jdickerson

Well, for the first time in four YC sailings, we actually got the email asking our preferences... Just after I wrote up a letter with said preferences to hand to our butler. Since I have read here that odds are the butler and concierge will never get the output of the form anyway, I don't consider it wasted effort.

I can't find the list of spirits you can choose from that you can ask for in your YC room anywhere. As we usually take this bottle home, would like to make an informed decision for our cruise next week... We also has never gotten the pre cruise email with a list. Any help would be appreciated...

Agreed, I can't figure out how they price these things. If INt YC is already $1200+ per person, make the base bid to upgrade to a deluxe be cheaper. As it is we have gotten a HUGE bargain... Like, half the rack rate. And if they don't sell those five remaining YC rooms, they get NO money. So yea, ask at check in if you can upgrade, and make an offer.

That is precisely why we were bumped to a deluxe. Anyone who already HAS an Int YC will say NO WAY to that upgrade charge... And since there were not any INT rooms remaining for our cruise they took our money and bumped us up to a deluxe balcony. I'm just surprised it happened almost two weeks before the cruise and not at the last minute. But they still have five YC Deluxe available so I guess they decided to pull the trigger.

HOLY CRAP! IT HAPPENED! They accepted our offer and put us in YC Deluxe balcony! So for the price on ONE YC person my wife and I am getting in (total cost $2600, the "rack rate" for that room is $5300)! Happy birthday to me!

Yup, have only paid OOP for the YC twice... The other two times were upgrades. The Premium Extra is nice. Not as nice as the Premium Plus NCL drink package (which is TOTALLY worth upgrading, especially of you like wine and Scotch), but still nice.

Awesome, same thing happened to my son and I in May for a 3 day. Bid for YC int, got a YC balcony. Methinks MSC will take our bid, as they like money. The only question is what we will get.

We got free wifi and free easy plus drink package when we booked, so we are good.

Bella with a deluxe balcony. Which is NOT what we booked, we booked an ocean view and they assigned us a large balcony. So if we don't get YC, we still basically got a $300 cabin upgrade for free.

$960 total for two people.

Well, one INT YC room opened up, and there are still 8 Balcony YC rooms available... I called and the cost to upgrade to the Int room is ~$1400.Since it's little more than two weeks away and my upgrade offer is maxed out at $960, I'm gonna hold off pulling the trigger and hope the lower upgrade offer is accepted.

We are sailing in 20 days for my birthday and have submitted an offer for YC access. The only YC rooms available are balconies (10 left) so we bid for an Int YC room. I think we have a pretty good chance at getting an upgrade because we did the same thing in May for a short cruise and we ended up getting a YC balcony for only $220 PP! Our bid is more this time ($600 each). We are hoping lightning will strike twice, but if not we also have a YC Dec cruise booked (back when YC rooms were cheap - This Sept cruise the YC balcony rooms are $2600 PP!) I think there are also some YC rooms that will be released by travel agents a few days before the cruise and that will increase our chances.

I just talked to an NCL agent and she said she got a statement YESTERDAY MORNING (Thursday) that "All guests on UK cruises will be able to order drinks while in ports of call." Since this was a specific update she was given to provide to guests asking about this, I'm (hoping) my trip on the Dawn next week will be nice and relaxing...