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I'm surprised this was even possible. I almost did this one time when I told the rep the wrong date and he told me the system wouldn't let him book it because I was already booked on another sailing that date. I wasn't meaning to try and book that date, I just misspoke. But I remember thinking how I wasn't surprised the system wouldn't let him double book me as obviously no one can be 2 places at once. It's been a while since then so maybe it was just my rep noticing the possible double booking and it wasn't actually the system preventing it?

FYI this definitely works. I booked my prime cruise yesterday by having the rep apply the prime cruise code to an existing comp sailing I had that I had been planning to cancel for a while. The ship and sail dates were completely different and I upgraded the prime cruise stateroom type so that was different as well. I was also going solo on the original booking and they were able to add someone to the new sailing. The amount I already paid on the old sailing was credited to the new sailing and I just had to pay the difference. The booking number is the same and the website now shows the new sailing instead of the old one. So I covered just about every possible scenario in one shot (except per-purchased cruise planner items) and it was completed without any hassle or issue other than a brief hold by the rep to make the changes on their end.

Good advice as well. When I try this it's very hit or miss on the amount. Most sailings are $25 or $0 extra FP when I ask (which definitely isn't worth it imo) but I've hit one that was $200 extra FP. I completely forgot to ask about FP this time though since it was the prime cruise and not an online or instant offer. I guess I just went completely brain dead when I booked this morning because I didn't ask about the GTY or FP, which I almost always do. Let me know if you are successful getting any FP this time and I may have to call back in (again).

Great advice. I didn't think to specify just a gty this morning and the upgrade prices to a balcony were outrageous for the 3 we were targeting. Normally we're fine with just an interior but I made the mistake of saying we would get a balcony for the prime cruise a few months ago when I was wanting to win a different cabin argument (oops...). I just got off the phone after calling again and the gty upgrade was almost $1000 cheaper as well. I didn't get it free like you did but one of our sailings was less than $400 total for 2 so that made the pill a little easier to swallow at least.

You can use offer code 24Tier3 if you want to go ahead and see the full exclusion list. http://clubroyaleoffers.com/CertificateOfferCodeLookUp.asp Summary: No Icon at all (even Feb/March) No Christmas sailings No New Years sailings No Thanksgiving sailings A lot of Summer exclusions A few very random exclusions (like 1 Oasis and Odyssey in Sept)

Last cruise someone just pulled up a chair from the neighboring table but the pit boss later told him he couldn't sit. When he really pressed that he had a bad back they let him sit, but they made him move to the stick man side for some reason. So I've actually seen it done but only very reluctantly from the pit boss.

...but then again it is Club Royale so ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

I would tend to agree. Even though they are only "money off", they are still in the same offer code family. i.e. combing 2404a06 (1500 pt comp) and 2404a08 ($250 dollars off) should work the same as combining 2404a06 (1500 pt comp) and 2404a05 (2000 pt comp) since they are all part of the 2404a "chain".

You're not alone. This is exactly my issue.

I feel like the 1500 options have gone downhill the past few months. I used to be fine with that level (at least on short cruises) but you're right that it seems like its mostly just 3/4 night interior sailings out of Miami or LA now. Yeah I don't get why there aren't more Galveston options available. The prices and occupancy rate seems the same or lower than most of the itineraries that are on the list. The only thing I can think of is they want to keep the "lower" level offers to just 3 night weekend or 4 night weekday and Galveston is mostly 4 night weekend / 5 night weekday sailings for the shorter itineraries.

Yep, I've found that 2000+ for short sailings and 3000+ for longer sailings is usually the point where the offers start getting significantly better. I definitely have the same ongoing struggles of whether its worth it to push to the next level sometimes if the casino isn't treating me well that sailing (and most times it wasn't worth it when I do push through...)

Here's a more detailed post about generating the offer code I made a little while ago.

