Sunny AZ Girl Posted October 3, 2018 #251 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On some ships with a lot of diamond, they open another lounge to cover all of them. This makes a lot more than 3 drinks depending on what you are doing. So the drink thing first, cabin discount second. The drinks are not counted in the Diamond Lounge anyway. The 3 drink limit is for the lounges outside of the Diamond Lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mcatmcat Posted October 3, 2018 #252 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Free photo Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorben-Hendrik Posted October 3, 2018 #253 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I would say the drinks during happy hour - even if we just have two drinks each plus a bottle of water that comes to around $315 for a seven day cruise against the diamond balcony discount of $225 B-discount becomes quite useless lately as it is not combinable with the sales....:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island couple Posted October 3, 2018 #254 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Just going over the Diamond plus benefits and did not see anything about the discount on a bag of Laundry. Have they discontinued that member benefit. We are doing a B2B and was hoping I could send some items down to the laundry. Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny AZ Girl Posted October 3, 2018 #255 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Just going over the Diamond plus benefits and did not see anything about the discount on a bag of Laundry. Have they discontinued that member benefit. We are doing a B2B and was hoping I could send some items down to the laundry. Jane We are D and just got a $10 discount on two bags of laundry we sent down during our 21 day B2B. However, D+ traveling with us got a free bag of laundry each. I hope that it continues because we will be D+ after our cruise next May and could use it next October with our 13 night + land cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank808 Posted October 3, 2018 #256 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Just going over the Diamond plus benefits and did not see anything about the discount on a bag of Laundry. Have they discontinued that member benefit. We are doing a B2B and was hoping I could send some items down to the laundry. Jane There is still a free bag of laundry as a D+ benefit. Also you can get $10 off a bag of laundry on sailings of 5 nights or more. Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island couple Posted October 3, 2018 #257 Share Posted October 3, 2018 There is still a free bag of laundry as a D+ benefit. Also you can get $10 off a bag of laundry on sailings of 5 nights or more. Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk Thanks Ginny & F808, Have never taken advantage of this benefit before. This is our first diamond plus cruise and 1st B2B. We usually leave out of Cape Liberty which is a 1hr 15 min drive for us so the amount of luggage is not a problem. Have to pack lighter with the luggage fees when flying. Love all the perks we get . Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank808 Posted October 4, 2018 #258 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Thanks Ginny & F808,Have never taken advantage of this benefit before. This is our first diamond plus cruise and 1st B2B. We usually leave out of Cape Liberty which is a 1hr 15 min drive for us so the amount of luggage is not a problem. Have to pack lighter with the luggage fees when flying. Love all the perks we get . Jane We have never taken advantage of the free bag of laundry also. We love to do b2b and it should come in handy. The reason is my son and I are sensitive to how the ship does the laundry. It might be the soap they use as my son breaks out in hives. We just bought this portable washing bag called the scrubba. It washes our clothes fine and we get to use tide, which doesnt give my son a rash. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerferWarmWeather Posted October 4, 2018 #259 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1. Balcony Discount 2. Diamond Lounge 3. 3 Free Drinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted October 4, 2018 #260 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1. Balcony Discount2. Diamond Lounge 3. 3 Free Drinks I agree with all those plus the free photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBE4 Posted October 4, 2018 #261 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1. Balcony Discount2. Diamond Lounge 3. 