IMO the butler service is worth the additional price. Our butler saved our cruise. When our luggage didn't show up by 5pm after our non-RSSC pre-cruise stay, our butler took the reigns, located the luggage and had a taxi deliver it from the other side of the island at no cost to us. It seems it was not transfered along with the other luggage for the PG even though it was properly tagged because it was unaccompanied. We took a taxi into town earlier in the day.

We also enjoyed butler service on our recent Rome to Nice cruise on the Navigator. The additional personal services are very nice. And there is nothing like complimentary oeuvres such as crab legs and champagne in your cabin before dinner.