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I know people get really great deals on future cruises if they visit the casino.

 

My question is this...does anyone know what you actually have to spend to make that happen?

 

Thanks~

Here's the thing, if you don't enjoy gambling in the Casinos. Don't go and try get a free cruise from there. That itself is a gamble. You have to earn 2500 points to earn a free cruise. I know for slots, every $5 you bet = 1 point. So yes you would have to bet $12500 on slots to earn a free cruise. Sounds like alot but thats how much youve wagered not counting how much you've gotten back. You could've gotten back $13000 or maybe only $12000 over the length of the cruise from your bets. You can be up 4 figures by the time you hit 2500 points, or you can be down 4 figures. That part depends on how lucky you are. As I said you go to Casino to have fun and if you happened to earned a free cruise at the end, it's a nice bonus.

Went with the guarantee balcony on my next sailing on the Jewel. Mainly because they charged extra $168 pp if we wanted to pick our own room. We fully expected a smaller Deluxe Oceanview Balcony, but they assigned us a Superior Oceanview Balcony room instead on deck 9 midship. Was a heck of a surprise, would've costed us $300 extra pp if we picked a Superior Oceanview Balcony on our own.

Your friend likely earned 2400 points or more at the Casino. Which means they wagered more than $12000 at the Casino. While that sounds like a lot, remember that's how much you wagered, not how much you lost. I got my first ever free cruise last week on the Allure, mainly because I played way more than I normally did cause hit two separate jackpots on the slot machines. I ended up coming home with $1700 net profit + a free cruise. But that's being very very lucky. Generally you can expect your losses to be in the 4 figures before getting enough points to earn a free cruise if you're unlucky.

Take a look at your confirmation and it will tell you exactly how the fare is calculated. They will give you every discount for which you are eligible FIRST (including C&A balcony discounts, senior, state, military, etc.) before taking any casino discount. If they still gave you an actual casino rate, in combination with your certificate value, it will be the first one I've heard of in the recent past. Good for you, if they did.

Hmmm, I see 3 other discounts on there before my $500 Casino discount is shown. Not sure what they are, but they're for $466, $126, and $75, then there's my $500 Casino discount at the very end. Also still got the $75 OBC.

Saw the Vision last Friday at Costa Maya docked next to us while we're on the Allure. Chatted with a few employees on the gangway who joked that I should get on their ship back to Galveston and save myself a flight since I'm from Houston. I didn't know at the time Vision was on a repositioning to Galveston.

So I booked a cruise yesterday with my free cruise certificate and decided to use the $500 off instead of using it on one of the free cruises (since none of those interested me). Seems like they still take the $500 off of some special Casino rate as opposed to the RCL website rates cause the math didn't add up if they just take it off RCL website prices. I was able to get a non refundable Balcony guarantee on Feb 25th Jewel of the Seas Southern Carribean for $813 (tax + port included). But when I tried doing a mock booking yesterday on RCL's website, it was $1484 for the nonrefundable balcony guarantee. so $500 off of that should be $984 and not $813. Of course I was even more excited to see this morning that RCL assigned my room already and gave us a Superior Ocean View Balcony instead of the smaller Deluxe. That's $2169 if I tried booking nonrefundable rates myself. So the certificates are still pretty useful to us this time. Guess it depends on the sailing you use it on!!!

How are you guys accumulating these points? I have stayed and stayed in the Casino playing most of the time Craps or BJ and have never been offered drinks or a free cruise.

 

Thanks for the help.

I played slots, usually I don't play enough to qualify I guess but I've been pretty lucky this time around so I played a lot more. Hit not 1 but 2 Jackpots. For $2500 total. Gave back $800 of it by the end of the cruise but accumulated exactly 2405 points to get the free cruise and the VIP sticker lol.

I believe you have to "requalify each cruise. Did you get a certificate for an offer of a free cruise or money off on your next cruise, if you book it within 30 days of the date on the certificate. If you did, you can book thru the number on the cert, pick a cruise and get either the cruise free or dollars off. You will then be a VIP on that cruise.

 

I have been given the sticker a number of times, and it has never carried over to the next cruise, unless I book using their Casino at sea program listed on the certificate.

Yes I got a certificate for a free cruise, though none on the list interests me so we're planning on just using the certificate to get dollars off by booking through Club Royale. So you're saying it'll carry over then?

So on my cruise on the Allure last week. I got the VIP sticker for the Casino (with free drinks and $5 fee waived). So do I only get to enjoy this perk for 1 day or does it carryover to my next RCL cruise???

Crap, we supposed to be leaving on the Allure on Sunday and fly into Ft Lauderdale Saturday night. I hope no flights get affected. As of right now, it's forecasted that this system will pass through south Fl on Saturday and into Sunday am.

