The one time we did a balcony breakfast, we had not as much selection of "goodies" and there was no personal service. Delivered and left and this was years before the pandemic. Not impressed and never did it again.
Depending on which big box store, you may not be able to adjust your price. We booked a couple of times with one and found that if there was a price adjustment we were SOL.
Not so much "stuck". If you don't like your assigned cabin, you can request to be moved to same or similar category/area. Pay a fee?? Probably not.
Choose the cabin category you'd be happy with and wait to see if you're pleasantly surprised.
Our one and only guarantee was our second cruise. Booked a balcony and were assigned a H/C mini-suite. Giant bathroom (no tub) and the biggest balcony we've ever had. It was great!!
Same thing happened to us. Booked a balcony GTY (I think it was our 2nd cruise) and were assigned an aft accessible mini. GREAT cabin! If we'd Sabatini's breakfast, it would have been a world-beater.
That's interesting. Several years ago was did a B2B (Hawaii and So. Pacific), we parked there for 43 days. Maybe, we broke the system.🤣
When we got back, our car's battery was dead. The hotel "jumped" it for us.
One time suite cruiser...we tried the concierge and the people that were talking to him seemed to be making multiple arrangements/requests. We left after waiting about 20 minutes and went to the specialty restaurant and made our reservation in 5 minutes.
Several books??? I've got at least a hundred on my Kindle and other e-reader, just waiting/hoping for me to read them. So many books, so little time (and I'm retired).
There isn't that much room for a chair. They might be available, but it would be a tight fit. How about a handicap cabin? If you have appropriate paperwork, that would be better for you.
We've been in all categories of cabins...handicap, mini suite, inside, OV, balcony and one suite. They all had a grab bar. Pretty sure it's a safety thing. It would increase the med. center calls, if during rough seas people were taking showers...OOPS! Down you go.🤕