Beth, here's the way I see it works. You book for a Gty, and if it is a pretty full ship, you will not know cabin number until just before the cruise..either when you get your docs or upon embarcation, and it may be on a deck way higher than you paid for. My son and wife are a gty for 007 and I have told them to expect anything. As I remember, deck 9 is the highest I have ended up getting. Don't know what price level that is. Have to say that on my gty cruises, I have been given my cabin numbers with the docs as I remember. I prefer the lower decks for less time on the elevators.