free deck of cards and postcards - really?

[ViolaSwamp]

I was perusing this link that was posted in another thread: http://www.*****/Carnival/info.html

 

And I see the following sentences:

 

If you need postcards go to the Guest Services desk. They have ones with the picture of the ship on them for free.

You can get a free deck of cards at the Guest Services desk.

 

Is this true? I had no clue of this when we sailed CCL in 2010. A deck of cards would be a great little souvenir, as would a postcard. Please advise if these are indeed available and free, still. We will be on the Liberty again in less than a month. :cool:

 

Thank you!

[KYCTEXAS]

Yes, it's true! :)

[skydog802]

I believe I read about it in this thread.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=48388

[Soonerbaby]

Yes, we got them when we sailed in 2010. :)

[anjoliza]

You should go to guest services fairly early as they sometime run out of the decks of cards.

[sparks1093]

My autistic son collects playing cards so this will increase his collection.:)

[richstowe]

I got a pack on the Pride ,Jan 2011. I believe they are phasing out the free cards.

On the Fascination this month, they said they no longer give out free cards but you can buy used ones

from the casino for a buck which are high quality. The freebies were very low quality and were generic

Carnival cards without the name of the ship.

[H82seaUgo]

i still have many unopened packs from the 80's when the ships were still small.

[pe4all]

DH went to Guest Services to get a print-out of our charges on Liberty a few weeks ago. The person there handed him 2 decks of cards - brand new Carnival ones - really nice! He never asked for them - he didn't even know they had them! Maybe because he was Platinum, and very, very nice and polite to the person working that line!:)

[ViolaSwamp]

Awesome - thanks so much everyone!

[txstarla]

The cashier in the gift shop on the Magic gave me a deck of carnival playing cards free...

[mainescout]

We asked for a deck of cards and jokingly said we should bring them back as gifts for co-workers. Well the crew loved that idea and we ended up with 8-10 decks of cards for people back home. Everyone loved them.

[docs wife]

Last week on the Legend, both Grandkids got a deck of cards from guest services.

[Guest LoveMyBoxer]

It's our Son's favorite thing to do when he first gets on a Carnival ship. He goes to gues services and gets a free deck of cards and a post card of the ship! He has quite a collection now! lol

[2-laner]

Just off the Conquest as of Sunday. Both my sister and my mom picked up free decks of cards and we enjoyed a couple rounds of $1.35 while waiting to get off the ship. Really helped pass the time.

[5waldos]

To return to your cards- we couldn't get new ones but were able to get lightly used decks from the casino- but we weren't charged for them. So we were half way between many of the others here.

[Almost Packed]

while on the Liberty and Conquest, no free cards but you could purchase cards.

 

maybe i wasn't cute enough?

 

who knows. the answers seem to be all over the place.

[oregonjuli]

On Liberty is Dec, we got 2 packs of free cards. The first night when we inquired for some, they said they were out and to check back. (not sure how you get a new shipment at sea) on the next day at sea we went back and they gave us two packs. Keep in mind, they are thin and flimsy, but they work. Just don't plan on using them at your bridge tournaments.

[doneinne]

Just off the Magic, we got two decks free from guest services desk.

[Sundiego]

Recently off the Spirit. Got the free playing cards but no free postcards. They only had the postcards for sale in the giftshop.

[newbieMom]

My boys discovered the free cards and of course took it to the extreme:rolleyes: Needless to say they took a bunch of them back to GS but they each kept a pack for themselves and brought a pack for 1 friend. I think used ones from the casino would be way cooler!

[maryred]

Last summer on the Glory the free playing cards were available every morning at the Speciality Coffee Shop. They only received 1 box daily from the ship's storage area and most days ran out by noon.

 

Our last port day they announced we couldn't dock that day due to fog. The waiters at the inside lounges were freely handing out the cards while the CD made out a new Funtimes schedule and some one else woke-up the casino staff.

[newdestination]

We got 2 decks of cards from guest services on board the Feb 5 Legend sailing.

[imluvncruzn]

We got 2 free decks at guest services desk last month on the Valor!

[BenjiRodney]

Last cruise I bought a deck from the casino that had been used for 1.00.