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re: How long does it take for a cruise ship to break even?
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:57 am to TheDeathValley
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:57 am to TheDeathValley
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heir oldest ship, the Ecstasy has been sailing since 1991,
And it looks 30 years old, too. How unappealing is that thing?
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Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:57 am to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
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My gosh. I've never seen another person on this board pretend to know so much about everything, yet be as clueless about all of it as you are.
You just literally threw shite at the wall, and hoped people would think you knew what you were talking about.
That is not what I did. I did throw shite at the wall in a very rough estimate, which I admitted, but I did not claim to know what the frick I'm talking about. You need to lighten up and quit being such an internet hard arse, bitch.
This post was edited on 9/23/20 at 11:00 am
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:58 am to LNCHBOX
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The capacity of that ship specifically is more like 6500.
Wow holy shite!
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:08 am to TDsngumbo
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but I did not claim to know what the frick I'm talking about
That entire post was pretty much you claiming to know what the frick you are talking about.
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You need to lighten up and quit being such an internet hard arse, bitch
How about I lighten up and stop being an internet hard arse, whenever you stop being such an internet dumb arse?
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:17 am to LoneStar23
I read 6-10 years.
There are many variables involved in the calculations.
There are many variables involved in the calculations.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:27 am to GetCocky11
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And it looks 30 years old, too. How unappealing is that thing?
Not great. It looks like she is doing short 5 day hops out of Jacksonville.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:27 am to LoneStar23
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How long does it take for a cruise ship to break even?
Couple of hours give or take, depending on the size of the iceberg of course.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:40 am to Tyga Woods
I’m pretty sure the labor, is for the most part, pretty much indentured servitude bordering on slavery. Everyone who works on these boats comes from eastern block Europe, SE Asia or equatorial Africa. They probably make like $7/week
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:44 am to LoneStar23
In thinking cruise ships don't actually turn a profit and they are actually a front for drug trafficking.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:44 am to LoneStar23
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cruise ship
There may never be a bigger waste of vacation $$
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:49 am to t00f
Someone could start with the profit per day divide that by the total number of their fleet occupancy and multiply by the occupancy of an individual ship to get the ships daily profit. Some more simple math and you have the rough time to break even. I ain't that bored.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:54 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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I’m pretty sure the labor, is for the most part, pretty much indentured servitude bordering on slavery. Everyone who works on these boats comes from eastern block Europe, SE Asia or equatorial Africa. They probably make like $7/week
It's an extremely dirty and unethical thing. Cruise ship companies are horrible.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:58 am to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
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How about I lighten up and stop being an internet hard arse, whenever you stop being such an internet dumb arse?
Sounds like someone lost an argument with the wife last night.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:58 am to LoneStar23
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How long does it take
From Google -cruise ships make an average of $291 profit per passenger per cruise.
If true, 291 x 6500 = $1,891,500 per cruise
1 cruise per week, 52 weeks = 98,358,000 per year.
Depending on other costs, 10-15 years?
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:59 am to LoneStar23
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How long does it take for a cruise ship to break even?
With most of the new ones costing between $500M-1B, I would guess at least 15 years.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 11:59 am to t00f
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There may never be a bigger waste of vacation $$
I've never been on one but I imagine the high end ones are nice. Viking river cruises or whatever.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 12:02 pm to EarlyCuyler3
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I've never been on one but I imagine the high end ones are nice. Viking river cruises or whatever.
The nicer cruise lines and ships are really nice. Good quality restaurants as well, and even with the number of passengers, it doesn't feel that crowded overall.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 12:07 pm to TDsngumbo
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$950,000,000 ship
Let's say its capacity is 1,500 passengers. Carnival is cheaper than the average cruise so let's say, average of off-season and in-season trips, is about a $450 per person charge for a week long cruise (it's probably more).
450x1,500 = $675,000
Each one of those passengers purchases an average of $400 in shore excursions.
1,500 x $400 = $600,000
Let's say Carnival makes 40% on excursions.
$600,000 x .40 = $240,000
So now we're at $915,000 profit per week-long cruise. Not including additional meals that aren't included, shopping, etc..
That leads me to believe it would take approximately 1,038 weeks or 19.96 years to pay off the ship. That math makes me believe they're making a shite ton more money than I indicated because no way they're going to have a ship that will take them 20 years to break even on. Chances are the number is closer to 5-10 years due to my average cost per person being on the low end and not including the additional ways cruises make money.
yeah, lets just ignore all of the operating costs of the ship
dumbass
Posted on 9/23/20 at 12:21 pm to LoneStar23
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How long does it take for a cruise ship to break even?
Probably not that long. I'm not doing the math, but number of paying customers on a cruise X average cost X number of cruises per year + excursions/other extras/drink plans/onboard shopping - ship build price and operating costs. I'm sure they recoup the cost of shipbuilding fairly quickly, you know, if it weren't for this pandemic shite.
This post was edited on 9/23/20 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 9/23/20 at 12:22 pm to LoneStar23
Key West is voting on November 3rd to ban cruise ships from docking in Key West because the residents think the passengers are too trashy. It’s about $90 million in annual revenue that they are willing to turn away.
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