cruise-y Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 I cruise all different lines so never bothered to sign up on RCCL's Crown and Anchor until I'd cruised with them a few times and finally figured I'd be back. So now I'm "gold". What does that mean? What do I get? The website says I get a private lounge on disembarkation day with a continental breakfast. Is that true? Is it worth it? Where is it? Do they accrue your points after you pay for a cruse or after you actually take the cruise? Sorry, I'm sure this has been answered multiple times before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayley_bopp Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Points are awarded after your cruise. Can take a couple of weeks to show apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Crown and Anchor benefits were discussed in another thread and I've posted a sample letter of the on board offers for gold level here: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/6354-crown-and-anchor-how-do-they-calculate/&do=findComment&comment=68791 As far as the private departure lounge I've never tried to use it as I prefer a regular breakfast where offered. Location varies by ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 9 hours ago, cruise-y said: I cruise all different lines so never bothered to sign up on RCCL's Crown and Anchor until I'd cruised with them a few times and finally figured I'd be back. So now I'm "gold". What does that mean? What do I get? The website says I get a private lounge on disembarkation day with a continental breakfast. Is that true? Is it worth it? Where is it? Do they accrue your points after you pay for a cruse or after you actually take the cruise? Sorry, I'm sure this has been answered multiple times before. The "breakfast" on the disembarkation lounge is usually coffee and some pastries , nothing near what you can get in WJ or other places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonemanbob Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 When you disembark the fastest way off is to carry off your luggage. You are the first off as soon as the ship has cleared customs. You are not waiting some where for your number to be called. And with no customs form to fill out the process is even faster than before when going thru customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKSglitz Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Am I reading this right? Upon disembarkment when you carry off your own luggage, you DO NOT have to fill out a customs form? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arebee Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 They've done away with custom forms, at least in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKSglitz Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Does this mean that no one has to fill out those pesky customs forms anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 As far as the customs forms - depends on the port and it's up to US customs, not the cruise line. Port Everglades did away with the forms as a test. Cape Liberty and Galveston still use them, or did in May and March respectively. Hopefully more ports will adopt the Port Everglades test, but that is all in the hands of the government, not Royal. accio7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonemanbob Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 When you disembark the fastest way off is to carry off your luggage. You are the first off as soon as the ship has cleared customs. You are not waiting some where for your number to be called. And with no customs form to fill out the process is even faster than before when going thru customs. Tampa no longer uses them. Was on Rhapsody in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise-y Posted June 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 8 hours ago, twangster said: Crown and Anchor benefits were discussed in another thread and I've posted a sample letter of the on board offers for gold level here: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/6354-crown-and-anchor-how-do-they-calculate/&do=findComment&comment=68791 As far as the private departure lounge I've never tried to use it as I prefer a regular breakfast where offered. Location varies by ship. Thank you this was very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 It will vary by ship, but on Adventure in May, one of the Main Dining Rooms (deck 4) was the official "Crown & Anchor Debarkation Lounge." It was up to us if we wanted to wait in there, or in one of the regular lounges. We went to breakfast in the main dining room (deck 3) and by the time we finished our number had been called so we left. We noticed they had already taken down the C&A sign by the time we walked by, as all the C&A departure numbers had been called. Here is a picture of our instructions: if you notice, Gold is NOT included in the C&A departures. I'm not saying it's this way on every ship, but on this one, it was Platinum & up. Gold may have been in Studio B, while everyone else was in the theater. Maybe. accio7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise-y Posted June 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Yes I think we were Gold last cruise but didn't pay any attention to it (except got a free drink one night) and we just ate at Windjammer and walked off on the last day. I just wondered if the lounge had some kind of tasty treats or something and was less crowded than Windjammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 It's been a few years since I've set foot in a departure lounge but the last time we did it was more continental breakfast offerings. And not much selection. You are way better off heading to the WJ. Here is the departure info for Anthem in March. As you can see, gold is not here either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 11, 2018 Report Share Posted June 11, 2018 I just did a podcast episode not too long ago that provided an overview of the different C&A levels: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/podcast/episode-251-crown-and-anchor-society-overview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Crush Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 On 6/10/2018 at 9:52 AM, twangster said: As far as the customs forms - depends on the port and it's up to US customs, not the cruise line. Port Everglades did away with the forms as a test. Cape Liberty and Galveston still use them, or did in May and March respectively. Hopefully more ports will adopt the Port Everglades test, but that is all in the hands of the government, not Royal. Canaveral didn't have customs forms either. We just walked right off the ship. accio7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
function12 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Galveston did not have the customs form when we cruised September of 2017. As a suite guest we were walked to the front of the line. It was nice. A lot of angry stares though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floski Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 I wonder if anyone would notice if I were to use this as my silhouette in my sig line... As a seeeeeenior gold C&A member, I get first dibs on my oar and window. PrincipalTinker, KathyC, Skid and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterdrago Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 6/10/2018 at 8:52 AM, twangster said: As far as the customs forms - depends on the port and it's up to US customs, not the cruise line. Port Everglades did away with the forms as a test. Cape Liberty and Galveston still use them, or did in May and March respectively. Hopefully more ports will adopt the Port Everglades test, but that is all in the hands of the government, not Royal. Galveston also did away with them, at least as of June 10th, when we disembarked. Nice not to have that pesky form to fill out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonemanbob Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 It is so nice to basically say "good morning" to the customs agent and be on your merry way. And doing luggage carry off sure beats waiting for a number in a packed area. Like I mentioned in an earlier post we departed Rhapsody in Tampa in Feb. at 7:30 a.m. and we were on the interstate at 8:15 a.m. No more numbers games,. And if we were flying well we would have been in a taxi at 8:15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogalthorpe Haywood Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 On 6/10/2018 at 9:52 AM, twangster said: As far as the customs forms - depends on the port and it's up to US customs, not the cruise line. Port Everglades did away with the forms as a test. Cape Liberty and Galveston still use them, or did in May and March respectively. Hopefully more ports will adopt the Port Everglades test, but that is all in the hands of the government, not Royal. Cape Libery did not require custom forms for our cruise in May Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 13 hours ago, Ogalthorpe Haywood said: Cape Libery did not require custom forms for our cruise in May Interesting. It did on May 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 19 hours ago, Ogalthorpe Haywood said: Cape Libery did not require custom forms for our cruise in May 6 hours ago, twangster said: Interesting. It did on May 5th. It did not in March .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogalthorpe Haywood Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 7 hours ago, twangster said: Interesting. It did on May 5th. We got off May 26th, I even asked the customs guy and he said they haven’t done it for a while. Maybe because that was a repositioning cruise they had you fill one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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