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  1. For Rhapsody August it drop from 50 to 47. Also they offer many discount on other items.
  2. I updated the table , adding the D/D++ (I have not included all the benefits of D and D++ as they are not relevant for the comparison) .
  3. Regarding Concierge clubs , they already started to change it on the Vision , at least there was some people that were saying that on Rhapsody they changed it few month ago. they will need to do it as there more and more people with diamond plus and by switching the concierge to suite launch the do not need to revoke any benefits from D+ . Regarding adding C&A status , I will try but I will need to switch to another tool or to split it to two pages .
  4. I have updated the table per the comments , added also SKY class to separate it from the other ships suites.
  5. I still struggling to decide if to take it to our Greece Island cruise as we have few tendering ports, but not sure if it worse it on a Vision class ship. For my Japan cruise from China I would really want to use it to skip some queues (and there will be queues there) and for the internet , but the key is not offer there yet (hope it will appear later)
  6. I asked the same questions few days ago and the non official answer was yes, you are getting two devices , but might be good to check with RC as it is a major benefit of the program , opps , just saw @Lovetocruise2002 answer , which is the most official answer (for sure more reliable from any RC phone representative ? . Also , I guess since the internet price per device is going down as you add more devices , the price compare is different
  7. Thanks, I have fixed it. I guess my memory starts to betray me ?
  8. Regarding the special location for breakfast , this is one of the items I am not sure , I think I read in the past in one of @twangster Live blog , but it required to be verified , I can always correct the table.
  9. I know its not first discussion about the Key and I guess its not the last one . To help deciding if the key program making sense or not (at least for me) I created a table with all the benefits comparing the key to the different suites . I was not sure on one or two items so please let me know if something need to be fixed here. hope its helpful.
  10. RCL started this program mainly I guess to maximize their revenue as any bushiness will do , therefor it is better for them to gain some money on upgrades than to leave rooms empty or give them as a free upgrade. At the pas they were offering it by sending emails to people or calling them few days/week and offer them to pay for the upgrade , now they came with a better system. The answer to the question why not everyone are getting this offer is , to my opinion connected to the problematic that such upgrade system can present, for example: 10 years ago (maybe more) British Airways were very generous with there upgrade system to the business class . many people that got status were upgraded few days before the flight, what happened was that many people that used to book the expensive business class seat decided to gamble , book the economy seats and waited to be upgraded (which most of the time they were). BA so a drop in the revenue and change it to another system. Same for RC , if many people will know they will get the upgrade for much less , they will tend to book a cheaper cabin and hope to be upgraded . By sending the offer to random people RCL are avoiding such issues in the future , as @Matt said if you want the best chance to be in a suite/better cabin , just book it ?
  11. Bring your own , the one in the cabin also tend to shut itself if you are use it for more than few minutes and then you need to let it cool down , happen to us more than one time.
  12. AS @twangster wrote they are not going to work in Barcelona anymore , also I found out that in other countries which they are working in Europe it might be more expensive (just tried it in Italy for example). When I am in Europe I am using the My taxi application , you can choose if you want to pay using the app (in that case you will need to add your credit card) or to pay cache. usually its a regular taxis, so payment are being done in the end although it will give you estimations for how much it should be. In Barcelona peer you have many taxis (although the lines can be long).
  13. If you are planning B2B maybe you can mix as the ports are near by. Start with Symphony and change to Harmony ...
  14. Go if you having fun from playing , never go for the free cruise or other benefits , remember , they are not really free , you are paying for them . Its a good thing to have them if you are playing anyway ?
  15. Two times Allure and Symphony , during the summer it will be the second time we will sail Rhapsody
  16. You should make your flight. The departure will be around 9:15 to 9:20 , you will collect your suitcase , pass custom and board the shuttle which will leave once its full so I guess around 10 am you will be on your way to MIA (around 45 Minutes drive) You will be in the airport at least two hours before your flight.
  17. Most of the time we got it by 3 PM although it can arrive until 7 -8 pm , I always tip the porters when I handle the suitcase over maybe it help some how (I guess they can arrange them in a way it will be delivered earlier). Anyway , make sure you are not packing any problematic items (bottles, long electric cords , etc ...) which might require you to fetch the suitcase from the special office. By the way , many time I found my suitcase quite far from my stateroom , so its always good to look around
  18. I use the site just to review the offers , never booked as you can see just the offer value and expatriation date but it is missing info like which ships you can book , which cruise are valid etc ... So I just call , by the way , very important to view it first as there was more than once I had to tell them which better offers I saw to get the best deal ...
  19. By the way , If I use buy the key for two people , dose it gives two devices or 1 ?
  20. Feb - land - Dead and Red sea March - maybe 8 days Singapore to Hong Kong , Voyager June - Land tour in Greece , Vila in one of the islands. August - Cruise - Greece Island and Croatia (from Venice) , Rhapsody October - 7 nights to Japan from China, Spectrum Dec - planning a cruise from the US, not sure which one yet. In between , as extended to business trip some weekends in Singapore, Italy and Peru.
  21. If you are playing slots its easy to calculate. Each 5$ you play is 1 point so to reach to 2400 points you need to play 2400*5= 12000$ ... If the house edge for slots is around 10% (which I think in RC its bigger but we will use it for the example) your Theoretical lost is 1200$ ...
  22. Yes , its a free cruise for 2 , the only things you need to pay are the taxes , port fees and gratuities
  23. I asked Club royal the same question a week ago. You can book any cruise as long as it is no more than 8 days and its not an holiday cruise (I guess US holidays), you can use it to non US cruise (I asked about Med and Asia and they said yes). The cruise value for upgrade is the basic room price they can find for you so if you find a cruise that the inside room (for prime) is 2000$ and the ocean view is 2100 $ you will pay 100$ for the upgrade. For holiday cruises or 9 + days you can still use it but the value will be only 800 $ Please remember , from many people experience, you might get different answers from different representatives ... also those are the current roles for April 2018 -April 2019 , they might change it for the next Club royal year ...
  24. Do not get me wrong , I love big ships , out of our 10 cruises 6 were on the Oasis class so I will not share any tears if the Vision class will be gone. Not like in the US were there is huge differences in cruise pricing between the big ships and the small ones in Europe you can see many times that the price of the small ships is higher than even the Oasis class. One of the issues is that the Oasis class in Europe has only one route , and well after 4 time you are doing the same ports you are looking for something else. The question will Royal want to risk such markets by letting people try other cruise lines or they will bring some new Radiance+ ships with much better design to server such routes (maybe in the winter they can do Asia/Middle east).
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