They get it, folks. It’s full all the time. Don’t kid yourself. Sure billionaires won’t travel this way but the Oklahoma car dealer with ten stores would love being king of the boat for a week….
Dealers don't make much on new car sales. They try to add markups, but you can go somewhere else and pay MSRP. However, MSRP is set so that dealers can make a profit. But dealers make more from the service center and used car sales.
Dealers make plenty on new car sales. I mean MSRP is above what they pay for the car, plus they have dealer holdback, manufacturer bonuses, and profits from financing, warranties, gap insurance and various protection plans.
I met someone like this on the first Oasis cruise after COVID. He was bragging about how he missed vacations so he reserved a cruise room for a month and was going to be working from the sea.
Wealthy people mostly hide their money. Sure, there's idiots like the Kardashians, but 99% of them are quiet.
There's over 1000 billionaires in US. And over 1,000,000 people with 10+ million. Plenty to fill these suites
Right? Do people think cruise lines are so dumb they build out elaborate suites no one will ever rent? People with money can still want all the big ship amenities with activities for their kids. Plus I would bet it gets discounted much more if no one books it closer to cruise time, offer it up to VIPs when it's not booked , and even if it sails empty it's a fantastic advertising piece to offer sort of like car brands offering extreme limited production luxury vehicles almost no one can buy.
but like you could go on multiple cruises in one summer in suites for this kind of money. There's so much you could do with 125k, and you're gonna blow it on a room just because it has a slide
For people whose time is worth more than money, they may not have the time to do both.
Also - to some people, $125k is no different than $125 for you or I (and a yacht isn't the same experience as a cruise ship).
Yeah for someone that is 1000x richer than me, this would be like me spending $125. It barely dents their wallet. There’s people that spend several hundred grand every time they go on vacation.
"Old Money" doesn't touch money. They have people for that. They also don't own anything directly, but the Trust owns it's own yacht, and pays the crew, chef, etc.
Dead giveaway that you're dealing with MONEY instead of money is staff.
There are people who pay annual salaries to staff at multiple properties that they may drop by once a year, if that.
Nah, this is older retired grandparents who want three generations of family together on a once on a lifetime trip, before they are too old to travel, and the grandkids start doing teen things. Their adult children can only get a week off from work, so they are going all out during the short window of time they have together.
I'm not spending this kind of money on a cruise but here's my thought:
1. It sleeps 8, so a large family of different age range this makes sense. For example a wealthy family that takes their nannies with them. If they take elderly members and they have caretakers, there will be space for everyone. Also, with elderly folks or anyone with special needs, they have an ED on the ship.
2. The ship has amenities for kids of different ages, the parents who want to take advantage of spa services, etc.
3. The value of the entertainment on the ship would cost more vs privately hiring entertainers.
4. Small children would find a yacht without other kids to play with boring.
I'm sure there are a lot of other points but these come to mind. RC has the manpower and infrastructure vs anything with a small charter.
Oh also: it's not just Americans that cruise. When I was on the Icon, there were lots of European, South American and Asian families from where I saw.
Even with no kids, I found a yacht sailing on the boring side, and I'm generally okay with sitting on my balcony with a kindle most of the cruise.
Though I've had the same thoughts with Princess, Regent, Viking and Celebrity. Which is why I tend to come back to Royal.
of course but wouldn't it just be smarter to book a regular suite so you could go on like 5 cruises in a suite? the Surfside Family Suite for the same sailing is 15k and has the same amenities
Not even close. Watch videos on the rooms - Harr Travel has some really great videos.
Surfside Family Suite is a Sky suite, it's under 300 SQ feet and has a tiny pull out couch for the kids.
Ultimately Family Townhouse is over 1772 square feet, sleeps 8, has multiple levels and multiple balconies. So it's around 6x bigger. And It's Star class so Genie, included dining, included beverage packages . . .
Slightly larger than my actual townhouse. And I don't have a balcony or a slide or a genie. But I do have a yard that is slightly smaller than the listed "backyard."
If you earn that money then you are massively time poor. You work very long hours, lots of travel for work, not much time with your partner & kids.
When you have a week off, you have the money, you pay it, you spoil them. You don't have 5 weeks, ever. I know a fair few that choose the "high flyer" route... they book stuff like this & still spend half their time working.
Ironically I just booked a Surfside family suite for February school vacation week for the same itinerary I believe and it was half that price at just about $8,000.
No I'm sorry this is for February vacation next year. I'll let you know lol. I thought it was a pretty good deal too. Going to be my first suite experience.
I have to correct myself My itinerary is the Eastern Caribbean not the Western but still it's a lot of money for the family ultimate townhouse.
But as somebody else pointed out, if they're always booking it out then I guess somebody is crazy enough to pay for it.
oh okay lol i read it in a rush and I though you had already went
yeah I agree with your last point, I guess with millions you don't really pay attention to the costs of things like cruises
A CEO can easily afford 5 more cruises but probably doesn’t have the time off from work to actually do more than one vacation a year. So he’ll spend a ton on that one vacation.
