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I cruised out of Charleston last year. I stayed at the Andrew Pinckney hotel and walked to the ship in the morning. It is an easy walk down Market street. Take Market street to the end and make a left on Concord st. When you get to Pritchard st and see where the bus exit is that is where you enter when walking on the ship. There will be port workers at this entry. When I went one of the port workers told me I had enter on Washington street where the cars enter. I walked around there and they said that was for cars only and sent me back to the first place I was at. Asked another port worker and he told me yes this is where you enter. Once you enter the gate you will see porters on your right to check your bag. Then you enter the terminal building. 

When you have drinks on us can you order a double. 

13 minutes ago, Super27 said:

 

No. I always add $1 per drink when I sign the receipt and that goes on the S&S account. If I end up with one or two servers during the cruise who get to know me and go above and beyond, I'll switch to cash tips and then I also try to find them on the last day and do a larger cash tip. I've always found the casino servers to be among the friendliest and most attentive crewmembers on the ship.

Thanks

1 hour ago, dallasdan said:

No you don't pay any extra for drinks on us.  You will have the option to leave a tip when you sign the receipt for each drink.  I tip $1 per drink and that seems to get me great service.  I mostly drink water.

Thanks. I always give them a dollar with each drink when I’m on the cheers package anyway. 

I am looking at some of my casino offers. When you have drinks on us as part of your booking do you have to pay 18% gratuities on it when you book like you do with cheers.  

On 2/2/2022 at 9:10 AM, navybankerteacher said:

I don’t recall seeing Harris Teeter, so I’d say the entry is more north.

thanks

I have rented several villas at HMC.  No one is going to be at the villas to regulate how many people are coming or going.  you will get a set number of sodas and water along with a fruit tray.  I haven't been to HMC in a couple of years.  Last time I rented a villa I had to go to shore excursions as soon as I got on the ship.  At this time, they ask what drinks you want and most importantly what villa number you prefer.  I don't remember anyone asking for a head count.

7 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

Yes - it should be no more than 10 minutes, and you could easily walk it unless you are travelling with steamer trunks.   We have stayed at the Indigo Inn (same area) - all close by.  If you have not yet made dinner plans, consider High Cotton - on East Bay - even closer than the port.   The Pinckney is sure to have a street map - it really is easy to find your way.

Thanks!  Is the drop off location behind the Harris Teeter supermarket on E Bay St.  I was trying to figure it out on a map.

1 hour ago, Mrs f. said:

Maybe the Andrew Pinkney Inn would know?

Thanks for the reply.  I've had bad experiences asking directions or getting important information from the front desk at hotels.  😀  I try to avoid relying on that.  i was hoping someone who has been dropped off at the port would know exactly where to go so I'm not walking up and down the street trying to figure it out.  I did look at google maps and a map posted on a cruise site that showed the drop off and parking entrances.  I think I figured it out.  It looks like the drop off entrance is right behind the Harris Teeter supermarket which is located at 290 E Bay St.  

I am staying at the Andrew Pinckney Inn for my upcoming cruise next week on the Carnival Sunshine.  According to MapQuest this looks to be a 10-minute walk.  Looking up the port it is very confusing to me.  It looks like there is a drop off location separate from the parking location.  Does anyone have an actual address for the drop off that I can put in my phone to use as directions.  And also, can I walk in this entrance without a vehicle.  Thanks for any help.

I live in the Baltimore area and have cruises on the Carnival Pride 6 or 7 times. I would definitely go on NCL if they come to Baltimore. With Baltimore cruises the ships have to be smaller in size to fit under the Bay Bridge. How they handle parking now is Carnival cruises park in the lot to the left of the terminal.  The RCCL lot is to the right of the terminal. They only will have one ship in port on a certain day. Usually Carnival 7 day cruises would leave and return on a sunday. When the Baltimore cruise port first opened Celebrity Mercury also cruised from Baltimore, so maybe it had accommodations for 3 ships to home port with parking from the start. 

I was able to snatch one of the $35 cruises when the email first came out.  I had several choices to choose from.  There were a few $10 cruises that were coming up at the end of November.  I ended up picking the sunshine out of Charleston leaving Feb 10th. I could also pick any interior room on any deck including porthole and forward facing window cabin included.  I went with an interior on the 5th deck close to all the bars and the casino where I plan on spending most of my time.  I am going solo so it was $70 + $107.86 taxes + $55.96 gratuities for a total of $233.82 for a 4 night cruise.  

17 hours ago, sgttami said:

Casino hosts have always told me that people aren't necessarily rated on much $$$$ they spend in the casino, but rather, the time spent there.

I've heard people say they lost a bundle and a "bundle" to them was $100 for the week.

I've seen people play $75 a spin on a slot machine for hours and they don't blink an eye.

 

I gave up trying to figure out how they decide who gets what.  As long as I keep getting my offers, they can figure it out however they want.

 

They used to hand out the free cruise vouchers on the last night of the cruise if you had earned enough points but I haven't seen that in a few years.  I get e-mails every single day with offers and they are all different.

