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Completed our booking for the Holiday/Christmas 2022 cruise on Enchantment of the Seas. We sailed this past Memorial Day for the first time on the Enchantment of the Seas. It met our expectations for this class of ship. What we didn't expect was the Memorial Day presentation. It was one of, if not the best Memorial Day celebration I have ever attended. My wife and I booked this hoping for a similar Holiday celebration. Hope to see you there.

Don't get me wrong. We both don't have a problem flying. Its just that the airlines have become so unpredictable and congested . If we would fly a day early as we have done in the past we would need ten more days and ten more hotel stays this year a lone. Not to mention the airfare increases.Then we still have to deal with getting home. Just saying we'll just hold off flying until things get better.

My wife and I quit flying back in February. We had to fly to an Alaskan cruise a few weeks ago because it had been booked for the past three years. That airport experience confirmed our no fly policy. We have been driving to the ports for our last five cruises. Even though this limits our ships and itinerary , it makes for far less stress. Two more cruises this year, one in October and one for Christmas. At that time we'll review our air flight policy.

Same thing with all the cruise lines. The flights for our past trip to Alaska on NCL were changed three times. After the first change I called NCL and was told the flight information was more of a place holder and would be updated about 45 days before the cruise. They were finally confirmed about 6 weeks before and were totally different from the original flights. Over all it worked out ok. Its the airlines not the cruise lines making the changes. Its just the way it is for now.

UKstages is correct. Theoretical loss is the basic formula casinos use to rate you. Your actual wins and losses have little to do with it. The math is in their favor. How ever land based casinos are regulated by the state or country they are in. And talking slots they must be set at or above a payout percentage. Minimums are around 89% while most are around 90%. One tenth of one percent makes a difference. Cruise ships however are not regulated. Therefor they can payout what ever the casino wants. My experience on the NCL Jewel was the slots being set much lower than any we have played land or sea. My wife and I base our casino play on the comps. We track all our play and play for the comps. We have records of every session we have played at any casino since 2018. Using a system of play that favors comps over winning money we have been cruising and staying at resorts since. In the past 8 months alone we have had 7 cruises and 2 resort trips, all comped. With our play, the bankroll has grown year to year that we now pay all cruise related expenses from it. And it still is growing.

My wife and I book RCL thru URComped. Copies of recent offers are sent to URC like the one in the pic. We don't deal with RCL directly. URComped does that for us. Many times RCL will transfer our offer to a cruise not listed when URC asks them too. They have a good re pore with them. RCL must consider you one of their customers and URC isn't going to argue with them. On the other hand, we deal with Carnival directly our self's. We have gone on two crusies this year so far. Going next on a Premier Cruise with them in October that cost us $142.00 for everything including port fee and taxes.

For us the two main lines right now are RCL and Carnival. We get multiple offers for balcony and free play from each weekly. RCL being the more aggressive of the two. Not all casinos on ships of the same cruise line are the same. Some have more tourists while others have more players. (Do your home work). Carnival has Premier Cruises that draw a lot of players with better odds, higher limits, tournaments and give aways. Take a look here. We have used them many times. urcomped.com

Yes you are right. For that amount of play you should be getting a free balcony with other extras. Remember its the slots that give you the most comp. Its the slots that pay comp points.

Alaska cruise 07/11/2022 My wife and I have cruised 7 times this year (2022) alone with more booked. This was by far a great cruise and the ship and crew were great. But stay away from the casino if you are a slots player. All our past cruises including this one have been comped for our play. We have played on multiple ships from all the major cruise lines. The casino on the Jewel is average size for this class of ship and the staff and dealers were great. However the slots payed nothing. By our third session it was evident they were not paying at all. Over the course of the cruise we did not see or talk with anyone who had any extended play or won any sessions at all. The slot machines are set so low that you just dump money into them. By the third day we reduced our buy-in by sixty percent and by the end of the week we quit playing altogether. THIS IS THE WORST PAYING CASINO WE HAVE EVER PLAYED ON A CRUISE SHIP !!!

Alaska cruise 07/11/2022 My wife and I have cruised 7 times this year (2022) alone with more booked. This was by far a great cruise and the ship and crew were great. But stay away from the casino if you are a slots player. All our past cruises including this one have been comped for our play. We have played on multiple ships from all the major cruise lines. The casino on the Jewel is average size for this class of ship and the staff and dealers were great. However the slots payed nothing. By our third session it was evident they were not paying at all. Over the course of the cruise we did not see or talk with anyone who had any extended play or won any sessions at all. The slot machines are set so low that you just dump money into them. By the third day we reduced our buy-in by sixty percent and by the end of the week we quit playing altogether. THIS IS THE WORST PAYING CASINO WE HAVE EVER PLAYED ON A CRUISE SHIP !!!

My wife and I are avid players and have played on many different ships of all the major cruise lines. The casino on the NCL Jewel, its staff and dealers were fine but stay away from the casino if you are a slots player. After playing multiply sessions and talking with other slots players it was evident the machines were set very low and there were no winners and no one was getting any extended play at all. After our third session we reduced our buy-in by sixty percent and by the end of the week we stopped playing. It was a disappointing waste of time and money. The cruise itself was great but stay out of the casino !!!