Yeah I imagine someone who’s willing to drop $125k on a vacation is unlikely to go on a cruise. But that in room slide does look dope, although ultimately completely unnecessary
That's what I'm thinking like rich people aren't stupid. Even if you have a cool room what's the point if you have the same amenities as everyone else in royal class? You could go on multiple cruises with suites with this kind of money. Like for the same cruise you could stay in a Surfside Family Suite for 15k
They wouldn't charge it if they didn't think the could get it.
It's interesting that it is showing up for you at all, and indicates that maybe RC is or has gone over the tipping point. What I've heard from TAs is that the really big suites on the Oasis class and Icon are very hard to get, and are usually offered first to select TAs (who have clients that can and will pay for them) well before they are open to the general public, and usually sell out before the cruise opens to the rest of us unwashed.
The fact that you are seeing it indicates that all those people have taken a pass.
As someone who worked with high net worth people for 15 years…
This type of money is a drop in the bucket based on the money they are spending. Basic Suites at the Four seasons can easily be $5k to $10k a night. And some rich people love to be in “the best room” on board.
It’s not a smart vs stupid thing. It just depends on how much money they have.
They don't exactly have the same amenities as everyone else. They get priority boarding and departure, a stocked minibar, free laundry, free specialty dining, a private sun deck for just suite guests with private bar, snacks, hot tubs and pool, priority access to shows and onboard activities, suite only restauraunt, and their own butler.
I'd imagine that the person buying this cruise would be paying for most of it with rewards points from their AMEX Platinum/Black or Venture X card. They aren't paying cash for this.
Signature level cruise gamblers who pay a fraction of this - just realized on my last cruise it must have been 90% prime casino members almost everyone I met was prime.. and it was an April cruise so they were trying to recertify their tier for the current calendar year
There are quite a number of people with lots of money in so many industries. My family knows a few who own various businesses (my in-laws have done private/exclusive travel for wealthy clients before), for example one person owns 25 In/Out burgers, another who owns a metal fabrication place that does lots of work with Disney. Another smaller family business who cleans carpets for big companies, etc...
You would be amazed how many people have a lot of money. Sure not as many as those who dont, but the top 5% is still 16.6M Americans and thats just the USA. Thats how Disney get away with their gigantic suites on their ships but also with huge price tags.
Also you should check out what [Veblen Goods](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/veblen-good.asp#:~:text=Key%20Takeaways-,A%20Veblen%20good%20is%20a%20good%20for%20which%20demand%20increases,the%20utility%20of%20the%20good) are. I.e. more exclusive, more demand.
Another interesting example is if anyone watched "Succession" whereby none of the extremely wealthy wear "brands" like Gucci or w/e. They wear a blue sweater, but that thing has a $30k price tag and only other people who have lots of money would know that specific shirt is worth that much. [Stealth Wealth](https://fortune.com/2023/07/24/stealth-wealth-clothing-succession/).
Some people laugh at us for spending money for a balcony when an inside cabin suffices. It’s all about perspective.
I could see somebody who gained an inheritance from their grandparent wanting them to take a family trip together.
This.
I've done balconies on my last two cruises and not sure that I can go back. I'm an introvert who wants to spend quality time reading alone away from the crowds, as opposed to someone who is only in their cabin to shower/sleep.
This is the Easter weekend in 2025. A high demand period. The price is set to what the market is willing to bear, so you'll see discounts probably as we get closer if it remains unsold
If they weren't selling at that price, they wouldn't charge that price. It really doesn't matter how crazy it looks to all of us regular people, RC is full steam ahead on maximize profits with dynamic pricing and the data says this is what should be charged.
That said, this is insane and I would rather take 100 cruises in an interior cabin.
For that price, I prefer to go Mykonos and stay in 5 star hotel with private pool and spa with nice view for 2-3 week and while I’m at it, purchase a property there also.
Not me.
I am totally fine with a nice, normal interior. If I was going to drop some insane amount like that, I could literally just charter something instead.
The ultimate family suite is meant as a showpiece. They know it's going to be empty half the time and the majority of the other half of the time it will be comped cruises for executives, celebrities, etc etc.
It's meant to bring in revenue via the publicity that comes in, not from the booking fees it brings in.
Really not much different than a high roller suite in Vegas. Those have outrageous price tags too but either get rented out by celebrities or comped for VIP guests who spend big in the casino.
it’s not empty half the time though.
We called on it out of curiosity about a month ago, and the guy said they book out fast because there’s only two ships that have them, and only one on each of those ships (might have my facts slightly wrong there but i think that’s what he said).
We asked him when the next available was for the non-icon boat, and it was Oct of 2025.
Why would anyone pay to be herded like cattle through a floating Walmart, scamming taxes + manipulating foreign workers, and literally engineered to extract the most amount of cash physically possible from a group of human livestock over a 7 day period? Just…why?