Yep, Maya Chan is always closed in the summer for hurricane season (and to give themselves and staff a break). Personally I always liked Almaplena as well. I haven't been there since covid though so I can't speak to how it's been recently. It's smaller than Maya Chan and less to do, but has a more isolated feel. The last time I was there only 2 other people were there that weren't part of our party of 4. https://almaplenabeachresort.com/beachclub/costamaya-beach_break.htm

I checked in last night after midnight for Grandeur and got 11 am as the earliest slot. So the check in times are definitely ship and/or port dependent and not a fleet-wide standard.

Yes it's still there for now. But after the upcoming amp, who knows.

I know I've mentioned it before but I play craps to get my points. Yes the tables are much more variable as far as the points you earn go, but if you can stay on top of the pit boss for average bet and see the casino host to ensure your time at the table is accurate a lot of the volatility is negated. Personally my overall average was around 3 points / dollar this past casino year, but like slots it was very volatile on individual cruises. Anywhere from plus money or break even to 1/2 point per dollar on a really bad luck sailing (@Matt was on that one so I blame him...) If anyone is interested in playing craps for points, I recommend watching Bryan at the Holy Rollr on youtube. I'll play variations of his Light in the Darkness strategy if I'm just concerned with earning points and not necessarily trying to win big. https://www.youtube.com/@holyrollr

I'll report back about my experience next month (as long as my 4th attempt at attending the beach club isn't cancelled like my 3 previous attempts...)

I'm finally doing my first B2B next month and curious how the lunch works. From my understanding there is a dedicated B2B cruiser lunch in the main dining room. Do you go straight to the dining room after being led back on the ship or do you just meet there at a certain time? (Or did I hallucinate everything and I'll be stuck with the hoards at the Windjammer?)

This is my go to move as well.

Interesting. Mine is in late June so I would have expected it to be a higher base cost than your May one.

I'm fairly certain 18+ is no problem for any cabin any where on the ship. Yep. This is my understanding as well. Connecting rooms can be any age and I believe 13+ can be rooms that are next door (but not connecting) or across the hall. The real question is why are you giving the triple points to your son and not you or your husband!

There's too many variables and unknowns from Royal to really answer this question fully. But if you limit the question to trying to earn about 1500 points per cruise by slots you can get an semi-realistic answer. 1500 points on slots would be $7500 of coin in across the entire cruise. Obviously slots will pay back a certain percentage of coin in. No one knows the exact amount as it varies by machine and Royal isn't exactly going to give out that information but I believe the best guess from people more knowledgeable about slots than me is around 80%. So on average, your coin in of $7500 would have an expected payback of $6000 which means it would cost about $1500 on average to get 1500 points (on 80% payback machines). However, average payout doesn't mean it will actually cost you that amount as there are extreme outliers factored into the average. It's possible (though unlikely) that you could got through all $7500 coin in and not win anything, so it would actually cost $7500 to get 1500 points. You could also win on every single spin so then it would cost you $0 (and in fact you would win more money than you put in) to get to 1500 points. TLDR; average is probably around $1500 for 1500 points (assuming 80% payback), but could theoretically be net positive or cost up to $7500 every cruise.

To take it a step further, if we use slots as an example of the type of play for both, Player A would be coining in almost $42k/day while Player B would be coining in $2500/day. At an 80% average payback (simple example, no one knows exactly what the rate of the machines are), Royal would expect to make about $8400/day on average off of the play of Player A, while "only" $500/day on average off of the play of Player B.

I see this confusion a lot so I'll try to clear it up some. Offers aren't based on your status, they are based on your average daily theoretical loss (or THEO). Think about it this way, which player is more valuable to the casino? Player A who goes on a single 3 day cruise but gains 25,0000 points (extremely high theo), or Player B who cruises 100 days a year at 500 points/day average (much lower theo)? Both are signature players and Player B will actually have twice as many total points (50,000 to 25,000), but Player A will have a theo that's approximately 15-20x Player B. Therefore the casino expects to make 15-20x more money per day from the play of Player A, hence they will be willing to spend more to try and get Player A onboard (i.e. more and better comps). TLDR; don't compare your total points (i.e. status) but your average points/day for a better comp comparison.