KevinK

10 minutes ago, Atlantix2000 said:

Here's my memory of various threads here.  You can search to find more info.  There are differing reports on what happens when a minor with Diamond status due to their parents' status reaches 18 years old.  Some say they will keep Diamond status but won't move any higher until their actual points catches up.  Some (generally more recent) say they revert to whatever status their actual points would give them.  The language in the C&A rules is ambiguous.  It is definitely true that everyone's actual points is tracked regardless of status.  Of course, having the minors reach 80 points before they turn 18 would make them diamond from first cruise to last.

Last year when I was on Liberty, at the bar I met couple kids in their 20's.  They told me they were diamond cuz of their parents status before they turn 18. They haven't earn 80 points on their own yet so I was surprise when the rep told me about this.  oh well, it is what it is..

I just called Crown & Anchor to have one of the kid to link it to my diamond.   The rep told me once the kid reach 18 years of age.  He will be removed from my account which he will be no longer link to me.  He will lost the Diamond benefits if he hadn't reach 80 points by then.  Is this true?  I though once they are link to my account, they will be diamond tier.  Just the points they have to earn it on their own.  

On 4/3/2024 at 12:00 PM, RCIfan1912 said:

Awesome, really appreciate that.

FYI - I just did a check it for Symphony of the sea sailed from Cape Liberty for May 31 cruise.  They do have 10 to 10:30am.  I got the time I wanted.

1 hour ago, Gilligan said:

What time does it open up?  Will it be midnight on the 16th?  Or does the time vary?

Tonite Midnite @ 12am.

On 4/13/2024 at 10:34 PM, Minuet888 said:

So my online check in is Tuesday April 16th (So for me on the west coast I guess it is 9pm monday night?  We are leaving out of Newark)

What do I do?  Never done this so I am wondering what to expect and what to do.

Your cruise is May 31 to June 6 Symphony sailed from Cape Liberty?  If yes, same as me.  Check in will be tonite @ 12am midnite EST.   I usually just pick the time I wanted and then go to sleep.  The rest of the info. scan passport, take a selfie , enter your cc, and in case of emergency contact. I usually fill them in a later or two later. 

On 6/5/2022 at 5:45 PM, Aron_Ross said:

I searched for this topic and find it interesting that nothing came up.  Anyway, has anyone tried Taste of Royal Lunch?  I'm considering it but my significant other is on the slightly picky side.  She is telling me to go and enjoy without her, but I don't want to do that.    

I did it on Anthem of the Sea, and I enjoy it.  I even booked it for 5 of my up coming cruise.

Here's a Youtube video of it.  Is 1 years old.  But they still serve the same food.

15 hours ago, CanHardlyWait said:

Uninstalled app and reinstalled. Now can't login at all. 

That's what I did.  Can't log back in, so I reset my password and it work last nite.  Then I try to log back in, is not letting me.  Reset password was just a temporary fix for that moment. Is been 2 days already..  Their IT need to STEP IT UP.

Yup, having issue here also..

Did any of you did the check in yet?  I heard there's no more 10 or 10:30 check in time.  The earliest is either 11 or 11:30.  Is it true?  I am not on this cruise, I am on May 31st cruise.

15 hours ago, RCIfan1912 said:

That's what the guy at work got at midnight when he checked in. 

Hopefully Liberty is different for October. 

I will be on Liberty Sept.  I will let you know..

16 hours ago, RCIfan1912 said:

11 I'm ok with but 11:30/12 is a no go for us. 

yes, I am ok with 11 also..  Cuz after 11:30. is start to get lots of ppl.  

On 4/1/2024 at 10:29 AM, RCIfan1912 said:

Oh this is Symphony out of NJ. 

My check in date is April 16 for Symphony out of NJ.  I hope the 10 to 10:30 still available.

I am trying to book a cruise.  There will be 3 of us in the room.  But the cruise I am interest in, 3 guests room is all gone.  There's plenty of 4 guests room left.  Will they let me book 3 people in a 4 guest room?

