Carnival Corporation’s occupancy across its fleet of nine cruise brands is heading in the right direction, with third quarter occupancy coming in at 84 percent.

“Occupancy was 84%, a 15-percentage-point increase from the second quarter,” said David Bernstein,  executive vice president and CFO, on the company’s third quarter earnings call.

“We ended the quarter on a high note with 90% occupancy in the month of August. We were encouraged by the continued very close-in demand we experienced during the third quarter for the third quarter, a trend we had anticipated.”