Royal Caribbean Casino Royale Rewards Club Explained: Unlock Free Cruises!

[@itssunnyinflorida9529]

Really good info. Great presentation. Clear and Concise.

[@XCellentChoiceAletha]

This past November was my second cruise this year and 2024 was my first time cruising RC. I have been getting those flyers in mail seems like every week. I am taking advantage of one of the offer they have available for 2025. Thank you for explaining these perks.

[@TheTravelingGamblers]

Great presentation!!

[@parrot1233]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dpalm852]

I've been on 10 Carnival cruises in the last two years and a few months, with 9 being on casino offers and 8 being free (and one being our wedding!). My wife stopped getting offers as good as mine, so for our Alaska cruise only the first two in the room were free. As an experiment on this cruise we played roulette together except one difference, I was betting twice as much as her, but everything else was the same. We checked our points before and after, and she got more than I did! I usually play craps and she usually plays slots, it's important (on Carnival at least) to pay attention to your points, there was one floor person who if he was there I just didn't play because he didn't keep proper track. The casino host graciously gave us free specialty dinning comps after we told her (and we were both well under 1000 points at the time). On a past Carnival cruise I got surprised with free steakhouse on the last day, and only had around 2,200 points (the host said those comp's start around 5k which I've never come close to). It really is a crap shoot with Carnival! Thanks for this video, I really like how structured Royal is, with Carnival you really never know what your going to get! This alone is enough reason for us to try Royal!

[@parrot1233]

That's a great experiment and something you might experience with Royal to (although not to those extremes IMO) because it ultimately comes down to the pit bosses attention and updates on your play in the system. That's why slots is more cut and dry then table games.

[@ChrisTheDBA]

Thanks for this video. It is the clearest and most comprehensive explanation I have found. We decided to take $1000 to play slots last month after seeing some vloggers do it. Got very lucky took home $1300 and Prime status. yay!! Anyways, the questions I still have are 1) we got 3 instant rewards(three short sailing) and those can only be applied to new bookings and not existing bookings 2) Since we got Prime on 9/29/2024, we will have Prime until March 31 2025 or 2026?

[@parrot1233]

Thank you! And congrats! I believe instant certificates can only be applied to new bookings. If you got Prime a few days ago, you will keep Prime from April 2025 to March 2026.... you will recieve your free annual cruise offer roughly in April/May 2025 and it needs to be used to cruise before March 2026. Within that time period, you need to reearn prime to keep prime from April 2026 to March 2027.

[@laurencampbell1960]

Your video is MUCH more helpful than everyone elses. Thank you!

[@parrot1233]

Much appreciated!

[@Maturleyglam]

Great video!! I have been cruising for almost 3 years 2 to 3 times a month free. Always a great time!❤

[@parrot1233]

Not a bad life!

[@lauriegrissom672]

I've always been a Carnival cruiser, now looking to give Royal a try in June. I have enjoyed comped cruises w/free drinks everywhere on the ship w/Carnival. Thanks for the awesome content.

[@parrot1233]

Glad it was informative... would love to hear your thoughts on the comparison after your Royal cruise.

[@johnyk2343]

I should of asked the casino service desk this but I just got off of Icon and got the instant cruise reward for an interior room. We're planning on booking a 7 night interior for January. On that January cruise I most likely will hit prime. Will I still get a second cruise offer for hitting prime even if I take this instant cruise reward?

[@parrot1233]

Yes! You will get many offers... first, you will receive an instant cruise offer depending upon your play on the January cruise. Second, you will most likely recieve marketing offers, that are unrelated to your play, each month now that you are in the program. Finally, if you hit Prime after January's play, you will receive a 7-nught free cruise on a cruise of your choice (with a few exceptions) and you will receive that in April as the casino calendar goes April to March. You'll have to use that offer during that 12-month period. Hope that was clear enough!

[@RodSwansmad]

10:53 This cruise you showed the onboard promotion , is this correct , 1200 points gained you get a complimentary interior room or $300 off your next booking ? You don’t need to hit 2400 points but this accumulates on the next cruise , am I on the right track here ? 12:09 Paying only port fees and taxes for the free cruise are you still slugged the gratuity fee for the cruise ? Is there a way not to pay gratuity if you are that way inclined?