Casinos use what they call the ADT (Average Daily Theoretical)to calculate comps on table games.  The formula is similar to this: Theoretical = (Average bet x hours played x hands per hour) x (House Edge / 100)  So every table game has a different House edge which would give a different ADT for what you play.  Something like black jack is easy for them to calculate once they see your average bet.  Something like craps is a little more difficult.  They don't count back odds.  Some don't really look at place bets.  so you might have a lot of money on the table but the pit boss might only rate you for what you have on the pass line.  Slots are more lucrative to play and easy to calculate.  most casinos give you 1 point for every $5 run through the machine, and 1 point for every $10 run through a video poker machine.

Ok thanks. $5 craps table would be great and make my bank roll go farther. I just got off the Kiss Kruise which was on NCL Gem and all the table games were $10. But that was a chartered theme cruise and maybe that had something to do with the minimum. That was first time I saw $10

Looking to take advantage of the $35 fares.  Looking to do a solo gambling trip.  Has any gamblers been cruising the last few months and know what the table minimums are on carnival.  I mainly play craps, but also will play 3 card poker and Roulette.  I am looking at the Carnival Breeze out of Galveston.  The Carnival Elation out of Port Canaveral, and the Sunshine out of Charleston.  I haven't been on any of these ships.  Any input on the casinos on these ships would also be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

Just following up on my question if it was to early to send in for stock holder OBC for a cruise on August 2021. I sent in the form and stock statement last night. This morning I checked my emails and it was approved and there was an attachment showing the summary for the cruise which included the stock holder  OBC Along with the OBC I received when I booked the cruise last week. 

Thanks everyone. I think I will send it in now and see what happens

i just booked a cruise for august 2021. this will be the first time as a stock holder.  when should i email the form in.  can i do it now or is it to early? 

Summer and anytime schools are out the rates definitely go up. The maim thing I am looking at is the kids cruise free incentive. Looking in summer 2021 there is only like 4 cruises with this incentive. I was looking for one of the newer ships but none of those available. Last summer I was able to do the bliss in Alaska with the kids cruise free. 

Looking to take advantage of some of the deals NCL is offering.  I am looking at a cruise summer 2021.  kids free, all the free at sea promotions, $120 obc, and 30% off.  cruise out of miami on the sky family of 4 in a family oceanview for $3182 including all the taxes and gratuities for open bar and dining plan.  the website states today is the last day.  i was debating booking today or seeing if there will be a better deal next week.  i know at the beginning of the week the 30% off sale stated ending today then the next day it stated ending in 3 days.  do you think the deals will get better or just go up?

Even with a reservation at the go carts it takes around an hour after you check in and go through the line before you actually get into the go cart. Just keep that in mind when you make the reservation. We were on the bliss in Alaska and twice we had reservations and it was closed due to strong winds. Both times they charged my account for both my kids even though it was closed. So also keep an eye on your account if you have a reservation and the track is closed they might charge you as a no show on your reservation even though they closed the track. 

12 hours ago, Gregg said:

Thank you. Any idea if it can be done through the NCL app once connected to the ships wifi?

You couldn’t do it on the bliss

She should find out what her vifp # is if she doesn’t already know it. Write it down somewhere so you know where it is when you book a cruise. When you book give them the vifp# first and they can pull all your info up for the booking. That way you will always get credit for your cruises. After you give them the vifp info and they pull up the information then you can tell them the new changes to your name and they can input it in the system.  I had an issue before with having two different vifp #’s because my last name has two words in it. Some of my cruises they booked it with both last names combined as one word. I called and had them combined and put on one vifp#. My kids and my wife are listed as travel companions so as soon As I give them my number their info also comes up so they can add them to the booking without having to give them the info over the phone. 

4 minutes ago, suzy2 said:

Because it's only free when your out to sea, it's not free when you are in port. Want to know if docked four 4 days if it's still free because it's different being dock than many days

Who gave you that bad information. Free at sea is just the name of the promotions. If you choose the drink package it is good as soon as you step on the ship until the bars close the night before u leave the ship. Doesn’t matter if you are at sea or in a port you can get drinks for free on your drink package. When you board the ship and are still in us waters you will pay local tax on the drinks you order. So if you order a $10 drink on the ship while you are still in Miami or us waters u will pay Miami sales tax. If the Miami sales tax is 6% you will get a bill for .60 cents

On 4/22/2019 at 12:30 AM, Auralee said:

Hi I am soon to board the legend to Alaska. I am wondering if the ship will set clocks back 1 hour from pst for port times in Alaska? Ie we are to leave port at 5pm .. would that be Juneau time or pst? Wondering if I’m needing to reschedule an excursion. 

They will let you know on the ship. I have been on 15 cruises and they have only changed the ship time once to account for the time change and that was in Alaska. So there is a possibility on your cruise they will. My cruise was on NCL out of Vancouver. The night before we got to Ketchikan the official ship time was changed. There was paperwork in the cabin about it to let everyone know.