Not all ships have a casino bar per se. You should be able to get drinks while playing whenever the casino cage is open. Some of the Royal class ships do not have a bar within the actual casino
There is no lounge on any ship other than Royal class ships. There has been talk about the old loyalty officers on other ships to provide help to suite passengers but I have not seen any. I am in a suite at the end of September on the Crown and I have not gotten any communication from them about this service so time will tell
Anyone removing the crew tips is shorting all the people that make your trip great that you hardly see. All the people who stock the buffet or work the outdoors venues that you get food from so you carry a bunch of money around the ship and give out tips when you move about
I don’t quite understand not needing Wi-Fi if you need your cell phone. However do the math at this time plus is $60 per person per day and first 2 in each cabin must take You can pay tips per day and get a non alcohol package with a standard fare and probably save money. Anyone who drinks a little alcohol every day can usually save with the plus package. However with the standard fare if you use room service or order through the app you will have to pay for those services
This happened me a few cruises ago and 14 days before sailing the package showed up in the app. I always take a screenshot of the travel summary just to be sure since that also show my casino OBC and freeplay
We have never reserved in advance. Get on board and see the suite concierge if on a Royal class ship or call dine line for others. I have even had dine line call me. They always leave open tables the first night for suites
My experience with ordering food from room service has been the 2 times I have had Covid and was not pleased with the quality or temp of food. Ice cream ended up liquid and presentation of main course was just thrown together
The only reason we have Plus 60 on our next 6 cruises is to at we re after them to Casino discounts or free cabins and had to pay the new price to get the large discounts. I can see no reason to call room service or order something via the app and since we usually cruise non Royal class all casual restaurants have always had a charge. When we had Plus 50 never missed the gross desserts or exercise classes or juice bar. Always get by on our $15 drink limits