tallpaul86

Seems to be a possibly expensive way to go about it - when you say gamble a significant amount, isn’t that just paying for it in advance then?
Lady luck tends to smile at me from a great height - normally whilst waiting for the lifeboat to land on me!!

First and foremost, suites are a splurge.  They rarely are a value, but you can find good pricing on them from time to time.  Again, a "good price" is a relative term.
Suites on older ships and/or cruises during slower months of the year tend to get lower pricing.

Hey guys, I asked this question on Cruise Critic and found the conversation interesting enough (once you look past the elite responses!) and figured I'd ask the question here to get your takes on this
Apart from the obvious responses like work harder/get better job etc, and the fact one persons reasonable is another's excessive extravagance makes this highly subjective at best however this is more insight than anything else
I've looked at Suites on various cruise lines and I'm just trying to figure out how people actually afford these!!!
Take, for example, Navigator of the Seas Royal Suite on Deck 10 - the largest and only room of its kind on the entire ship (me and the missus had a quick peak on disembarkation and were in awe at its sheer size!!).  So to stay in that room on board Navigator (bearing in mind it's not the technological smorgasbord that the Quantum or Oasis class ships are - and neither is it the newest generation of ship in currently in the fleet) yet to stay in the Royal Suite for 14 nights cost £19,444 (circa $25,047 at time of writing this) for 2 people on 12 May 2017
That is the same money as a entry level Ford Mustang V6 Fastback!!!  I mean surely people aren't handing money over like that?  Either cruising in a Suite stateroom is the prerogative of the global 1% wealthy population exclusively OR you are a high loyalty level member that has qualified for the largest discounts the cruise line is willing to offer.  There must be ways of "blagging" yourself a cheeky discount on a suite stateroom?
I'm only a lowly Gold level CAS Member at the moment and the purpose of his thread is not to start a flame war against RCCL's Loyalty or lack thereof (there's plenty other threads on Cruise Critic that have done that for me!) however it is something I've always been curious about - yes I would love to experience one however struggling to realise why a 14 night holiday will cost the same as a owning a brand new sports car today!!
Anyone got any insider or even pro tips on how to sniff out a good suite deal?
The above prices were correct at time of writing of August 16th 2016

Look at this other thready I just posted this on, there is some discussion of Suites and suite pricing.
Royal Caribbean raises VOOM packages!!
There are a ton of other suites available besides the Royal Family suite, Junior Suite, Grand Suite, Owners suite and many others on the Oasis and Quantum class, what I read, most other people say that they get the big suites is that it is not so much the suite (The room itself) as it is the amenities associated with the suite, see link below.
http://www.royalcaribbean.com/royalsuiteclass/star/
The strange thing is that if you try and get one of the big suites, actually try and book one, is that they are always sold out, especially the Family sized ones, and especially during the American school breaks.
I have 4 future cruises booked, 3 of them are in Grand Suites and 1 is a Star Loft Suites (On Allure), and my main purpose of reserving these is so I get the "Suite Perks", the amenities, I had to book these really far in advance (At least a year) because before when I would try and get a suite they were always sold out.
So yes, someone is getting,  them but I can't tell you who or what demographic it is...