's a run rate for one boat of half a mill per week of 26 mill pa.

Captive market, ccl make masses of cash everywhere you look. As to those £100 tours and photos ... they are just a cash machine. Sure, they've run up debt over the last couple of years, but they'll soon cover that.

The £30 pd offer has now been replaced with a £40pd offer. Most you talk to think they've really got a bargain - I just think it's brilliant marketing.

For anyone interested Princess are still doing the free money future cruise deposit - we bought 4 of those.

As to being up market - i'd say Princess is even below p&o and well below Cunard. Several things went wrong due to staff shortages, but still a brilliant cruise and exceptional value for money. A year's worth of smoked salmon, king prawns, filet and forerib naturally consumed. Cheapish offers still for the round uk cruise if you can go in the next few weeks. Scotland especially is really beautiful from a boat.

[jan-mar] 15/6/2022 08:16

Because the 52 week range was 9-29 dollars

[diku] 14/6/2022 22:52

What was it doing at $18 in the first place...