Our first cruise was a 3 night on the Dream 2 years ago. We did 4 days at Disney World, then 3 on the ship. We booked only about a month in advance, so all cabanas of course were gone. When we got to CC, I walked up to cabana check-in and asked if there had been a cancellation. There had, so we got one on SB. Our 3 kids ( 18, 20, and 22) LOVED it, as did we. That got us hooked, so this past Sept when we sailed on the Fantasy, we took my folks with us and got another one. Loved it. We are sailing the Fantasy again this Sept, and we got one again
To us, it is very much worth it, and who knows--you just might get lucky like we did.
I hope so.