I almost booked a cruise 2 weeks ago in the NextCruise office. I decided to wait since it was going to be for at least 2 years out due to financial reasons, and who knows what will happen in that time. Fast forward to today and I found out the price has gone up several hundred dollars, and that is for the non refundable rate. If you want to find out what the refundable rate is, you have to go all the way through the booking site and enter all of the cruisers information before given that option. So now I have no plans to book a cruise til last minute as I don't feel there is any benefit anymore. Here is to a lonely couple years with no countdowns to look forward to.