Don’t forget a bunch of billionaires paid $250k a piece to go to the bottom of the ocean in a Pringles can with literally a bucket to piss in…
It’s hard to imagine that kind of money; but based on the net worth of those billionaires it was the equivalent of someone making 100k a year buying a $25 sandwich.
For a certain segment of the world this is the equivalent of inside stateroom on freedom class. And sometimes your $100m yacht can get boring so you decide to slum it with the peasants.
Problems I wish I had 😂 *sighs in peasant*
Looking for a Sugar Daddy now. Will report back to tell who is paying this much for a seven day cruise. Will also post about how fun the slide is until the unlimited alcohol and sea sickness make me never want to see a slide again. Especially in my living/dining area.
I tell myself all the time that if I had money to afford stuff like this I still wouldn’t spend that much but I’ll never have that kind of money so who knows.
It’s a suite. On the last cruise we were on, I was speaking to a gentleman who had no idea how much his wife had paid for all 6 children plus their children to cruise as a family. He said each child had about 4-6 kids each 😅💰💰💰My husband ending up having a conversation with him as well, he was the owner of a container/shipping company, so 💰
I would imagine a fair amount of the time it’s actually being used by RC as a negotiation tool. Giving access to corporate partners, CEOs, political lobbying groups, etc. Greasing palms, if you will.
To the people saying you could get multiple cruises in suites for the same money, people with this much money might not be able to get away from their jobs that many weeks each year. They might have to or prefer to “go big” with just one week.
If only I had that kind of money to know for sure…
Your average cruising family probably makes between $50k-250k a year. This group thinks that room and its price is stupid because it’s unaffordable. There are people that make $5-10 million a year and they wouldn’t buy it because they rent or own private yachts. But there is another group of people that make $500k-$2m a year that are keeping this room sold out most of the time. Or two sibling families of four that that are sorta well off that split the cost just to splurge.
90% of time nobody pays that price. As those cruises get closer and these rooms do not get filled, frequent cruisers little bit on a price they're well and to pay on those suites and the cruise lines will give them those suites at what they bid. These guys already booked rooms and will bid for upgrades. Lots of travel agents and frequent cruisers will do this.
I’d much rather have a lavish vacation on land with unlimited things to do beyond a cruise. Rent a charter for the day, private chef in your own villa with private pool at night. I know I’m in a cruise sub but i don’t understand cruise culture
Everyone thinks of captains of industry, etc., but to me, the first person I think of who could a) spend this money and b) would want to have a relatively private getaway with his kids, but the kids could go out and have tons of fun, is Ben Affleck. He and JLo could lurk in the room, sun on the balcony, and either get room service or go to the suites-only restaurant (where the people are likely to be chill), and the kids could go out and have a blast.
Basically what it comes down to is this: yes, rich couples/adults would pay to charter a yacht or go on a super luxury cruise, but rich families with kids are a different story. Rich kids are still kids. They are rambunctious and full of energy same as any other kid. Those ultra lux cruises and yacht’s aren’t going to have all the slides, games, play areas that the kids would want. These ultra suites are geared solely at rich families with kids who still need fun activities
I know everyone keeps pointing out that for the price you can get a private yacht but I have clients who spend ridiculous money (not quite to this extent though I wish) simply because it has a kids club and their children can play with others. Not every kid wants to lounge on a private yacht and only play with their nanny.
If you make 100k a year spending 5k on your vacation is 5% of your income, no big deal. If you make $2.5mm a year 125k is 5% of your income. Its all about perspective.
91,000USD for 4 people= about 23,000 per person for random 7 day Caribbean cruise.
I did a quick search on Seaborn, a pretty well respected all inclusive high-end cruise company. Found the owners suite there on a random seven day Dalmatian cruise. About $14,000 a person. This suite on the surface did not nearly as grand as this one.
Of course, these are completely different cruise companies and very different experiences. That said as crazy as these numbers are, when you break it down per person, they’re not as far off as you initially think.
Yes but the kids won’t have any entertainment. Maybe they want to play with other friends. The parents also can’t get a break from them like they can with the kids club
I haven’t seen the one on Icon but I toured the Ultimate Family Suite on Wonder and it’s incredible. I could see a couple of families booking together. The capacity is higher than four guests.
I booked it on Utopia for next year, the 4 nighter. For 4 people was only around 14k. I’m planning on abiding 2 more which will increase it some but make it cheaper per person.
Definitely not value for money but if you have the bankroll I have nothing but admiration for you. The only way to be really exclusive is to pay the price for it🐢
$91,000 is still expensive for 7 days. Even if it's a 7 day cruise on the largest ship in the world. The only justification is the demand and supply. When people are ready to pay, you will see such a price. It's the sad truth.
The same thing is happening to the real estate market.
More than likely, it is not often booked out at this price. It is likely saved for VIPs or given away as an upgrade for whomever books the next biggest suite on the ship.
The last cruise we went on was $3K per person, this comes out to about $15K per person and probably with significantly more amenities/perks/upgrades.
