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Long time player,just rec'd a casino offer"new dealers choice" seems the bean counters are at it again. Sail as a solo anyway checked with my PVP NO just pay

port charge and tax. Over 30 casino cruises never paid over $200.00 this "deal" they wanted over $1,000.00 it's a code PTF1. Royal is looking better each day

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Carnival is the seedy downtown Vegas tourist trap where only suckers gamble of the cruise industry. Beyond RCCL, you should also take a look at some of the other nicer cruise lines. It sucks starting over with perks with a new club - I'm in that boat right now.

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Weird. My husband just got a Premier cruise on Horizon and we haven't been on Carnival in a long time. So we booked it. Gambling money, casino drink card, gifts, special giveaways.

 

We sail NCL mostly but this upcoming year we have booked back to Celebrity and Princess besides the NCL ships we are doing.

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Weird. My husband just got a Premier cruise on Horizon and we haven't been on Carnival in a long time. So we booked it. Gambling money, casino drink card, gifts, special giveaways.

 

We sail NCL mostly but this upcoming year we have booked back to Celebrity and Princess besides the NCL ships we are doing.

 

Carnival will give you things to get on the boat, but the games you're going to be playing in the casino have terrible, terrible, terrible odds. Regular cruise lines have American roulette (which is for suckers at 5.4% house edge). Nice cruise ships have European roulette (2.7% house edge). Carnival ships have triple zero roulette. Regular ships have 3:2 Blackjack. Carnival has 6:5. I don't play slots, but I'd expect their slots have worse payouts than other cruiselines too.

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Carnival will give you things to get on the boat, but the games you're going to be playing in the casino have terrible, terrible, terrible odds. Regular cruise lines have American roulette (which is for suckers at 5.4% house edge). Nice cruise ships have European roulette (2.7% house edge). Carnival ships have triple zero roulette. Regular ships have 3:2 Blackjack. Carnival has 6:5. I don't play slots, but I'd expect their slots have worse payouts than other cruiselines too.

 

Vegas has triple zero roulette too. The answer to that one is...don't play. Craps is the only table game we play. And I love slot machines. It's a random win so you can go without winning a whole trip. Or you can get lucky.

That is the purpose of having a bankroll. So far, it works out well for us. We get a vacation, they get our money. Sometimes the same as if we actually paid for it:D

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Vegas has triple zero roulette too. The answer to that one is...don't play. Craps is the only table game we play. And I love slot machines. It's a random win so you can go without winning a whole trip. Or you can get lucky.

That is the purpose of having a bankroll. So far, it works out well for us. We get a vacation, they get our money. Sometimes the same as if we actually paid for it:D

 

I'm pretty sure the only Vegas casino with a triple zero is the Venetian. And only people who don't know what roulette is would get on it.

 

I ended up booking with RCCL on the Oasis; they have a single zero roulette table that interestingly, has the same min-max as the American table ($5-$1000). The Allure has a $25 minimum table. Carnival confirmed with me that they have no single zero roulette tables anywhere in the fleet, and since the primary purpose of my trip was to gamble - that made Carnival a no-go.

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We have been on 33 Carnival cruises, 46 cruises overall, and I would hardly describe Carnival as a seedy Vegas tourist trap. Of course I've never stayed in a seedy tourist trap in Vegas, only the top hotels. Have you ever cruised on Carnival? It's usually the people who haven't are the ones who say such nasty things. I usually only play the slots because I can't stand to play table games with people who don't know what they are doing and cause the table to lose. I almost always bring home casino cash with me and lately sometimes twice what I brought with me. I've watched people sitting next to me playing slots who also don't know what they are doing like playing only one line when it's a twenty line game and then they wonder why they don't win anything. Come on, at least play the twenty lines with a minimum bet. I receive great casino bounce back offers from both Carnival and Holland America and we always take advantage of them - usually free cruises (just pay taxes/port charges) or $50 pp cruises with onboard credit.

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Carnival, aka CCL casinos are under the same umbrella, separate from the individual cruise line. They control the show.

 

Carnival (CCL) owns Carnival, AIDA, Costa, Cunard, HAL, P&O, Princess and Seaborn. They all funnel into the same matrix as far as they are controlled.

