Pinnacle in six months !

[compman9]

A Chinese Malaysian guy on the Spectrum is on his seventh month aboard. Suite on his own, casino every night. 

 

According to the Diamond Lounge concierge, he books as he goes along, and hasn't decided when he's getting off yet. Got to Pinnacle in six months, apparently. 

 

Must be the quickest anyone has got there, surely?

[Biker19]

27 minutes ago, compman9 said:

Must be the quickest anyone has got there, surely?

Some basic math 700/3 = 234 nights as a solo in a suite, so around 8 months. If someone did that run during the double point promo last year, it would have been 1/2 that time.

[Cherful59]

And here I am, hoping my 4 next cruises go as planned so I will get to Diamond+ after July 2025.   Pinnacle is far away.

[twangster]

Hopefully he is a decent gambler and not ruining his life because of a gambling addiction.  

[acuprulez]

1 hour ago, compman9 said:

 Suite on his own

 

According to the Diamond Lounge concierge, he books as he goes along

Really, there hasn't been a single sailing in like 6 months where suites were all booked?  Surprising, perhaps something to do with why RCL is dragging feet on releasing where spectrum is going next year...

[twangster]

I'd love to get a Spectrum block.  He must have a couple he would be willing to trade by now.  🤣

[orville99]

43 minutes ago, acuprulez said:

Really, there hasn't been a single sailing in like 6 months where suites were all booked?  Surprising, perhaps something to do with why RCL is dragging feet on releasing where spectrum is going next year...

Actually looked into booking a suite on Brilliance for an entire year, and surprisingly RCL was willing to do that for us as long as we pulled the trigger as soon as the itineraries were released.

[acuprulez]

12 minutes ago, orville99 said:

Actually looked into booking a suite on Brilliance for an entire year, and surprisingly RCL was willing to do that for us as long as we pulled the trigger as soon as the itineraries were released.

Any word on what kind of discount they offer for booking something like that compared to sticker?

[neverbeenhere]

3 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Some basic math 700/3 = 234 nights as a solo in a suite, so around 8 months. If someone did that run during the double point promo last year, it would have been 1/2 that time.

No one said there would be math. 

[Biker19]

32 minutes ago, neverbeenhere said:

No one said there would be math. 

It's probably even more complicated than I outlined since this person likely cruised some under the double point promo last year.

[neverbeenhere]

Yes, seven months straight would be approximately four months possibly under the double-double jackpot time. 

[Jingerwoppy]

If he's losing money, maybe it will keep prices lower for the rest of us. 

[orville99]

13 hours ago, acuprulez said:

Any word on what kind of discount they offer for booking something like that compared to sticker?

We never got that far in the conversations - Covid interrupted everything😞

[compman9]

Something I would like to know is if you book a long period, will Royal offer any additional perks, like more internet etc?

[little britain]

21 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Some basic math 700/3 = 234 nights as a solo in a suite, so around 8 months. If someone did that run during the double point promo last year, it would have been 1/2 that time.

My friend in Singapore told me last April 2022, that there was someone from Singapore who did nothing but travel on those cruise to no where trips on Spectrum, solo in a suite and got to Pinnacle within the year -  the double points promo helped. 

[Pandamonia]

On 3/27/2023 at 10:19 PM, twangster said:

Hopefully he is a decent gambler and not ruining his life because of a gambling addiction.  

 

If he was a decent gambler he wouldn't be gambling on a cruise ship with the worst odds in the world.

 

He clearly just has more money than imagination. 

[cruisegirl1]

On 3/28/2023 at 1:42 PM, compman9 said:

Something I would like to know is if you book a long period, will Royal offer any additional perks, like more internet etc?

Don't know about long periods, we've never done longer than 4 cruises in a row.  All were treated as single cruises and there were no additional perks.  We did get a lunch between cruises offered to those on a B2B cruise.  On one, we were given a bottle of sparkling wine.  By the time we did these cruises we already had some internet/laundry/dining/beverage discounts or perks because of C&A loyalty.   

Didn't ask for anything.   

M

Edited March 29, 2023 by cruisegirl1

[compman9]

On 3/28/2023 at 7:21 PM, little britain said:

My friend in Singapore told me last April 2022, that there was someone from Singapore who did nothing but travel on those cruise to no where trips on Spectrum, solo in a suite and got to Pinnacle within the year -  the double points promo helped. 

 

Almost certainly the same guy - Mr Fu, apparently

 

3 and 4 dayers with the odd 9 dayer thrown in

[John&LaLa]

On 3/27/2023 at 6:08 PM, orville99 said:

Actually looked into booking a suite on Brilliance for an entire year, and surprisingly RCL was willing to do that for us as long as we pulled the trigger as soon as the itineraries were released.

 

Why not just book UWC🤔

[John&LaLa]

On 3/29/2023 at 2:26 PM, Pandamonia said:

 

If he was a decent gambler he wouldn't be gambling on a cruise ship with the worst odds in the world.

 

He clearly just has more money than imagination. 

 

Are the table games odds worse on ship than land?

[John&LaLa]

On 3/28/2023 at 1:42 PM, compman9 said:

Something I would like to know is if you book a long period, will Royal offer any additional perks, like more internet etc?

 

Free internet, drinks, laundry on UWC

[orville99]

4 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Why not just book UWC🤔

We were pursuing this in late 2019 long before the UWC was even a glint in an old man's eye. We will be doing a World cruise in 2025, but on an all suites cruise line with an itinerary that better meets our bucket list.

[John&LaLa]

46 minutes ago, orville99 said:

We were pursuing this in late 2019 long before the UWC was even a glint in an old man's eye. We will be doing a World cruise in 2025, but on an all suites cruise line with an itinerary that better meets our bucket list.

 

Enjoy while you're able.  UWC fills a huge chunk of our/my bucket list😁

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[simon.hed]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Are the table games odds worse on ship than land?

Craps doesnt offer multiples on odds bets on RC which increases house odds.

 

Roulette on all recent RC cruises I have been on was 00 (and even a 0 table opened late night), which is at least as good as the 'odds' you typically see in Vegas and most land based casinos. And those were $5 minimum tables which is less than what you see on land. (Of course big time gamblers wont concern themselves with low minimum roulette but thats a whole other discussion.) 

[Pandamonia]

On 3/30/2023 at 8:05 PM, John&LaLa said:

 

Are the table games odds worse on ship than land?

 

Yes compared to the casinos ive been to in the UK.

 

No 00 on Roulette

Split Aces and play each hand separately not limited to 1 card

Rubbish side bets, here there is a poker hand type side bet pays 9/1 and honestly all the money ive ever won in the UK has been off that side bet. 

 

Casinos at sea ive seen are the worst odds ive ever seen. These small changes push the odds in favour of the house by a few percent in some instances. 

 

Casinos on ships ive always seen them as amusement so im baffled when i see people betting big on them.