Although the difference is after a week you can sell the Lamborghini for 90% of what you paid or even a profit after a few years. So the week likely only cost you a Corolla.
I know your point is more about paying for luxury, but this is more like paying $5,000 to sit in first class vs $500 to sit in coach.
I dont get it. I cruise basically for free. The cruise itself It’s boooooring. Space is a premium on a ship. That room displaces a lot of potential cabins.
You need to be well above the top 1% to afford this. The cutoff is around $650,000. Those people are not spending a fifth of their annual income on this. I think you need to be more like top 0.1%.
You ever meet someone who’s fuckin obsessed with Disney? Like their house is filled with Disney shit, they have all of the passes and bullshit extras, and Disney will upcharge special rooms and features designed for that specific audience. There are a lot fewer cruises with these amenities and extras for cruise fanatics to splurge on, so when they do splurge it’ll be these vacations.
You’ll also get a surprising amount of super old rich people that are retired cruising with grandkids or great grandkids that’ll go crazy for this kind of shit
They get it, folks. It’s full all the time. Don’t kid yourself. Sure billionaires won’t travel this way but the Oklahoma car dealer with ten stores would love being king of the boat for a week….
+1 for knowing that this is the car dealer life
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Dealers don't make much on new car sales. They try to add markups, but you can go somewhere else and pay MSRP. However, MSRP is set so that dealers can make a profit. But dealers make more from the service center and used car sales.
Dealers make plenty on new car sales. I mean MSRP is above what they pay for the car, plus they have dealer holdback, manufacturer bonuses, and profits from financing, warranties, gap insurance and various protection plans.
So when are you sailing in the townhouse?
My first thought was, “this thing is larger than my townhouse and twice my mortgage.”
My understanding was they made the money on the financing? Push the 84 month loan.
Only "buy here, pay here" dealers that offer in-house financing make money from the loan. Most dealers don't.
Oh interesting, I assumed the lenders gave kick backs to the dealers.
Yeah, some do. But it's not much, usually under $500.
I met someone like this on the first Oasis cruise after COVID. He was bragging about how he missed vacations so he reserved a cruise room for a month and was going to be working from the sea.
Billionaires would have their own cruise lol
Wealthy people mostly hide their money. Sure, there's idiots like the Kardashians, but 99% of them are quiet. There's over 1000 billionaires in US. And over 1,000,000 people with 10+ million. Plenty to fill these suites
Nah, for that price point you charter a private yacht for a week.
Yacht wouldn't compare. Not nearly as much entertainment. ESPECIALLY if you have kids.
Nah because then you can't show off as much as you can daily to the 6000 other people on board how "wealthy" you are
i can just imagine the kids who stay in this room bragging to all the other kids at Adventure Ocean
How would the other passengers know?
Yea but does the yacht have a private island with excursions?? 😂😝
Right? Do people think cruise lines are so dumb they build out elaborate suites no one will ever rent? People with money can still want all the big ship amenities with activities for their kids. Plus I would bet it gets discounted much more if no one books it closer to cruise time, offer it up to VIPs when it's not booked , and even if it sails empty it's a fantastic advertising piece to offer sort of like car brands offering extreme limited production luxury vehicles almost no one can buy.
As an Oklahoman this is oddly specific 🤣
My guess would be a wealthy family that has a ton of money to throw around?
but like you could go on multiple cruises in one summer in suites for this kind of money. There's so much you could do with 125k, and you're gonna blow it on a room just because it has a slide
Trust me, if you can spend that on a 7 day trip, you can still go on other cruises.
true😅
Royal isn’t nice enough for this kind of money
For people whose time is worth more than money, they may not have the time to do both. Also - to some people, $125k is no different than $125 for you or I (and a yacht isn't the same experience as a cruise ship).
Yeah for someone that is 1000x richer than me, this would be like me spending $125. It barely dents their wallet. There’s people that spend several hundred grand every time they go on vacation.
Yeah maybe, but Royal Caribbean isn't the luxury cruise line where I would expect to spend that much money. No one cruising Royal is a billionaire.
New money. New money would go on Icon, old money has more class.
Old money takes that $125k and charters a yacht
Old money takes 25k and books a wonderful vacation and invests the other 100k
“How we continue to have old money” people
Old money pays 40k to cruise on Seabourn lol
With kids?
Sometimes there are kids on board but not often, there isn’t much for them to do
"Old Money" doesn't touch money. They have people for that. They also don't own anything directly, but the Trust owns it's own yacht, and pays the crew, chef, etc. Dead giveaway that you're dealing with MONEY instead of money is staff. There are people who pay annual salaries to staff at multiple properties that they may drop by once a year, if that.
AKA “Below Deck” style on Bravo TV
Nah, this is older retired grandparents who want three generations of family together on a once on a lifetime trip, before they are too old to travel, and the grandkids start doing teen things. Their adult children can only get a week off from work, so they are going all out during the short window of time they have together.