Yea this is definitely legit. I can see the rates when I'm logged in on Princess's website. If I'm not logged in then prices revert back to normal. Again my wife and I are so depressed now that we got this offer at a time where we can no longer take anymore vacation days until after new years :(:loudcry:

So I just got an email earlier from Princess Players Club offering rates as low as $49 per person for 5 nights on either Crown or Royal Princess (not per night, but for the entire sailing). In fact, every sailing in Nov and Dec out of Ft Lauderdale in the Regal, Royal, or Crown Princess was showing heavily discounted prices mostly between $99 per person to $149 pp for 7 or 8 nights. Even the Christmas 10 nighter only cost $400 pp. Has anyone seen this before? And how often do they offer these? Unfortunately I used the last of my vacation days for the remainder of the year booking Allure of the Seas on Of 29th talk about bad timing.

2400 points - Inside Stateroom

3600 points - Ocean View

4800 points - Balcony

 

For every $5 you wager in a slot machine you get 1 point, and for every $10 you wager in Video Poker or a "specialty slot" you get 1 point! Unfortunately I'm not sure what are considered the specialty slots, most likely the ones that have themes (TV show/blockbuster movies etc).

 

So you have to WAGER a meager $12,000 @ $5 per point machines or $24,000 at a $10 per point machine to get a free inside stateroom on a selected cruise!

So do you have to accrue all these points on 1 sailing?

At this rate, all the eastern carribean sailings on the Oasis class ships will switch to Western Carribean. Since all the places on the eastern carribean where they can dock would have been hit by a Cat 4 or Cat 5

I had a plastic sword and axe so you should not have a problem.

Did you put this in checked luggage or carryon?

Thanks for the replies, yea I already have the Lightsaber (it wasn't originally bought for Halloween). I just figured I could use that and not have to buy another cheaper one, but yea I'll be very careful with it. I was more afraid they would confiscate it thinking I could bash someone with it or something :rolleyes:

If they don't let them on board I expect they'll check them for you to pickup on your return or hold them in the naughty room. If they're cheap-o quality you don't mind losing I say bring them. If they're expensive' date=' hand-made, irreplaceable cos-play accessories, leave them at home.[/quote']

 

The sword is cheapy plastic, the Lightsaber however is a $120 item. Then again a lightsaber isn't a sword so I don't know.

Anyone ever had any experience bringing fake weapons onboard a RCL ship for Halloween? My wife's costume includes a fake plastic sword, while I will be dressed as a Jedi with a replica lightsaber. Not sure if RCL will allow you to bring these items.

What's wrong with CNN??? ;p

Having driven Florida, north to south and east to west, that didn't seem right.

 

Multiple websites put Florida's widest point at over 300 miles... this one, wikipedia, says 361.

 

AreaRanked 22nd • Total65,755[3] sq mi

(170,304[3] km2) • Width361 miles (582 km) • Length447 miles (721 km)

Pretty sure he meant the part that doesn't include the Panhandle

I'm sure James Van Fleet is a perfectly qualified meteorologist. Problem is he's also pressured into giving RCI the most optimistic of scenarios. He won't get fired for cancelling a cruise too late. But I'm sure if he called for a cruise to be cancelled, but later RCI determined that they couldve sailed. He'd be gone in a heartbeat. So his judgement in these situations could be compromised vs your Hurricane Center meteorologists.

The models are getting more uncertain rather than less. GFS now has no FL landfall for the eye (heading out east). Some have it going into the Gulf and hitting the panhandle. The Euro model still has a hit near Naples and the storm crossing the state.

 

It's hard for RCI to make a call when the experts don't have any firm idea of where the thing will go.

 

We're all going to have to just wait for more info about the track of the storm.

Even if the eye misses, Hurricane and Tropical Storm force winds extend well outside of the eye by hundred of miles. Remember Hurricane Harvey actually hit Rockport TX 200 miles away from Houston. Just because the eye doesn't hit Ft. Lauderdale, doesn't mean it's a safe area to travel.

I'm really interested to see what RCL expert meteorologist James Van Fleet has to say regarding Irma. Cause this guy kept insisting until the very last moment that Liberty of the Seas will dock at Galveston as originally planned and the next cruise will go out as originally planned. Despite us here in Houston seeing the worst conditions this city ever faced.

Link? Is this the one were they went into a storm in SC or something?

Yup!!!

I wonder what happened to that RCL meteorologist James Van Fleet. Hes been awfully quiet today and he was the one assuring all RCL passengers last night that the Liberty has no trouble docking in Galveston today and only 1' to 2' of rain was forecasted. So of course passengers on board believed him over us even though we're the ones here locally seeing everything.