Super Mario

I agree. It has always bugged me and still does that when people say we have sailed xxxxx nights with RCI that most of them really haven't sailed that many nights as many have got double points from suites or promotions

The problem was when Royal did the conversion to the new system (cruise credits to points) all cruise credits were converted into 7 points, regardless of the length of those cruises.

For example, if you had cruised on one hundred 3 night cruises Royal converted you to 700 points when you actually should have been credited with 300 points.

And those cruisers who had been sailing mostly longer cruises were penalized as their 9, 10 and 11 night cruises were converted into 7 points.

When Norwegian Cruise Lines made a similar conversion to their loyalty program they actually went back into your cruise history and credited you with the exact amount of nights you had actually sailed. IMHO this is the way Royal should have done it.

Quick Hi to you Kewl Guy x

we have friends on the Brilliance going to Baltic at the moment and they told us there was a big big hitter on board and it did sound like Mario.

Will know when they return.

He was on my Liberty cruise in December and on his cabin door there was something like a poster he got on the Voyager and it says 3500 days cruised. I think he was on the Voyager when that ship repositioned to Asia.

The problem was when Royal did the conversion to the new system (cruise credits to points) all cruise credits were converted into 7 points, regardless of the length of those cruises.

 

For example, if you had cruised on one hundred 3 night cruises Royal converted you to 700 points when you actually should have been credited with 300 points.

 

And those cruisers who had been sailing mostly longer cruises were penalized as their 9, 10 and 11 night cruises were converted into 7 points.

 

When Norwegian Cruise Lines made a similar conversion to their loyalty program they actually went back into your cruise history and credited you with the exact amount of nights you had actually sailed. IMHO this is the way Royal should have done it.

Carnival did it the way Norwegian did. Although I understand from someone here that due to the uproar they have made some sort of adjustments and allowed more time for people to get to the platinum level before reverting them to points earned over their lifetime.

I got cut back by Royal due to longer cruises. And cut back by Carnival due to shorter cruises. I wish Royal would have done it like the others, too. :D ;)

Gina

The problem was when Royal did the conversion to the new system (cruise credits to points) all cruise credits were converted into 7 points, regardless of the length of those cruises.

 

For example, if you had cruised on one hundred 3 night cruises Royal converted you to 700 points when you actually should have been credited with 300 points.

 

And those cruisers who had been sailing mostly longer cruises were penalized as their 9, 10 and 11 night cruises were converted into 7 points.

 

When Norwegian Cruise Lines made a similar conversion to their loyalty program they actually went back into your cruise history and credited you with the exact amount of nights you had actually sailed. IMHO this is the way Royal should have done it.

Carnival did it the way Norwegian did. Although I understand from someone here that due to the uproar they have made some sort of adjustments and allowed more time for people to get to the platinum level before reverting them to points earned over their lifetime.

 

I got cut back by Royal due to longer cruises. And cut back by Carnival due to shorter cruises. I wish Royal would have done it like the others, too. :D ;)

 

Gina

I agree too. We got short changed on our Vancouver to Hawaii cruise which was over 7 days. We did however enjoy the extra days on board:).

It just means that our level changes take 1 cruise longer than if we had gotten the points. At our current rate of cruising we should be D+ in about 3 years. Not bad considering we were gold just 2 years ago. I see Pinnacle somewhere off on the horizon, and we shall enjoy every cruise as we get closer to that level. I bet half way there they will make a new level. :p

Mario was indeed on the Brilliance sailing out of Harwich to the Baltic that returned today,{ I think.}

our friends met him a few times onboard and said he was a delightful gentleman.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mario on a 4-night Bahamas Cruise on Majesty last October. We were pool side and I stopped by his "office" to introduce myself. We chatted for a few minutes, but I had to run to meetup for an excursion. He has a warm personality and is laidback and friendly. Just delightful! I guess cruising most of the year would make most anyone that way. While we talked, a couple RC staff members walked by and said, "Hey Mario! This is your last cruise, right?!" :)

just figured out I will be age 110 when I get to pinnacle :)

I assume Super Mario is on whatever cruise gets him to Princess Peach the quickest?

