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We are on NCL Spirit a week from Sunday. Vancouver to Anchorage. About 2 weeks later, we return on Royal Caribbean. Visiting family in Anchorage. We thought we'd do a "NCL vs RCCL budget cruise comparison". We booked interior cabins on both ships, and then bid for upgrades. We bid a strong "weak" on RCL for a balcony, and got it about a week ago - a month before our trip. We bid strong "Excellent" on NCL. I, stupidly, launched a weakish bid on an "Oceanview" cabin as well. Yup. Got the "Oceanview", which is a porthole about 12" across, down in the bilge. Down where the medical and morgue are, on deck 4. Horrible location. Yes, I guess I knew this could happen. But this isn't an upgrade to anyone. Anyone have any thoughts as to how we might remedy this? We do know that the fine print says we can't have our old cabin back. But really, this looks like a money-grab to us. But it's not about the $200. It just looks like a poke-in-the-eye to us.

Difference between NCL and RC? We are doing NCL going north in 2 weeks, and 9 days after arriving, doing RC south. You can follow our trips on our crappy website www.janandbill.com. So far, NCL is winning this battle, but RC just came thru with an upgrade. We've done Alaska before. Frankly, if we hadn't already done Glacier Bay, I wouldn't go on a cruise that doesn't do it. JUST DO IT. It was the highlight of our cruise.

We did the cheapest inside on an Alaskan cruise. Got our Royal Up offer about 45 days out. We got our upgrade 4 days ago (30 days out), and we bid a "weak" bid. If this helps.

I guess we will get to see. In 2 weeks we are going north to Alaska on NCL, and back on RC. Trying to book similar for both trips. We have a crappy blog (we are sailors, and took our sailboat down to Panama a few months ago). Here's where we are so far on this: www.janandbill.com

I'm just not into consuming calories that don't taste great. Just not, anymore. Also, 5pm is too close to lunch. Food on NCL has deteriorated to the point that we just upgrade. It's just THAT BAD in the MDR. RC, which used to be much better, has declined as well. Not as far as NCL, but... Guess we will see. We leave in 2 weeks for a NB Alaska cruise on NCL, and return 9 days later on RC. So far, RC is winning...