Thelonious Posted June 19, 2010 #1 Share Posted June 19, 2010 If you are gambling in the casino, can you get drinks for free, like they do in Vegas, or do you have to pay for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collegecruiser346 Posted June 19, 2010 #2 Share Posted June 19, 2010 I've never gotten a free drink in the casino. Free food? Absolutely. Free Drinks? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahla Jahla Posted June 19, 2010 #3 Share Posted June 19, 2010 afraid you pay for them unless one of the casino people gives you a coupon. I got several from one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted June 19, 2010 #4 Share Posted June 19, 2010 HAL -- no free drinks -- no coupons for free drinks -- no food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted June 19, 2010 #5 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Bar stewards pass through the casino and you certainly can purchase a drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putterdude Posted June 19, 2010 #6 Share Posted June 19, 2010 If you are gambling in the casino, can you get drinks for free, like they do in Vegas, or do you have to pay for them? Free drinks...you are joking....aren't you.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted June 19, 2010 #7 Share Posted June 19, 2010 CAN you get free drinks? Yes 1) You're loosing your butt big time (thousands) 2) You're winning big time (thousands) and they want their money back :D 3) You're wife won big time at the slots (thousands) and she's in the process of giving it all back :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene56 Posted June 19, 2010 #8 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Imagine how crowded that place would be if they gave free drinks like Vegas.= no one would be buying them, they would just go to the casino for a freebie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisebum50 Posted June 19, 2010 #9 Share Posted June 19, 2010 My husband and I have been on three different lines and the only one that ever gave us free drinks in the casino was HAL. This didn't just happen once. It happened every day for the last five days of our seven day cruise. We always go to the casino for a little while after dinner and every night we were asked if he/she could buy us a drink. The first time it happened I was shocked. When it continued the next night I looked at my husband and said they must want us to keep coming back! I hit a jackpot the first night onboard and told my husband they must want their money back! They got some of it, but not all of it! I will also say it was done very discretely. The person asking always waited til we were seated together and there were no others around us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springfire Posted June 19, 2010 #10 Share Posted June 19, 2010 No free drinks!!! Say it isn't so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxguy77 Posted June 20, 2010 #11 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Posts 7 and 9 tell the whole story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaCruiseSoon Posted June 20, 2010 #12 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I actually got free drinks on NCL of course i signed up for a tournament (blackjack or texas holdem) and the host gave us all a drink "on the house" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonious Posted June 21, 2010 Author #13 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okgirl Posted June 21, 2010 #14 Share Posted June 21, 2010 On Carnival ships the casino host will occasionally recognize your level of play with a free drink and on very rare situations they will come around with trays of free premixed drinks but I've only seen that happen on the Dream during the 1st part of the cruise when the casino wasn't busy, then once very late at night (I think they were just trying to get rid of mixer since the bar was about to close and they have to throw leftovers away) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerif Posted June 21, 2010 #15 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Unlike Vegas where there are a myriad of different casinos you could patronize, you are pretty much a captive audience on a ship, so there is little incentive to feed you free drinks to keep you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachchick Posted June 22, 2010 #16 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Unlike Vegas where there are a myriad of different casinos you could patronize, you are pretty much a captive audience on a ship, so there is little incentive to feed you free drinks to keep you there. And if they offered free drinks in the casinos onboard, there would be little incentive for most passengers to actually stay in the casino and gamble. It would be (1) walk in to casino, (2) drop a couple of coins at a slot (say, $1 total), (3) order free drink and receive drink, (4) leave casino with $1 drink and go do something else. Quite aside from the fact that many (most?) passengers would take advantage of having free drinks standard in the casinos, the casinos themselves would be constantly jammed wall-to-wall all day and night with passengers looking to score free drinks. In fact, with the crowds I'd bet many passengers would stand around the casino supposedly looking for an open slot or table just long enough to get a drink and leave. It would irritate the actual gamblers--and rightly so! (A caveat: We would be sorely tempted to go to the casino to score free drinks by sitting at the slots for a few minutes because that's what my DH does anyway. He usually gambles about $10 during the entire cruise on a "pass through" basis. Once in a while, the $1 he's playing that "pass" will pay off long enough that we end up hanging out for 10 or 15 whole minutes. So technically, he is gambling while I am chuckling at him.) beachchick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globalwife Posted June 22, 2010 #17 Share Posted June 22, 2010 We got free drinks in the casino with Pullmantur, but with Pullmantur they are free everywhere on the boat. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globalwife Posted June 22, 2010 #18 Share Posted June 22, 2010 We got free drinks in the casino with Pullmantur, but with Pullmantur they are free everywhere on the boat. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerif Posted June 22, 2010 #19 Share Posted June 22, 2010 And if they offered free drinks in the casinos onboard, there would be little incentive for most passengers to actually stay in the casino and gamble. It would be (1) walk in to casino, (2) drop a couple of coins at a slot (say, $1 total), (3) order free drink and receive drink, (4) leave casino with $1 drink and go do something else. (beachchick LOL - that's so true! I can totally see that happening. In Vegas, it's almost impossible to buy a drink. We had gone on one trip with my sister and BIL that included meal vouchers and drink vouchers. While waiting for them for dinner, DH and I sat at a bar that had built-in poker machines. We ordered drinks and started to play a bit to pass the time. Bartender refused to take our drink vouchers since we were "playing" and just kept the drinks coming. After an hour, DH said get up, we need to go meet your sister - I told him "I don't think I can!" Those drinks were strong. We came home with most of the drink vouchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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