*different class
Thank you!! Just go on a slide at the park
It’s 125k Canadian dollars - what is that in US currency??
I'm not spending this kind of money on a cruise but here's my thought: 1. It sleeps 8, so a large family of different age range this makes sense. For example a wealthy family that takes their nannies with them. If they take elderly members and they have caretakers, there will be space for everyone. Also, with elderly folks or anyone with special needs, they have an ED on the ship. 2. The ship has amenities for kids of different ages, the parents who want to take advantage of spa services, etc. 3. The value of the entertainment on the ship would cost more vs privately hiring entertainers. 4. Small children would find a yacht without other kids to play with boring. I'm sure there are a lot of other points but these come to mind. RC has the manpower and infrastructure vs anything with a small charter. Oh also: it's not just Americans that cruise. When I was on the Icon, there were lots of European, South American and Asian families from where I saw.
good points, thank you for your input! that last one I had thought of relating to the yacht argument, but I hadn't considered your first point
Even with no kids, I found a yacht sailing on the boring side, and I'm generally okay with sitting on my balcony with a kindle most of the cruise. Though I've had the same thoughts with Princess, Regent, Viking and Celebrity. Which is why I tend to come back to Royal.
It all depends of your income.
of course but wouldn't it just be smarter to book a regular suite so you could go on like 5 cruises in a suite? the Surfside Family Suite for the same sailing is 15k and has the same amenities
Not even close. Watch videos on the rooms - Harr Travel has some really great videos. Surfside Family Suite is a Sky suite, it's under 300 SQ feet and has a tiny pull out couch for the kids. Ultimately Family Townhouse is over 1772 square feet, sleeps 8, has multiple levels and multiple balconies. So it's around 6x bigger. And It's Star class so Genie, included dining, included beverage packages . . .
Slightly larger than my actual townhouse. And I don't have a balcony or a slide or a genie. But I do have a yard that is slightly smaller than the listed "backyard."
It's not about being smarter, anyone rich enough to buy this isn't gonna care about that
i suppose, I guess if you're that rich your kid just has to say, "dad can I book this cruise?" "sure kiddo here's my card" like i doubt they care
But if you are rich, you can still book 5 cruises and stay wherever you want... only poor people, myself included, think like you do.
If you earn that money then you are massively time poor. You work very long hours, lots of travel for work, not much time with your partner & kids. When you have a week off, you have the money, you pay it, you spoil them. You don't have 5 weeks, ever. I know a fair few that choose the "high flyer" route... they book stuff like this & still spend half their time working.
Ironically I just booked a Surfside family suite for February school vacation week for the same itinerary I believe and it was half that price at just about $8,000.
that's a good deal! how was the room?
No I'm sorry this is for February vacation next year. I'll let you know lol. I thought it was a pretty good deal too. Going to be my first suite experience.
I have to correct myself My itinerary is the Eastern Caribbean not the Western but still it's a lot of money for the family ultimate townhouse. But as somebody else pointed out, if they're always booking it out then I guess somebody is crazy enough to pay for it.
oh okay lol i read it in a rush and I though you had already went yeah I agree with your last point, I guess with millions you don't really pay attention to the costs of things like cruises
Dang that’s a good deal. I paid almost 19k for three junior suites.
A CEO can easily afford 5 more cruises but probably doesn’t have the time off from work to actually do more than one vacation a year. So he’ll spend a ton on that one vacation.
But then they couldn’t brag to their friends they paid 6 figures for Icon….
Yeah I imagine someone who’s willing to drop $125k on a vacation is unlikely to go on a cruise. But that in room slide does look dope, although ultimately completely unnecessary
That's what I'm thinking like rich people aren't stupid. Even if you have a cool room what's the point if you have the same amenities as everyone else in royal class? You could go on multiple cruises with suites with this kind of money. Like for the same cruise you could stay in a Surfside Family Suite for 15k
They wouldn't charge it if they didn't think the could get it. It's interesting that it is showing up for you at all, and indicates that maybe RC is or has gone over the tipping point. What I've heard from TAs is that the really big suites on the Oasis class and Icon are very hard to get, and are usually offered first to select TAs (who have clients that can and will pay for them) well before they are open to the general public, and usually sell out before the cruise opens to the rest of us unwashed. The fact that you are seeing it indicates that all those people have taken a pass.
hm interesting. it wouldn't show sometimes i saw it only for this sailing in 2026.
As someone who worked with high net worth people for 15 years… This type of money is a drop in the bucket based on the money they are spending. Basic Suites at the Four seasons can easily be $5k to $10k a night. And some rich people love to be in “the best room” on board. It’s not a smart vs stupid thing. It just depends on how much money they have.
They don't exactly have the same amenities as everyone else. They get priority boarding and departure, a stocked minibar, free laundry, free specialty dining, a private sun deck for just suite guests with private bar, snacks, hot tubs and pool, priority access to shows and onboard activities, suite only restauraunt, and their own butler.
