Diamond Plus Perk now Taken Away on Anthem!

[voyager70]

6 minutes ago, LorraineP said:

Google the Seaside YC. Look for pix of YC lounge & restaurant. You will be so spoiled. 

 

Will do!

 

[Jimbo]

49 minutes ago, Beachin2 said:

Saw this coming quite awhile ago - steady erosion and a product that is, in our opinion, going stale. 

 

We cancelled our 2 2019 RC sailings last fall and sailed on MSC Seaside Yacht Club for about the same $ as the RC balcony - but with MUCH better perks, service, etc.  Nice status match too.  Cancelled our 2 RC 2020 sailings for the Seaside YC again this coming fall.  We are in that 500 point "neither fish nor fowl" area with RC and generally do about 30 nights a year at sea.

 

We will look to RC & X again, but only for unique/bucket list itineraries and certainly not the twice a year B2B sailings we have been doing. 

 

Instead of wringing your hands and pounding your keyboard - just vote with your wallets.   It's pretty liberating.

How do you go about the status match? Did you do the yacht club experience? 

Edited January 24, 2020 by Jimbo

[grapau27]

27 minutes ago, Milwaukee Eight said:

You are absolutely correct. Suite guest don’t like a crowded no seats available lounge. Applies to SL as well as CL. We, as have many other Suite guests, have complained. Thank goodness Royal is listening. 

I think all Suite guests should get the 3 free drinks during happy hour as part of their suite perks then they are not penalised if there are no seats available in the CL/SL.

[LorraineP]

2 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

How do you go about the status match?

When you go on their website they have a form “Register to the Status Match Program”. Fill it out, submit a scanned copy of your seapass card. 

[LorraineP]

Just now, LorraineP said:

When you go on their website they have a form “Register to the Status Match Program”. Fill it out, submit a scanned copy of your seapass card. 

https://www.msccruisesusa.com/en-us/MSC-Voyagers-Club/Status-Match-Form.aspx

[voyager70]

1 minute ago, grapau27 said:

I think all Suite guests should get the 3 free drinks during happy hour as part of their suite perks then they are not penalised if there are no seats available in the CL/SL.

 

That's too easy Graham and won't appease some of the holier-than-thou suite guests who think they are so much better than the masses.  On a side note, have you ever been on MSC?

 

[voyager70]

1 minute ago, LorraineP said:

https://www.msccruisesusa.com/en-us/MSC-Voyagers-Club/Status-Match-Form.aspx

 

Perfect, thank you.

 

[LorraineP]

1 minute ago, LorraineP said:

https://www.msccruisesusa.com/en-us/MSC-Voyagers-Club/Status-Match-Form.aspx

We are Diamond Plus on RCL so we were matched to Black Card. 

[ONECRUISER]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Past performance does not dictate future results. Or something like that.

 

I don't blame you for being upset

 

Now on Mariner last week,  a partial charter had the entire VCL reserved almost all night. 😱

 

Ship happens.

 

At least you can now get a frozen mocktail with your Diamond vouchers

Agree. When I first made plane old Diamond over 20yrs ago, the Top Tier then, we had Suite Lounge Benefit. Also 1st on/off ship and met Captain and all Senior Staff each Cruise which was pretty much a one on one. Last Cruise so many Diamond and up overflow was 2 Lounges for Happy Hr and Continental Breakfast. C&A, is now overly popular successful but I'm not complaining.

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, frank808 said:

Not on Serenade this cruise either.

 

Bummer, these HD's are cheap

[grapau27]

Just now, voyager70 said:

 

That's too easy Graham and won't appease some of the holier-than-thou suite guests who think they are so much better than the masses.  On a side note, have you ever been on MSC?

 

No.

Family members have in Europe and said the ships are beautiful so I will get a brochure and check itineraries.

Last year the Magnifica came to my home port of Newcastle.

[Ocean Boy]

12 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

I think all Suite guests should get the 3 free drinks during happy hour as part of their suite perks then they are not penalised if there are no seats available in the CL/SL.

Nah, keep them penned up in their suite lounge.😉😊

[L454S]

2 minutes ago, LorraineP said:

We are Diamond Plus on RCL so we were matched to Black Card. 

 

We are responding with our wallets. Just got off a 29 sailing with Princess and have another Seaside Yacht Club booked. MSC now calls their upper tier "Diamond" Card instead of "Black" Card, enjoyed it very much the first time.

 

Still book some with RCI, just no more blind loyalty.

[twangster]

9 minutes ago, voyager70 said:

That's too easy Graham and won't appease some of the holier-than-thou suite guests who think they are so much better than the masses.

 

As opposed to the D+ holier-than-thou?  Too good for the DL types I mean.  Not all are like that. 

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, bigeck said:

They might do it on the Ta before the dry dock. 

I've not had an email regarding the Ta but it will be the same I suppose.

