Cruise Confidence Returning Slowly But Not for Megaships
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It's still an unpredictable road ahead for the major cruise lines eyeing the rebound of U.S. consumer confidence. Travel restrictions are indeed easing for its top region in demand, the Caribbean, and more cruisers are making plans. But they're also remaining cautious.
As travel confidence bounces back in North America, so is the desire of cruisers to return to the seas, even after a tumultuous two-years of stops and starts, as well as dramatic pandemic outcomes for the cruise industry.
A remarkable 60 percent of consumers say they are actively planning to cruise in the next two years, with over half heading out in this spring and summer — but over two-thirds indicate a preference now for luxury cruises over megaships. Megaships won just a quarter of the votes and came in
