Suite Lounge

[Magic Man]

I'm booked in the owners suite on the Freedom. My mother and daughter each have a Junior suite, do they have access to the concigere lounge

[isujim]

Sorry......jr. suites do not get access to the concierge lounge...unless diamond or diamond plus members

[cb at sea]

If your daughter is under 21, she won't have access no matter what room type! (They serve alcohol!)

[scubapuss]

If your daughter is under 21, she won't have access no matter what room type! (They serve alcohol!)

 

She can go in there any time before 5pm.

[Pomperaugrr]

She can go in there any time before 5pm.

 

Unfortunately, she will not have access if she is listed as a junior suite guest. It never hurts to ask the concierge though. ;)

 

Eric

[beachchick]

Unfortunately, she will not have access if she is listed as a junior suite guest. It never hurts to ask the concierge though. ;)

 

Eric

 

IMO, it kind of does. It puts the concierge in a difficult position. He or she wants to please the passengers, but one way or another, someone is going to be unhappy. There are so many passengers (suite and C&A Diamond/D+) who are supposed to have access that the lounges are already frequently so overcrowded that they have to open sattelite lounges. To add guests on top of that would make the situation worse, and if one person who has access is allowed to bring guests, then everyone who has access must be allowed to bring guests because otherwise it is discriminatory. Even then, where would you draw the line? Family members (say someone in a suite is travelling with 15 family members)? Friends (who knows how many that could be)?

 

If we passengers continue to push the limits, I wonder if RCI will decide to do away with the perks like this. There is no way to make it fair for one person to bring guests (while not allowing others to do so), so the policy is that there are not supposed to be guests allowed. The concierge knows this (and sometimes they will make exceptions), but the concierge's job is to ensure that the lounge is used by those who are supposed to be there.

 

beachchick

[Don Pedro]

IMO, it kind of does. It puts the concierge in a difficult position. He or she wants to please the passengers, but one way or another, someone is going to be unhappy. There are so many passengers (suite and C&A Diamond/D+) who are supposed to have access that the lounges are already frequently so overcrowded that they have to open sattelite lounges. To add guests on top of that would make the situation worse, and if one person who has access is allowed to bring guests, then everyone who has access must be allowed to bring guests because otherwise it is discriminatory. Even then, where would you draw the line? Family members (say someone in a suite is travelling with 15 family members)? Friends (who knows how many that could be)?

beachchick

 

Well said! The concierge, like many other ship employees are compensated to some degree by tips. Most work extremely hard and try their best to satisfy the requests of the lounge guests. We as guests put them in an awkward position when we ask them to bend the rules.

 

Part of the problem of gratuity based compensation system is that it encourages employees to give consumers a little more than they rightfully deserve. The supplying of bathrobes to cabin guests who are not entitled to them, ignoring dress code violations in the dining room, pouring stouter drinks at the bar to extra good tippers are common examples.

 

Thou shall not offend or deny nor bite the hand that feeds is the creed of those that labor for tips.

 

Sometimes a concierge will allow a guest, but as beachchick said the lounges are already often overcrowded and if one person is allowed guests everyone should be allowed guests and that sort of defeats the purpose of having a special lounge for diamond members and suite passengers.

 

If having access to the lounge for friends or family is very important, perhaps a you could slip them a couple dollars so they can upgrade their cabin to a full suite.