Super Mario?????

[twangster]

2 hours ago, atseau said:

I wonder how Super Mario handles his health insurance? Does he buy travel insurance for every cruise?

I have many more ?s

I imagine he has an annual travel policy like many of us do.  

[smokeybandit]

1 hour ago, tonyfsu21 said:

I get the feeling that Super Mario is so super that he has no need for health insurance. It’s YOLO with him. 

Makes you wonder if the godfather for Icon of the Seas is Mario, since, well, he is RC's Icon of the Seas

[twangster]

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

Makes you wonder if the godfather for Icon of the Seas is Mario, since, well, he is RC's Icon of the Seas

Michael Bayley:

 

[Dan Curtis]

On 10/9/2021 at 9:57 AM, KLA said:

I can confirm that as of yesterday, he was still on the Odyssey and celebrated his 9000th point last night! 

We met him once, like seeing a legend... just noticed, we are on the same cruise in January on the Jewel. 

[WAYNO]

Some years ago I met him in the cigar lounge.  At that time, there were rumors of eliminating the cigar bars on all of Royal's fleet.  He said if they eliminated the cigar bar(s), he would no longer sail with Royal.

 

Does this mean they did not eliminate the cigar bars?

[atseau]

6 hours ago, twangster said:

I imagine he has an annual travel policy like many of us do.  

Ah someday maybe I too will have an annual travel policy.

[SuperStarian]

On 11/13/2021 at 4:00 PM, smokeybandit said:

Mario just passed 9000 points according to C&A Facebook

When I first saw this, I thought it said “Mario just passed away….” I am so glad I misread and he is ALIVE living has cruising dreams.

[GaryAA]

Just saw Mario today on the Symphony. 

[tonyfsu21]

On 11/14/2021 at 4:25 PM, WAYNO said:

Some years ago I met him in the cigar lounge.  At that time, there were rumors of eliminating the cigar bars on all of Royal's fleet.  He said if they eliminated the cigar bar(s), he would no longer sail with Royal.

 

Does this mean they did not eliminate the cigar bars?

It seems as though he caved to Royal because there are no cigar lounges that I know of and he’s still accumulating points. 

[PG Cruiser]

I met Super Mario on the Jewel (November 28th sailing)

[SPS]

11 hours ago, PG Cruiser said:

I met Super Mario on the Jewel (November 28th sailing)

You've had way too much plastic surgery. Your complexion is cartoonish! 

I wonder how many picture requests Mario gets on each cruise. He an RC celebrity!

[twangster]

1 hour ago, SPS said:

You've had way too much plastic surgery. Your complexion is cartoonish! 

I wonder how many picture requests Mario gets on each cruise. He an RC celebrity!

And people call me a bot...

[PG Cruiser]

1 hour ago, SPS said:

You've had way too much plastic surgery. Your complexion is cartoonish! 

Didn't you get the treatment offer from Vitality?

 

15 minutes ago, twangster said:

And people call me a bot...

Like I said on another thread, "When I grow up, I want to be like you."

[twangster]

5 minutes ago, PG Cruiser said:

Like I said on another thread, "When I grow up, I want to be like you."

[PG Cruiser]

4 minutes ago, twangster said:

What?  NOOO!!!

I may be exhibiting bot-ish behavior, but that's only part of the mission.  I'm not Pinnacle yet!  I've just officially become Diamond Plus today... long way to go.  By my twangster-inspired math and projection, without the double points promo, I'll be Pinnacle if I sail on three 7-night cruises per year for the next 10 years.

[twangster]

5 minutes ago, PG Cruiser said:

What?  NOOO!!!

I may be exhibiting bot-ish behavior, but that's only part of the mission.  I'm not Pinnacle yet!  I've just officially become Diamond Plus today... long way to go.  By my twangster-inspired math and projection, without the double points promo, I'll be Pinnacle if I sail on three 7-night cruises per year for the next 10 years.

Congratulations on D+!  

[CrimsonCruiser]

Okay I gotta ask...

What exactly does Super Mario do...for working? Like...what is the point of his office? Is he a travel agent? help desk?

 

Also - been wondering (HA!) if he was going to shift anything over to Wonder. In his interview with Matt at the first Odyssey sailing, he said he wanted to get on Wonder but at the time she was supposed to be exclusively in Asia. Now that she'll be doing a stint in the US, does anyone know if he got himself on the ship?

[twangster]

15 minutes ago, CrimsonCruiser said:

Okay I gotta ask...

What exactly does Super Mario do...for working? Like...what is the point of his office? Is he a travel agent? help desk?

 

Also - been wondering (HA!) if he was going to shift anything over to Wonder. In his interview with Matt at the first Odyssey sailing, he said he wanted to get on Wonder but at the time she was supposed to be exclusively in Asia. Now that she'll be doing a stint in the US, does anyone know if he got himself on the ship?

Investment firm IIRC.  From the ship he directs others and provides guidance - or something to that effect.  I may not have it 100% but it's close to that in concept.

[AshleyDillo]

12 minutes ago, twangster said:

Investment firm IIRC.  From the ship he directs others and provides guidance - or something to that effect.  I may not have it 100% but it's close to that in concept.

This is what I've heard as well.  I always got the impression that he manages other people's money for a living. 

Living on a cruise ship can be very reasonable financially if you do it right.  

[CrimsonCruiser]

17 minutes ago, twangster said:

Investment firm IIRC.  From the ship he directs others and provides guidance - or something to that effect.  I may not have it 100% but it's close to that in concept.

