I guess I'm just feeling the emotional parts of my recent booking experiences. I've cruised
DCL 19 times. I've booked myself, used TAs, etc. I typically know exactly what I want, and it's just a matter of telling the TA who then books it.
Recently I was seduced by the OBCs and booked thru a TA, which resulted in a sub-optimal experience. Not terrible, but certainly not the best. The cruise itself was great.
I'm currently the "organizer" for a multi cabin cruise involving people from 5 unrelated families. That's not big enough to qualify as a "group" and be able to use DCL group services, but it's the biggest group I've been responsible for. We're using a really wonderful TA who has been great with the service aspects. She doesn't offer the highest OBC I've ever read about, but her service is worth the difference in this case.
Sorry if I offended in previous post.