Carnival Share Discussion Threads

[linton5] 25/10/2019 10:50

Ticker is cuk

[linton5] 24/10/2019 04:27

Finished $41.45 across the pond equates to £32.10

[the white house] 23/10/2019 20:18

Must be taking some bookings from the demise of Tommy Cook and issues down the far end of the Med do you think? Far easier to swerve a port if there is an issue than if you've booked a land based stint in Turkey or Egypt and aggro starts

[tlobs2] 23/10/2019 19:50

Swindon, I understand your concerns re Brexit. A few years ago I never wanted to Cruise. My wife booked one for us as a surprise and we've since done another fifteen! I love them now.

On a cruise a few months ago one couple mentioned to us that they cruised because of the safety and security of being onboard a cruise ship.

To be fair I enjoy cruises because of the variety (location changes every day) the excellent food and the entertainment. In terms of value for money you can't beat it :-)

[wad collector] 23/10/2019 16:39

Right , the share price has definitely bottomed now , steadily upwards back to £50 now, I will stop following the share price

[swindon41] 22/10/2019 10:01

CCL decent dividend, allied with additional OBC and doubled or trebled up with further OBC from the £50 deposit scheme, result is we have $1,900 OBC for imminent 17 day cruise on Elizabeth. Would prefer Cunard to be more informal, less ballroom more jive, and better entertainment directors. But overall the experience is excellent. Food very good, theatre, films, and presentations and improving range of speakers. Welcoming to LGBT too - I'm straight but I like the fact they are savvy enough to know there is a strong 'pink' dividend.

The market is getting more competitive and imho there will be more and more pressure from Institutions ( responding to individual pensioners/savers) to go more 'green' and sustainable. Acid test for Carnival. Next five years with Brexit which will probably make more British people poorer ( just my opinion) and less discretionary spend....but the market is more and more world wide with UK a smaller and smaller market share, and Carnival appears to be wising up to it.

[melton john] 22/10/2019 09:50

The blue and black lines start to diverge only a couple of weeks ago. Not my area but does close alignment depend on arbitrage between the two markets. Maybe people don't want to be caught on the wrong side of currency fluctuations.

[melton john] 22/10/2019 09:41

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[melton john] 22/10/2019 08:41

Agreed Oxman, I made my first purchase a bit higher and a top-up yesterday. Good dividend and as you say considerable upside. Lintons, I'm puzzled too.

[linton5] 21/10/2019 15:13

I make this £3340 in USA market $4340, at exchange of £1 to$1.30 but this is £30.60 on lose what am I missing

[its the oxman] 18/10/2019 08:22

Bought a starter position 3040p. Not totally convinced but looks like a lot of bad news is now in the price, 5%div and at some point sentiment will change and the upside could be considerable.

[tlobs2] 15/10/2019 14:11

I thought this was quite an interesting development......

MIAMI, Oct. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest leisure travel company, today announced its Germany-based brand, AIDA Cruises, has partnered with leaders from the maritime and engineering sectors to pilot the world's first fuel cell system designed to power large passenger vessels. As early as 2021, AIDA Cruises will trial this innovative fuel technology on AIDAnova, becoming the cruise industry's first brand to trial fuel cells on a large cruise ship.

[johnroger] 15/10/2019 11:34

MIAMI, Oct.14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;
NYSE: CUK) announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per
share.

The company's boards of directors approved a record date for the quarterly
dividend of November 22, 2019, and a payment date of December 13, 2019.

[pierre oreilly] 14/10/2019 00:00

My view is there are definite differences between say p&o and cunard - I like them both (also I like small ships and big ships). All have pros and cons. I think Cunard like the snobby image, but it isn't (anymore). That's why some of the long term cunard lot complain quite a bit, it's moved downmarket, a necessity to keep up numbers as prices drop. Very broadly, in my opinion, Cunard pros are - afternoon tea - slightly better food (really excellent) - slightly better service - proper dance floors (we've just started ballroom dancing) - slightly better theatres - quick boarding. P&o pros are imo - less formal evening dress code - much better entertainment cruise directors - much better sailaways - cheaper drinks. We had a bad food experience with our only Thompson cruise, but that was a while ago and are considering them again now they're all inclusive (we haven't done an ai cruise yet).

Last week we saw a great offer for a 2 day getaway to Hamburg on QM2, so we're doing that in a couple of weeks. Currently working out how to get back!

[tlobs2] 13/10/2019 19:23

Pierre, we've not been tempted with Cunard yet, based on our impression that it's a bit snobby :-)

We've been on sixteen cruises in total so far with P&O (4), Celebrity, RCI (4), TUI/Thompson and Costa.

The last TUI cruise a couple of years ago included all inclusive food and drink for thirteen of us. It was excellent value and the entertainment was on a par with P & O. I guess they might all have to start offering all inclusive in the near future.

Next up a couple of weeks on Azura.....

[pierre oreilly] 13/10/2019 11:22

Yeah, £150 goes a long way with p&o, especially now there's no tips to pay to either eat into it or use it all! If you book up a another p&o cruise while on board, you'll get an extra £200 on top for 22 nights or more (if their scheme hasn't changed recently).

much bigger obc benefits for Cunard though - $850 in total for a 2 week balcony cruise ($250 shareholder benefit plus $600 for a future cruise deposit).After my first cunard cruise, they sent me an offer doubling any obc i could muster, so that was $1300 for us on that one. Throwing obc really works, we have 3 cunard cruises booked, and after just a handful of cruises, they really throw lots of benefits at you once onboard. (The reason they are generous with obc is because, in my view, the cost to Cunard is about 5% of the credit they give, i.e. a $100 obc costs them about a fiver imv, or a $50 bottle of wine costs them a couple of quid.

[tlobs2] 11/10/2019 09:55

With all this bad weather I've just booked another cruise with P & O. The 150gbp bonus will come in handy :-)

[tlobs2] 10/10/2019 09:07

"The benefit is applicable on sailings through July 31, 2020 aboard the brands listed below. Certain restrictions apply. Applications to receive these benefits should be made at least three weeks prior to cruise departure date. This benefit is available to shareholders holding a minimum of 100 shares of Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc."

[toffeeman] 09/10/2019 16:21

I think you need to own a minimum number of shares to get the benefit

[tlobs2] 09/10/2019 15:06

Thank you Graham.


Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 14 days or longer £150
Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 7 to 13 days £60
Onboard credit per stateroom on sailings of 6 days or less £30

The benefit is applicable on sailings through July 31, 2020 aboard the brands listed below. Certain restrictions apply. Applications to receive these benefits should be made at least three weeks prior to cruise departure date.
This benefit is available to shareholders holding a minimum of 100 shares of Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc. Employees, travel agents cruising at travel agent rates, tour conductors or anyone cruising on a reduced-rate or complimentary basis are excluded from this offer. This benefit is not transferable, cannot be exchanged for cash and, cannot be used for casino credits/charges and gratuities charged to your onboard account. Only one onboard credit per shareholder-occupied stateroom. Reservations must be made by February 28, 2020.
Please provide by fax or by mail your complete legal name, reservation/booking number, ship and sailing date, along with proof of ownership of Carnival Corporation or Carnival plc shares (for example, photocopy of shareholder proxy card, a dividend tax voucher or a current brokerage or nominee statement with your brokerage account number blacked out) no later than 3 weeks prior to your sail date to your travel agent or to the cruise line you have selected below.

[grahamburn] 09/10/2019 14:53

Look on Carnival PLC website for details of varying rates of onboard credit by brand and length of cruise.

[tlobs2] 09/10/2019 14:44

I have invested a chunk of my SIPP in here. Are there any shareholder benefits?