Royal Suite?

[soxfan2013]

I just reserved 6034 Royal suite for 3 people, wife, sister-in-law and myself. With the suite amenities, dedicated dining, unlimited specialty dining and premium drink package for all people in suite I thought it was a great deal. We are going on the Sept 2-18, 2016 cruise from Vancouver to Tokyo. I know there are 11 sea days but being in a Royal Suite I think we can suffer thru that. We love sea days. We are on the Eclipse in July going from Southhampton thru the baltic to St Petersburg on a 14 day cruise. We have an Aqua Spa cabin for that and will be eating in Blu. Will try to write a review on these cruises . I thank all for their responses to my inquiry on 3 in a Royal suite. Thanks; Doug

 

I read that the RS comes w unlimited specialty restaurants...does it also include an unlimited premium dining package?

[soxfan2013]

I was under the impression that Celebrity Suites and above get all 7 nights of free dining in the specialty restaurants, but now I think I was wrong: looks like you get one room service dinner in your suite.

 

I guess you also get access to Michael's Lounge...how different are the wines and spirits available for free (24 hours day?) in there vs. the premium drink package?

[CHEZMARYLOU]

I read that the RS comes w unlimited specialty restaurants...does it also include an unlimited premium dining package?

 

With unlimited specialty restaurants there is no need for an unlimited dining package. It does include the premium beverage package though.

 

Mary Lou

[CHEZMARYLOU]

I was under the impression that Celebrity Suites and above get all 7 nights of free dining in the specialty restaurants, but now I think I was wrong: looks like you get one room service dinner in your suite.

 

I guess you also get access to Michael's Lounge...how different are the wines and spirits available for free (24 hours day?) in there vs. the premium drink package?

 

In a Celebrity Suite you get one free dinner in a specialty restaurant on a 7 night cruise. You can have unlimited room service dining served by the butler. The menu is the MDR menu. Royal Suites & Penthouse Suites get unlimited dinners in the specialty restaurants.

 

With the new suites restaurant we aren't sure how much we will use the specialty restaurants, especially on the M class ships where there are only 2 and Qusine is not geared to 2 diners.

 

We have not been to Michaels Club since the implementation of the new suite benefits so not sure what you get there vs the premium package. We are in a CS for our next cruise and will upgrade the free Classic package to the premium package because we like wine that we cannot get on the Classic package.

 

Mary Lou

[C-Dragons]

In a Celebrity Suite you get one free dinner in a specialty restaurant on a 7 night cruise. You can have unlimited room service dining served by the butler. The menu is the MDR menu. Royal Suites & Penthouse Suites get unlimited dinners in the specialty restaurants.

 

With the new suites restaurant we aren't sure how much we will use the specialty restaurants, especially on the M class ships where there are only 2 and Qusine is not geared to 2 diners.

 

We have not been to Michaels Club since the implementation of the new suite benefits so not sure what you get there vs the premium package. We are in a CS for our next cruise and will upgrade the free Classic package to the premium package because we like wine that we cannot get on the Classic package.

 

Mary Lou

You should definitely ask if they can get your favorite wine in Michael's Club. I didn't have any beverage package. They got mine and it was waiting for me every evening. :)

Edited January 28, 2015 by C-Dragons

[CHEZMARYLOU]

Thanks C-Dragons. Good to know.

 

Mary Lou

[soxfan2013]

You should definitely ask if they can get your favorite wine in Michael's Club. I didn't have any beverage package. They got mine and it was waiting for me every evening. :)

 

What wines...they can offer anything and everything? On the whiskey front, do they have Macallan and/or what's the best offering? What's the house champagne? Moet or better? Are these drinks available in Michael's 24x7?

 

Is free unlimited internet access part of RS and better offerings for cruises in Feb/Mar?

 

What abt the free premium drink package? I take it you are confirming that free specialty restaurants x 7 is part of the RS or better package (worth 6 nigts x 2 or $184 each, plus 15 -- call it $400/room.

[soxfan2013]

With unlimited specialty restaurants there is no need for an unlimited dining package. It does include the premium beverage package though.

 

Mary Lou

 

Mary Lou, are you saying it does NOT currently include the premium beverage package?

