alphawave1 Posted January 6, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 6, 2023 So I read that the Diamond lounge is gone? I have read that they are now giving “tickets” for some number of drinks per day? Anyone know if this is true? If so, how many? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted January 6, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 minute ago, alphawave1 said: So I read that the Diamond lounge is gone? I have read that they are now giving “tickets” for some number of drinks per day? Anyone know if this is true? If so, how many? Diamond lounge has not gone. Vouchers are pre-loaded on your seapass card for drinks up to $14 pp pd to be used anytime, at any bar. It has been a welcome change by most people. For Diamond you will get 4 drink vouchers per person per day. Use it or loose it, resets at 2am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcur Posted January 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Diamond lounges are still on ships, it the Concierge lounges that have had a change in access: D+ are no longer allowed to use the Concierge lounges. Vouchers are loaded to your account each day for a certain number of drinks up to $14 each. This is according to your Crown and Anchor membership level, and the number is from 2 - 6 daily. "Daily" is until 5am each day. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/crown-anchor-society/program-updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcur Posted January 6, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, c-leg5 said: Diamond lounge has not gone. Vouchers are pre-loaded on your seapass card for drinks up to $14 pp pd to be used anytime, at any bar. It has been a welcome change by most people. For Diamond you will get 4 drink vouchers per person per day. Use it or loose it, resets at 2am. The new rollover times for the drink vouchers is now 5am to 4:59am the next day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted January 6, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 minute ago, pcur said: The new rollover times for the drink vouchers is now 5am to 4:59am the next day. Yes sorry, typo! You are correct i was about to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcur Posted January 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Just now, c-leg5 said: Yes sorry, typo! You are correct i was about to change it. Think of all the time I saved you.....!!!😄 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basenji56 Posted January 6, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, c-leg5 said: Diamond lounge has not gone. Vouchers are pre-loaded on your seapass card for drinks up to $14 pp pd to be used anytime, at any bar. It has been a welcome change by most people. For Diamond you will get 4 drink vouchers per person per day. Use it or loose it, resets at 2am. Much better system than the old system of 2 hours 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screenname2004 Posted January 6, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, pcur said: Diamond lounges are still on ships, it the Concierge lounges that have had a change in access: D+ are no longer allowed to use the Concierge lounges. Vouchers are loaded to your account each day for a certain number of drinks up to $14 each. This is according to your Crown and Anchor membership level, and the number is from 2 - 6 daily. "Daily" is until 5am each day. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/crown-anchor-society/program-updates I thought you have to be at least Diamond to get free drinks vouchers and Diamond gets 4/day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcur Posted January 6, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, screenname2004 said: I thought you have to be at least Diamond to get free drinks vouchers and Diamond gets 4/day. You're right. I thought I read somewhere they gave 2 drinks to lower levels, but I guess not. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules815 Posted January 6, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 6, 2023 28 minutes ago, basenji56 said: Much better system than the old system of 2 hours Agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted January 6, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 6, 2023 We have the best of both, we get 5 free drinks anywhere, we also get suite happy hour for 3 hours , before this we bought liquor package now not needed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Researcher Posted January 6, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Yes free drinks are only for Diamond and above. Us lower schmucks don't get any. Thank goodness we'll be Diamond after our March cruise. The 4 free daily drinks is a very nice perk that will definitely help keep us loyal to Royal and make it more difficult to look elsewhere. We have a cruise on Celebrity in December, and even though they will match us to their "Elite" level, they are still on the archaic system of only drinks from 5-7pm. Fortunately the upcharge for their "All In" package with unlimited drinks, Wi-Fi and gratuities wasn't much more so we did that even though we had free drinks from 5-7pm. 5-7 just is a bad time for us anyway as we're normally at dinner for most of that. