I'm Diamond on Royal. You didn't mention that Diamond members get 2 bottles of water in their cabin in addition to the 4 daily drinks. Also, those drink vouchers are good on Coco Cay, their amazing private island. I also get a free professional portrait. They also have a great Casino Royale program. We are not huge gamblers, but if you use the machines, win or lose, you can rack up enough points for a free cruise or hundreds of dollars off a cruise. In addition, we get offers for free cruises throughout the year, and a yearly tier cruise on almost any ship, any itinerary. I also get free unlimited drinks in the casino on all my cruises. Yes, I may lose some money at the casino (I always take a set amount to play with), but if I had to pay for the cruise I would still gamble. I've gone on dozens of free cruises.
Can't agree more with this video. I'm platinum with NCL and did it in five cruises three triple point sailings in studios. NCL also does not need to have the drink perks for loyalty since the whole ship pretty much as free at sea
Priority boarding and additional specialty dining got my attention. I am _always_ going to get the drink package. Combine that with pricing and solo travel, NCL is the clear frontrunner for me.
Nice comparison. Useful. Glad to know my NCL Sapphire achievement is solid when compared with the other lines’ loyalty programs. You have me thinking I could rack up points on Royal in 2025 if I cruise as often as I did on NCL in 2023. :-)
I think the NCL priority disembarkation just means you can go in the earliest group. I had an NCL cruise with quadruple points one time. As long as NCL keeps the drink package in FAS, it edges out RCL. And that has been in place for, what, 15 years? It would be a HUGE marketing change if they do that. The main benefit on RCL is drinks, which everyone gets on NCL, anyway. Both are great, imo. Seems like NCL is much easier to attain because they run so many double and triple point opportunities.
@@busymom7729 , true. But if you don't get the drink package on NCL, then you aren't much of a drinker. Therefore, the RCL free drinks perks is not much benefit, either. So it kind of cancels itself out.
@@charliedurham4248 , I’m Diamond on Royal and I’m not a big drinker so it works for me. Specialty coffee is included and water. You also start out with water in your room when you arrive. NClL does not include water in their drink package and you can’t bring any on board like other cruise lines. Their water is not cheap depending on the sailing. It all comes down to what important to you.
I am diamond on Carnival with 2260 days. The benefits are terrible. For six years Carnival claims they will improve or change their loyalty program. Still only changes have been removal and reducing of a few benefits. Gifts have become so cheap many are not worth taking home. I cruise with Carnival because of their employees and senior officers. Now that the ships are larger, the cabins smaller and the employees are working harder I feel the only option I have is to reduce cruising.
Nov. 2021, I was gold with crown and anchor. Dec 2022 I became Diamond. This June I finally become Diamond+. Plus gets me 5 drinks 2 days of free WiFi. 1 day of laundry service and BOGO speciality dining. What can I say, I’m stuck to Royal.
When you say for drinks, Royal is better, but you do not take into account that NCL has the Free At Sea drink, dinning, excursion discounts, and some free wifi. FAS drink package, yes, you pay the gratuity of almost $22 a day or like $152 for 7 day cruise. Much less than the Royal drink package. So, with this FAS, free drinks are not necessary in the Latitudes program.
Yep. It’s not about the free at sea. We are only talking about loyalty programs. Overall pricing is a completely different topic. Royal gives you free drinks with the loyalty program. NCL does not. NCL gives dining in loyalty Royal does not.
RC and Celebrity have better casino programs. I have gambled on NCL and never got any cruise offers. we were only 13 points from Platinum on NCL when the pandemic hit. When they returned to cruising, NCL jacked up its prices and significantly reduced the value of our future cruise credits that we got for a 13 day cruise in the Haven. we started back to cruising with Royal and Celebrity and haven't looked back.
Here's a whole video on it. ruclips.net/video/VtLaAgvYVjg/видео.html No one said it was awful. We did a comparison of all the programs in our opinion it isn't great. everyone has their own opinions. It is in my opinion only great when you get to Zenith, which like Ambassador on NCL and Pinnacle on Royal is never going to happen for most people, which is why we compared the level that most people can attain which in the case of Celebrity would be Elite or Elite Plus and Royal and NCL are just better. www.celebritycruises.com/content/dam/celebrity/pdf/Captains-Club-Benefits-Brochure_V15_3_12_24.pdf
@@ByteSizeCruises i stand by my original comment. Just trying to point out that Celebrity probably deserved a bit more consideration in this comparative video for the benefit of viewers. I know many of the programs well and have earned both Diamond with RC and Elite with Celebrity, thus my comment.
I'm Diamond on Royal. You didn't mention that Diamond members get 2 bottles of water in their cabin in addition to the 4 daily drinks. Also, those drink vouchers are good on Coco Cay, their amazing private island. I also get a free professional portrait. They also have a great Casino Royale program. We are not huge gamblers, but if you use the machines, win or lose, you can rack up enough points for a free cruise or hundreds of dollars off a cruise. In addition, we get offers for free cruises throughout the year, and a yearly tier cruise on almost any ship, any itinerary. I also get free unlimited drinks in the casino on all my cruises. Yes, I may lose some money at the casino (I always take a set amount to play with), but if I had to pay for the cruise I would still gamble. I've gone on dozens of free cruises.
Great points.
