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Independence of the Seas 2020 – no more Southampton but COCO CAY!


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The per-person per-night rate for our 3+4 night NAV cruises compared to a “regular” 7 night cruise is very high.  Royal is definitely charging for the convenience of the shorter cruises.  There is no way I would be forking out full fare for these 2 cruises.  If they weren’t upgraded casino comps we would not be going !

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1 minute ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

The per-person per-night rate for our 3+4 night NAV cruises compared to a “regular” 7 night cruise is very high.

I thought the same thing when I looked at them (After @twangster Navigator Live Blog!) because I figured that if I was going to fly to Florida for a cruise I'm going to make it worth while and do 7 days worth. No Casino Comps for me...

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17 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

The per-person per-night rate for our 3+4 night NAV cruises compared to a “regular” 7 night cruise is very high.  Royal is definitely charging for the convenience of the shorter cruises.  There is no way I would be forking out full fare for these 2 cruises.  If they weren’t upgraded casino comps we would not be going !

 

13 minutes ago, tiny260 said:

I thought the same thing when I looked at them (After @twangster Navigator Live Blog!) because I figured that if I was going to fly to Florida for a cruise I'm going to make it worth while and do 7 days worth. No Casino Comps for me...

On a per night basis that is correct.  However when looking at the total costs of a 3 or 4 night sailing the stand alone price is less - exactly what the short market is looking for.

$299 for 3 nights is less than $599 for 7 nights even though the first is $100 per night and the second is $85 per night.  

Four night versions are often cheaper than the three night versions, same effect.  More demand for 3 night because they occur over the weekend so minimal impact to work.

Experienced cruises and retired consumers look at these things.  New to cruise and younger families have a different perspective.

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2 minutes ago, twangster said:

Experienced cruises and retired consumers look at these things.  New to cruise have a different focus.

My thoughts exactly.

I'm still going to do Navigator but have to find a whole in my cruising and work schedule.

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On 6/5/2019 at 8:34 AM, AshleyDillo said:

It looks like they snuck a 7-nighter in there too (Nov 14, 2020).

There's even a 2-nighter to CocoCay (May 16, 2020) which may be a test of demand for sailings that short for the local market.  If they find success in that they could potentially use the really small ships to do CocoCay-only weekend runs like that and target the local S. Fla market.

I'm really thinking about that 2 day just to take my kids to Perfect Day!  My wife and I went last month and I felt bad about not bringing them, the 2 day would work well with their school/college schedule.

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  • 4 weeks later...

While on Allure a couple weeks ago we stopped into Next Cruise on our last night to look around and I was immediately drawn to the 5-Night sailing on Independence that stops at both Cococay and Labadee. We had a blast in Haiti and wanted to go back but also wanted to check out Cococay so it seemed like the best of both worlds! The kid's sail free deal was still going on so we jumped on the first date for that itinerary May 11th 2020 ?

https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/cruises/?itineraryPanel=ID05FLL-3602128429&shipCode_ID=true

 

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