Coins in Oosterdam Casino?

[Tom O.]

I am going on a cruise soon on the Oosterdam. I was thinking of bringing a sack of coins to play the slots. I just need to know if I can actually put coins into the slots instead of tokens. It's a psychological thing - this is change that I have thown into a jar for the last few months, and I won't mind if I loose it all. Once it is gone, I stop gambling. I'm not much of a gambler and I will feel guilty if I start spending greenbacks in the casino, so if there is no way to put my coins in the machines, I just won't gamble.

[kakalina]

The only actual coins you can use are nickles. The quarters are tokens.

[jtl513]

I am going on a cruise soon on the Oosterdam. I was thinking of bringing a sack of coins to play the slots. I just need to know if I can actually put coins into the slots instead of tokens. It's a psychological thing - this is change that I have thown into a jar for the last few months, and I won't mind if I loose it all. Once it is gone, I stop gambling. I'm not much of a gambler and I will feel guilty if I start spending greenbacks in the casino, so if there is no way to put my coins in the machines, I just won't gamble.

Most of the machines we've seen in the last couple of years don't take coins - just bills or tokens that are the same size as quarters. A couple of exceptions are the nickel slots and the machines that push coins forward until they drop off the front edge.

[RuthC]

Do you seriously mean to take the money in change? That's so heavy to carry. Convert it to bills, then change it back to coin when you're on the ship.

[JimVrhovac]

Tokens are not always interchangable between ships. Have noted that R & S class ship tokens do not match Vista class tokens.

 

Do not know if this issue has been reslved by HAL.

 

Ruth & Jim

[Tom O.]

Thank you for the replies. It looks like it will be ok if I only bring nickles. As for being heavy, yes this is true, but I will be driving to the pier, so it isn't that difficult.

[CrystalWater]

Thank you for the replies. It looks like it will be ok if I only bring nickles. As for being heavy, yes this is true, but I will be driving to the pier, so it isn't that difficult.

 

Tom, you're better off pooling together all your nickels and buying yourself a beer or 2. At least you'll get something for it. :D