I would be irritated as well. While our main reason for booking concierge is the extra per night points, we truly look forward to the embarkation lunch (and the sparkling wine as silly as that sounds) to get our trip started. It's a tradition with me, my daughter and my mom.
Another tradition is the nightly (elite) happy hour which they have now kind of done away with (depending on number of people). We loved getting dressed up and going to that event each night.
I'm hoping all these things will be in place for our trip in January.