My husband is lifetime platinum and we've always gotten upgraded at least to a balcony and often with a nicer view than what we booked (we always book the most basic room/view). A couple times we were given a family suite, and for our last stay we were upgraded to what was referred to as a vice-presidential suite. That was fun!
However, I can't for the life of me figure out what this category of room was. I can't find anything actually called a "vice-presidential suite." At check-in we were told at first that we were being upgraded to a presidential suite, then he corrected himself and said that actually it was a "vice" presidential suite because it wouldn't have the extra bedroom.
It was in the triangle, at the end of a hallway. I don't remember what floor but I think it was close to the top. It was like
@ww52 described, except we didn't have access to the other room across the hall from us in the "alcove." There was a bedroom with two full beds and a bath, with its own door to the hall. Then there was a very large living/dining room. At one end of this room was a sitting area with a couch and a couple chairs, and also at this end was a foyer with double doors leading to the hallway. In the middle of the room was a large rectangular dining table, and across from this was a butler's pantry/kitchen with a breakfast bar, open to the main room but which could be closed off with shutters. This kitchen was good-sized and had a full-sized fridge, stove, etc, but contained no dishes or cooking gear, so I assume it's more for catering. There was another door to the hallway from the kitchen. At the far end of the large room was a second seating area with a big L-shaped couch and big square ottoman. There was a large tv mounted on the wall at this end. A second bath was across from it. Also at this end was another door--the fourth entry/exit to the suite--that opened into the alcove. So if you went out this door, you did not exit into the main hallway, but into a little room from which you had to open another door to exit to the main hallway. There was another door in the alcove across from ours that we did not have entry to. We assumed that this might be the second bedroom referred to at check-in, and that if we had access to this room that would have made it the presidential suite, rather than "vice." However, I could have been wrong about that. It may be that the presidential suite is in a different location altogether rather than being the vice-presidential suite with an extra bedroom tacked on, and that across the hall was a mirror image of our suite.
We enjoyed our stay and it shouldn't matter what this category of room is generally called, but it's been driving me just a little bit crazy not knowing! There seems to be nothing like it in any of the room descriptions. Does anyone know what this room/suite is?
