Breaking down the Plus vs Premier- Guesstimating Value?

[Familycruzer11]

3 minutes ago, NoelleC said:

Congratulations! We are sailing out of Galveston on 3/26 and celebrating or 20th also ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Wonderful!  Congrats! 💍 We are booked for Crown Grill on the night. Enjoy your cruise!🛳️

[a.madruga]

On 3/3/2023 at 2:14 PM, FrankieJayIII said:

Thank you a.madruga-  I agree.   I took what the difference was ($400) over 10 nights... $40 dollars a day.    

The higher end wines are $17 plus a glass.  Some higher end whiskeys that I wouldn't try are 16-20.  

Premium seating at a show.   I like this... its always nice to be up front. 

$400- $148 for the dinners... $252 (the things you get are possibly worth this?)  

 

You only live once... this is our 15 year anniversary, so I figured lets just do everything. 

have fun Frankie cheers while doing so....

[a.madruga]

On 3/2/2023 at 6:37 PM, FrankieJayIII said:

I have decided to purchase the upgrade; even though I am not sure I will use all the features.  I have wrote a breakdown of the pricing and features and would love to hear the feedback from those who have taken advantage of these features.

 

We are doing a 10 day alaska cruise with (4) sea days, 2 formal nights, etc.  just for clarity.

 

10 day cruise.    Plus would be $1,200; premier $1600. 

WITH ACTUAL ASSIGNED VALUE- Not quoted- Not trying to justify either. 

$320 Gratuities: $320.00,

$250 Wifi: 2 devices $250; 

$20 The special desserts maybe (3) the whole trip shared between 2 of us: ?

$148 Specialty dinner: $148 (Crown Grill, Italian);

$180 Espresso (6) per day (yes we love coffee and this might be an under cut 6x3= $18) $180; 

$40 Fitness-  (hmm this one is interesting... Don't know if we would use it, but lets just say we did $40),  

$89 Photo Package- we always get the small one;

$60 Juice Bar?  This is new to me- but would probably consume, if part of package 6-8 per unit.

$20 Medallion Accessory

$20 Medallion Shipping

$800 Drinks-   Lets say we had 40 each in 10 days $800  (this might be a low number but we dont want or need to get crazy and say all 15, or do we lol)

 

TOTAL PERCEIVED VALUE $1,947.00

Prizes?  I don’t know how to value that; they claim $20/day $200

Up close seat for a show?   I would say that’s worth $20/each per show?

(3) Shows??  $120

 

Extended value?  $2,267?     Is this like a dream world? 

Love and Live ones DREAMS!!!!! FrankieJ

[Cruise Raider]

I really think that the big advantage of booking the premier package over the plus package is the choices of wine that you get.  If you don’t drink much, I wouldn’t even bother with the upgrade.  
I think the Plus package holds great value and if you want to try your luck with Princess Prizes, there are probably better ways to do that.  It is $20 per day but only while the casino is open.  
Those desserts, I can’t even imagine eating one, look like they are made for kids with huge sweet-tooth’s.  The reserved seating in the theater is only for the 2 production shows they would have on a ten night cruise.  The pictures are nice, though.  I am a huge photo fan … mine don’t just go into a  drawer or in digital form never to be seen again.  The specialty dinners are fabulous and going to 2 different ones will probably be a fantastic experience.  
But, that brings us back to the better wines or even the more expensive alcohols … all those other components can be purchased separately and for less that $40 a day ($20 more per day for each person in the cabin) 
I’ve gotten it a few times on shorter cruises and when I was sailing solo.  Each cruise, I won $25.  
I felt it was worth it … but, would probably not consider getting it on a longer cruise.