I too would say there's nothing bad about booking for 2010, then switching the booking when the 2011 prices and itineraries come out. Only downside is that you can't get emotionally invested in the 2010 cruise until you know (I tend to get attached to my upcoming cruises.)

If the world economy does *not* improve, all bets are off anyways. If this happens, we will have cruise lines going bankrupt or mothballing parts of their fleet.

Wendy
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Booked: Uniworld Egypt, 2015
Tauck Amsterdam to Budapest, 2016
Paul Gauguin, Societies & Tuamotus 2016