Thank you all for the input! Just to share the data point.
booked last minute cruise 10 day prior the 2/11 sailing for 2 cabin Bella balconies. One have 2 adults. One have two adults and a baby.
2/7 receive bids email for both. Bid same on both.
2/9 2 adult balcony bid get accepted. Did a mock book, still 40 YC room left. Called to upgrade directly but they said there are only double occupancy room left so no way to upgrade. Increased the 2 adult 1 baby room bid.
2/11 the midnight prior sailing got message bid was unsuccessful.
2/11 check on board prior sailing, only 3 upgrade left, need to pay additional 5380 minimum. So I said no.
2/11 check on board after sailing, only 1 upgrade left. Need to pay additional 3580. and I tried to upgrade, that room was taken and became unavailable…. I am thinking maybe the person quote me prior sailing misread the number? Since they look so similar. Also, while we are onboard, they said since we have baby it’s ok to upgrade to a double occupancy room.
Very inconsistent…
the buffet and MDR food is very so so and limited compare to other cruise. But it’s only day 1 and I might be biased for not getting to the YC. I heard people have to wait long time to get their food served. We did early dining and Cheena our waitress was able to serve us food very fast and we finish food in like 45 minutes.
embarking doesn’t seems bad either at 9:30. Not many people. We pretty much got onboarded the same time as our YC friend. Our room was available way faster than theirs.