6 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

This is what I've heard as well.  I always got the impression that he manages other people's money for a living. 

Living on a cruise ship can be very reasonable financially if you do it right.  

Ahhhhh! Thank you! This makes a lot of sense!

[barjpoe]

Where is he now?

For how long?

Where is he going next?

[kadmgs]

On 12/14/2021 at 9:52 AM, AshleyDillo said:

This is what I've heard as well.  I always got the impression that he manages other people's money for a living. 

Living on a cruise ship can be very reasonable financially if you do it right.  

We were on Rhapsody a few years ago and there was a lady that spent the entire winter season (Nov.-April) onboard. It was cheaper for her to live on the ship and spend the rest of the year with her adult children than it was to live in a retirement community, so that's what she did... 6 months(ish) on board and then 6 months splitting time between her children's homes. 

[AshleyDillo]

15 minutes ago, kadmgs said:

It was cheaper for her to live on the ship and spend the rest of the year with her adult children than it was to live in a retirement community,

When you consider you aren't paying for housing, meals, electricity, vehicle expenses it can really be a savings! Once you get up into the higher loyalty tiers you also get discounts or free internet and free laundry. You hit a threshold where sailing solo no longer is a full 200% of the typical cruise fare and then once you hit the 700+ point threshold you actually start earning free cruises at each milestone. If sailing solo, she's getting at least 2 points per night so the thresholds come even faster.

[twangster]

49 minutes ago, barjpoe said:

Where is he now?

For how long?

Where is he going next?

I think I saw a social media post with him riding a South Florida train to Odyssey.  

[AshleyDillo]

14 minutes ago, twangster said:

I think I saw a social media post with him riding a South Florida train to Odyssey.  

I did see a social media post from someone on Odyssey that mentioned a Mario, so this would definitely check out.

[Td6462]

I wish I had known about him while we were on Odyssey over the NYE cruise. We passed him so many times on the pool deck. Laptop, cigar and all. 

[kadmgs]

1 hour ago, AshleyDillo said:

When you consider you aren't paying for housing, meals, electricity, vehicle expenses it can really be a savings! Once you get up into the higher loyalty tiers you also get discounts or free internet and free laundry. You hit a threshold where sailing solo no longer is a full 200% of the typical cruise fare and then once you hit the 700+ point threshold you actually start earning free cruises at each milestone. If sailing solo, she's getting at least 2 points per night so the thresholds come even faster.

Exactly! However, I would have to be like Mario on a big ship rather than Rhapsody/a smaller ship because I would need more variety in food options. 

[bryresangel]

On 11/13/2021 at 7:03 PM, PurdueFlyer said:

I wonder if he gets to 10,000 if the system will even be able to handle 5 digits of C&A points ... Royal may have to prep for this like Y2K 

At 10k points you get the next ship named after you....Mario of the Seas! 

[SPS]

15 minutes ago, bryresangel said:

At 10k points you get the next ship named after you....Mario of the Seas! 

Why not? After all, the new CEO, Jason Liberty, has a ship named after him! 

[LCWind]

He was on Odyssey last week. His office is on the smoking section of the pool deck. Also saw him a few times at Coastal Kitchen.

[smokeybandit]

 

[Pattycruise]

3 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

 

I can do that in one cruise!

[CrimsonCruiser]

Does anyone know if he managed to get in Wonder? He mentioned wanting to be on the inaugural sailing but at the time she was supposed to start sailing in Barcelona. But then she did have a short Florida season so I wondered if he made it.

[Hagar]

I left the Explorer at the end of April and Mario had joined us for the start of 6 months there (if my mind was functioning correctly ;>)

 

Hagar the Horrible, and the #2 cruiser onboard since "SM" was there (my points were not even worth mentioning compared to Mario's!)

[Breeda]

Did he say where he was going after Explorer?  Hoping to run into him on a future cruise!

[MarvinS]

I was on Explorer in June, and had the privilege of visiting with Super Mario for a few minutes.  Very nice guy!  He should be very close to hitting his 10,000 cruise point threshold.  If I recall, I think he said he was going to be moving to Oasis after his time on Explorer.

[Mike.s]

On 7/25/2022 at 5:10 AM, MarvinS said:

I was on Explorer in June, and had the privilege of visiting with Super Mario for a few minutes.  Very nice guy!  He should be very close to hitting his 10,000 cruise point threshold.  If I recall, I think he said he was going to be moving to Oasis after his time on Explorer.

We met him a couple of weeks ago and he said he was on Oasis next, for another 6 month stint!! We asked which was his favourite ship, he answered with a smile, "which ever one I'm on"

 

[Pattycruise]

18 hours ago, Mike.s said:

We met him a couple of weeks ago and he said he was on Oasis next, for another 6 month stint!! We asked which was his favourite ship, he answered with a smile, "which ever one I'm on"

 

Did he say when he starts on Oasis?

[Husky1987]

We've run across him on a couple cruises and my wife (who frequents the smoking section) has talked with him a few times...she says he's been nothing but nice.  He's been very approachable for her....she respects his space and if his laptop is open, he's working and she doesn't bother him.

[Mike.s]

5 hours ago, Pattycruise said:

Did he say when he starts on Oasis?

I think, and we had spent most of the day around the pool enjoying the bar service when we met him, around 3/4 months time, we were on Explorer the 2nd week of July.