Lock in your cruise for an extremely low deposit at $99 per person‡.
‡AU$99 deposit per person: pay (non-refundable) AU$99 deposit per person to secure booking. Remainder of the standard deposit and final payment is due 90 days before departure. Offer is not valid for bookings made within the final payment period.
Try your luck with some interior rooms - then hopefully bid for an upgrade closer to the travel date.
The NZ round trip (13nights) if you were lucky to score interior worked out to be just over 200/night per person or without package $139/night per person.
happy hunting.
That's expensive isn't it?