My wife and I have cruised three times on Carnival since the restart. We are generally happy with how our Platinum benefits are holding up.
1. We always take advantage of the free laundry. Between the two of us, at least four bags of laundry depending on the length of the cruise. Yeah, we don't give them anything delicate to wash, that's not smart. But on one cruise we even brought a bit of dirty laundry on board for them to wash. Not particularliy proud of that, though.
2. My wife and I have each gotten $25 in cash (or funplay) from the casino cage in lieu of the tourney entries on each cruise. Can't argue with cash money.
3. The free bottled water was in our cabin right next to the water for purchase. I realize that this is different from ship to ship.
4. We do roll-off debarkation. On each cruise, there was a special debarkation lounge for platinums, and we were among the first persons off the ship. That was fantastic!
5. I am happy there is a dedicated platinum/diamond line at the guest services. Is it always faster than the regular line? Not always, but still maybe 90 percent of the time. And sometimes the dedicated line is WAY FASTER.
6. Free drink at sea day brunch was OK
7. Didn't go to the platinum parties. Even so, was happy to be platinum on these cruises!!!