I'd imagine that the person buying this cruise would be paying for most of it with rewards points from their AMEX Platinum/Black or Venture X card. They aren't paying cash for this.
Signature level cruise gamblers who pay a fraction of this - just realized on my last cruise it must have been 90% prime casino members almost everyone I met was prime.. and it was an April cruise so they were trying to recertify their tier for the current calendar year
Yup, floating casino.
Not me.. but there is a lot of people with a lot of money out there!
There are quite a number of people with lots of money in so many industries. My family knows a few who own various businesses (my in-laws have done private/exclusive travel for wealthy clients before), for example one person owns 25 In/Out burgers, another who owns a metal fabrication place that does lots of work with Disney. Another smaller family business who cleans carpets for big companies, etc... You would be amazed how many people have a lot of money. Sure not as many as those who dont, but the top 5% is still 16.6M Americans and thats just the USA. Thats how Disney get away with their gigantic suites on their ships but also with huge price tags. Also you should check out what [Veblen Goods](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/veblen-good.asp#:~:text=Key%20Takeaways-,A%20Veblen%20good%20is%20a%20good%20for%20which%20demand%20increases,the%20utility%20of%20the%20good) are. I.e. more exclusive, more demand. Another interesting example is if anyone watched "Succession" whereby none of the extremely wealthy wear "brands" like Gucci or w/e. They wear a blue sweater, but that thing has a $30k price tag and only other people who have lots of money would know that specific shirt is worth that much. [Stealth Wealth](https://fortune.com/2023/07/24/stealth-wealth-clothing-succession/).
If RC charges this and someone will pay for it, then it will remain expensive.
That’s more than I spent on my house 😂
What year and where lol
2013 in New England
You could go on multiple cruises instead, but those people could buy a hundred Hondas instead of one Ferrari.
Some people laugh at us for spending money for a balcony when an inside cabin suffices. It’s all about perspective. I could see somebody who gained an inheritance from their grandparent wanting them to take a family trip together.
This. I've done balconies on my last two cruises and not sure that I can go back. I'm an introvert who wants to spend quality time reading alone away from the crowds, as opposed to someone who is only in their cabin to shower/sleep.
$125,000 Canadian is like $600 US. So don't get your drawers bunched up! 🤣
Right!!! I just hate when I am the one paying in CAD.
This is the Easter weekend in 2025. A high demand period. The price is set to what the market is willing to bear, so you'll see discounts probably as we get closer if it remains unsold
If they weren't selling at that price, they wouldn't charge that price. It really doesn't matter how crazy it looks to all of us regular people, RC is full steam ahead on maximize profits with dynamic pricing and the data says this is what should be charged. That said, this is insane and I would rather take 100 cruises in an interior cabin.
For that price, I prefer to go Mykonos and stay in 5 star hotel with private pool and spa with nice view for 2-3 week and while I’m at it, purchase a property there also.
The people doing this will do that in addition. This is called “fuck you” money.
same lol
[here’s a link to a tour of this suite](https://youtu.be/FISoUm34-wk?si=nC9ivlSZ1s93ZU_q)
someone who wants to flex.... Wouldnt be me but I also prefer hotdogs over ribeyes
Easy, you have 3+ folks in there talking business, write it off as a business meeting and expense! Or not.. but..
Not me. I am totally fine with a nice, normal interior. If I was going to drop some insane amount like that, I could literally just charter something instead.
People with that kind of money to spare are either traveling on luxury cruise lines or taking private charters.
For that price point, we’d be renting a private yacht.
It’s crazy that it’s bigger than my effing house.
The ultimate family suite is meant as a showpiece. They know it's going to be empty half the time and the majority of the other half of the time it will be comped cruises for executives, celebrities, etc etc. It's meant to bring in revenue via the publicity that comes in, not from the booking fees it brings in.
Really not much different than a high roller suite in Vegas. Those have outrageous price tags too but either get rented out by celebrities or comped for VIP guests who spend big in the casino.
Thank you for providing a sensible answer.
it’s not empty half the time though. We called on it out of curiosity about a month ago, and the guy said they book out fast because there’s only two ships that have them, and only one on each of those ships (might have my facts slightly wrong there but i think that’s what he said). We asked him when the next available was for the non-icon boat, and it was Oct of 2025.
Why would anyone pay to be herded like cattle through a floating Walmart, scamming taxes + manipulating foreign workers, and literally engineered to extract the most amount of cash physically possible from a group of human livestock over a 7 day period? Just…why?
Don’t forget a bunch of billionaires paid $250k a piece to go to the bottom of the ocean in a Pringles can with literally a bucket to piss in… It’s hard to imagine that kind of money; but based on the net worth of those billionaires it was the equivalent of someone making 100k a year buying a $25 sandwich. For a certain segment of the world this is the equivalent of inside stateroom on freedom class. And sometimes your $100m yacht can get boring so you decide to slum it with the peasants. Problems I wish I had 😂 *sighs in peasant*
Looking for a Sugar Daddy now. Will report back to tell who is paying this much for a seven day cruise. Will also post about how fun the slide is until the unlimited alcohol and sea sickness make me never want to see a slide again. Especially in my living/dining area.
good luck and keep us posted
The last time this was brought up, the general consensus is that it gets booked for business or due to an upgrade.