We are starting our next cruise as Gold (4 days short of Platinum) & will disembark after a 3 cruise holiday as Emerald level - only 15 days short of Diamond.

No suites or double points, all earned the hard way! :D

just figured out I will be age 110 when I get to pinnacle :)

We must be related. I think I will be around that age as well, maybe even a little older than that.:eek:

#2 are Herbie & Marianne Lucus (i believe close to 3000)

 

#3 are the Steeles. and they are close to Herb & Marianne

Heard the Lucas' aren't cruising for awhile,so the Steeles may pull ahead.....

have to agree.....really cut throat for places 2 and 3!:eek::eek:

I have started cruising other lines now,besides RCCL....did Princess in April...........doing Carnival in Oct and Celebrity in Feb....No way am I going to make Pinnacle anytime soon and really don't care..........don't need to spend 10s of thousands of dollars for the "free cruise":p:p

I have started cruising other lines now,besides RCCL....did Princess in April...........doing Carnival in Oct and Celebrity in Feb....No way am I going to make Pinnacle anytime soon and really don't care..........don't need to spend 10s of thousands of dollars for the "free cruise":p:p

I like your way of thinking. I prefer options over status. ;)

I like your way of thinking. I prefer options over status. ;)

Me too!! Hope to see you and Tina on some ship.........no matter the line!:)

A friend just got off the Allure and she went to the Diamond/Pinnacle meeting...there they honored a man who CRUISES 350 DAYS a year and his name was Mario....what I want to know is...does anybody know what kind of business this guy was in, because to afford a cruise 50 weeks a year, you need serious $$...even at $3000 a cruise x 50 weeks, thats $150,000 MINIMUM in cruises..I figure it's closer to 250,000 since I understand he stays in suites ( of course!!)....as much as I love cruising ( 29 & counting after Disney Dream in 4 weeks..) , don't think I could spend 50 weeks a year at sea....anybody know what Mario did/ does?

Big Al

Mario has several threads running already; here are a few of them. :)

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1378693&highlight=mario

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1884556&highlight=mario

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1708410&highlight=mario

A friend just got off the Allure and she went to the Diamond/Pinnacle meeting...there they honored a man who CRUISES 350 DAYS a year and his name was Mario....what I want to know is...does anybody know what kind of business this guy was in, because to afford a cruise 50 weeks a year, you need serious $$...even at $3000 a cruise x 50 weeks, thats $150,000 MINIMUM in cruises..I figure it's closer to 250,000 since I understand he stays in suites ( of course!!)....as much as I love cruising ( 29 & counting after Disney Dream in 4 weeks..) , don't think I could spend 50 weeks a year at sea....anybody know what Mario did/ does?

 

Big Al

More info:

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/connect/blog/the-passion-of-cruising-a-special-guest-blog-by-royal%E2%80%99s-leading-cruiser-mario-salcedo/

Thanks for both replies...500 cruises is ridiculous......people gasp when I say we're doing our 29th in Nov.....

Big Al

Mario has 4200 cruise nights with RCCL

Mario has 4200 cruise nights with RCCL

He had a door sign........with 4200 cruise nights, when we cruised with him on the spring TA, on the Vision.

I believe that Mario has an email address or website, where you can get the up to date information of the number of nights.......as of now.

Hey, there are only 365 days in a year.......and he cruises 350 of them......so maybe he is reaching about 4400 nights......or a bit more, by now.

He works onboard daily, but his work is his deal, and not to be asked.

Rick

Is Mario still smoking? Is so has he said if it will affect his cruising?

I'm off the Allure for about a week. Mario gave a nice talk at a C&A event and when I got lost looking for Adventure Ocean, I stumbled upon this!

Is this him?

This guy is doing 7 weeks on the Allure

Posted from a trip report in September.

Is this him?

 

This guy is doing 7 weeks on the Allure

 

Posted from a trip report in September.

Yes, that is Mario.

I wonder if there are any top Pinnacles who don't get recognized.

Every cruise, they make a big deal about who is the top (or top few) cruiser. I can't imagine that everyone likes all this attention. Maybe there are people with 3 or 4k points that we don't know about because they don't want their names called out.