If I change two guests between insde and aqua class onboard, will the perk assignment change too?

[Jzx1103]

So we have 2 rooms, one with Aqua Class with all inclusive perks, the other is am interior room. Both rooms were comp'd by the casino (Aqua for me, interior for my wife). Thus my wifes name has to be attached to the interior room booking prior to us boarding. We are bringing 2 friends along. Currently we have one friend each assigned to each room, but once onboard I plan on switching my wife and our friend's room assignments so my wife stay with me in Aqua Class and my friend will stay with our other friend in the interior room. My question is once I switch rooms, will the Aqua Class perks (Blu, Therapy Spa, Drink Package) get transferred over to my wife as well??? Or will my friend thats currently assigned to my room still have them???

[jelayne]

I know they care don’t who sleeps where but I’m thinking the AQ benefits stay with the person on the original booking.  

[Jzx1103]

8 minutes ago, jelayne said:

I know they care don’t who sleeps where but I’m thinking the AQ benefits stay with the person on the original booking.  

Is this just a guess? Or have you had previous experience? If I switch room assignments, then wouldn't my wife's card then have the blue Aqua key while my friend will not anymore. I thought thats what Blu and Thermal Suite look at when granting access. Now the Drink Package and Internet I don't really know.

[kwokpot]

20 minutes ago, jelayne said:

I know they care don’t who sleeps where but I’m thinking the AQ benefits stay with the person on the original booking.  

That's correct. We did a similar thing did back in February on the Solstice. My husband had a comped concierge class room with a classic drink package and booked my BIL as the second guest and I had a regular balcony and my sister as the 2nd guest. What we did was to go to guest relations and get one additional room card for each room. I used the extra card just to get into the room my husband had and the same for my BIL. Any time we needed to give the card to an employee for something or if we disembarked at a Port I used my original room card. Besides keeping track of two room cards there wasn't any other issues. Guest relations was happy to produce two extra cards that were only to be used to open the cabin. 

Edited August 18, 2023 by kwokpot

[kwokpot]

10 minutes ago, Jzx1103 said:

Is this just a guess? Or have you had previous experience? If I switch room assignments, then wouldn't my wife's card then have the blue Aqua key while my friend will not anymore. I thought thats what Blu and Thermal Suite look at when granting access. Now the Drink Package and Internet I don't really know.

All benefits stay with the original person. Your wife Will NOT be able to dine in Blu nor have access to the Thermal suite. 

Edited August 18, 2023 by kwokpot

[jelayne]

We traveled  with friends who had split the parents and and kids.  Dad and 21 yr old son in 1 cabin, mom and 13 yr old in another.  Dad and son got beverage packages, Mom did not drink which was the reason they booked the way they did.

Once on board they went to GS and had keys switched so dad & mom in 1 cabin, 2 sons in the other. The son kept the beverage package it did not switch to the “ 2nd person in the room”. It stayed with the son who was on the booking.

[Jzx1103]

54 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

All benefits stay with the original person. Your wife Will NOT be able to dine in Blu nor have access to the Thermal suite. 

Hmmm if that's the case thats pretty disappointing, and poor guest relations by celebrity management imo. Its not like it cost them anything extra to switch the person using Thermal Spa and Blu at the start of the cruise. Its not like we're trying to sneak in a 3rd guest. Anyways I will ask once onboard, if denied I will write it in the reviews. I'm sure this specific issue has popped up before with Casino bookings. 

Edited August 18, 2023 by Jzx1103

[mom says]

Or next time, check these things out before you make the bookings.

[Jzx1103]

12 minutes ago, mom says said:

Or next time, check these things out before you make the bookings.

Check what out? we got 2 comp'd rooms for gambling quite a bit in the casino and thats the rule for booking casino comps (my wife and I have to each book our rooms separately). Seems to me it would be much more customer friendly if celebrity just let you change the Aqua Class guest perks once onboard, its not like it hurts their revenue. Still only 2 people enjoying the perk. I actually can't even figure out the reasoning for this one or how it even benefits them to have this restriction. 

Edited August 18, 2023 by Jzx1103

[Alakegirl]

They will give your wife a key to your room but won’t switch out the benefits.

 

it might not make sense to you but as the saying goes their game, their rules

[C4HCG]

Your two friends who did no gambling so are basically getting a free cruise could foot your drinks bill perhaps? 

[Sox Fan Cruiser]

One thing about Blu though. 
 

They don’t ask for your names just the room number. So in theory, you and your wife could go to Blu and the other couple could go the main dinning room. 
 

Fudging the system a little but it’s still only 2 people eating in Blu. 

[Jzx1103]

11 minutes ago, Sox Fan Cruiser said:

One thing about Blu though. 
 

They don’t ask for your names just the room number. So in theory, you and your wife could go to Blu and the other couple could go the main dinning room. 
 

Fudging the system a little but it’s still only 2 people eating in Blu. 

 

What about the Thermal Suite? So they check your card clearly 

[Jzx1103]

3 hours ago, C4HCG said:

Your two friends who did no gambling so are basically getting a free cruise could foot your drinks bill perhaps? 

 

The drink is actually the least of our concerns, neither my wife nor my friend who currently has the drink package assigned drink much anyways. However my wife was especially disappointed about Blu and Thermal Suite after I told her last night, it just doesn't make sense if celebrity can't switch these two perks around. Not to mention it also cause me not to be able to eat at Blu either, I'm not abandoning my wife at dinner or eating alone with our friend (who's also female and would be inappropriate). We were actually trying to do something nice for our friends by inviting them as they don't get to travel much, part of the reason is financially they're not as well off.

