2Mommy

Does anyone know if it cheaper to order through the fun shops before boarding?

Once on Baird, what do you find to be the best ways to get your casino points? Slots? Table games? Playing with cash every time and then cashing out chips at the cage? What tips/tricks do you find work the best for a new CCL player?

We prefer table games but could do slots if that's the way to earn comps faster. So, once you board, what do you do to get the best comps? Check in with the casino? If so, when and with whom? Just sit down and play? Thoughts?

We spent quite a bit of time and money in the casino on our last cruise. We saw people all around us getting "Drink on us" and other promos. We never did. When I emailed the casino about our upcoming cruise, I was told we don't qualify for anything but to check in with a casino host when we board. Did I miss a step somewhere on being tracked for our last cruise? When we played, we always gave them our S&S cards. I thought that was all we had to do.

Should we have cashed out every time we left the casino and then bought in with cash each time we came back to the tables? Were we supposed to check in some other way to be rated?

Who do you email and what do you say? We enjoy the casino but have never been told about "casino cash"

Planning ahead for a 7 day cure over Christmas. Hubby doesn't "partake” to I'm the only one drinking alcohol. With the new Cheers rates ($49.95pp/day + 15%= over $800 for a couple sharing a room) the Cheers package doesn't seem worth it. Thinking about doing the Cruise the Vineyards instead. I remember there were 3 different tiers. What was the mid level rate for the 7 day cruise? I think that included 5 bottles of wine. Any other thoughts? Suggestions?

In the last, I've only cruised out of Texs which meant that we couldn't purchase the Cheers program until the first Sea Day. This time we will be sailing out of New Orleans on a 7 day cruise. So to confirm that my math is right:

7 days * 2 cruisers over 21 in the cabin * $49.95/day = $699.30 + 15% tip (104.90) = $804.20! Is that correct?

S then how do the point accumulate through the course if a cruise? I'm. More into table games but if I knew I could/ would get a free cruise for playing slots instead I could be persuaded ;). But it's never made sense to me. How do I earn points without losing my shirt?