Royal Caribbean stock surges as a wave of new cruise customer bookings pump up the volume of 2021 ticket sales. Despite a $250 million per month cash burn rate, the cruise line says it has plenty of liquidity to survive until the ships sail again. What does this business news say about the American spirit in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Bill Whittle Network · Cruise Bookings Up: Royal Caribbean Stock Surges with Wave of New 2021 Ticket Sales
19 replies on “Cruise Bookings Up: Royal Caribbean Stock Surges with Wave of New 2021 Ticket Sales”
I am thrilled about this cruise and have reached out to make reservations!
Why are they talking as if our cruise is in November? I thought it was Dec 4?
…or it could be that the cruise lines are offering some great deals to get those bookings
i was one of the very first people to book a cabin on the cruise that Bill advertised on TSL back in…December? I was thrilled to finally be able to meet the people with whom I spend almost each day. Unfortunately, I cannot make the December one coming up as I had previously made plans…that if I do not keep, my name won’t be mud but something that looks like it. I will be watching for the shows taped on the boat and hope that anyone going posts photos on this site and lets everyone know how fabulous it is
I do hope that there will be another meet and greet somewhere. How about Texas??? Middle of the US. Scott would be thrilled.
I have been on three cruises. The first was a room with a port hole window when I was single. Later when I paid for the family (4 of us), I “economized” and got interior rooms. On the third cruise, the two of us had a junior suite with a balcony. I would not go on a cruise again unless I had a balcony room. I like the shade on the balcony, the quiet and not having to sit a foot away from someone that I don’t know. If I ever go again, my preference would be to go with several friends or family. I prefer the days in port to days at sea. I tend to read a lot when at sea, but I can do that at home.
The thumbs up is for the balcony. Adding to your comments about them, the cruises ships my husband and I went on tended to be rather noisy – even the library! Rooms are very well noise insulated though, and can provide much needed relief for those of us who don’t enjoy constant hubbub. A balcony is essential. The sound of the waves and visual expanse of the sea are intoxicating. I thoroughly enjoyed the at sea days!
I’ve lived in stunningly beautiful land-locked places. I loved the AZ desert; and painfully earned my black diamond cred in the Rockies. But my heart belongs to the water. My college years were spent on the banks of the Charles River in Boston. And now I live in a waterfront village on the Chesapeake Bay, and share a beach house on the Outer Banks with my sister. I totally understand the attraction of a cruise, though I have never been a passenger. The allure of going to sea has been in our DNA for centuries.
What about a Summit Summit? A meeting of the Conservative in the mountains of…well, anywhere?
Hey, I’m game! That should be next year’s Whittle Retreat. May I suggest the White Mountains in New Hampshire?
Just a stones throw from my home! Excellent idea!
Spend five and a half months in four walls wish that you could be free…and then pay a thousand bucks so that you and the lovely wife can stare at bulkheads instead of walls…
This is why GOD made mountains. Fresh air. No walls.
Best cruise i have ever had (only one) was with Viking River Cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest. A great relaxing 15 days.All in inclusive
Generally speaking, I’m with Steve (and Lionell, below). Never been remotely interested in a big-ship cruise. (I feel the same way about land-based large resorts.) (Very small ships and riverboats are a different story.) However, I’ve been tempted from time to time by what are essentially conventions on a cruise ship. The Federalist Society, genealogical societies, even family reunions. The Bill Whittle Cruise, of course (first “celebrity” cruise I ever heard of, didn’t know that was a thing). What is appealing isn’t being on a cruise ship with all of its “experiences” but meeting people who share your interests, attending seminars, that sort of thing.
(Significant exception to my distaste for large ships is round-the-world type travel on a ship like the QMII. If I won the lottery I’d even consider one of those “condo” ships that sails around the world. I think that would be a fun way to travel for a few years.)
I wonder when it got down to 52 week low, how much stock RC bought back and is now selling in order to keep itself liquid. If they did, good job by their financial people.
My wife and I recently went on her family’s biennial beach vacation a couple of weeks ago and let me say it was such a relief and very relaxing to just shut off our phones and have no contact with the outside world. No mention of covid, riots, or the presidential election was made the entire trip. In fact it was so relaxing that my wife and I put an offer on a house that we only did a virtual tour of via our realtor and we are currently under contract for the house (first time homebuyers)! All while we were in our bathing suits drinking margaritas on the beach. Doesn’t get more ‘Merica than that!
Congrats on the new house!!!
In my little waterfront town (pop. 750) on the Chesapeake Bay, the demand for houses now exceeds the supply. Folks from the DC-Baltimore corridor are seeking an escape from their urban lives. And I’m talking about homes above $500K. You cannot imagine the effect it is making on the local culture. We all know one another, and the big influx of new faces is unsettling. I chose to live here decades ago because it is peaceful and secure. All I can say is, please respect the local ordinances and be a good neighbor. And congrats on your new house.
The best part of any cruise is sitting on the balcony (if you have one) listening to the waves. There is nothing on Earth more relaxing!
I’m expecting to get a little more out of the Whittle Cruise, however. I’m looking forward to meeting “my kind of people.”
So this cruise is really, truly going to happen – right?
Slow news day?
I can’t think of a much worse social experience than being trapped for weeks on a floating Vegas. Then paying much more than it is worth for the experience and not being able to get out of town when you have had enough. All the while being trapped with people you don’t know, don’t care to know, and wouldn’t associate with if paid. Not my kind of thing.