Originally Posted by Blue Skye

very interesting. that all said, i was denied a booking during the holidays (even though they were advertising incentives, availability, and deals) b/c i wanted to take my grandson (2) and my teen (17) on the same cruise. we could have booked the 3 and 4 person cabins we wanted, they would not let us b/c they were over capacity for the kids. we could have stuffed the rooms with 4 adults each but the deal breaker was the kids. the cruise line insisted it was over capacity for children and no more were allowed on the ship. what was even dumber, was i doubt the kids would have even been in the children's programs at all. but that is the reason they denied us the booking. </end rant> LOL!

so when you see the statistics up there, they are not really giving you the full picture for what the cruise line will allow on each sailing.

but back on topic, i would love to be able to decide to take a cruise a couple of days before sailing and get a wonderful, cheap deal.