Royal Caribbean Cruises Price Question?

Question

I was just curious and used the advanced search on royalcaribbean.com for a 3 night cruise and I'm confused about the prices. It lists four different prices for the four different types of rooms there is. It also says that prices are per person, based on double occupancy.

Do you know what the price includes? Is it per night or the whole cruise for you alone? Thanks :)

Answer 1

price is per person for the length of the cruise.  Cruiselines book based on double occupancy.  the different types of rooms are going to be different prices.

cruisecritic.com will give you lots of good info.

Answer 2

As its said the price is per person on a double occupancy rate (two persons per cabin) if you go one or two steps further down the chain youll find a total sum and thats what you have to pay for in all including pre paid tip (if any), port charges and taxes.

The cruise fair includes: Cabin off choice. All meals from embarkation to disembarkation (except for some special reasturants were an extra fee is applayed) all entertainment. Some fairs also includes things like port charges and taxes and tips.

Youll always have to pay for things like alcoholic beverages, casino play, spa threatment and shore excursions.

Having one of your dinner in the pay extra reasturant (usually about $20 per person) is a great idea and its worth every cent if you ask me.

Good luck with your cruise and feel free to ask rccl if you have any question about price and whats included. Johan.

Answer 3

95% of cruise bookings go through a travel agency, they can answer these kind of questions for you.

Good luck!

Answer 4

The price you're seeing is for the entire trip, not per night, and is for each person assuming that there are two people sharing a stateroom.  For example, if you saw a price of $299 for a three-night cruise, you would pay $299 for the whole trip (plus taxes and other fees, of course) and your companion would also pay $299, so $598 for both of you together.  If you went by yourself, you would probably have to pay the entire $598 on your own but some operators offer what is called a "single supplement", meaning that you would pay more than $299, but not as much as $598 in the above example.

As for what's included, most cruises include just about everything - accommodation, food, drinks (may or may not include alcoholic drinks), use of the onboard facilities etc.

Answer 5

All cruises are sold based on double occupancy and the four prices that you see on the web sites are for the four basic type of cabins:

Inside cabin (no window or porthole) ... cheapest

Outside       (a window or porthole)...  next lowest priced

Balcony .. (you own private balcony off your cabin)

Suites  ...  the most expensive

You will also find that in some of the categories there may also be subcategories that cost more because they are in a more desirable location on the ship and/or because the cabins are slightly larger.

The cruise prices are per person for the entire cruise and for the most part all cruises are all inclusive. Let me explain.

Regardless of which cruise you select the things that are included are pretty much the same. The price of your cruise includes your cabin, all meals (including breakfast, lunch dinner, snacks and free room service), free admissions to all shows and entertainment, and free use of all facilities on ship except spa services. The things that you will have to pay for are:

GRATUITIES: They will amount to about $10 per person in your cabin per day. When you check in at the pier they will set up an on-board charge account for you to cover any and everything you may buy on ship. They will issue you a "cruise card" which will also serve as your room key and pass to get on and off the ship. At the end of the cruise they will add the gratuity to your tab and you can pay with a credit card or cash, your choice. So everything on ship except the casino is cashless; everything you buy goes on your account.

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND SOFT DRINKS: Coffee, tea, milk, juice, and lemonade and punch will be provided free but you must pay for soft drinks and alcoholic beverages and they will add a 15 percent gratuity to each drink and soft drink order.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Cruise lines will take plenty of photographs of you all over the ship, in the dining room, and as you exit the ship in ports. These will cost a lot, like $15 to $20 for most.

TOURS/EXCURSIONS: You are not required to book any tours and can get off and on in the ports as much as you want. But the cruise line will offer a lot of tours and these are expensive.

SOUVENIRS: Anything you buy on ship from a gift shop or duty free shop goes on your on board account. Things that you buy on shore you pay cash or credit card for.

CASINO: If you plan to gamble on ship you will need cash for that.

OTHER: The ship you go on will have what they call a "specialty" restaurants where there is a gratuity/service charge. All other food on board is free and its not really necessary to budget for food; you cannot eat all of the FREE FOOD that will be available.

SPA SERVICES: If you want/need to have your hair done, get a massage or wrap, or any services from the spa, you will have to pay for them. You can use the gym free but the spa stuff cost big bucks.

INTERNET SVCS: Ships now have internet cafe and some have WiFi but the there is a fee for internet access and it is very expensive (like about $50 to $60 an hour).

You cabin will likely have a minibar with soft drinks and munchies; you have to pay for them (but there is free room service 24/7).

So those are the additional charges you need to be aware of.

Answer 6

There are different "categories" of each room type.  Basically the prices you see online is usually per person and does not include the taxes.  Based on double occupancy means you have to have two people in your room to get that price.  Generally if you book only one person in a room you almost pay double the price.  

So bottom line is the price you are seeing you will multiply times two and then there will also be taxes added to that.  There is a fuel supplement added to all reservations as well.  

The price includes your room, food, entertainment, some beverages.  Tips, shore excursions, flights, alcohol, gambling, souvenirs are things not included.  Hope this helps.