Thanks for your replies. Will wait and see what ensues, all a learning curve for her. Have noticed occasionally that they are charging less for you to select your own room.
In 2014 we did a cruise from Brisbane on Sea Princess that went to Fiji, Noumea and Vanuatu.
In 2015 we did a cruise to New Zealand on Diamond that called into Hobart. It was one way to Auckland and they did several of that itinerary that year,
My daughter has booked a balcony x 2 on Quantum from Brisbane 7th December and chose to let them assign the rooms but is requesting inter connecting rooms. They are saying she will have to pay extra for this but as yet haven't said how much. Is this normal? If you do the booking yourself the price doesn't seem to change for interconnecting rooms.