Thanks,

On 3/30/2024 at 12:41 PM, Ampurp85 said:

When I dined in CK I tipped as I go. I have always utilized this method. I never know if I will see anyone again.

On one cruise I wasn't feeling very well on the last night so I was grateful I took care of everyone. On another our usual person was sick, so if I had waited they would have missed out.

If you don't mind me asking.  Since you dine in CK, tipped as you go.  How much do you tip the server and the assistant service?  $20 & $10?

On 3/31/2024 at 11:43 AM, JeffFromNJ said:

We are sailing on the Oasis of the Seas in 85 days or so. We booked ~2 months ago. We opted for GTY rooms for the first time EVER (I am a control freak so this was a leap of faith). My wife and I got a GTY balcony while the kids are in a GTY inside. 

The balcony was assigned within a couple of days, but the inside remains a GTY 2 months later. I have heard that in rare cases you may not know your room number until you arrive at the port, but wondering is this more common with inside rooms? Are inside rooms usually the last to be assigned? Or does it vary? Hoping we know sooner than that but prepared to wait till the last minute if we need to

I booked a GTY Suite more than 6 months ago for this up coming May cruise.  As of today, I still haven't get the assigned room yet.  I guess I will need to wait till once the check in is open.  But I am not worry at all.  I am sure I will get a room.. 

1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

At least you're getting some offers !  Ours have dried up completely.  We are both Prime

Yes for now, I heard lots of ppl offers got dried up.  

5 hours ago, TXCoastPatriot said:

 Congratulations again KevinK!  It’s a great club to be in.  Here is slot tournament we have been invited to.  It might be regional, we live in TX. Unfortunately, I can’t make it, I’ll be on a mission trip to Ghana and won’t make it.

2024 SLOT TOURNAMENT SERIES - HARMONY 08/17/24

A cool thing about Signature, an Assistant Casio host will find you at a game your first evening in the casino and introduce themselves and welcome you. They remember your name and check in with you during the week while you are playing.  All the casino host(ess) are beneficial to be very kind to.  Perks from Club Royale as a Signature dwarf the C&A perks by miles.

Lots of free cruise offers…about two per month.  Club Royale is a major reason we are loyal to Royal.

Thanks,

Is nice to be in the club.  I been prime since my first cruise with Royal 3 years already.  As a prime, I been getting pretty good offer at least one or two offers per week.   I though once became signature I would see a better offer..  But as of now, I don't see any better..  Still same as Prime, I though at least once a while I would be getting some Jr. suite offer..  But haven't see it yet.  Before I became signature, I did get that slot tournament series, actually there were two, one just expired.  There been too many offers I didn't get to used it and let it expire.  Just wish I have more vacation days or I can do remotely.  Or maybe retired.  Hopefully starting April 1, I would see some jr. suite offer.

10 minutes ago, TXCoastPatriot said:

Congratulations on Signature!  That is AWESOME.  Just under the wire to start over April 1st.

Sorry, I did not mean to mislead you.  

Normally, my wife and I each get a bottle of wine or a champagne from Casino Royale for our points status.

We’ll get a bottle of wine & strawberries from C&A for D+.

Typically we get another bottle of wine along with daily fruit plates, cheese plates, cookie plate, or petit fours from Beverage or Guest Services, I assume for being Suites guest.  Often they just arrive without indication who it’s from.

in total, 3-4 bottles of wine in our suite during a 7-N cruise.

Oh no worry.  For now as being a diamond member, I do get chocolate cover with strawberry or some pasty.  I also got a bottle of wine from the casino whenever I reach 2500 points during the cruise time.  If I hit over 5000 points, I get another bottle of wine later on that cruise..  I am looking forward for the Free internet as part of signature benefit.  Plus I heard there's a signature cruise and it could be possible from Symphony sailing from Cape liberty.  Which is only 30 mins drive for me perfect timing. 

On 3/26/2024 at 2:41 PM, TXCoastPatriot said:

As Signature with Club Royale, we will typically get at least 1 bottle of wine, a bottle of champagne, and a plate of fruit from Club Royal on a 7-N.

