Crown lounge happy hour

[little britain]

13 hours ago, sgmn said:

Currently on Spectrum. Diamonds welcome at all time, even during happy hour.  Was also welcome on Serenade last September.  Very much depends on how busy and how many diamonds and above on board. 

Cruise by cruise basis 

Glad to hear you found the room! 
Let me know your thoughts on the ship ! 

[SEA DOGY]

21 minutes ago, little britain said:

Glad to hear you found the room! 
Let me know your thoughts on the ship ! 

Can someone help me we are Elite Plus on Celebrity C/C   And it will be our first cruise on Royal Caribbean. How to transfer our celebrity benefits to Royal Caribbean 

TIA 

[doghog]

11 minutes ago, SEA DOGY said:

Can someone help me we are Elite Plus on Celebrity C/C   And it will be our first cruise on Royal Caribbean. How to transfer our celebrity benefits to Royal Caribbean 

TIA 

You will be Diamond on RC. Call the CAS at 1-800-526-9723 or the CC at 1-800-760-0654 to verify your CAS and CC  tier levels. You can also check your CAS tier level on RCs and Celebrity's websites and their apps. Your CC and CAS cruise points are non transferrable. 

Edited February 29 by doghog

[leaveitallbehind]

19 minutes ago, SEA DOGY said:

Can someone help me we are Elite Plus on Celebrity C/C   And it will be our first cruise on Royal Caribbean. How to transfer our celebrity benefits to Royal Caribbean 

TIA 

You don't transfer anything to RCCL.  You just are made available to the Diamond benefits when on board.  You should join the RCCL Crown and Anchor Society so that your cruise points earned on your RCCL cruise get credited to your account. You can ask to see the Loyalty Ambassador on board and they can assist.  Or you can call the RCCL Crown and Anchor Society at 800.526.9723 and they can assist pre cruise. 

 

The cruise points earned while on board RCCL remain with RCCL, and are not counted as part of your Celebrity CC points.  But you will partake in the Diamond level benefits as mentioned. Here is a link to the Crown and Anchor tier benefits for your review:

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/content/dam/royal/resources/pdf/crown-and-anchor-society-benefit-grid.pdf

 

I think you will see that they exceed the benefits that we enjoy on Celebrity as Diamond Plus - LOL.  By the way, once you join C&A, your benefits will be automatically loaded on your RCCL SeaPass card on board.

Edited February 29 by leaveitallbehind

[leaveitallbehind]

6 minutes ago, doghog said:

You will be Diamond on RC. Call the CAS at 1-800-526-9723 or the CC at 1-800-760-0654 to verify your CAS and CC  tier levels. You can also check your CAS tier level on RCs and Celebrity's websites and their apps. Your CC and CAS cruise points are non transferrable. 

Great minds think alike and frequently share good timing!

[tserface]

8 hours ago, Mick B said:

Hi,

After all, now there is no free drinks and you have to use your vouchers, what are RCI actually achieving here. 

They have a finite number of drinks they have to give away.  When they used to have the overflowing Diamond Club at HH people could get unlimited drinks and it was kind of a feeding frenzy at time.  We often don't even use all of our vouches so I think Royal benefits from spending less on providing free drinks.  That said, we love how we can use the vouchers for other things like specialty coffee and bottled water.  When we have vouchers left over in the evening we just get one or two bottles of water for the room.  It's very convenient and useful for cruisers who don't drink alcohol.

[leaveitallbehind]

14 minutes ago, tserface said:

When they used to have the overflowing Diamond Club at HH people could get unlimited drinks and it was kind of a feeding frenzy at time. 

 

When we have vouchers left over in the evening we just get one or two bottles of water for the room.  

The biggest difference - and IMO advantage to us - is that instead of the feeding frenzy that you accurately describe in the DL in the days past during the few hours of the free cocktails, you now have 24 hours to have your drinks anywhere, anytime, on board.  We are D+ and I have to say that the 10 combined complimentary drinks my wife and I have through the vouchers all day more than make up for the loss of the freebees at the DC during happy hour. Just my opinion. 

 

And as you mention, left over vouchers can be converted to unopened cans of beer, truly seltzers, water, or sodas, which we take back to the room for another time. And, in case someone should ask, yes, she can use hers on me and visa versa during the day or when we cash out the extras - we do it every cruise. 

Edited February 29 by leaveitallbehind

[dad son team]

13 hours ago, SEA DOGY said:

We are Elite + on Celebrity. Can we get in the Crown lounge. TIA 

you will need to call C&A and have them do a status match with your captains Club number.  You will only have to do this once and then your status will stay Diamond

[cruiseboy89130]

I heard they will re-name the Crown lounge to "Concierge" lounge and it will be D+ and up!😱

[cruiseboy89130]

6 minutes ago, dad son team said:

You will only have to do this once and then your status will stay Diamond

Unless you hit 175 points on Royal only!

[dad son team]

20 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Unless you hit 175 points on Royal only!