Doesn't really bother me

 

That's why I booked STAR for Allure TA

[Jimbo]

21 minutes ago, LorraineP said:

We are Diamond Plus on RCL so we were matched to Black Card. 

What perks are included with that?

 

Nevermind found it https://www.msccruisesusa.com/en-us/MSC-Voyagers-Club/Voyagers-Club.aspx

Edited January 24, 2020 by Jimbo

[Clarea]

Just now, Jimbo said:

What perks are included with that?

 

https://www.msccruises.com/en-gl/smart-ship-app/MSC-Voyagers-Club-Benefits.html

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, twangster said:

So I cruised a bunch in 2019 and had CL access only on Vision in January.  The cruise before was restricted due to numbers, I got lucky.  

 

In all cases though the expanded Diamond Lounge worked really well.    Twice on Ovation, on a different Vision cruise through the Panama canal, etc.  My past Anthem cruise this month was restricted.  The Music Hall overflow worked great and had a bar to sit at that was very popular.  I met several new friends and even saw some Pinnacle hanging out there to be social with non-P as well.  

 

I tend to cruise the longer and upper top tier heavy cruises and it's been a non-event for me (losing CL access).   I've also purchased full suites at full rates (no casino or other discount) so I see it from that side too.

 

All ships being AMPED have had CL removed and a new SL added.  Adventure, Mariner, Navigator, Indy and Liberty which has been this way for a while now.    I've cruised them all as D+ and had a great DL overflow experience.  Oasis class has only had a DL and a SL for a long time now. 

 

I'm okay with this change and happy with the DL experience I've had when I've been restricted from the CL.  Soon there won't be any CL's in the fleet.  So be it.  Times change.  D+ levels are growing and so are P levels growing.  Something had to change.  

 

We've ealso njoyed several overflow setups on almost all class of ships. Both pre and post PC

[grapau27]

4 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

As opposed to the D+ holier-than-thou?  Too good for the DL types I mean.  Not all are like that. 

We regularly use our 3 drinks elsewhere instead of going to the DL.

Our last RC cruise on Explorer in October was the first time we had sat in the CL during HH even though we have had several cruises as D+.

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

I found the same on Adventure this week. Today was the first time I had to use the coffee voucher and that was only because who ever turned on the machine this morning didn't put any milk in it.

 

Milk is often in the cooler beneath the machine. 😉

 

You can also get it in the WJ

Edited January 24, 2020 by John&LaLa

[LorraineP]

3 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

What perks are included with that?

5% off cruise, a dark chocolate ship (which was delicious), champagne, a meal in specialty restaurant, can’t remember all. Google it. At their M&M it was wonderful, they had cocktails coming around frequently, chips & nuts on each small table, then waitresses coming around with hot hors d’oeuvre then a large cake cutting. Captain & officers stayed around talking to everyone, they were in no hurry to leave. 

[John&LaLa]

34 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

I think all Suite guests should get the 3 free drinks during happy hour as part of their suite perks then they are not penalised if there are no seats available in the CL/SL.

 

Empress does that because there is no SL or CL

Edited January 24, 2020 by John&LaLa

[blackshirt]

I am a bit surprised over the angry reaction by so many, even though it’s still not clear whether it’s every ship and every sailing or still select sailings when too many D+ are onboard. Since making D+, I’ve only been on two ships that still had a CL. I got access to one (Explorer) but only used it for coffee because it was near my stateroom. The other (Brilliance) was a transatlantic and D+ were excluded. I understand the CL on Brilliance is quite nice and would have liked to check it out but I did not miss it at all. They held the nightly event in the Colony Club and it was great. Not getting access to that CL was not an erosion of benefits to me at all. 

[voyager70]

20 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

As opposed to the D+ holier-than-thou?  Too good for the DL types I mean.  Not all are like that. 

 

I never said nor implied that I, or any D+ were too good for the DL.  It's just an annoyance of having a perk taken away.  And you've been on these boards long enough to know about the suite guests I'm talking about.  Or at least you should.

 

[twangster]

15 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

We regularly use our 3 drinks elsewhere instead of going to the DL.

Our last RC cruise on Explorer in October was the first time we had sat in the CL during HH even though we have had several cruises as D+.

 

Love using my HH drinks at the North Star bar on Quantum class.  Great views and often not crowded during HH.

 

1 minute ago, voyager70 said:

 

I never said nor implied that I, or any D+ were too good for the DL.  It's just an annoyance of having a perk taken away.  And you've been on these boards long enough to know about the suite guests I'm talking about.  Or at least you should.

 

 

 I read it that you were accusing some suite guests of rejecting the idea of 3 drinks on their card because they are holier-than-thou.  Yet there are many holier-than-thou D+ in this thread that are rejecting not only their 3 HH drinks but also the DL. 

 

"It's the CL or I'm cancelling my cruise".  That's pretty much holier-than thou.