homedepot124 Posted December 22, 2019 #1 Share Posted December 22, 2019 We are on the 1/4/20 sailing of the Rhapsody OTS and we got an e-mail from RCCL this week saying the Concierge lounge is only for Pinnacles and Suite passengers. We are D+ and were on Serenade in September and had no problem using the Concierge lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted December 22, 2019 #2 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Empirically, no one here can yet say whether it is happening on all the ships, but many passengers received that email on various ships. There are already at least two threads discussing this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RCCL Fan Posted December 22, 2019 #3 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I know every ship is different but on our last two, (vision class) we walked into both the diamond lounge and concierge lounge and saw absolutely no difference. Crowd size was the same, food and bar service was the same. On Enchantment the diamond even had a little live entertainment, and concierge did not. I know lounges are super important to some of us and not so important to others, but it made me wonder if outside of Oasis and Quantum class how similar the two lounges really are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crism Posted December 22, 2019 #4 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Explorer has the old Concierge lounge until March. I was able to go in no problem on a 5 night following the TA. Even with 39 Pineapples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted December 22, 2019 #5 Share Posted December 22, 2019 What you are seeing is the workings of the current (and fairly new) Concierge in the CL, ....Kumar. He has tried several times to kick out the D+ from the CL....with no signage change...nada. There was so much howling on my last Rhapsody cruise, he had to relent and let them in. Sad he is still up to those tricks. On the other hand, Alan...who used to be concierge in the CL...had moved to the DL on deck six. He is a far superior Concierge (IMHO). Also...we actually preferred the DL to the CL...love that sweeping view off the aft, with lots of room for overflow in the "Shall we Dance" lounge. Not a fan of the layout in the CL on Rhapsody. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwich Cruiser Posted December 22, 2019 #6 Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 hour ago, island lady said: What you are seeing is the workings of the current (and fairly new) Concierge in the CL, ....Kumar. He has tried several times to kick out the D+ from the CL....with no signage change...nada. There was so much howling on my last Rhapsody cruise, he had to relent and let them in. Sad he is still up to those tricks. On the other hand, Alan...who used to be concierge in the CL...had moved to the DL on deck six. He is a far superior Concierge (IMHO). Also...we actually preferred the DL to the CL...love that sweeping view off the aft, with lots of room for overflow in the "Shall we Dance" lounge. Not a fan of the layout in the CL on Rhapsody. Agree that Alan is by far the better and we also prefer the diamond lounge on Rhapsody. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crism Posted December 22, 2019 #7 Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Norwich Cruiser said: Agree that Alan is by far the better and we also prefer the diamond lounge on Rhapsody. All the Pineapples on the Vision Panama Canal cruise I was just on started doing the same thing. Much better than being smashed upstairs into the CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted December 22, 2019 #8 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted December 22, 2019 #9 Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Crism said: All the Pineapples on the Vision Panama Canal cruise I was just on started doing the same thing. Much better than being smashed upstairs into the CL. Is the lounge being used for overflow? Flow is not as good from Vision DL as Rhapsody. View nice from CL on these ships, but not easy to socialize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted December 22, 2019 #10 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I hope so. as a diamond and someone who stays in suites, I’ll enjoy my CL lounge and not take up space in the Diamond lounge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted December 22, 2019 #11 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Nobody likes losing perks , we are diamond plus but always book suites. We sometimes stop for one drink in diamond lounge just to check it out. We also get drink package. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted December 23, 2019 #12 Share Posted December 23, 2019 1 hour ago, George C said: Nobody likes losing perks , we are diamond plus but always book suites. We sometimes stop for one drink in diamond lounge just to check it out. We also get drink package. Same here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted December 23, 2019 #13 Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, klfrodo said: I hope so. as a diamond and someone who stays in suites, I’ll enjoy my CL lounge and not take up space in the Diamond lounge. Though until lost it Diamonds were allowed in CL. C&A popular now. 20yrs ago when made Diamond, only Top Tier then, at most 6-10 on a new ship sailing Popular Cruise. Now pushing 1000 upper Tier on some sailings. Ships I cruise prefer CL, havent been in a Diamond Lounge in probably 3+ yrs Edited December 23, 2019 by ONECRUISER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzerci Posted December 23, 2019 #14 Share Posted December 23, 2019 D+ and enjoyed the CL on Explorer the past 9 days. We used CL for the coffee machine in the mornings since it was on our deck and DL for drinks because it has windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted December 23, 2019 #15 Share Posted December 23, 2019 We're D+ who book standard cabins. Perfectly OK with one lounge access. Can't justify the extra $$ booking a full suite as we spend probably 2 hrs/day tops in the cabin outside of sleeping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted December 23, 2019 #16 Share Posted December 23, 2019 The only thing constant in life is change. As more Emeralds become Diamonds, more Diamonds become Diamond +, more Diamonds + become Pinnacles, there will be changes. Whatever benefits are provided today are not promised tomorrow. Today’s Diamond lounge will become tomorrow’s Diamond + Lounge and the lowly Diamonds will just get a couple of drink coupons. Pinnacles will be split off to Pinnacle Plus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LMaxwell Posted December 23, 2019 #17 Share Posted December 23, 2019 9 hours ago, RCCL Fan said: Crowd size was the same, food and bar service was the same. On Enchantment the diamond even had a little live entertainment Where? Acrobats? Spiderman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted December 23, 2019 #18 Share Posted December 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, LMaxwell said: Where? Acrobats? Spiderman? music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LMaxwell Posted December 23, 2019 #19 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Just now, c-leg5 said: music The point was WHERE is there room in the Enchantment DL; it's tiny and pushed up against a sloping ceiling; I could only imagine room for entertainers if they were on the ceiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired LEO Posted December 23, 2019 #20 Share Posted December 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, LMaxwell said: Where? Acrobats? Spiderman? An annoying piano player 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted December 23, 2019 #21 Share Posted December 23, 2019 48 minutes ago, klfrodo said: The only thing constant in life is change. As more Emeralds become Diamonds, more Diamonds become Diamond +, more Diamonds + become Pinnacles, there will be changes. Whatever benefits are provided today are not promised tomorrow. Today’s Diamond lounge will become tomorrow’s Diamond + Lounge and the lowly Diamonds will just get a couple of drink coupons. Pinnacles will be split off to Pinnacle Plus. Nonsense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LMaxwell Posted December 23, 2019 #22 Share Posted December 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Merion_Mom said: Nonsense. Agree. Even the name is an oxymoron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straughn Posted December 23, 2019 #23 Share Posted December 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Milwaukee Eight said: Same here.... Me three! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allentownahoy Posted December 23, 2019 #24 Share Posted December 23, 2019 10 hours ago, Merion_Mom said: Empirically, no one here can yet say whether it is happening on all the ships, but many passengers received that email on various ships. There are already at least two threads discussing this. And I have 2 upcoming cruises where some have received the emails but I have not. I know I am no longer welcome in the CL but it would be nice if Royal officially notified me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RCCL Fan Posted December 23, 2019 #25 Share Posted December 23, 2019 30 minutes ago, LMaxwell said: The point was WHERE is there room in the Enchantment DL; it's tiny and pushed up against a sloping ceiling; I could only imagine room for entertainers if they were on the ceiling On our sailing it was a 3 piece band... and their backs were to the wall shared with the CL. They were in the middle of the space facing out to the VCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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