Only 80 for Diamond and I think that is as high as they will match.  175 is Diamond+

[alfaeric]

Since we have the voucher system, we barely go to the lounges anymore. Have even been asked about that by some of the concierges. We eat early, and the snacks are not eaten anymore. 

[leaveitallbehind]

53 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

I heard they will re-name the Crown lounge to "Concierge" lounge and it will be D+ and up!😱

All so very confusing since they are only now in the process of changing over the Diamond Clubs to Crown Lounges, and slowly converting the remaining Concierge Lounges to Suite Lounges - LOL.

[doghog]

55 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Unless you hit 175 points on Royal only!

Reciprocal only to Diamond with RC. Reciprocal only to Elite with Celebrity. CAS and CC points are no transferable. 

[leaveitallbehind]

49 minutes ago, dad son team said:

Only 80 for Diamond and I think that is as high as they will match.  175 is Diamond+

What I think @cruiseboy89130 meant was the RCCL to Celebrity status match is at Diamond for Elite, Elite Plus, and Zenith, and Celebrity's status match to RCCL is Elite for Diamond, Diamond Plus, and Pinnacle.  Neither line offers a status match higher than Diamond and Elite.  I think saying the same thing regarding the matching tiers.

 

I think he is suggesting that to gain status higher than that with the opposite line you need to earn those full points on that line.  And the example provided was the next level past Diamond is Diamond Plus at 175 points - all of which have to be earned sailing on RCCL to attain.  The same would be true with Celebrity to be recognized past Elite all points would have be earned on Celebrity.

 

For example, we have 50+ cruises combined on RCCL and Celebrity.  We are D+ on RCCL through earned points with RCCL.  Our reciprocal status on Celebrity is, as discussed, Elite. But after our upcoming cruise in June on Eclipse, we will attain that Elite status by points on Celebrity as well and will now be building points towards Elite Plus independently. Not that it matters - LOL.

Edited February 29 by leaveitallbehind

[cruisegirl1]

1 hour ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

I heard they will re-name the Crown lounge to "Concierge" lounge and it will be D+ and up!😱

 

37 minutes ago, leaveitallbehind said:

All so very confusing since they are only now in the process of changing over the Diamond Clubs to Crown Lounges, and slowly converting the remaining Concierge Lounges to Suite Lounges - LOL.

I would be VERY surprised if the name is changed to Concierge - for the reasons stated by Leaveitiallbehind. 

 

Cruiseboy89130 - do you have a source?

 

M

[leaveitallbehind]

43 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

 

I would be VERY surprised if the name is changed to Concierge - for the reasons stated by Leaveitiallbehind. 

 

Cruiseboy89130 - do you have a source?

 

M

Deleted - repetitive comment.

Edited February 29 by leaveitallbehind

[firefly333]

44 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

 

I would be VERY surprised if the name is changed to Concierge - for the reasons stated by Leaveitiallbehind. 

 

Cruiseboy89130 - do you have a source?

 

M

I took his post as joking. I think he was trying to be funny. ..but he can answer for himself.

[SEA DOGY]

7 hours ago, dad son team said:

you will need to call C&A and have them do a status match with your captains Club number.  You will only have to do this once and then your status will stay Diamond

Got it thank you 

[mizLORInj]

On Board adventure right now. Got the letter in our cabin that the happy hour will be only for Diamond plus and pinnacle due to the large number of them on board.   

[teddie]

 

2 hours ago, mizLORInj said:

On Board adventure right now. Got the letter in our cabin that the happy hour will be only for Diamond plus and pinnacle due to the large number of them on board.   

Was there any notice you received prior to your sail date? I have read that some Diamond pax received the news on the RCI app under the "Welcome Aboard" hints and tips on the home page prior to sail date.  We are departing on 3/17/2024 on Anthem, and so far, nothing is noted.

 

Teddie

[mizLORInj]

38 minutes ago, teddie said:

 

Was there any notice you received prior to your sail date? I have read that some Diamond pax received the news on the RCI app under the "Welcome Aboard" hints and tips on the home page prior to sail date.  We are departing on 3/17/2024 on Anthem, and so far, nothing is noted.

 

Teddie

Nope.  We got an email that listed all the perks on Monday and incl happy hour, and then the letter in our cabin today saying that happy hour was off-limits for Diamond.   maybe it’s time for them to stop listing that as a diamond perk? 

[sgmn]

On 2/29/2024 at 5:43 PM, little britain said:

Glad to hear you found the room! 
Let me know your thoughts on the ship ! 

We had a good time as always.  Ship was packed though, over 5000 with nearly 1000 kids.  Lots of large intergenerational families, apparently it is school holidays in Malaysia.  Speaking to people who had done a B2B the previous 9 night cruise was a lot quieter with only about 300 children. 

Missed not having use of the Solarium restaurant.  In fact there seemed to be more specialised restaurants than included options.  The specialised restaurants seemed almost empty when we walked by.  Plenty of empty seats in the bars and upper level of pool deck.

Great ports, really enjoyed Penang and Phuket 

Edited March 2 by sgmn