[Project_gal]

What wines...they can offer anything and everything? On the whiskey front, do they have Macallan and/or what's the best offering? What's the house champagne? Moet or better? Are these drinks available in Michael's 24x7?

 

Is free unlimited internet access part of RS and better offerings for cruises in Feb/Mar?

 

What abt the free premium drink package? I take it you are confirming that free specialty restaurants x 7 is part of the RS or better package (worth 6 nigts x 2 or $184 each, plus 15 -- call it $400/room.

 

Mary Lou, are you saying it does NOT currently include the premium beverage package?

 

The new suite benefits [unlimited specialty dining, premium beverage package, unlimited internet, in-suite sodas, beers and water for Royal and Penthouse] are NOT available until April this year - not before. There has been ONE report of the Reflection Suite receiving these benefits already.

 

The Ultimate Dining package cost $29 per night. There is no service charge added. Our experience is that you are not charged for the one/two night complimentary specialty dining.

 

My husband drank Macallan every evening in Michael's Club. He was very happy with that so did not request something different. He would collect one every evening after dinner [we stay late over dinner] but I do not know how late he could have got it. On our cruise, we had Perrier Jouet Fleur Champagne in Michael's Club. Someone requested it. It is one of my favourites stocked by Celebrity so I did not request anything else.

 

May I suggest that you take a look at the multitude of other suite benefit threads currently live. I think that you will find all your answers there.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Project_gal

[Gordoncruickshank]

I take it that the Royal Suites currently do not get the premium beverage package, etc etc. From my reading that part starts in April 2015.

[Project_gal]

I take it that the Royal Suites currently do not get the premium beverage package, etc etc. From my reading that part starts in April 2015.

 

Correct.

[Gordoncruickshank]

Correct.

 

Thanks

 

Was trying to justify an upgrade on our 1 March cruise but would need to either take the 123 deal or the senior discount all of which is about the same amount of cash

[C-Dragons]

The new suite benefits [unlimited specialty dining, premium beverage package, unlimited internet, in-suite sodas, beers and water for Royal and Penthouse] are NOT available until April this year - not before. There has been ONE report of the Reflection Suite receiving these benefits already.

 

The Ultimate Dining package cost $29 per night. There is no service charge added. Our experience is that you are not charged for the one/two night complimentary specialty dining.

 

My husband drank Macallan every evening in Michael's Club. He was very happy with that so did not request something different. He would collect one every evening after dinner [we stay late over dinner] but I do not know how late he could have got it. On our cruise, we had Perrier Jouet Fleur Champagne in Michael's Club. Someone requested it. It is one of my favourites stocked by Celebrity so I did not request anything else.

 

May I suggest that you take a look at the multitude of other suite benefit threads currently live. I think that you will find all your answers there.

Sue, on our Reflection cruise I believe last call was at 11 pm.

The bar staff puts away all the alcohol away at that time.

The coolers are available 24/7 to get water and sodas though.

[soxfan2013]

The new suite benefits [unlimited specialty dining, premium beverage package, unlimited internet, in-suite sodas, beers and water for Royal and Penthouse] are NOT available until April this year - not before. There has been ONE report of the Reflection Suite receiving these benefits already.

 

The Ultimate Dining package cost $29 per night. There is no service charge added. Our experience is that you are not charged for the one/two night complimentary specialty dining.

 

My husband drank Macallan every evening in Michael's Club. He was very happy with that so did not request something different. He would collect one every evening after dinner [we stay late over dinner] but I do not know how late he could have got it. On our cruise, we had Perrier Jouet Fleur Champagne in Michael's Club. Someone requested it. It is one of my favourites stocked by Celebrity so I did not request anything else.

 

May I suggest that you take a look at the multitude of other suite benefit threads currently live. I think that you will find all your answers there.

 

Hi. Well, we just upgraded to a RS 1241 on Reflection for our cruise in Feb, so I am both excited and curious, in general and about these benefits and decisions.

 

I'm trying to evaluate how practical Michael's Club is as alternative to the premium drink package? I presume your reference to Macallan is to Macallan 12.

 

I am impressed by the Perrier Jouet if it was the "Flower Bottle" (Belle Epoque) which makes me want to ask, why not Laurent Perrier Crystal or Dom Perignon...is there a limit?

