usmcddv Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Curious if any of the very latest March Icon cruisers can speak to occupancy rates? Are they still climbing, I heard some speculate that they'd be full bore for Spring Break and others not until the summer. How did it feel? Kids insanity? What's SB like on Icon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Hello, Yes, we were on Icon last week (March 9th sailing date). According to a crew member I spoke with, they were running at roughly 85%-90% capacity last week, which included 2,400 kids. The crew member said they will be at 100% starting with the March 30th, 2024 sailing. It wasn't too bad from a crowd perspective. Some of the pool deck areas were pretty crowded. We never had to wait more than a few mins for a drink, although Coco Cay seemed very crowed. Hope this helps! Thanks! PhillyLady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmcddv Posted March 20 Author Report Share Posted March 20 Wow, lots of kiddos. So my Apr 6 is looking to be the full enchilada. Hopefully it will be ok as its after most of the Spring break, the week AFTER the week after Easter. I guess the kids aren't so much the issue, just humanity overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 90% capacity is about 5000. And nearly half are kids? Ouch. monctonguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOB Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 On 3/20/2024 at 6:27 PM, smokeybandit said: 90% capacity is about 5000. And nearly half are kids? Ouch. According to Wikipedia double occupancy is 5610 and capacity is 7600 so assuming 90% is of full that’s about 6800 - but to be at 2400 of that is still an insane number dont think I will be sailing on her or Star any time soon. There are too many other RC ships I could sail in the Caribbean which are smaller ships but are half the price Ryan79, tingtang and Neesa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 4 hours ago, FOB said: According to Wikipedia double occupancy is 5610 and capacity is 7600 so assuming 90% is of full that’s about 6800 - but to be at 2400 of that is still an insane number dont think I will be sailing on her or Star any time soon. There are too many other RC ships I could sail in the Caribbean which are smaller ships but are half the price 100% occupancy is based on double occupancy. Like this week on adventure is about 122% occupancy since there are just under 3900 on board with a double occupancy of about 3100 WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putinbay Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 13 hours ago, FOB said: dont think I will be sailing on her or Star any time soon. There are too many other RC ships I could sail in the Caribbean which are smaller ships but are half the price Yes, I would agree. While we loved the ship and thought it was truly amazing, with the recent crazy run-up in prices, we definitely would not pay the inflated prices. In October of 2022 for our 3/9/24 Icon cruise, we paid roughly $7,000 for 2 rooms (one balcony and one inside room) for 4 people (my wife and me, and our 2 teenaged boys). I randomly checked the prices leading up to our 3/9/24 Icon cruise, and the prices for the exact same rooms skyrocketed to nearly $20k. Yikes! There's no way I'd pay that! Our cruise was great, but no chance it would be worth nearly $20k. No way! Baked Alaska, Lovetocruise2002 and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 3 hours ago, putinbay said: While we loved the ship and thought it was truly amazing, with the recent crazy run-up in prices, we definitely would not pay the inflated prices. That is exactly where we are at as well with Icon class. Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 I booked star with what I thought was an OK rate (and a lot less than icon for the same week and room). Then just booked vision. Gonna be a culture shock going from old to new like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilley Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Visions is old but a lot of fun. I’m was on her in February and back on her again in October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 27 minutes ago, Gilley said: Visions is old but a lot of fun. I’m was on her in February and back on her again in October. We decided to knock Bermuda off our list and didn't want to waste a 5 night trip to do it. So we booked the 9 Gilley and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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