Odyssey Of The Seas - Chris Wong

[ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE]

I have a whole bunch of food vlogs coming up, including Chops and the Main Dining Room.

 

This was my experience eating at Giovanni's Wine Bar.

 

 

[ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE]

So it seems like the majority of passengers here on Odyssey, were originally supposed to be cruising on Independence.

 

From everyone I've spoke to so far, they have not been disappointed with the ship change.

Edited August 31, 2021 by ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE

[ReneeFLL]

On 8/23/2021 at 4:38 PM, ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE said:

I'm pretty sure this is a standard balcony stateroom onboard Odyssey.

Thanks Chris. We will be on on Oct 17 in an aft cabin. I love watching the wake of the ship.

[sandebeach]

We were supposed to be on Independence for September 19 and we are very pleased that we were switched to Odyssey. Chris, one social media poster on Freedom says that the casino host told her that the casino tier level will be extended from March 2022 to March 2023. Have you heard anything about that, thanks!  

[ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE]

2 hours ago, sandebeach said:

We were supposed to be on Independence for September 19 and we are very pleased that we were switched to Odyssey. Chris, one social media poster on Freedom says that the casino host told her that the casino tier level will be extended from March 2022 to March 2023. Have you heard anything about that, thanks!  

 

Yes.

 

If you achieve 2500 points or more on your next cruise, you will maintain your status until March 31st 2023.

[hlfrps]

Chris thank you for your free time posting for us. Rick and i will meet you b2b September 25th if we can survive the pressure of testing Changes etc. and we had such a pleasant experience being on the first Adventure of the seas sailing in June   Testing and check in may have taken an extra hour of checkin but it was so worth it. Looking forward to meeting you, Heather 

[Crusin Cindy]

Chris, thank you so much for the videos.  I will see you on October 3rd because I’m am in the casino all the time.

[sandebeach]

10 hours ago, ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE said:

 

Yes.

 

If you achieve 2500 points or more on your next cruise, you will maintain your status until March 31st 2023.

So happy to hear that Club Royale will be doing an extension!! 

[CruisesOnMyMind]

Isn't this what would normally happen pre-covid .... Doesn't appear to be an extension to me. 

[sandebeach]

45 minutes ago, CruisesOnMyMind said:

Isn't this what would normally happen pre-covid .... Doesn't appear to be an extension to me. 

I made Signature Feb 2020, and have earned another 4,000 points on cruises since July. I doubt that I will make the next tier (Masters) so I was hoping from Chris’s comment that I would keep Signature through March 2023. Or am I misunderstanding his comment?

[CruisesOnMyMind]

45 minutes ago, sandebeach said:

I made Signature Feb 2020, and have earned another 4,000 points on cruises since July. I doubt that I will make the next tier (Masters) so I was hoping from Chris’s comment that I would keep Signature through March 2023. Or am I misunderstanding his comment?

Everyone reverted to 0 points starting April 1st of this year. . Points never got carried over. Your signature status is in effect until Mar 31st 2022.  If you check your clubroyaleoffers your actual points and level are listed there now. 

 

Edited September 4, 2021 by CruisesOnMyMind

[CruisesOnMyMind]

1 hour ago, sandebeach said:

I made Signature Feb 2020, and have earned another 4,000 points on cruises since July. I doubt that I will make the next tier (Masters) so I was hoping from Chris’s comment that I would keep Signature through March 2023. Or am I misunderstanding his comment?

There's a rumor going around that you could very well be correct. Apologize for the confusion. It is now clear as mud.......

[ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE]

NEW CRUISE VLOG!

 

I was lucky to have lunch at the steakhouse, Chops Grille, onboard Odyssey Of The Seas.

 

Did you eat here on your last cruise?

 

 

[vacationlover_mn]

Maybe we’ll see you in February!

[ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE]

Some guests onboard have said I've started to sound American...

[tomjohnsonjr]

Lol no don’t do that

[hlfrps]

On 9/6/2021 at 6:50 PM, ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE said:

Some guests onboard have said I've started to sound American...

Well, nothing wrong with a southern accent  Practice “hey yal” and we will compare at the end of the month

[bobmacliberty]

12 hours ago, hlfrps said:

Well, nothing wrong with a southern accent  Practice “hey yal” and we will compare at the end of the month

 

And if you are talking to a group of people and want to use the plural form of yal, it's "all yal". 😉

[pdawson30]

On 9/3/2021 at 8:22 PM, ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE said:

 

Yes.

 

If you achieve 2500 points or more on your next cruise, you will maintain your status until March 31st 2023.

Also if you earn 2500 points in one cruise you earn 2 x free cruises. (1 for Prime and 1 for the onboard promo cruise). Far better to earn 2500 in one cruise than 1250 on each of two cruises. FWIW it was great to meet Chris last week. He is as nice In person as he is on YouTube.

[PTC DAWG]

11 minutes ago, pdawson30 said:

Also if you earn 2500 points in one cruise you earn 2 x free cruises. (1 for Prime and 1 for the onboard promo cruise). Far better to earn 2500 in one cruise than 1250 on each of two cruises. FWIW it was great to meet Chris last week. He is as nice In person as he is on YouTube.

Could you give me an example of earning 2500 points, maybe from a "craps table" perspective..or is there somewhere on the Royal website that may explain it to me....sailing Allure in less than 2 weeks...plan to gamble..just off of Celebrity, and I'm getting discount offers via email for my casino play.  Not sure how many points I accrued..I did win enough in the casino to play for almost half of our cruise fare, just over 2K won.  

[pdawson30]

32 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said:

Could you give me an example of earning 2500 points, maybe from a "craps table" perspective..or is there somewhere on the Royal website that may explain it to me....sailing Allure in less than 2 weeks...plan to gamble..just off of Celebrity, and I'm getting discount offers via email for my casino play.  Not sure how many points I accrued..I did win enough in the casino to play for almost half of our cruise fare, just over 2K won.  

I think Chris could explain it better but I Believe the points you earn at table games are based on theoretical loss. So the larger your average wager, the more points you will earn per hour. With slots and video poker it's 1 point per $5 played and 1 point per $10 played.

[PTC DAWG]

14 minutes ago, pdawson30 said:

I think Chris could explain it better but I Believe the points you earn at table games are based on theoretical loss. So the larger your average wager, the more points you will earn per hour. With slots and video poker it's 1 point per $5 played and 1 point per $10 played.

Sounds fair enough...thanks.  

[ROYAL CARIBBEAN DUDE]

NEW CRUISE VLOG

 

In this weeks vlog, I was lucky enough to have dinner in the Main Dining Room onboard Odyssey Of The Seas. This was the first time in my career I had this opportunity.

 

 

[cruiselvr04]

That looked like cheese bread.  My fav on Royal. I’ve not seen it that much in the past few years.  I do love the bread too.  You made me hungry!

[cruisetorelax44]

Sailing Odyssey on Nov 28th.. and just moved our room to a spacious outside view.. 11th deck!

Can't wait to see the ship and larger room (and if anyone has been in one of the spacious outside rooms, I'd love pictures!) I'm prime in the casino so I'lll be sure to stop by to say hi to Chris!