Cruise sales are down overall due to several factors.

[Host Mike]

"Earlier this week industry giant Carnival Corporation (which owns Costa Cruises, Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Cunard Line, Ibero Cruises and P&O Cruises) reported a falloff in cruise bookings in both the U.S. and Europe.  Yesterday Royal Caribbean (parent company of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises) also says bookings have fallen to the “low to mid-teen percentages” as compared with a year ago.

While Concordia is the main contributor to the slowed bookings there are other contributing factors:  cruise lines and travel agents ceased advertising during “Wave Season” (when roughly 30% of all cruise reservations are made) and warm winter temperatures in the United States result in fewer people dashing off to warm weather vacations."

http://travel.usatoday.com/alliance/cruises/shipcriticblog/post/2012/02/Cruise-Bookings-Decline-Following-Costa-Concordia-Disaster/619151/1

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[Suzy Cruisy]

Obviously, this is factual information.  Just makes me say, "Huh."   

Must be the last minute booking overall general public that mainly does cruise direct or big online agencies that isn't booking as much... cause I'm HELLA busy.   And I am sending out the same amount of promotion emails as usual (which is very little).

I think the truly dedicated cruisers, like those of us that post on this board, are PROBABLY going to go just as much.  Are any of you booking less because of the weather or because of the Costa incident?

Suzy

[Host Mike]

I'm still cruising unless war breaks out in the Middle East.