cat 12 upgrade chances

[thiscloud]

i guess the theory is that someone may be willing to pay x amount of money to go on a cruise, and when all the lower quality(higher numerical) categories are filled, those people get priced out and decide not to go at all, so cruises may bump those people in the lower categories up to open up more affordable spaces for those who wouldn't otherwise go.

i'm in a cat 12 on the CA to FL repositioning cruise. there are only 13 cabins in that category, and we have a GTY not an assigned cabin. what are our chances of being bumped up to a higher category?

on a side note, my wife's a little paranoid sometimes, she'd rather not be below the water line when we're out at sea. i assume deck 2, where all the cat 12s are, is under the water line? putting aside fears of being under water, are the lower decks any better or worse as far as motion and other factors because the center of gravity is different or whatever?

 

[thiscloud]

um, nevermind about the being under water part. if deck 1 has cat 9 deluxe ocean view rooms, then it's got to be above water, right? unless there's a little 20,000 leagues under the sea, captain nemo, nautilus action going on. giant squid anyone?

 

[outahere]

As fast as cabins are booking, I'd say your odds of being upgraded on the CA to FL cruise are probably pretty good.

There are are no passenger cabins below the waterline on either the Magic or Wonder.

 

[jrabbit]

Deck 1 is definatly ABOVE the water line. There are 4 crew decks below deck 1. I assume a couple of those are below the water line.

1) WHen leaving the ship in the ports (except embarkation and debarkation days) you exit the ship via gang plank (or tender) from deck 1 forward or aft. Having tendered in Grand Cayman, deck 1 is well above the water line on the ship because we boarded the tender on the second deck of it.

2) At port canaveral, there are fork lifts loading provisions (and luggage) off of the dock. I believe that they load below deck 1 (probably deck A and 1 combined to a 2x hight floor.

Generally speaking you will feel less motion of the ship down lower than up higher.

 

[thiscloud]

thanks outahere, jrabbit.

for some reason i had this thought in my mind that the ports are shallower so deck 1 could still be under water out at sea, but above water when docked.

perhaps i need more sleep.