Is the ship's casino open while in San Juan? Cruising on Sunrise in August

[daljcl]

Cruising in August and we get in at 3:30.  Not sure what we can do as excursions are limited and many of the ones offered are walking tours which is not good for some people in my group.  Hoping maybe the casino opens up at 9 pm????

[jbethel11]

29 minutes ago, daljcl said:

Not sure what we can do as excursions are limited and many of the ones offered are walking tours which is not good for some people in my group.

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I have been to SJ, PR thrice, and I always find something to do and have never booked an excursion. Indulge in delicious Coquito (gelato, but much better), or a public beach by El Dorado by taxi! As far as the casino question, I am not sure if I can answer that. The universal rule is the casino is closed in port except in ports that allow gambling. Cheers!

Edited June 16, 2019 by jbethel11
Didn't read OP's restriction

[Sparky2]

We've been in San Juan several times & I don't think the casino opened till after we sailed.

[lissa42886]

On 6/16/2019 at 5:16 PM, daljcl said:

Cruising in August and we get in at 3:30.  Not sure what we can do as excursions are limited and many of the ones offered are walking tours which is not good for some people in my group.  Hoping maybe the casino opens up at 9 pm????

Casinos & shops remain closed while in Port. they can not operate until in International waters.. this is standard rule for every cruise line in every port. its the Law. most will be open after about an hour of leaving ports. 

[shof515]

I just got off the sunrise, our cruise went to San Juan. The casino was open in the morning, closed in the afternoon. Then reopen after sail away around 11:30pm.

[coevan]

1 hour ago, lissa42886 said:

Casinos & shops remain closed while in Port. they can not operate until in International waters.. this is standard rule for every cruise line in every port. its the Law. most will be open after about an hour of leaving ports. 

 

 

not necessarily true, Bermuda, Nassau, and Grand Turk allow gambling in port. 

[shof515]

22 minutes ago, coevan said:

not necessarily true, Bermuda, Nassau, and Grand Turk allow gambling in port. 

 

For Bermuda, the ships casino is only open at night, usually from 9pm to like 4am or so.it is never open during the day.

[coevan]

that's what I read as well

[Illbcruzn4life]

On 6/16/2019 at 5:46 PM, jbethel11 said:

I have been to SJ, PR thrice, and I always find something to do and have never booked an excursion. Indulge in delicious Coquito (gelato, but much better), or a public beach by El Dorado by taxi! As far as the casino question, I am not sure if I can answer that. The universal rule is the casino is closed in port except in ports that allow gambling. Cheers!

 

I didn't think you were of age to consume coquito.

[broberts]

If memory serves it is a very short walk to the casino in the Sheraton Old San Juan.

[jbethel11]

57 minutes ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

 

I didn't think you were of age to consume coquito.

No, it wasn't alcoholic, and I didn't drink it. It was like Italian ice cream, but not...

[mets123]

The Sheraton casino isn't there any more.

[Illbcruzn4life]

9 hours ago, jbethel11 said:

No, it wasn't alcoholic, and I didn't drink it. It was like Italian ice cream, but not...

 

Gotcha. The coquito I bought on our last visit to San Juan was definitely alcoholic.

 

I'll have to look for the one you are talking about if we make it back to PR again.🙂

[coevan]

however he could drink in PR as the drinking age is 18

[daljcl]

4 hours ago, mets123 said:

The Sheraton casino isn't there any more.

That was our original plan......Just walk on over and kill some time.  This port stop doesn't do anything for me......

[Garth2]

On 6/16/2019 at 4:16 PM, daljcl said:

Cruising in August and we get in at 3:30.  Not sure what we can do as excursions are limited and many of the ones offered are walking tours which is not good for some people in my group.  Hoping maybe the casino opens up at 9 pm????

 

You could hand out rolls of paper towels to the hurricane victims.

[daljcl]

3 hours ago, Garth2 said:

 

You could hand out rolls of paper towels to the hurricane victims.

no need to get snarky  now