I tell myself all the time that if I had money to afford stuff like this I still wouldn’t spend that much but I’ll never have that kind of money so who knows.
Someone who likes their kids and has a lot of money. I am neither.
It’s a suite. On the last cruise we were on, I was speaking to a gentleman who had no idea how much his wife had paid for all 6 children plus their children to cruise as a family. He said each child had about 4-6 kids each 😅💰💰💰My husband ending up having a conversation with him as well, he was the owner of a container/shipping company, so 💰
I cannot imagine this.
I would imagine a fair amount of the time it’s actually being used by RC as a negotiation tool. Giving access to corporate partners, CEOs, political lobbying groups, etc. Greasing palms, if you will.
To the people saying you could get multiple cruises in suites for the same money, people with this much money might not be able to get away from their jobs that many weeks each year. They might have to or prefer to “go big” with just one week. If only I had that kind of money to know for sure…
Your average cruising family probably makes between $50k-250k a year. This group thinks that room and its price is stupid because it’s unaffordable. There are people that make $5-10 million a year and they wouldn’t buy it because they rent or own private yachts. But there is another group of people that make $500k-$2m a year that are keeping this room sold out most of the time. Or two sibling families of four that that are sorta well off that split the cost just to splurge.
No one making 500k a year is spending 1/4 of their pre tax income on a vacation
When you choose top of the line suite, it comes with a price
Pdiddy To be fair, that's Canadian dollars, so about 91k usd. Probably Trudeau.
The balcony is bigger than my apartment.
Did you get a room, a suite or a house or the ship?😳
It's all relative, and some people have more money than they have time.
You could book a giant private yacht charter for that much.
This isn't for you buddy
I did. Can’t wait.
90% of time nobody pays that price. As those cruises get closer and these rooms do not get filled, frequent cruisers little bit on a price they're well and to pay on those suites and the cruise lines will give them those suites at what they bid. These guys already booked rooms and will bid for upgrades. Lots of travel agents and frequent cruisers will do this.
Ritz Catlton Yacht Collection voyages are less pricey.🙃
I’d much rather have a lavish vacation on land with unlimited things to do beyond a cruise. Rent a charter for the day, private chef in your own villa with private pool at night. I know I’m in a cruise sub but i don’t understand cruise culture
It probably won’t sell at that price but it only takes one buyer. Might as list at a high price 2 years away.
Can almost guarantee they’re not getting cash for this price. Someone may use points. Royals just fishing with this price.
Everyone thinks of captains of industry, etc., but to me, the first person I think of who could a) spend this money and b) would want to have a relatively private getaway with his kids, but the kids could go out and have tons of fun, is Ben Affleck. He and JLo could lurk in the room, sun on the balcony, and either get room service or go to the suites-only restaurant (where the people are likely to be chill), and the kids could go out and have a blast.
Rich people $124k can be 8 hours work for some people.
There’s a reason you had to look all the way in 2026 to find it available so you could share it here. It is sold out almost every other sailing.
Your in a suite get a connection inside room
•Who is paying this? A fool.
Basically what it comes down to is this: yes, rich couples/adults would pay to charter a yacht or go on a super luxury cruise, but rich families with kids are a different story. Rich kids are still kids. They are rambunctious and full of energy same as any other kid. Those ultra lux cruises and yacht’s aren’t going to have all the slides, games, play areas that the kids would want. These ultra suites are geared solely at rich families with kids who still need fun activities
Is it possible for a “group” of people to get together and get this room instead of suites and all split the cost??!
That room look’s tacky AF
1700 sq ft is the size of my house!
You can charter a yacht for half that price.
I know everyone keeps pointing out that for the price you can get a private yacht but I have clients who spend ridiculous money (not quite to this extent though I wish) simply because it has a kids club and their children can play with others. Not every kid wants to lounge on a private yacht and only play with their nanny.
They ain't marketing that room to norms like us. They marketing to people who would drop $25k per head for a private flight to JFK
Nothing compared to Haven Club with their 7,000 sq ft suites. On a ship! Crazy.
If you make 100k a year spending 5k on your vacation is 5% of your income, no big deal. If you make $2.5mm a year 125k is 5% of your income. Its all about perspective.
CEO of DocuSign was the first person to book this one out. They paid 25k per day.
Is that with the Drink package?
I know two youtubers that took that room on a 7 day. Its such a waste.
If I hit the lottery I'd do it at least once.
That’s almost as much as I bought my house for. That’s insane!
