Concierge lounge vs Diamond Lounge on Brilliance

[RFerrington]

Nope.  We travel almost exclusively in suites and have since well before 2014 and never ever ever had or heard of a butler on a Royal Caribbean ship.  Never

[yogimax]

3 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

Nope.  We travel almost exclusively in suites and have since well before 2014 and never ever ever had or heard of a butler on a Royal Caribbean ship.  Never

I just can't get my head around the concept of a "butler."  To me, it brings a negative  image of British aristocracy.

[island lady]

4 minutes ago, yogimax said:

I just can't get my head around the concept of a "butler."  To me, it brings a negative  image of British aristocracy.

 

Agree...not something I would be comfortable with.   Kind of a "do it yourself" kind of gal.  😉 

[John&LaLa]

13 minutes ago, yogimax said:

I just can't get my head around the concept of a "butler."  To me, it brings a negative  image of British aristocracy.

 

That couldn't be further from the truth.

Have you been watching Arthur?

[George C]

11 minutes ago, yogimax said:

I just can't get my head around the concept of a "butler."  To me, it brings a negative  image of British aristocracy.

We rarely requested anything from butler on celebrity they do many things the concierge would also do. On msc they escorted you to shows and off the ship more like the genie on rccl (never had genie we book grand suites or owner suites on rccl) they made sure our table in suite restaurant was ready and even carried our drinks from lounge to restaurant, we had not requested any of these things.

[davekathy]

20 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

Agree...not something I would be comfortable with.   Kind of a "do it yourself" kind of gal.  😉 

Hmm...now that I think about it, possibly my wife considers me her butler on our cruises. 😲

[Milwaukee Eight]

35 minutes ago, davekathy said:

Hmm...now that I think about it, possibly my wife considers me her butler on our cruises. 😲

Me too

[yogimax]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

 

Agree...not something I would be comfortable with.   Kind of a "do it yourself" kind of gal.  😉 

Same here.  Not only do I like to do things myself, I don't want to be bothered with having to worry about someone "looking after me!"

[yogimax]

57 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

That couldn't be further from the truth.

Have you been watching Arthur?

Is he on Agatha Christie Mysteries?

[John&LaLa]

52 minutes ago, yogimax said:

Is he on Agatha Christie Mysteries?

 

You've really never seen Arthur. 🤔

 

Its how we midwesterners viewed NYC in the early 80's

 

 

 

[twangster]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

That couldn't be further from the truth.

Have you been watching Arthur?

 

Is that back on Netflix or a new MTV reality show?

[DrivesLikeMario]

With RCI, we've never had butlers and frankly, wouldn't want them.  We've had butlers on Princess (in 2000) and NCL.  The one on NCL spilled water all over my cell phone as he filled up our coffee maker then denied doing it.  I've had no use for them after that and really think they're superfluous like the concierges on Celebrity.

I do really appreciate the way the RCI Concierge escorts you off the ship to the tenders and also at the end of the cruise.  Those were really nice touches!

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, twangster said:

 

Is that back on Netflix or a new MTV reality show?

 

No idea,  I haven't seen it in over 20+ years

 

That would be a funny reality show. 

[island lady]

16 hours ago, davekathy said:

Hmm...now that I think about it, possibly my wife considers me her butler on our cruises. 😲

 

😄  Bucky is my bartender on our balcony. 

 

"Honey...please fetch me another chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc...please?"