Drinks in Casino

[canuckinindia]

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If you are playing in the casino do they comp you drinks as is done in many land based casinos?

 

I'm on the equinox for a med cruise if that makes any difference.

 

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[rucruisn2]

Not that I've ever seen

[dougt1957]

No. You want free drinks, go to Vegas.

 

 

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[WestLakeGirl]

Sometimes they do. If you are in the Blue Chip club, they will. But for most players, no

[flifish64]

If you have gambled enough to become part of their Blue Chip Club then yes the do comp you drinks. (Well actually you pay for them just like you do in Vegas. It is just an indirect payment) :)

 

Carol

[Cruise Raider]

The casino host has offered us cocktails a few times while we were gambling. He saw us in there all the time -- but you have to be friendly and make it known you are there a lot. Otherwise, the beverage package does the trick.

[canuckinindia]

@dougt1957 you offering to sponsor a trip?

 

@flifish64 somehow indirect payment just seems so much more fun :)

 

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[JEDIKNIGHT]

Was on Summit in May 2014.

 

No, I didn’t see any drinks being comped. I played poker and blackjack, average 4 hours per day every day of the cruise and I was charged for orange juice or cranberry juice and others charged for booze.

 

The other service and staff in the casino were GREAT.

 

I can see them not comping booze cause that might screw up the works for Celebrity and the millions of people obsessed with “drank packages” lol.

[SPacificbound]

@dougt1957 you offering to sponsor a trip?

 

@flifish64 somehow indirect payment just seems so much more fun :)

 

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I'm going to have my indirect payment time in Vegas in October. :D

[Chazteach1]

How much do blu chip members buy in with?

 

 

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[Chazteach1]

How much do blu chip members buy in with?

 

 

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Sorry blue chip

 

 

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[Viva_la_Vida]

I'm a newer cruiser but I have never seen comps. I will say though that the casino bartenders seem to pour the most consistently generous portions. It's a great place to go if you want the most for your money.

 

 

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[eby]

Google Celebrity Blue chip. Lots of info.

[Max Circus]

I traveled with two other couples and the husbands both loved poker - spent many hours in the casino. It was their first time on a any ship so they certainly weren't "Blue Chip" club. They got comped drinks by day three.

 

Me on the other hand, playing penny slots, not so much. :rolleyes:

[cb at sea]

If you gamble enough, they will eventually. Generally, you'll have to wager about $25 per hand for at least 4 hours per day. That's for table games. Not sure what the amount for slots would be....definitely more than penny slots! In other words, the "free" drinks really aren't "free"!

[Max Circus]

If you gamble enough, they will eventually. Generally, you'll have to wager about $25 per hand for at least 4 hours per day. That's for table games. Not sure what the amount for slots would be....definitely more than penny slots! In other words, the "free" drinks really aren't "free"!

 

Agree!! That was my point. If they see you are a consistent high roller, they'd probably let you pilot the ship if it meant you'd gamble more.

 

No such thing as a free lunch (or drinks). You pay eventually. Even if you are a winner on a certain day.

[canuckinindia]

No doubt casinos are a negative proposition overall, I look at them as entertainment and thus some free drinks and company of some nice people at the tables increase the value of the entertainment I'm paying for.

 

Online info seems slim but I will drop a line to the blue chip team, no harm in getting in touch.

 

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[LetsGetWet!]

I traveled with two other couples and the husbands both loved poker - spent many hours in the casino. It was their first time on a any ship so they certainly weren't "Blue Chip" club. They got comped drinks by day three.

 

Me on the other hand, playing penny slots, not so much. :rolleyes:

If you gamble enough, they will eventually. Generally, you'll have to wager about $25 per hand for at least 4 hours per day. That's for table games. Not sure what the amount for slots would be....definitely more than penny slots! In other words, the "free" drinks really aren't "free"!

I always have to chuckle at the "penny slots" scam. They get you to sit down because "penny slots" sounds cheap. Of course, to get the jackpot advertised on the machine, you have to play "max bet" which is up to $2.40 per pull. That's pricy compared to the max bet of $.75 on those much more expensive quarter slots, and is close to the max bet of $3.00 on those REALLY expensive dollar slots! :D

[Max Circus]

I always have to chuckle at the "penny slots" scam. They get you to sit down because "penny slots" sounds cheap. Of course, to get the jackpot advertised on the machine, you have to play "max bet" which is up to $2.40 per pull. That's pricy compared to the max bet of $.75 on those much more expensive quarter slots, and is close to the max bet of $3.00 on those REALLY expensive dollar slots! :D

 

It was the slot machine makers "best" tactic yet because someone will say "I'm just going to play penny slots" - suddenly 5 minutes later, $20 is gone from 10 pulls at max bet on "Sex and the City"!!

[LetsGetWet!]

It was the slot machine makers "best" tactic yet because someone will say "I'm just going to play penny slots" - suddenly 5 minutes later, $20 is gone from 10 pulls at max bet on "Sex and the City"!!