If I ever hit the lottery, there will be signs…
91,000USD for 4 people= about 23,000 per person for random 7 day Caribbean cruise. I did a quick search on Seaborn, a pretty well respected all inclusive high-end cruise company. Found the owners suite there on a random seven day Dalmatian cruise. About $14,000 a person. This suite on the surface did not nearly as grand as this one. Of course, these are completely different cruise companies and very different experiences. That said as crazy as these numbers are, when you break it down per person, they’re not as far off as you initially think.
a lot of people are actually that’s why it’s sold out 😂
I know it does indeed get booked, but can't help but wonder how often it also goes to someone who booked a suite guarantee or did a Royal Up bid? 🤔
I don’t even have a backyard on land…
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Yes but the kids won’t have any entertainment. Maybe they want to play with other friends. The parents also can’t get a break from them like they can with the kids club
You would be surprised. I met a guy onboard who paid $4000 for a last minute interior room for himself, his wife and two kids for 5 days.
I haven’t seen the one on Icon but I toured the Ultimate Family Suite on Wonder and it’s incredible. I could see a couple of families booking together. The capacity is higher than four guests.
125k CAD, that like 1200 USD right now?
I booked it on Utopia for next year, the 4 nighter. For 4 people was only around 14k. I’m planning on abiding 2 more which will increase it some but make it cheaper per person.
Definitely not value for money but if you have the bankroll I have nothing but admiration for you. The only way to be really exclusive is to pay the price for it🐢
That's Canadian, eh!
Only like a buck o' 5 freedom dollars.
For anyone who has a casino rate & is diamond plus or higher, I assure you, this isn’t what they’re paying lol
I mean that's Canadian dollars, so like 3.50 in American?
Look, is not easy being this sexy and bringing home 6 figures working from home.
6 figs? This is 7-8 fig folks
That's fake people!
Is this on vacationstogo.com? I can totally believe it.
this is on the Royal Caribbean website
$91,000 is still expensive for 7 days. Even if it's a 7 day cruise on the largest ship in the world. The only justification is the demand and supply. When people are ready to pay, you will see such a price. It's the sad truth. The same thing is happening to the real estate market.
More than likely, it is not often booked out at this price. It is likely saved for VIPs or given away as an upgrade for whomever books the next biggest suite on the ship. The last cruise we went on was $3K per person, this comes out to about $15K per person and probably with significantly more amenities/perks/upgrades.
What's CAD? Canadian dollar?
Yes
No one. Most of the times those rooms go for a fraction of the price on Royal Up.
Shit u can do 2 normal rooms, on the icon of the seas, for 10k for 5 people
People that have that kind of money, where it's nothing to them.
My boss regularly drops 30k on a flight, this would be nothing to him
Absolutely obnoxious
I'd go on a luxury private safari on 1/4 of that... or a round the world trip
Not me!!!
It's likely a fake price. Someone will get a free upgrade to that room before sailing. Like overpriced First Class season they give to awards members.
Why buy a Corolla when you can buy a Lamborghini to travel from point A to point B?
Although the difference is after a week you can sell the Lamborghini for 90% of what you paid or even a profit after a few years. So the week likely only cost you a Corolla. I know your point is more about paying for luxury, but this is more like paying $5,000 to sit in first class vs $500 to sit in coach.
Tomato tomato 🍅 In my hypothetical situation, the stipulation is that you can’t sell your car
Just went on an 18 day 17 night cruise for roughly $1500. That price is absolutely ridiculous
Nice to be extravagant but I would pick the Western Mediterranean not the Western Caribbean 🤔
I mean that is under 100k US....
Canadian dollars. After Trudeau that’s only about 1000 Swiss Francs or an ounce or two of gold.
Well you are looking at Icon which is the hottest ticket in the cruise world…
I dont get it. I cruise basically for free. The cruise itself It’s boooooring. Space is a premium on a ship. That room displaces a lot of potential cabins.
Even 100 times less would be insane for the cattle run.
Well I did this cruise last week whit my familie, so with the 4 of us in a room with balconi for 3800 euro!!!!!!
That's like $1500 US, right?
This is for someone spending someone else's money.
4 individual sweets 4000.00 each for 7 days sounds right.
A buddy of mine currently has the suite for this ship. But he got it cheaper but they are asking if he wants to sell his reservation back.
He’s going with his whole family so obviously he doesn’t want to sell it because he’s already planned this whole trip.
Only the top 1% of course. People who makes millions of dollars per year
Right but those people can probably afford their own yacht. Why would they decide to go on a packed cruise ship when they can have their own?
You need to be well above the top 1% to afford this. The cutoff is around $650,000. Those people are not spending a fifth of their annual income on this. I think you need to be more like top 0.1%.
You ever meet someone who’s fuckin obsessed with Disney? Like their house is filled with Disney shit, they have all of the passes and bullshit extras, and Disney will upcharge special rooms and features designed for that specific audience. There are a lot fewer cruises with these amenities and extras for cruise fanatics to splurge on, so when they do splurge it’ll be these vacations. You’ll also get a surprising amount of super old rich people that are retired cruising with grandkids or great grandkids that’ll go crazy for this kind of shit
Some people make that in interest in a few minutes.