Bingo on Holland America

[rdhlsh]

Because of illness it’s been 3-4 years since we’ve been on Holland America.  However we were just on another cruise line that we also used to enjoy. Absolutely astounded that bingo prices had tripled & they now charge for room service!  Does anyone know how much Holland now charges for bingo??

[I like vacation]

Bingo is $30 for the big package with 4 pages of 6 cards each.  The prizes aren't that great.  Usually $75 to $100 for the first game, increasing by $25 for the next rounds.  The last game is a coverall with the prize over $1k if you complete a card within, I believe, 50 turns.  The last two bingos of the cruise will have a win a cruise bingo and win the $1k prize without the 50 turn limitation.  There can be multiple winners for each round and they divide the pot accordingly.  Not sure what happens if more than one person wins the cruise bingo.

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[Crew News]

13 minutes ago, rdhlsh said:

.........they now charge for room service! 

 

With the exception of just a few items, HAL Room Service remains free:

 

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[Sue from Canada]

Bingo has gone to the dogs on my last two cruises.  It wasn't offered very often even on sea days, the prizes have gone down and they held it in the area opposite the shops (at the back of the Casino).  I'm not a big Bingo player but considering there isn't much else to do in the afternoon with all the cuts etc. Not happy.

Edited November 15, 2019 by Sue from Canada

[I like vacation]

25 minutes ago, Sue from Canada said:

Bingo has gone to the dogs on my last two cruises.  It wasn't offered very often even on sea days, the prizes have gone down and they held it in the area opposite the shops (at the back of the Casino).  I'm not a big Bingo player but considering there isn't much else to do in the afternoon with all the cuts etc. Not happy.

 

Bingo was held only on sea days in BB King on our last cruise on the N Statendam.  Plenty of seats and a good amount of tables.

Edited November 15, 2019 by I like vacation

[SarahCBL]

I think Bingo prices on HAL, as posted above, are reasonable.  If there is more than one winner for "win a cruise bingo" they play another short game with those winners to determine the ultimate winner.  At least that is what they did the one time I saw that happen.  I definitely don't like that Bingo has been moved from the main theater to BB Kings or other locations on some cruises.  That would be my biggest Bingo complaint!!  

[Krazy Kruizers]

Even though we don't play bingo, we have noticed over the years that the number of people playing has gone down quite a bit.

[wwcruisers]

One question: Does HAL's Bingo concessionaire offer those awful 'hand-held' devices? The ones that play the game (and, as many as you can pay for at a time) FOR you? While it's not exactly in the same realm as chess or Ma Jongg, I have always considered Bingo to be a game that involved at least some level of skill. The last time I played on an RC ship, I looked around at all of those 'computerized' bingo cards, and it dawned on me: a person could drop dead in the middle of the game, and their computer could still buzz: BINGO!  That was my last on-board Bingo game!😏

[I like vacation]

HAL is not computerized. You have to pay attention and bring your dauber. 😃

 

 

[wwcruisers]

Now, THAT's more like it, LOL! Thanks! 😁

[Cruising-along]

Since the Casino now is in charge of Bingo, the prizes have gone way down. First one is $75, then $100, $125 and cover all is $150. Last year on the VOV (before the casino took over) my winnings after the cost of playing was over $1200 in 4 wins. You have to win the jackpot now to get that much.

 

Also they changed one of the rules, as we discovered on the NS last month and K this month. The winner no

longer has to have the last number called. In other words you can call Bingo late as long as you have a winning card. It caused quite an uproar on our cruise when a winner didn’t have the last number called. 

[I like vacation]

13 minutes ago, Cruising-along said:

Also they changed one of the rules, as we discovered on the NS last month and K this month. The winner no

longer has to have the last number called. In other words you can call Bingo late as long as you have a winning card. It caused quite an uproar on our cruise when a winner didn’t have the last number called. 

Trying to understand this.  If you have a bingo and announce it late, after some other numbers are called, you risk splitting the pot with the other players who now have a bingo on their card.  You miss out on having the prize all to your own.  Didn't think this was new.

[Cruising-along]

11 minutes ago, I like vacation said:

Trying to understand this.  If you have a bingo and announce it late, after some other numbers are called, you risk splitting the pot with the other players who now have a bingo on their card.  You miss out on having the prize all to your own.  Didn't think this was new.

Previously one of the rules was that if you didn’t have the last number called, it wasn’t a good Bingo, split or not. The woman who won did not have the last number called, but she did have previously called numbers that gave her a Bingo.  Several people who play often questioned it but were told it’s a new rule. 

[I like vacation]

4 minutes ago, Cruising-along said:

Previously one of the rules was that if you didn’t have the last number called, it wasn’t a good Bingo, split or not. The woman who won did not have the last number called, but she did have previously called numbers that gave her a Bingo.  Several people who play often questioned it but were told it’s a new rule. 

OK, got it.  We only play bingo on cruises and the last three cruises didn't have the last number rule.