Fly and Sail

On 2/27/2024 at 11:40 PM, tinawhitecar said:

Free does not mean zero dollars.  We travel with another couple that gets casino rates. In the end , they only paid slightly less than we did.  

Casino Rates aren't really something to look for. I only travel when it's totally comped and only taxes apply. Then you can add a beverage package, wifi and the Thermal Spa Pass.

That's pretty common among all cruise lines. I'm Celebrity Captains Club Elite Plus from my 13 free cruises.

Chances are these gamblers pay more for their cruise in losses than revenue passengers do paying cash.

On 1/13/2024 at 1:00 PM, dleahy4444 said:

Thank you for your response. I don't have the same offers. I wonder if it’s because we are different tiers. I suspect my account is still messed up. Any Amethyst tiers cruisers out there? What was your latest offer? 

My offers have been garbage for all of 2023, now getting a few better ones but with BCC now charging a single supplement or respectively a discounted fare for the second person in the cabin they can go to hell. Another problem is that all my offers for for cruises ex Florida - I live in Asia..

On 3/1/2024 at 4:27 AM, itsnotjustme said:

There is no such thing as a hot machine.  Each spin is independent and random from other spins.  Yes, at times more wins - or more losses - are close together, but that is just randomness, not a machine being hot or cold.

Overall, yes, but some machines that have maxed out jackpots and jackpot features keep returning better results until they cashed out that bonus and "leveled off" again.

Were you actively playing for that amount or trying to generate credit card points?

On 7/10/2023 at 9:14 PM, horseymike said:

Tier 1 - loser

Tier 2  - big loser

Tier 3 - bigger loser 

 

🤣🤣🤣

Tier 4 - ME! 😄

3 hours ago, mahdnc said:

We visited the La Brea Tar Pits Museum in downtown Los Angeles.  When I went to graduate school in the Los Angeles area, I was blown away by the idea that smelly tar pits existed in a metropolitan area.

 

 

Here is a photo of one of the largest tar pits.  Although not evident in the photo, you could see a steady stream of gas bubbles rising to the surface.

 

Several pre-historic animal remains are found in the tar pits such as the mastadon:

 

Not sure how people can work with the public watching them behind a window:

 

Nice! I used to live a few blocks away, like 15 years ago, and I always enjoyed coming here.

You can assign these when you do the check-in for your sailing and again when you do the final check-in on the app on the day of departure.

This is highly superior compared to what HAL does to passengers which is pretty annoying (their app sucks too).

1 hour ago, NMTraveller said:

LOL.  But they are sending sand and bottom debris all over the place in a protected wildlife area.

 

A captain without any common sense?  It would not be the first time...

I would take the expertise of a Captain employed by RCCL/X over the "expertise" of people on an online messaging board any day. And common sense as well. 😄

1 hour ago, Tharkhold said:

 

Same here... gotta get to 3000 somehow 😉

 

I'm extremely surprised that celebrity rounds UP for any partial points.

 

 

The real problem with having a level as high as Zenith is that it fosters a huge expectation, but you'll eventually be let down by the reality that this status really isn't all that great. Just like Lufthansa HON Circle.

9 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

 

My DW won $10 on one of the machines she did not do well on last cruise.  As we were leaving a lady asked us if we had won on that machine, and I said yes.  Can’t remember the name but it’s the $0.01 machine with the dollar bills on the starboard side of the ship. 

 

 I plan to hit the Dragon Lights machine while she’s in the SPA in about an hour. 

 

 

I'm eagerly awaiting your report of the handpay. However, as far as Dragon Lights is concerned you should only play it when the number of potential free games is very high. You need to change the bet sizes a bit and see how the display changes to the most advantageous one. That's how I ended up with the $700 on our last night.

Thanks for impressions of the casino! I always take my videos and photos when the casino is closed, which makes for a much better experience as nobody hassles me. 😄

2 hours ago, mahdnc said:

This is one of them?

Yes, exactly that one. Play the $1,28 or $1,76 that way you won't get into too much trouble and the payoff is pretty good. Especially this machine, a $50 mini is ripe for the picking!

The cruises up around the UK and the Nordics are more active and less dressy in general.

3 hours ago, mahdnc said:

We received our disembarkation instructions and luggage tags last night and I have included the scan of that document below as well as the Celebrity Today for today.

Last year we had to go through FULL immigration at Long Beach and the line of passengers was endless. It took forever. Try to get off as soon as possible!

On 4/30/2024 at 1:09 AM, DaKahuna said:

 

 You can count on it.  The one you kept winning on never treated me well the whole cruise.  Then again, I did not fare any better on any of the others.  The roulette wheel was the only one that paid off for me. 

 

Fu Dao Le & Dragon Lights. The only paying machines on the vessel.

Has the Summit been "Revolutionized" yet? Hearing about all these maintenance issues makes me quite wary of it.

57 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 Me and you both and I am a couple of days away from embarking on Millennium again. 

Going to see how your favorite slot machine treats me. 

 

If those two are still there, please go and donate a couple bucks.

Love following along, I'm missing last years voyage on the Millie already (and the casino).

Have fun!!

12 hours ago, albingirl said:

I always thought it was strange that they leave key cards outside your stateroom door.  First of all, that is your key card for drinks and other very important things that matter.  Casino isn't open but you could charge a boatload of drinks on that card.  Never mind, just thinking of mischief and mayhem.

There is plenty of security and CCTV on the ship. Not the ideal place for any kind of shenanigans.

On 4/12/2024 at 6:14 PM, POA1 said:

Speed does not change. Only service portfolio.

That's fine, I need access to pretty much everything. Where can I upgrade the service though?

How would one go to upgrade the speed from the "Have it all" Surf package? Is there something online or can that be done on the ship only?

12 hours ago, TRLD said:

So is your friend agreeable to losing future offers.

 

They have provided notice in the T&Cs.

Yes, we don't care. We didn't do the match because we want to become permanent HA customers, it was simply a promotion we took up just like joining any other players club that offers $xxx Freeplay to open an players card account.

Fine print alone doesn't count as notice for a charge, at least not in the EU. You need to be presented with a receipt/order form and sign off on it.

In any case, casinos on cruise ships are usually operated by a different entity that also takes over the fare and pays the cruise line their negotiated rate. HA would get paid for this cabin.

11 hours ago, Haljo1935 said:

@Fly and Sail this has happened to me on HAL and was exactly as @Horizon chaser 1957 and @kazu said - passenger #1 was a No Show w/no repercussions. We did not cancel pax 1, they were simply a No Show.

Thanks, I appreciate it. The taxes are minimal on this sailing ($160/pax), so even if those won't flow back, that's not really relevant in the bigger picture.

35 minutes ago, TRLD said:

You might want to read the offer terms. If you choose to board and the person in whose name does not board then depending upon those exact terms you certainly could find yourself charged while on the cruise. The other alternative is to notify the casino department that they can not make the cruise and see if the offer will stand. Most of these offers are not transferable and become void if the person does not cruise.

 

Do not have a copy of Holland casino offer terms and conditions but do have the link to Royals. Would expect them to be similar.

 

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/terms-and-conditions/casino-promotions#:~:text=Casino Offers are nontransferable%2C cannot,be withdrawn at any time.

 

They very clearly address the situation of the primary not showing up. In addition to the other passenger to be charged full fare, the person that got the offer may find that they are nolonger eligeable for future offers.

I quoted the offer terms above, there is no such language. Either way, no matter what they write in their conditions it wouldn't allow them to charge without prior notification in the EU. T&C don't supersede valid consumer law.

I'll risk it and report back how it went.:)