I can believe its only 3 more work days for me. I know this is going to be my second time one the Gem. The last was years ago, out of NY to The western Caribbean. I've been on a few newer Royal Caribbean ships since then so I'm certainly a little concerned that this ship is going to feel pretty dated. I also traditionally sail on non peak cruises for better rates and smaller crowds, but this one is a honeymoon so we are kinda biting the bullet and going on what I imagine is a peak week.
Has anyone had any luck with bidding on room upgrades? We were pretty tight in our budget on this trip so we went with inside cabin and threw a couple bid offers out. No notifications one way or another on them to this point and its getting fairly close to cutoff. Debating on bumping the offers up a bit but also don't want to way over spend. At the end of the day, I don't mind inside cabins anyway because they are so easy to get to sleep in.