[@parrot1233]

Each cruise is different with the "instant reward certificate" for whatever points you accumulated on that cruise. For instance, i just earned 680 points on a cruise and the instant certificate offer awarded a few 4 night cruises as a free option or $200 off my next cruise. The points accumulate within the casino calendar year (April to March) toward your tier status and you need to hit 2500 to earn Prime which gets an annual free cruise and free drinks in the casino. However, the instant cruise offer is done and your second cruise you will start fresh, earn points toward a different instant certificate, and add those points to your yearly total toward status. So there are a few ways to earn free cruises. I believe you can wave gratuities on any cruise by talking to guest services but I wouldn't want to be friends with anyone who would do that as the crew deserves the daily gratuities plus additional cash tips for those that can afford to recognize great effort.

[@RodSwansmad]

@@parrot1233 Does the gratuity charge amount vary from ship to ship / length of cruise ?

[@parrot1233]

No, they increased it recently... $18 a day per person unless you are in a suite then its a bit more.

[@angelobautista7250]

If you love cruising this is for you! It’s not that hard to hit choice status. I never gamble but old folks I met showed me how to get free cruise playing craps. for 13 days i win some lose some. end of the cruise i got 1300 points only spending 300$. i thought ill only get one free cruise. so far this year my wife and i took 9 cruise with just taxes and fee & gratuity . We also got a Balcony offer 🙌. Great video 🎉! So this year i only have 600 points tier will i stop receiving all the reward im getting and the choice status by april? if i don’t hit 1300 points?

[@parrot1233]

Choice is entry level when you sign up and includes 0 to 2,499 points. In addition to the instant offer you got for earning 1300 points on one cruise, you were sent additional marketing offers. You will continue to recieve those marketing offers (although they will diminish over time) if you are only at 600 points this year. However, Choice status is earned at 2,500 points and includes additional perks such as free drinks and a free annual cruise of your choice (not a marketing offer).

[@omayraord]

Hello, this points resets every year?

[@parrot1233]

Yes on March 31st

[@allenuic]

I'm going to Icon of the Seas on Mar 29 2025, very tricky timing. Do you know if the tier credits that I earned on the first three nights will be carried over to the next year, or will they simply expire?

[@parrot1233]

I leave for a cruise in a week and will double check for you but I am fairly certain the points earned on a cruise are credited in full on the last day of the cruise. So the first three nights would be credited toward the next year.

[@kuthixo]

You said you typically do $25-$50 hands of blackjack over the course of 4ish hours per 7 day cruise. But how many hands does that end up being? Roughly how much are you gambling? I realize it can't be exact as if you are up, you aren't spending any earned money, but I want to get an idea of if I lose every hand, am I looking at $1000 or $10000 over the course of the cruise.

[@parrot1233]

I'll keep better track on our upcoming cruise but here are two ways to look at it... first, I'd say that a crowded table typically gets 60 hands of blackjack dealt in an hour. Say the average win rate at BJ is 40%, you'll win 24 hands and lose 36 hands resulting in $300 loss at $25 per bet. Second way to look at it is that I typically take $1,500 to $2k on a 7day cruise which is normally less then the cost of the cruise. Some weeks are great winning and other weeks when I lose I look at it as paying for the cruise.

[@robertmurphy7410]

Good name

[@stevekaniaris829]

It's a crapshoot. I took a weekend cruise last year on Royal. Parlayed that into an interior stateroom 7 nights on the nicest ship in the Ocean JMO. The Celebrity Ascent. Scored 4K+ points on that cruise and just got back from a weekend on celebrity reflections veranda, where we got another 1300 points. Have a Wonder coming up for Halloween. On the Ascent in Dec and a short KSC New Year's Eve cruise. Funny thing is I went to pitboss on recent trip and said I felt I was under rated on last cruise. So I opened Roulette with a $90 bet, then I went to $10 and $20 like normal. They had me playing 13.5 hrs at $80 a hand. All that BS to reiterate it's a crapshoot. Also Celebrity drinks always free in the casino and if you find a bartender and tip him a few bucks he'll always have a pre dinner or post dinner drink when he sees you. Cheers. Nice content

[@parrot1233]

Squeaky wheel gets the oil!