Tchrist
From what I see here you are now in a cat 5, the cost to upgrade yourself to a 4 is about $200., if you do it before you leave. A cat 4 room gives you a few extra feet between the couch and the veranda, this is the space needed for the pull down murphy bed, but when the bed is down it makes it tough to get to the veranda.The cost for 4 to 3 is about $2000. before you leave, but like I said all they charged me was $598. at the port, the differance between 4 and 3 is huge, you have a seperate bedroom and bath that takes up the same sqaure footage as a cat 4 room,it's like haveing two cat 4 rooms.The batrooms are much larger and both have a FULL size shower, the bedroom bath also hase a full size tub with jaccuzie jets, we never used it so I can't tell you how it works, never found the controls, the bedroom also has a walk in closet, and a seperate makeup area, the room has large tvs on each side,there is a table with 4 chairs in the main room, the veranda is the size of two cabins with 4 chairs on it. our room stuart also brought a roll away bed in each night for one of my sons to sleep on.I think we lucked out, as mentioned here earlier there is not that many cat 3 rooms on the boat, so if you dicide to try your luck at the port, the chances of one being available are slim.On our next cruise I will most likely book a 4,and try for the 3 at the port again,but who knows maybe I'll bite the bullett. cat 3 also has concierge service, they leave something in your room each day, fruit, soda,water,a nice little desert plate with chocolate covered strawberries and a little chocolate version of the ship, the have a little concierge reception,but the best thing they do is arrange all you excursions, spa treatments, and palo for you so you don't have to run around.come to think of it I will book a 3, maybe they will upgrade me to a 2.
I realized that after I logged off. I shouldn't post right after work. The room and cat. numbers are too similar.