3 Free Drinks Still an Emerald member with 2 ½ cruises to go before achieving Diamond status (may book a Junior Suite to get there in 2 cruises) and this thread got me thinking about which benefits to look forward to. So, once I reviewed the C&A benefits list, I realized most of the ones I would enjoy the most are at the Diamond PLUS level. I’m officially bummed now. Increased Balcony Discount ($225) would have been #1 but as the swinging Thorben-Hendrik mentions, it’s getting harder to use as it’s not combinable. I’ve experience this as well with the Emerald balcony discount ($100). Probably not the free drinks as I’ll continue to purchase the beverage package. Although the 3 drinks loaded to the seapass card may get me to rethink the math. I usually break-even on the drink package now. It’s really more for convenience than bang-for-the-buck. I like to drink what I want, when I want, where I want and experiment with new drinks. Diamond lounge. – I like to stay outside as much as possible on a cruise so I don’t know how much I use I get out of this. Maybe on an Alaskan cruise or similar cold weather cruise. I guess I really won’t know until I experience it for myself first hand. I do like a nice, calm breakfast though so this could be a possible #1. We have so many pic stashed in a drawer somewhere we never purchase them anymore. But Free is for me so #2, maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruzer Zuker Posted October 4, 2018 #262 Share Posted October 4, 2018 What are some of the sales that diamond balcony discount cannot be combined with? I haven’t experienced any. Perhaps I am just not too good at finding deals and perks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted October 4, 2018 #263 Share Posted October 4, 2018 What are some of the sales that diamond balcony discount cannot be combined with? I haven’t experienced any. Perhaps I am just not too good at finding deals and perks.In the UK they have never allowed obc offers to be combined with Diamond balcony discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted October 4, 2018 #264 Share Posted October 4, 2018 What are some of the sales that diamond balcony discount cannot be combined with? I haven’t experienced any. Perhaps I am just not too good at finding deals and perks. Any sale that includes an "instant discount". In other words, say Royal is selling a balcony stateroom for $1000. They decide they want to lower the price for non C&A members, so they add an "instant discount" of $100. This is not combinable with the balcony discount, so they now have a way to extend a discount to non C&A members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruzer Zuker Posted October 4, 2018 #265 Share Posted October 4, 2018 In the UK they have never allowed obc offers to be combined with Diamond balcony discount. I book from the US and always book directly and I don’t think I have ever had more than $50 OBC. :loudcry: Any sale that includes an "instant discount". In other words, say Royal is selling a balcony stateroom for $1000. They decide they want to lower the price for non C&A members, so they add an "instant discount" of $100. This is not combinable with the balcony discount, so they now have a way to extend a discount to non C&A members. Thanks! Now you mention it I remember seeing those. But I usually get better prices when I am logged on and thought the savings were baked in. Guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamesEM Posted October 5, 2018 #266 Share Posted October 5, 2018 3 free drinks, Diamond Club, photo, and internet minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALSEAU Posted October 8, 2018 #267 Share Posted October 8, 2018 3 free drinks, Diamond Club, photo, and internet minutes. Just off a B2B cruise on the Allure. We are Diamond + and for the last couple of years we have used the internet perk of 2 days (48 hours) free by signing in under my name and 2 days later signing in using my wife's name. For some reason on these cruises we had to sign in each day for a 24 hour period. Not a big deal but we were totally confused when trying to sign in for the first time. Thank goodness the Diamond Lounge personnel help explain it to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depplep Posted October 9, 2018 #268 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Balcony discount and anything that shows up in the cabin unexpectedly is nice.We get the drink package,so the 3 free drinks don't mean anything to us, but would be a nice perk otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry's Girls Posted October 9, 2018 #269 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Will my 13 year old daughters also be able to go in the Diamond Lounge? This will be their 2nd RCCL cruise, so they're the same level as me now I believe. I don't suppose they also get freebies/discounts? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted October 9, 2018 #270 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Will my 13 year old daughters also be able to go in the Diamond Lounge? This will be their 2nd RCCL cruise' date=' so they're the same level as me now I believe. I don't suppose they also get freebies/discounts? Thank you![/quote'] Yes, they can go to the lounge and can be served soft drinks. However they do not get the same coupons you get, in other words, no free 24-hour internet perk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILOVESHIPS Posted October 9, 2018 #271 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I love meeting fellow diamond members in the lounge. Learning about other cruises. The Diamond Lounge 'The photographs:) Those are my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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