Passenger Count

[Sapphire]

Sailing on Symphony Dec 18. Can anyone estimate the amount of passengers? Will post when onboard.

[miloomar]

1 hour ago, Sapphire said:

Sailing on Symphony Dec 18. Can anyone estimate the amount of passengers? Will post when onboard.

literally no one on here can answer this prior to december 18 and most likely not till even the 19th 

[BrianB]

Anthem...Nov 14 from Bayonne NJ...

2616

Nearly 900 more than last week. We have over 100 b2bs.

[Heymarco]

On 11/10/2021 at 9:15 AM, gogopeach said:

Interested to see what it is on my Feb 13th cruise on Liberty.  I know that is past the mandate so maybe it will be full capacity?  When I do a mock booking online there are only a few cabins available and the balconies are all sold out, so maybe they do this to get you to book a suite? Would love if anyone can chime in on that.  I am really hoping for a reduced capacity since I will have three kids using adventure ocean(and one in the nursery) and I want to make sure we can drop them off most nights so we can visit the casino

Liberty is already doing 2600+, would expect it to be at capacity fairly soon.

[STLCruiseMan]

Symphony November 13 - 3500 passengers 55%, MDR like the old days 

[DJnKy]

Serenade of the Seas 5 night sailing Nov 8-13. Count was 1138 guests. 

[Ken s]

Independence of the seas, sailed today with 1800+ a little less than 50 percent full

[EJK]

Are the actual passenger numbers of past cruises posted somewhere? How do we find out other than someone reporting who has been on that sailing? 

[Ampurp85]

1 hour ago, EJK said:

Are the actual passenger numbers of past cruises posted somewhere? How do we find out other than someone reporting who has been on that sailing? 

No, they only release info about pax count after the sailing has commenced. So only way to know is from someone sailing.

[Brando95]

Not sure what the exact count was on Adventure on the 11/8 sailing but someone was told around 1300. Really seemed like I had the ship to myself a lot of times. I think I shared an elevator with 1 person the entire trip.

[svcruiser]

Symphony of the Seas - Nov 6th sailing out of MIA. 

Guest count = about 3800, according to staff - things are picking up.

[rhythmiccombo]

Anyone know what the guest count is on the Nov 14th sailing on Harmony of the Seas? I'm cruising out on Nov 28 and curious what the capacity might be.

[Heymarco]

Harmony planning for 4500+ next week.

[Ampurp85]

Be advise that while the cruise lines hope for an upwards trend, don't bank on that. There are a lot of factors that can result in lower/higher numbers. Crew is often ill-informed but I would estimate 50-60%

[RCLRING]

On 11/15/2021 at 2:03 PM, STLCruiseMan said:

Symphony November 13 - 3500 passengers 55%, MDR like the old days 

I'm getting on the 27th ! was windjammer open for dinner already ? 

[Heymarco]

34 minutes ago, RCLRING said:

I'm getting on the 27th ! was windjammer open for dinner already ? 

Not yet, which has upset some people. With higher numbers next week, would expect it to open then. Time will tell…

[Funeegal]

On Symphony. Windjammer is open for dinner. We were told 918 kids on board for this Thanksgiving week. We were told 4896 passengers. 
 

The ship feels much busier than over the summer on Adventure and yes, we had to wait for elevators. 

[IzzyB]

10 minutes ago, Funeegal said:

On Symphony. Windjammer is open for dinner. We were told 600 kids on board for this Thanksgiving week. We will get count tomorrow, but we were told 60% capacity today and just above 3200 passengers. 
 

The ship feels much busier than over the summer on Adventure and yes, we had to wait for elevators. 

Is there long lines for stuff or the decks packed?  Christmas I am thinking would be max like Thanksgiving and RC said they are shooting for 65% in December.  Hoping it isn't too crazy at 65%

[Funeegal]

55 minutes ago, IzzyB said:

Is there long lines for stuff or the decks packed?  Christmas I am thinking would be max like Thanksgiving and RC said they are shooting for 65% in December.  Hoping it isn't too crazy at 65%

Day 1. Yes, there are some lines in Sorrentos and Cafe Promenade, but not too bad. We did have to wait for elevators and capacity on elevators is not really being followed. 

[Lone Star]

Currently on Mariner for a 5 day and was informed by staff that we are just shy of 3000. 800 of which are children. 

