10 cruises gets you membership in Concierge Club

GottaCruz · June 14, 2006

I posted the perks in my review but figured I'd post them here too in case you didn't read my review. I thought also, you might be interested after hearing about the Diamond Plus club from sailingrose.

A few sheets of beautiful silver stationery with your name engraved, along with matching envelopes.

A special Carnival logo item- we got canvas tote bags last time and even nicer ones, styled a bit differently, this time.

Petit fours delivered to cabin one day.

Behind the scenes galley tour which you can schedule.

Priority booking for spa services.

Complimentary wash and fold service.

Complimentary $20 dollar entrance to Blackjack or Slot Tournament

Priority tender boarding

Priority debarkation

sandwiches brought to cabin

JoeyandDavid · June 14, 2006

I do like four perks.... especially the entrance fee for tournaments nice touch... I know a whole bunch of Crazies already are well past 10 cruises with Carnival

gymbrat33 · June 14, 2006

Thanks Cheryl! My cruise in 2 weeks will be my 9th and when I return my best friend wants to go on one.

Dan · June 14, 2006

I was impressed when Carnival announced this last winter that they were finally doing something for loyalty. But I was also surprised that since their sister line, Princess, offers free internet and most of those Carnival perks starting on your 6th cruise that Carnival would wait until 10. But at least it's better than it used to be, which was a free drink at the past guest party LOL.

DaCruzNut · June 14, 2006

On my last Carnival Cruise, my Sail & Sign card was a "Platinum Card," instead of the plain red, white and blue. Everytime I showed my card, the Carnival employee would smile and say, "Welcome back, Mr. Stern...."

Joanandjoe · June 14, 2006

We'd be a long way from special perks on any line. After 8 cruises, the most we've had on any cruise line is (drum roll)--

Two. (HAL 2, X 2, Windstar 2, Regal 1, Radisson/Regent 1)

Assuming we make it, our Noordam cruise in November will be our third on HAL.

Even if Carnival Corp. had special perks for a lot of cruises on all of their lines combined, we'd only have four (HAL and Windstar), with the Noordam cruise bringing us to five.

The Noordam cruise will be a real test. If we like a ship as large as the Noordam (at 1,918 PAX, more than 500 more PAX than any ship on which we've sailed), maybe we'll try another megaship. Similarly, if we like the Caribbean, despite hating the hot weather on our only warm weather cruise so far, maybe we'll cruise more often. Otherwise, it will be a long, long time before we approach 10 cruises on any line.