#1. Did you book a IGT, OGT or VGT room, and on which ship? VGT on the Dream. This VGT rate cost less than the cheapest inside cabin cost when bookings opened to the public a year ago.
#2. How many days before the cruise were you assigned your room? 18 days. I can give my FE group our cabin # now. Woo hoo!
#3. What category (ex: 7a, 4c, 11c or whatever) and room # did you get? Category 5B aft, 8154
#4. Are you happy with your assignment or do you feel like you got a "leftover"- undesirable room/location? Happy. It will have a full verandah with plexiglass railing and no obstruction, and it's a fairly high deck. I also like being aft as we're bringing my elderly mother on the cruise, so trips to the MDRs, Palo, beverage station & Cabanas won't be too hard for her, and the closest elevator won't be too crowded. She's a smoker & 2 of the DSA's are port-side aft, too. We're a very short walk from the laundry room, and nearby cabin reports have said noise from it was not an issue.
The only cons are that I would have preferred a starboard room for view of fireworks & CC, and I would have preferred a non-connecting cabin. A Cat 4 would have been great, but I knew that was unlikely for a holiday sailing with only 3 passengers in the cabin. You can't expect to have everything when booking GT.
#5. If you booked more than one room, are they close together? N/A
#6. How many days before departure date did you book? 47