Yep! An even better marketing scam than the "a price of $4.99 will sound cheaper than $5" one! :)

[bighairtexan]

If you're "invited" to the Blue Chip club, you get comped drinks, and a bunch of other perks including occasional "free cruises." I play both tables and machines and a couple of years ago, as I was sitting at a "penny" machine (yeah … but it was 250 pennies a pull) the hostess came up and gave me an envelope with the Blue chip info. That's when I KNEW I HAD A GAMBLING PROBLEM!! :D

 

Now, before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I KNOW there's no such thing as a free lunch, but I've gotten "free" bottles of wine at dinner, "free" cocktails, "free" specialty restaurants, "free cash rebates" and a couple of "free" cruises (just paid the normal port fees/taxes and was booked into a Concierge cabin once, an inside once and AQ once).

 

At the time I was "INDUCTED" into the losers hall of fame… I mean Blue Chip Club, :eek: I didn't even know it existed.

 

My friend who cruises w/ me once in a blue moon also gambles a lot, but only at the tables. I'd say we gamble similarly at the tables and yet she'd never been made a Blue Chip member. So I'm guessing slot play makes for easier qualifying. However, since she did spend hours at the tables (Probably $50 average bet) she would ask the floor person if she could have a cocktail on them and as far as I know they always obliged.

 

RCI also has a gamblers loyalty "club" (Club Royale), also "invitation only." The 2 clubs are not reciprocal, in that you have to "earn" the status on both of them. But if you have a cash rebate that you earned on one of them, you can collect it on the other line.

 

Oh also cash advances don't incur an additional fee (5% now I think??). If you think you'll be playing enough at the tables, just give them your card and ask to be rated. I think the minimum is $50/hand for at least 2 hours/day. No idea what it is on the slots.

[LetsGetWet!]

If you're "invited" to the Blue Chip club, you get comped drinks, and a bunch of other perks including occasional "free cruises." I play both tables and machines and a couple of years ago, as I was sitting at a "penny" machine (yeah … but it was 250 pennies a pull) the hostess came up and gave me an envelope with the Blue chip info. That's when I KNEW I HAD A GAMBLING PROBLEM!! :D

 

Now, before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I KNOW there's no such thing as a free lunch, but I've gotten "free" bottles of wine at dinner, "free" cocktails, "free" specialty restaurants, "free cash rebates" and a couple of "free" cruises (just paid the normal port fees/taxes and was booked into a Concierge cabin once, an inside once and AQ once).

 

At the time I was "INDUCTED" into the losers hall of fame… I mean Blue Chip Club, :eek: I didn't even know it existed.

 

My friend who cruises w/ me once in a blue moon also gambles a lot, but only at the tables. I'd say we gamble similarly at the tables and yet she'd never been made a Blue Chip member. So I'm guessing slot play makes for easier qualifying. However, since she did spend hours at the tables (Probably $50 average bet) she would ask the floor person if she could have a cocktail on them and as far as I know they always obliged.

 

RCI also has a gamblers loyalty "club" (Club Royale), also "invitation only." The 2 clubs are not reciprocal, in that you have to "earn" the status on both of them. But if you have a cash rebate that you earned on one of them, you can collect it on the other line.

 

Oh also cash advances don't incur an additional fee (5% now I think??). If you think you'll be playing enough at the tables, just give them your card and ask to be rated. I think the minimum is $50/hand for at least 2 hours/day. No idea what it is on the slots.

Lots of good info - AND sounds like you have a very realistic understanding of it all! The penny slots are not cheap, the free stuff isn't really free, its just giving you a little bit of your own money back. And if you have a firm grasp of all that and are still having fun in the casino, life is good! :)

[cherylroslyn]

If you gamble enough, they will eventually. Generally, you'll have to wager about $25 per hand for at least 4 hours per day. That's for table games. Not sure what the amount for slots would be....definitely more than penny slots! In other words, the "free" drinks really aren't "free"!

I'm Blue Chip, all my cruises are essentially "free" and I don't pay for drinks. I aslo am frequently comped spa treatments and specialty dinners....

 

I have never played a table game in my life......

 

"Penny slots" are a misnomer......its not pennies..... Each time you hit the button on a penny slot you can usually bet any where between 30 cents and five dollars per push.

 

Now you could play just one pay line for an actual penny, as opposed to 25, 30 or forty pay line.....but no one does that. A low player will hit the button for 25, 30 or 40 cents.......a higher level player will hit the same button and be betting 2.50, 3.00, or 4.00 per push. So pennies are actually multiple dollars, and you can push that button twenty times per minute.....so those that scoff at "penny slots"are not gamblers.

 

We at the penny slots are the most easily tracked gamblers.......the card monitors every dollar in and every dollar out, they know exactly how much I have spent as well as hoe much I win right down to the dollar. In fact, when I am up, they court me more to get me back in and spending my winnings.......

 

Also, the casino is interested in the frequency of your play and the duration of your play......so a gambler that plays a $5.00 machine (which Celebrity no longer even has) for an hour, is not as valuable to the casino as a person who pays a penny machine at 2.00 per push for three hours.....

[kayhil3]

I recieved a free cruise from my casino in AC and was told I would have free drinks in the casino so I am guessing I am now a member of the Blue chip club.

[bighairtexan]

Yes there is reciprocity with, I believe M-Life (MGM resorts) and the RCCL family of cruise lines.