Right now I have 7 distinct free cruise offers.  I typically get a mailer every other week showing a specific offers and what ships & dates apply. Even though we sail about every 6 weeks and earn 5000-7000 points, our free offers have been cut back mostly to 4/5 nights from 7-N on far fewer ships.

I noticed in February the Instant Cruise Certificate points for a Jr Suite went up from 6500 to 9000 pts.  6500 was very doable.  9000 will be a stretch in April on the Harmony.

These are certainly dis-incentiving my future play.

So for signature, you get a bottle of wine, Champagne & a plate of fruit on first day of every cruise?  I just turn signature, is that what I should be getting on my up coming cruise.  I do average 5000 to 9000 points per cruise.

21 hours ago, Pattycruise said:

The other day I moved from promenade to balcony  no charge since the balcony was cheaper.  Liberty of the seas Bermuda cruise in June out of NJ.  I called my friend for her to change her ocean view to a BalGTy  for a Sept Liberty to Bermuda but she didn’t move quick enough.  

When I booked mine Sep 21 Liberty cruise.  Original offer was Balcony, At the time, Spacious Ocean View Balcony was cheaper, so I booked the spacious Ocean View Balcony.  Then couple days later, I saw GTY Suite was $80 more, so I upgrade to GTY suite.  Then the price dropped.  I called in and got my upgrade $ back.  So I got my GTY Suite for free from my original balcony booking..  Sometime just need to at the right time at the right place. 

13 hours ago, tonyfsu21 said:

I’ve received several of these JS offers but my luck is clearly not that great as I’ve only successfully booked one. Every one of the JS offers has been booked by the time I make the phone call resulting in a balcony downgrade. The agent mentioned they would upgrade if JS comes available. Has anyone ever been upgraded as part of a casino promotion due to category being booked?

Can you request for GTY Suite.  That's what I did for this up coming May cruise.  They told me sold out, but before I called up, I did a mock booking, and GTY Suite was available.  So I asked how about GTY Suite.  She checked said yes it's available.  So she help me booked it plus additional $300 free play.  Since it's Jr. suite, I don't mind is GTY.  Especially I am going solo which net me 3 points per nite.  Most of the time, I don't like GTY, cuz I like to know where my room is.  Now I am still waiting for them to assign me room..  I kept checking everyday.  Nothing yet.  Check in is April 16.  Hopefully by then I know where my room is.. 

On 2/4/2024 at 2:57 PM, spward7 said:

My wife and I are on this cruise, first time on Sympathy. We have done this cruise itinerary twice both on Oasis. Looking forward to seeing a newer version of Oasis class ship. 

Same here.  Can't wait..

Congratulations on making Diamond...  For me is the 4 free drinks daily anytime, since it is load it into your sea pass.  I like going to the crown lounge for the coffee and some quite time.  There's also some snacks to eat during I believe from 4pm to 7pm.

On 3/9/2024 at 2:04 AM, Minuet888 said:

Ive been told yes I am sailing on symphony May 31st

I am on that cruise also.. 

10 hours ago, CruiseMommyOf3 said:

Hi guys!

So i just came back from my First Cruise.. and I want to start planning. I want to leave from Cape Liberty, NJ. Is it normal that I do not see any RC boat leaving from there? Is it because the schedules are not out yet? Does it go year by year? or is it just because there won't be any RC Cruise from that Port??

Thanks!

So far I only sailed from Cape Liberty since i live closed by.  So far, I booked May, Aug, Sept, Dec and Jan of 2025.  The schedule date is out up to Feb. 2026.

On 3/10/2024 at 12:55 AM, Pattycruise said:

This thread spurred me to check my GTY booking.  My Symphony in August has already assigned my GTY neighborhood balcony to a Central Park balcony. It was a casino comp if that makes a difference ,IDK. 

Mine is on May 31, casino comp also for a GTY Suite.  Still waiting to be assign..  I guess I have to wait till after April 16 check in date.