All4family Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 I am sailing in July on the Icon of the Seas and I have noticed something about the pricing on the Cruise planner. When I first booked my room back in August of 23 Coco Beach Club was 307. During the sales they ran it went down to 272, then down to 252, then down to 180 and now at 162. I have noticed similar price drops on different items at Perfect Day. When I sailed on the Oasis of the Seas last summer and at this point, everything at Perfect Day had sold out. I am wondering if Royal has figured out that after paying a ton to get on the Icon, people have little appetite to spend on all the extras. Has anyone sailing or sailed on the Icon noticed similar price drops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 I would have zero money to spend anywhere if I booked Icon...prices are insane.... Prices have to start coming down..demand cant stay that high at those prices...so will defn be interested to see what happens over the next few months. Luv2Travel, RCIfan1912 and Baked Alaska 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sealegs Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 It could be that no other ships are there the day you are, so demand is soft as a result. I see on cruise mapper that Icon is by itself at Perfect Day on two different July days of this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 I noticed on my August sailing on icon many of the PDCC prices have recently dropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanHardlyWait Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Keeps happening to my May Icon. PDCC items have dropped in price several times. I totally think after spending top dollar on Icon people are kinda spent out. monctonguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 I’m on Icon next week and got the beach club for $125. It’ll drop more. Keep watching. Over the water cabanas went to $1,999. I agree. The cruise is so expensive no one is paying for the extras. I’m getting multiple emails daily about buying the deluxe beverage Luv2Travel and CanHardlyWait 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanHardlyWait Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 4 minutes ago, Jill said: I’m on Icon next week and got the beach club for $125. It’ll drop more. Keep watching. Over the water cabanas went to $1,999. I agree. The cruise is so expensive no one is paying for the extras. I’m getting multiple emails daily about buying the deluxe beverage How low is the deluxe package for next week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 25 minutes ago, CanHardlyWait said: How low is the deluxe package for next week? $72.99 CanHardlyWait and monctonguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squapat Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 It's not just Icon, pretty much all cruises have increased by so much, that simple land vacations are now way cheaper than cruising. I've got 9 cruises booked for the next few months, but that's it, not booking anymore cruises until prices come back down to a reasonable cost. I think cruise line think we are all idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_Texas Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 I was on Icon Maiden and it truly was a set apart experience. I don't mind RCL pricing up significantly for Icon class ships, especially in the first 2 or 3 years. My real issue is that they hiked pricing on the rest of the fleet. I've got 7 booked RCL cruises and the pricing is significantly higher than pre-COVID, way more than inflation. The most interesting thing to me is the squeeze between the mass market segment and the premium segment. For apples-to-apples cruise lengths and ports you can now book Celebrity or Princess for the same price as Royal. Virgin and Holland America are still a little higher. I've got a side-by-side pair of cruises out of Galveston where the 7 day Princess with drink package and gratuities is exactly the same price as Royal with gratuities but no drinks package (I'm D+ so this is an equivalent cruise for me). I'll be interested in my reaction to consecutive cruises to the same ports on different cruise lines. I've got a 15 day Oceania which is definitely higher price as it is a luxury small ship line but their alcohol drinks package is $30 pp / per day including gratuities. If you follow RCL bookings they are definitely not negatively impacted by their huge price increases but I have to wonder if the "empty nesters" move to better alternatives over the next 3-5 years. Sweety, PhillyLady, Luv2Travel and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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