OceanJewel

8 minutes ago, Encapsulated said:

Is $1200 worth for the following benefits for 14 days (with many sea days)

 

Larger room   

Free Room Service

Luminae

Michaels Club

Any other benefits I'm missing?

 

Blu taste pretty ok, is Luminae much better?

There are many that prefer Blu over Luminae.  Personally I would spend the $1200 elsewhere and dine at Blu and add a 5 night specialty package (Tuscan + Murano are much better than Luminae imo)
But you may benefit from the other amenities - larger room if you are a larger person , uh the other stuff is like making par after you hit a bad drive - feels good but nothing special at the end of your round.

8 minutes ago, Encapsulated said:

Saying cruise was free but has retail value of 11k. If I paid 1.2k to upgrade or so, it would be a diff of 5k in value if I upgraded with cash.

That is some 'very strange math', but I get it....  
Try it to see if you like it or not.  We did not find value in Retreat particularly on M class.
But, you're already ahead of the math curve, so it's like house money :)

6 minutes ago, OceanJewel said:

You're saying $17K (or $11-12K)?  no brainer - stay with what you have! and purchase a 10 (or more) night dining package :)  Or just dine in Blu and purchase specialty if you don't like Blu

 

Just realized, I'm posting on the DW's login.  She doesn't post - she just lurks :)  
 

9 minutes ago, Encapsulated said:

Its for 14 nights and upgrade is relatively cheap if I can get it near min bid. AquaSuite is about 17k vs AQ at 11-12k.

 

A lot of sea days on Antarctica Cruise, 10 Sea days and 5 port days.

You're saying $17K (or $11-12K)?  no brainer - stay with what you have! and purchase a 10 (or more) night dining package :)  Or just dine in Blu and purchase specialty if you don't like Blu

Not sure why you need a new toilet, but I would opt for the toilet.
We have tried the Suite Life (more than once) and have decided booking an aft veranda and choosing to dine in specialty restaurants is preferred.  Now, class of ship does factor into this and on M class both specialty and retreat amenities are limited.  I guess if you want to try Luminae, now is a good opportunity.  Luminae for breakfast is great , for dinner , not so much (for us).  If we choose to travel in Retreat class again it will include many specialty restaurant nights as we don't care for Luminae