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havanadaydreaming

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My biggest Ick is the steward asking what service you prefer but not honoring it. And honestly, we were in a suite and pay quite a bit more for gratuities and I just don’t think it’s that much to ask. If you’re not going to honor it, don’t ask. 

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5 hours ago, kelkel2 said:

My biggest Ick is the steward asking what service you prefer but not honoring it. And honestly, we were in a suite and pay quite a bit more for gratuities and I just don’t think it’s that much to ask. If you’re not going to honor it, don’t ask. 

What do you mean by you pay quite a more tips for being in a suite? Are you refering to the amount over and above the regular amount? Suite tips are only $2pp more a day than if you stay in a regular cabin.

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On 10/13/2023 at 3:12 PM, Drew B 58 said:

Terrible blackjack players!  I find more folks playing badly (often because they are HAMMERED) in the Carnival casinos than elsewhere.  There are certainly atrocious players on land, too, but with many more available tables in land casinos, the chance of being stuck with one (or more) of them is lower.


It’s because people who wouldn’t normally go to a casino are walking past it all day and decide…what the heck? And they go to blackjack because they think all they have to do is count to 21. If I play I watch the people at the table first. See what they do when a bust card comes up before I sit down. Or just go to a $25 table. They won’t be there.

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2 hours ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

What do you mean by you pay quite a more tips for being in a suite? Are you refering to the amount over and above the regular amount? Suite tips are only $2pp more a day than if you stay in a regular cabin.

 

Over a two week cruise that can add up!  😄

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53 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:


It’s because people who wouldn’t normally go to a casino are walking past it all day and decide…what the heck? And they go to blackjack because they think all they have to do is count to 21. If I play I watch the people at the table first. See what they do when a bust card comes up before I sit down. Or just go to a $25 table. They won’t be there.

This ☝️!!!    Can’t really complain about someone playing on the lowest minimum wager table and not playing by “what the books says.”      Move up to $25 table and then things change a bit.

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38 minutes ago, sprint180 said:

That they don't enforce their rules.  Like what you are supposed to wear in the main dining room.  If you're not going to enforce the rules, don't have them!  

 

They really don't have too many actual rules.  No sleeveless shirts (for men), no cut-offs, no gym shorts, no t-shirts.   I agree with the first one.  Most guys on cruise ships wearing sleeveless shirts just shouldn't.   The others -- well I probably don't really pay enough attention to take note, but yeah they shouldn't be worn in the MDR.      

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Drew B 58

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1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:


It’s because people who wouldn’t normally go to a casino are walking past it all day and decide…what the heck? And they go to blackjack because they think all they have to do is count to 21. If I play I watch the people at the table first. See what they do when a bust card comes up before I sit down. Or just go to a $25 table. They won’t be there.


I’ve found it at $25 tables, too.  A lot of times, it’s by players who KNOW what they’re supposed to do, but they “got a feeling”.  Probably because they’re pretty drunk.,.

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Drew B 58

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On my last cruise, I had a $70 bet.  I had a pair of 8s against a dealer 4.  I split, of course, and got a 3.  So I doubled and got an 8 for a 19.  Next card was another 8, so I split again.  I got a face on the first one for  an 18 and a 2 on the second.  I doubled and got a ten for a 20.  So I now had an 18, a 19, and a 20, and I had $350 up.  The guy two after me decided to split his tens (!) and got two more tens for two 20s.  The dealer had a face underneath his 4 and drew a 7, giving him 21.  We all lost (and I lost a ton), when we all would have won if the guy had just stayed…. So he cost me $700!  Those hands are literally the difference between leaving the cruise a winner and leaving a loser…

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1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:


It’s because people who wouldn’t normally go to a casino are walking past it all day and decide…what the heck? And they go to blackjack because they think all they have to do is count to 21. If I play I watch the people at the table first. See what they do when a bust card comes up before I sit down. Or just go to a $25 table. They won’t be there.

Hmm, I thought it was just the people who had “DOU while playing the casino”. They look for a relatively slow pace and relatively low minimum table to hang out and get drunk 😉

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1 hour ago, mamiamjo said:

Hmm, I thought it was just the people who had “DOU while playing the casino”. They look for a relatively slow pace and relatively low minimum table to hang out and get drunk 😉

No need to even do that.  The servers don't really enforce that you must be actively playing to order with DOU.  The credit for the price of the drink (which zeroes out your receipt) comes up automatically when they key in your order at the casino bar, and they're going so fast it's not like they stop to think, "Oh, @mamiamjo wasn't actively playing, so I have to charge for that drink." 

 

If they know you're tipping for each drink, they're even more likely to look the other way.  They'll take your order anytime they see you in the casino even if you're not at a table or slot machine.

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On 10/16/2023 at 9:06 AM, Tiger0613 said:

Until the pandemic, this happened every time for me at early assigned dining, and I was there before the dining room opened or within five minutes of the official start time.  Anytime I ordered ice cream, it would be room temperature soup by the time they got around to giving it to me.  Since the pandemic, there have been far less showtimes.

 

With the extremely terrible service that started in January 2022 on multiple ships(Freedom 1/15/22, Radiance 8/29/22, Valor 11/28/22, Glory 2/5/23), I decided that I would no longer go to the dining room except for the strawberry soup.  I would leave after eating the soup.  My next cruise is 11/26/23.  Before I had a chance to execute that plan, they changed the menu and removed the strawberry soup.  There aren't enough things on the new menu that I  am willing to eat that would make it worthwhile to deal with the crappy service.

Please feel free to add Spirit from the second through the third week of October to your list of atrocious service. We were on that ship for a very long 14 days. The MDR was a joke. 

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5 hours ago, momof3cruisers said:

Please feel free to add Spirit from the second through the third week of October to your list of atrocious service. We were on that ship for a very long 14 days. The MDR was a joke. 

It must be hit or miss, occasionally.   i think our last cruise was on the Spirit and we had fantastic service top to bottom.   

 

i know the smaller ships have fewer bells and whistles but the Spirit seemed uncrowded and had most all of the things i wanted.  great ship! 

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9 hours ago, Drew B 58 said:

The guy two after me decided to split his tens (!) and got two more tens for two 20s.

He probably saw you split the 8's and decided to follow suit if he didn't really know what he was doing. In his head: "oh this guy knows what's up and it worked out, I should do the same." But that was rough.

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9 hours ago, five. said:

He probably saw you split the 8's and decided to follow suit if he didn't really know what he was doing. In his head: "oh this guy knows what's up and it worked out, I should do the same." But that was rough.

I believe that both the dealer and I made it clear we thought it was a bad move.  He “had a feeling”…

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6 hours ago, crazyank said:

you commented about how somebody was playing while both of you were sitting at the table? 

As I recall, the dealer said something first and I added “she’s right”, or something along those lines…

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