 

What about red wines...why not Opus? What's the best red wine possible? There must be some internal benchmarks? I think I'd always take a jammy large glass of red to dinner with me...(two big glasses can be a bottle).

 

Is it practical to think I'd run down to Michael's multiple times a day at sea to get a free refill...when otherwise on the lawn or at the pool and pay $15 or so? Or at the disco (I presume there's a disco)?

 

I take it RS guests have access to Blu, but I hear conflicting reports as to whether that's really very good.

 

As I see it, I am anticiapting 2 nights each in the French restaurant and the Lawn Club (assuming the steaks are excellent), one at Q (skeptical, but intrigued), one at the Italian...and? Hmm, not sure.

 

On one hand, $58/night for specialty restaurants and $120/day for drinks is nothing on top of what we're spending, and on the other, we're spending a lot.

 

As for the drinks...maybe we'll split it and buy one drink package and not two...we can always add another.

 

Hmm, and I didn't even cover the Reidel Wine class or buy a cigar or a massage.

 

Or, host a party in our suite...

 

My attempt is/was to make a big cruise smaller, more intimate, more special. I plan was planning on packing a cpl bottles in each luggage of a good red wine (one is 1996 Dominus I've been anxious to drink)...I which this wasn't my first time and I knew what was practical...Otherwise, I think this is somewhat nuts, but maybe I'll be blown away.

[Project_gal]

All I can say is that Michael's Club can only serve what Celebrity have on board. I know that, in the early days of the first Elite benefits when Michael's Club was the Elite breakfast lounge, they restaurant manager did acquire a toaster [at our suggestion] in Colon, Panama to use in Michael's Club but they are not likely to stop at the next port and purchase a bottle of your particular favourite tipple. In our case, we were on a transatlantic and this was never an option!

 

You need to understand, what is available on one ship may not be available on another. They may have run out and not yet restocked. Different itineraries may have different demands for different products and, thus, different products are stocked.

 

Personally, I would think that it looked cheap to nip down to Michael's Club for a top up of my wine mid meal but I doubt any of the crew would say anything. Again, personally, while we are happy that we will receive the Premium Beverage Package for all our cruises in future [we do not sail again until April], we would not purchase one again. We tried it once but the wines by the glass are not to our taste and we prefer to purchase bottles of our preferred wines. I am hoping that there will be more wines offered by the glass when the new suite restaurant opens but, in case we are still not happy with the selection, we have budgeted to continue purchasing our wines by the bottle.

 

I will just say in 5 cruises we have only bothered to visit Blu for dinner twice and no longer go there from breakfast. I believe that you are on a short cruise - 7 nights? If so, with the specialty dining you are proposing, I think that you will find that the Ultimate Dining Package would be good value. It will cost you $29pppn [no service charge] for 6 nights [they deduct the "free" night]. On a 14-night cruise, this works for us even if we plan for one night at the Captain's Table, one Chef's Table and 2 evenings eating in our suite.

 

The one option that you have mentioned the is definitely a no-no is sharing a Beverage Package. It is up to you if you wish to smuggle additional wine on board. You may get away with it and your butler is not likely to say anything but do you really wanting him thinking you are cheap! I am not sure that will make your cruise seem "more special"!

 

However, the best advice I can give you is to relax and just enjoy your cruise. You will forget about most of this stuff once you are on board.

[CathyCruises]

Yup, I was just going to say, if you're planning to break the rules, buying and 'splitting' one beverage package and bringing more than two bottles of wine onboard, you should probably just keep that to yourself and not advertise it here.

[need2bespoiled]

Michael's Club is _supposed_ to be open for drink until midnight.

 

The wines we've seen at Wente, which is a Celebrity partner. We never really drink wine until dinner, but they were willing to do any drink / vodka from the martini bar we requested. We just order bottles of our favorites at dinner. I think prices are resonable (don't read this Celebrity). The chart house has a similar wine list. I had a business dinner ate at the one in Marina Del Ray the other night and the prices were 30-40% more than Celebrity for the same wines. Eh.