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtulipe Posted January 6, 2023 #13 Share Posted January 6, 2023 (edited) 46 minutes ago, basenji56 said: Much better system than the old system of 2 hours Actually the previous C&A Diamond Lounge evening event with free unlimited drinks was typically 3 1/2 hours. It'was Celebrity's Captain Club event that was only 2 hours Edited January 6, 2023 by robtulipe 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted January 6, 2023 #14 Share Posted January 6, 2023 50 minutes ago, basenji56 said: Much better system than the old system of 2 hours Happy Hour in the DL was in the 3-3.5 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted January 6, 2023 #15 Share Posted January 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, The Fun Researcher said: Yes free drinks are only for Diamond and above. Us lower schmucks don't get any. Thank goodness we'll be Diamond after our March cruise. The 4 free daily drinks is a very nice perk that will definitely help keep us loyal to Royal and make it more difficult to look elsewhere. We have a cruise on Celebrity in December, and even though they will match us to their "Elite" level, they are still on the archaic system of only drinks from 5-7pm. Fortunately the upcharge for their "All In" package with unlimited drinks, Wi-Fi and gratuities wasn't much more so we did that even though we had free drinks from 5-7pm. 5-7 just is a bad time for us anyway as we're normally at dinner for most of that. Dan Rccl diamond perks are way better than celebrity elite Celebrity suite perks are way better than rccl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Researcher Posted January 6, 2023 #16 Share Posted January 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, George C said: Rccl diamond perks are way better than celebrity elite Celebrity suite perks are way better than rccl I'll have to take your word for it. Not sure when we'll sail in a suite. We've been happy with Balcony and interiors but maybe someday we'll splurge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted January 6, 2023 #17 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 minute ago, The Fun Researcher said: I'll have to take your word for it. Not sure when we'll sail in a suite. We've been happy with Balcony and interiors but maybe someday we'll splurge. There is one major problem with suites , that is you don’t want to sail in anything less, we did over 50 cruises before a suite and have done about 20 suites since , our first suite was a free upgrade on celebrity a little over a decade ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted January 6, 2023 #18 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, alphawave1 said: So I read that the Diamond lounge is gone? I have read that they are now giving “tickets” for some number of drinks per day? Anyone know if this is true? If so, how many? Not true. Diamond gets 4 drinks a day, Diamond + get 5 drinks a day and Pinnacle gets 6 drinks a day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxo Posted January 6, 2023 #19 Share Posted January 6, 2023 4 hours ago, George C said: There is one major problem with suites , that is you don’t want to sail in anything less, we did over 50 cruises before a suite and have done about 20 suites since , our first suite was a free upgrade on celebrity a little over a decade ago. An old guestion. Not trying to create a flaming. Just an ROI. 1. The cost of a suite compare to a Balcony? 2. The extra perks of a suote vs Balcony? Cruise one 7 day cruise in a suite or 14 days in a Balcony? Add extra perks that are free in a suite to a balcony that are added cost. Asking to generate a total comparison based on cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigar King Posted January 7, 2023 #20 Share Posted January 7, 2023 If you think the suite perks are somehow going to balance out the additional cost when compared to a balcony you're going to be disappointed. The additional size of the room, and its associated increase in comfort is not in your calculation and seems difficult to quantify. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted January 7, 2023 #21 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Oxo said: An old guestion. Not trying to create a flaming. Just an ROI. 1. The cost of a suite compare to a Balcony? 2. The extra perks of a suote vs Balcony? Cruise one 7 day cruise in a suite or 14 days in a Balcony? Add extra perks that are free in a suite to a balcony that are added cost. Asking to generate a total comparison based on cost. It all depends on ship , the older ships are much cheaper but have less perks, the newer ships have more perks and cost more , only the newer class ships have suite restaurant. That’s the reason I prefer celebrity since all there ships have suite lounge and a all day suite lounge with free drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queensland Girl Posted January 7, 2023 #22 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Do you use your free drink vouchers in Diamond Lounge ?? Thanks Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxo Posted January 7, 2023 #23 Share Posted January 7, 2023 37 minutes ago, Cigar King said: If you think the suite perks are somehow going to balance out the additional cost when compared to a balcony you're going to be disappointed. The additional size of the room, and its associated increase in comfort is not in your calculation and seems difficult to quantify. Thank you for your input. Size of the cabin and increase in comfort is very subjective. Based on time spent in cabin and what is considered increase comfort. We personally don't spend any time except sleep, shower, dress in our caboin as we enjoy meeting others. So, subjective if 50 sq ft would justify cost. Again, thank you for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted January 7, 2023 #24 Share Posted January 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, Queensland Girl said: Do you use your free drink vouchers in Diamond Lounge ?? Thanks Judy Yes. Also you can use them in other venues thru out the ship day and night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted January 7, 2023 #25 Share Posted January 7, 2023 8 hours ago, pcur said: Diamond lounges are still on ships, it the Concierge lounges that have had a change in access: D+ are no longer allowed to use the Concierge lounges. Unless they are booked in a Sky or Star class suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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