I agree and as a Diamond Plus on RCL and Prime in Casino you just can’t beat it.
Do you still earn C&A points on free cruises you earned from the casino?
@@DarGayle yes you do.
@@DarGayleyes, you do
Can't agree more with this video.
I'm platinum with NCL and did it in five cruises three triple point sailings in studios.
NCL also does not need to have the drink perks for loyalty since the whole ship pretty much as free at sea
Very true
Priority boarding and additional specialty dining got my attention. I am _always_ going to get the drink package. Combine that with pricing and solo travel, NCL is the clear frontrunner for me.
Love it
Nice comparison. Useful. Glad to know my NCL Sapphire achievement is solid when compared with the other lines’ loyalty programs. You have me thinking I could rack up points on Royal in 2025 if I cruise as often as I did on NCL in 2023. :-)
Rack em up
I think the NCL priority disembarkation just means you can go in the earliest group.
I had an NCL cruise with quadruple points one time.
As long as NCL keeps the drink package in FAS, it edges out RCL. And that has been in place for, what, 15 years? It would be a HUGE marketing change if they do that.
The main benefit on RCL is drinks, which everyone gets on NCL, anyway.
Both are great, imo. Seems like NCL is much easier to attain because they run so many double and triple point opportunities.
Wow. Quad points is awesome
@@ByteSizeCruises, yeah, it was just an inside cabin on the Jewel to Alaska last May. I don't think I have seen another quadruple pointer.
Everyone doesn’t get the “ free “ drink package, which comes with a cost.
@@busymom7729 , true. But if you don't get the drink package on NCL, then you aren't much of a drinker. Therefore, the RCL free drinks perks is not much benefit, either. So it kind of cancels itself out.
@@charliedurham4248 , I’m Diamond on Royal and I’m not a big drinker so it works for me. Specialty coffee is included and water. You also start out with water in your room when you arrive. NClL does not include water in their drink package and you can’t bring any on board like other cruise lines. Their water is not cheap depending on the sailing. It all comes down to what important to you.
Team NCL😊
I know it
It’s Royal for me too! Good to see your channel! We met last year on Mariner OTS in Bermuda!
Hey. Thanks for watching. How have you been.
@@ByteSizeCruises doing well here! Will be back on Mariner next Saturday for a big birthday cruise!
Happy birthday. Hope you have a blast
I am diamond on Carnival with 2260 days. The benefits are terrible. For six years Carnival claims they will improve or change their loyalty program. Still only changes have been removal and reducing of a few benefits. Gifts have become so cheap many are not worth taking home. I cruise with Carnival because of their employees and senior officers. Now that the ships are larger, the cabins smaller and the employees are working harder I feel the only option I have is to reduce cruising.
That’s a shame to hear
Nov. 2021, I was gold with crown and anchor. Dec 2022 I became Diamond. This June I finally become Diamond+. Plus gets me 5 drinks 2 days of free WiFi. 1 day of laundry service and BOGO speciality dining. What can I say, I’m stuck to Royal.
You sure are
Yes, RCCL also for me.
Most people with the free at sea get free drinks - you pay for taxes
NCL all day. Big ships not huge ships
Until other cruise lines get on board with solo cabins, it’ll be NCL for me.
I totally get it. They are all starting to a little. MSC has some studio cabins and so does royal now
When you say for drinks, Royal is better, but you do not take into account that NCL has the Free At Sea drink, dinning, excursion discounts, and some free wifi. FAS drink package, yes, you pay the gratuity of almost $22 a day or like $152 for 7 day cruise. Much less than the Royal drink package. So, with this FAS, free drinks are not necessary in the Latitudes program.
Yep. It’s not about the free at sea. We are only talking about loyalty programs. Overall pricing is a completely different topic. Royal gives you free drinks with the loyalty program. NCL does not. NCL gives dining in loyalty Royal does not.
Saphire with NCL I think it's worth it
RC and Celebrity have better casino programs. I have gambled on NCL and never got any cruise offers. we were only 13 points from Platinum on NCL when the pandemic hit. When they returned to cruising, NCL jacked up its prices and significantly reduced the value of our future cruise credits that we got for a 13 day cruise in the Haven. we started back to cruising with Royal and Celebrity and haven't looked back.
NCL, but I cruise to cruise not necessarily for perks.
Definately Royal loyalty program takes the top spot for me.
You sure do
I suggest you take a closer look at Celebrity’s program. To say it’s not a great program is doing a disservice to viewers.
Here's a whole video on it. ruclips.net/video/VtLaAgvYVjg/видео.html No one said it was awful. We did a comparison of all the programs in our opinion it isn't great. everyone has their own opinions. It is in my opinion only great when you get to Zenith, which like Ambassador on NCL and Pinnacle on Royal is never going to happen for most people, which is why we compared the level that most people can attain which in the case of Celebrity would be Elite or Elite Plus and Royal and NCL are just better. www.celebritycruises.com/content/dam/celebrity/pdf/Captains-Club-Benefits-Brochure_V15_3_12_24.pdf
@@ByteSizeCruises i stand by my original comment. Just trying to point out that Celebrity probably deserved a bit more consideration in this comparative video for the benefit of viewers. I know many of the programs well and have earned both Diamond with RC and Elite with Celebrity, thus my comment.