For the weeks I am looking at, I can get a Junior Suite on Freedom of the Seas for $700 less than the cheapest balcony of Fantasy, or I could get a balcony for $1500 less. I love Fantasy, but Freedom is also an amazing ship, just can't see paying that kind of premium for
DCL. I'm waiting a few more days before I book, so I am still hoping for a VGT, otherwise off to RCL I go.
My first cruise on Magic, Halloween Cruise in 2011, 7-night, I paid $1100 for a VGT interline, looks like those days are gone, at least for now.
BTW: One thing that may be supporting the higher fares this summer is that Allure of the Seas is in Europe for the first time. That removes 6000 beds of capacity from the Caribbean every week on a ship that competes heavily for the family crowd on the exact itineraries as Fantasy. They have left Indy here, which makes up for more than half the beds, but probably doesn't compete for families against DCL as well as the Allure. /speculation.