Edited August 18, 2023 by Jzx1103

[cbfb]

14 minutes ago, Jzx1103 said:

 

The drink is actually the least of our concerns, neither my wife nor my friend who currently has the drink package assigned drink much anyways. However my wife was especially disappointed about Blu and Thermal Suite after I told her last night, it just doesn't make sense if celebrity can't switch these two perks around. Not to mention it also cause me not to be able to eat at Blu either, I'm not abandoning my wife at dinner or eating alone with our friend (who's also female and would be inappropriate). We were actually trying to do something nice for our friends by inviting them as they don't get to travel much, part of the reason is financially they're not as well off.

You won’t have any issue having your wife go with you to Blu. They only ask your room number. We have never been asked individual names. The thermal suite will probably be an issue. 

[Jzx1103]

7 minutes ago, cbfb said:

You won’t have any issue having your wife go with you to Blu. They only ask your room number. We have never been asked individual names. The thermal suite will probably be an issue. 

I asked around,  some folks say for Thermal Suite, they just ask you for your card and see if you have an Aqua Class card. They don't actually look to see who's who. If thats the case, couldn't you just bring the two Aqua Class cards? 

Edited August 18, 2023 by Jzx1103

[cbfb]

1 minute ago, Jzx1103 said:

I ask around,  some folks say for Thermal Suite, they just ask you for your card and see if you have an Aqua Class card. They don't actually look to see who's who. If thats the case, couldn't you just bring the two Aqua Class cards? 

Definitely. They are not going to check id at the door. As long as your friend doesn’t also use the AC benefits I don’t feel you are scamming anyone. You have 2 cabins comped which celebrity allows you to bring a guest. It shouldn’t matter which guest is in which cabin, etc. 

[Jzx1103]

Just now, cbfb said:

Definitely. They are not going to check id at the door. As long as your friend doesn’t also use the AC benefits I don’t feel you are scamming anyone. You have 2 cabins comped which celebrity allows you to bring a guest. It shouldn’t matter which guest is in which cabin, etc. 

 

No, definitely not. we explained the situation to our friend, she's just happy enough we invited her on the trip. In fact she'd feel really bad if she took the AC benefits from my wife.

[kwokpot]

10 minutes ago, cbfb said:

Definitely. They are not going to check id at the door. As long as your friend doesn’t also use the AC benefits I don’t feel you are scamming anyone. You have 2 cabins comped which celebrity allows you to bring a guest. It shouldn’t matter which guest is in which cabin, etc. 

It doesn't matter who's staying in which room, I know for the fact since we did the exact thing this past February on the Solstice. Guest Relations didn't blink an rye when we asked for extra room cards for each room for access only. We just said we want an extra room card for room access only since the four of us are traveling together and we want to be able to get into each other's room. 

 

If the OP wants to have his wife pretend she's the second person booked in his room (I'm assuming the 2nd person you booked in your room is female?) for Blu and Thermal suite access I suppose that's possible and shouldn't be a problem. She'll have to decide when dining at Blu what name she's going to go by.  

 

If you're good enough friends to do this I hope you plan on eating at least one dinner in the MDR with them. When I was traveling with my parents and we were in AQ and they weren't we looked at the menus and decided to dine with them in the MDR when Blu didn't have entrees we preferred and also visa versa.

(Don't miss the ribeye in Blu!)

[Jzx1103]

5 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

It doesn't matter who's staying in which room, I know for the fact since we did the exact thing this past February on the Solstice. Guest Relations didn't blink an rye when we asked for extra room cards for each room for access only. We just said we want an extra room card for room access only since the four of us are traveling together and we want to be able to get into each other's room. 

 

If the OP wants to have his wife pretend she's the second person booked in his room (I'm assuming the 2nd person you booked in your room is female?) for Blu and Thermal suite access I suppose that's possible and shouldn't be a problem. She'll have to decide when dining at Blu what name she's going to go by.  

 

If you're good enough friends to do this I hope you plan on eating at least one dinner in the MDR with them. When I was traveling with my parents and we were in AQ and they weren't we looked at the menus and decided to dine with them in the MDR when Blu didn't have entrees we preferred and also visa versa.

(Don't miss the ribeye in Blu!)

 

Yes both friends we're bringing are female. We do plan on eating a few dinners together at mdr. But I also plan on eating a few dinners just with my wife at Blu.

[jelayne]

1 hour ago, Sox Fan Cruiser said:

One thing about Blu though. 
 

They don’t ask for your names just the room number. So in theory, you and your wife could go to Blu and the other couple could go the main dinning room. 
 

Fudging the system a little but it’s still only 2 people eating in Blu. 

The system on board has photos of guests and cabin.  When bartenders ask for your cabin number the system shows your photo that’s how they minimize cheating with drink packages.  Same for dining, shops, etc

[Sox Fan Cruiser]

5 minutes ago, jelayne said:

The system on board has photos of guests and cabin.  When bartenders ask for your cabin number the system shows your photo that’s how they minimize cheating with drink packages.  Same for dining, shops, etc

Didn’t think of that. I suppose you could talk to the head of Blu and explain the situation. Assure them that the other couple won’t be coming to Blu at all. The person may allow the switch without much concern at all. 

[wrk2cruise]

7 minutes ago, Sox Fan Cruiser said:

Didn’t think of that. I suppose you could talk to the head of Blu and explain the situation. Assure them that the other couple won’t be coming to Blu at all. The person may allow the switch without much concern at all. 

 

This is the way I would approach it and respect the decision made.

[Ferry_Watcher]

If you plan to bring your wife to Blu, I would be prepared for the host to address her (your wife) by the name of the woman you have booked into your stateroom.

It might serve as a daily reminder of the downside of 'gaming' the casino room comp system.

Bon Appetit.

[CruiseCrew123]

When you order drinks in Blu surely the other persons photo will come up on the system ?