 

[Funeegal]

So today when we asked at guest services, we were told 3,000. In Miami, they said 3800. This is Symphony. 
 

I can say lines are minimal. Elevators are 6 and no one follows that. Pool capacities are not listed. There were pool chairs available on a sea day every time I looked (morning, midday, afternoon). 

Windjammer is open for dinner. 

[gogopeach]

On 11/14/2021 at 10:17 PM, Heymarco said:

Liberty is already doing 2600+, would expect it to be at capacity fairly soon.

Was the windjammer open for dinner when you were on Liberty?

[Marlena]

4 hours ago, Funeegal said:

 

Windjammer is open for dinner. 

Is this the first week of this? Because I hadn't heard anyone say that before.

[Tmsmith]

5 hours ago, gogopeach said:

Was the windjammer open for dinner when you were on Liberty?

just got home from Liberty and Windjammer was open for dinner.

[billdauterive]

On Liberty now. They expected 1300 more than any previous week (so well over 3000). Definitely a LOT of kids this sailing. Pool and solarium seem closer to pre covid, but empty chairs can still be found without too much issue. Fitness center is busiest I've ever seen. Huge line for open skating for both sessions which filled up long before the doors even opened. Flowrider was longest line I've seen for a sea day (even after splitting into 2 sides). Royal promenade is significantly less crowded than usual. Windjammer is definitely open for dinner. Thanksgiving is probably a big reason why, but I'll try to get actual numbers from guest services later (which is as busy as ever). I think the main takeaway is anything that kids like is overcrowded and everything else is pretty empty (this is my 3rd Thanksgiving cruise on Liberty). Bar wait times are minimal if anything at all.

[wordell1]

3846 on Oasis this week. 60 percent. 

[billdauterive]

Liberty Nov 21st - 3096 (900+ kids!)

[Matt]

4100 on Harmony

[BrianAlt]

14 hours ago, Matt said:

4100 on Harmony

Starting to get up there!

[Bob13]

Hoping to hear what the passenger count on Explorer of the seas.  

[Cez]

20 hours ago, Bob13 said:

Hoping to hear what the passenger count on Explorer of the seas.  

Nov 07-14. I don’t recall exact number but around 1800. 60-65% of capacity. 
Plenty of space everywhere but some lines for breakfast at WJ

[levib2]

Was Windjammer on Serenade of the Seas open for dinner?  Hoping it will be open when we sail in mid December.

[BeachGal]

Navigator, 11/19 - 1972; cruise leaving today was at 2500(ish)

[Steve09]

2,867 as reported by Guest Services desk today on the Independence, November 25 sailing out of 4,560 (62.9%).

[leesam82]

~2800 passengers and ~1500 crew on Anthem of the seas sailing November 21st 

[BrianB]

Final count for the Anthem Nov 28…2444.

Nearly 400 less than last week…more than 200 less than Nov 14.

[RCLRING]

On 11/20/2021 at 8:24 PM, Funeegal said:

On Symphony. Windjammer is open for dinner. We were told 918 kids on board for this Thanksgiving week. We were told 4896 passengers. 
 

The ship feels much busier than over the summer on Adventure and yes, we had to wait for elevators. 

Nov 27th, only 3100 on Symphony. Windjammer closed again for dinner

[JenM]

20 hours ago, RCLRING said:

Nov 27th, only 3100 on Symphony. Windjammer closed again for dinner

A person in our facebook group is currently on that cruise right now, and she says that she knows next week will be over 4,000. Do you know if this is true? I was under the impression that they don't tell until the week of, not beforehand.

[Ampurp85]

1 hour ago, JenM said:

A person in our facebook group is currently on that cruise right now, and she says that she knows next week will be over 4,000. Do you know if this is true? I was under the impression that they don't tell until the week of, not beforehand.

Some people on FB list what the reps tell them are sold. They can have a ballpark figure but there are a ton of factors that can change that number. Like cancellations, people testing positive, people get turned away because of lack of documentation, etc. So as of now they can have 4000 booked but only end up with 3100, you won't know until you sail. My Halloween sailing was supposed to have close to that but ended up at around 3300.

[BrianB]

There's no way to know how many actually sail until sail away. I usually wait until after dinner on day 1 to get the 'final count'.