 

If you're in a suite, to pamper yourself, is it really pampering to run down from the pool for a drink, vs just ordering what you want? If I am already there I may leave with a bottle of water or soda for the room, but I'm not bringing it to the MDR or a specialty restaurant. :rolleyes: I may walk over from the Casino while they're shuffling though. It's right there on an M-Class ship :)

 

It won't matter a bit as of my next cruise though :cool:

 

Happy sailing,

Jenna

[123Funcruiser456]

Curious for those that know can answer me, hopefully:

 

with RS on summit:

1. 123 Deal of Classic: does butler get tipped each time for meals or all together at the end? (ie.: room service breakfast or for a dinner?)

 

2. This 123 Classic Drink Deal is somewhat confusing: can you get drinks everywhere on ship (how do they know that you booked w/123 Deal?)

 

3. Michaels: only a restaurant for Suites, can you get classic package drinks here?

 

so sorry for so many dumb questions, but new to Celebrity and everyone on these boards seem to know answers to so many of us "clueless".

 

Thanks so much, Francis

[CathyCruises]

Curious for those that know can answer me, hopefully:

 

with RS on summit:

1. 123 Deal of Classic: does butler get tipped each time for meals or all together at the end? (ie.: room service breakfast or for a dinner?)

 

2. This 123 Classic Drink Deal is somewhat confusing: can you get drinks everywhere on ship (how do they know that you booked w/123 Deal?)

 

3. Michaels: only a restaurant for Suites, can you get classic package drinks here?

 

so sorry for so many dumb questions, but new to Celebrity and everyone on these boards seem to know answers to so many of us "clueless".

 

Thanks so much, Francis

 

Your prepaid tips cover the butler services, but I normally tip a few dollars extra for just coffee, more if a dinner. Up to you whether you want to add anything, at the time or at the end, no rules here

 

The drink package should be noted on your sea pass, and yes you can get a drink anywhere they have drinks on the classic package (not molecular bar for ex)

 

Michael's isn't a restaurant, it's a club for high suites. They will serve you drinks there without the package, as part of being in the suite. They will have snack type food at certain hours too

[Daneboy]

With the new smoking policy which has recently been implemented, I would not recommend any royal suite on the port side. Cigar smoking is now permitted on deck 4 outside. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want cigar smoke wafting up to my expensive balcony.

 

Linda

 

We are on the transpacific, Vancouver to Tokyo, Sept 2016. We now have suite 6134, starboard side, reserved. I think that 6133 would be nicer, more sun on the South side of ship going west. We aren't smokers and do not like the odor however. Has anyone had a RS on the port side and been bothered by smoke on the balcony while at sea?

I will appreciate ant comments, input. Thanks; Doug

[MaggieAtSea]

Have been in 6133 AND on another sailing 6134... smoke or smells of smoke was not an issue on either sailing.

[123Funcruiser456]

So not only 123 Drink Classic Package, but also able to get drinks at Michael's w/no charge? I understand the system w/Classic, but are the drinks at Michael's following the same procedure (classic vs premium?) or can anyone get what they want there?

 

thanks for help!

Francis

[CHEZMARYLOU]

Michaels club is only available for Celebrity, Royal and Penthouse Suite guests as well as Zenith Captain Club members. You do not need a beverage package to get drinks there if you are in one of these categories. If you are not, then you do not have access to Michaels Club. Since you are in a RS you will have access.

 

With the 123 classic beverage package you can get drinks anywhere on the ship that has them at or under the $ limit of the package. If they are more than the limit you will pay full price which is why the Molecular Bar and Martini Bar are not included. (There have been reports that some smaller martinis made with well vodka can be had under the classic package.)

 

We tip the butler extra at the end of the cruise depending on the services we have used.

 

Mary Lou

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

Have been in 6133 AND on another sailing 6134... smoke or smells of smoke was not an issue on either sailing.

 

Very recently? This change to allow cigar smoking there was just made. I just find cigar smoke intolerable and think it travels farther than cigarette smoke.

 

[Project_gal]

Very recently? This change to allow cigar smoking there was just made. I just find cigar smoke intolerable and think it travels farther than cigarette smoke.

 

 

I would have thought that whether or not there is a cover over the M-class Royal Suite balcony may have some relevance here. Those without cover are VERY exposed from above but, possible, allow the smoke to disperse more easily? I do not know into which category Millennium falls. I have only been in a RS on Infinity and Constellation.