Remodeling

[Cherber]

I was told they did some updates in January and February on the ship.  Anybody have pictures or know what was done?

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

2 hours ago, Cherber said:

I was told they did some updates in January and February on the ship.  Anybody have pictures or know what was done?

 

From what I was told ... new carpet, new lighting in the public areas and supposedly upgrade on the wifi.  

[Cherber]

Thank you!

[Cruisedreamer1]

I understand that he casino is gone on the ship.

[Leejnd4]

12 hours ago, Cruisedreamer1 said:

I understand that he casino is gone on the ship.

Oh, interesting! I just went to the PG site to see if this is correct, and YUP! No casino is shown on the deck plans. 

 

This seems to be happening among other lines as well. Crystal Cruises has recently resurrected after going bust early in the pandemic, and is about to start cruising again with major changes made to their ships, including removing the casinos. There's a long thread in the Crystal forum discussing how fans of Crystal feel about that, including a poll. 53% voted "Neutral on whether or not there are casinos - don’t care either way", but 18% voted that they will not even cruise Crystal due to no casinos! (The rest of the votes are split between "attracted more to Crystal" and "I wish they'd retained casinos but will still cruise Crystal.)

 

I'm in the "neutral" category. I've had a few romps in ship casinos when playing with fun people after dinner, but I've never won a penny! I decided a while ago to stop gambling on cruises because I assume they are not governed by the same laws as casinos on land, and are likely set up to heavily favor the house. So unless I plan on just throwing away some money for the fun of the game (kinda like dropping quarters into arcade games), there's no real point.

 

On my two prior PG cruises, I honestly don't remember ever seeing anyone in their casino!