Hi KKMCAN
My family was the one GRANMAZ mentioned in her post...we are on the Repositioning cruise through the Panama Canal and were booked into stateroom 5501 (we, too, were excited about the sideways CAT 11). For a completely different cruise, I logged into DCL only to 'discover'
my 5501 was changed to GTY
...so I called (I had a "DO NOT UPGRADE" marker)...I was told by the sweet Guest Services Rep that my stateroom would be out-of-service due to mechanical/maintenance issues during our cruise, and that they had attempted to contact me (3 weeks prior, and just once - I checked the Caller ID) with no answer they moved our ressie to GTY. My preference was to stay on Deck 5 and she was able to locate another Cat 11 that was agreeable to us (there were several staterooms, though none sideways, on Deck 5 so I did have a choice).
The up-side...we are still sailing with our DIS
friends, we are still Deck 5 and Guest Services was very helpful. The
-side...had I not logged into DCL when I did there may not have been the acceptable options, DCL is a 1-call-to-notify
changes are coming, all my exciting FE goodies might have been enjoyed by someone else (evil
twin will be knocking on the stateroom during the cruise to see if 'anyone' is home), and I now have a calendar reminder to check on this cruise and future cruise stateroom assignments.
I hope you enjoy your new stateroom & cruise!