 

All ships are basically the same when it comes to the individual ships programs. Some may vary slightly but all are still only to collect the legal percentage of the "vig".

 

I believe that that is between 3 and 3 1/2 % of all play.

 

Just my thought.Harry

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Carnival Players Club is okay.

 

Being ahead on Carnival Ships helps too.

 

One horrible area is Smoking. Even in Pa. they are selling a Casino and so -so many have complained and do not visit it too.

Lost revenues do never make more profits..

 

Going aboard the HORIZON soon and they allow tobacco smoke... do not have well do not run the Smoke Eaters...so it is like inhaling a pack an hour..:mad:

 

The SLOT Machines are at least the newer ones, I did not saying better payouts..

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HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOO Fellow Casino Denizens: There is nothing wrong with the Carnival Casinos. This includes all the lines they own. The rules of play are pretty straight forward. If they were complicated people wouldn't be playing in them. Know the rules of play for whatever game you choose to play. If you know the rules well and all the possible permutations of the game at best you only have a 50% chance of winning. In gambling there is no guarantee you will win. If you don't like the payout then either move to a high roller table or play something else. Stick with games that give the House a lower edge.

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Regular ships have 3:2 Blackjack. Carnival has 6:5. I don't play slots, but I'd expect their slots have worse payouts than other cruiselines too.

Norwegian also has some 6:5 blackjack on lower stakes tables below $25, so it's expanding. You're comments about Carnival are not accurate.

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Lately, I’ve been sailing with carnival. Roulette is same odds as in Vegas and anywhere else in the US. I play $25 minimum 3:2 blackjack. I also play craps, even though double odds sucks.

 

I pay $200 for two people plus tax and gratuity for the 8 day balcony room cruises. They give me free casino drinks, a $200 room credit, and $1000 casino cash on the premier and ultra cruises. On the elite cruises they’ll pay for drinks for me and my wife anywhere in the ship. They pay for parking, they upgrade me to platinum.

 

 

IMO, carnival is just fine.

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Lately, I’ve been sailing with carnival. Roulette is same odds as in Vegas and anywhere else in the US. I play $25 minimum 3:2 blackjack. I also play craps, even though double odds sucks.

 

I pay $200 for two people plus tax and gratuity for the 8 day balcony room cruises. They give me free casino drinks, a $200 room credit, and $1000 casino cash on the premier and ultra cruises. On the elite cruises they’ll pay for drinks for me and my wife anywhere in the ship. They pay for parking, they upgrade me to platinum.

 

 

IMO, carnival is just fine.

How does one get to this level? Better yet..what do you have to do to belong?

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How does one get to this level? Better yet..what do you have to do to belong?

 

Gamble. I gamble a lot, only table games. I receive weekly offers on carnival for these deals. I’ve thought about quitting my job and cruising twice a month or more free. They probably have some secret formula as to who qualifies.

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In my opinion, it's like car insurance. You start out with a great rate (offers)...and as time goes by they inch up the rate (reduce your cash/category)...so, then it's time to switch!

 

We used to get $1000 cash each, free interior (or upgrade to balcony for $300), gifts on the ship, steakhouse dinner, strawberries, champagne, priority boarding, free drinks in the casino. NOW...with the same play, maybe even more (time & minimums)... we are getting only a 'discount' on the cruise and $200-500 cash. Of course, we do get the occasional limited to the first 30 to respond Elite offers of free balcony and super gifts...but, I've found even on the rare instance the ship/sail date works for our schedule... by the time I find out and respond...GONE. But, wait....you can still go as a Premier player on the same date/ship with reduced benefits?! THAT ticks me off.

 

So...this time, we are switching companies!!! Trying MSC Yacht Club. And next year, back to Celebrity...even though we had lost our status with them, we love their smoke free casino. We would sail more often with them if they were year-round local. Again..every free balcony offer with them was a specific ship/sail date we couldn't do.

 

However, when the Carnival offers come back...we will drive down to the home port and hop back on for a quick easy WIN.

 

For the people who say you can't win on Carnival: Dec 2017 I had Royal Flush on one spin on Video Poker. July 2018 trip... Royal Flush on Ultimate Texas Hold'em table game (our poison of choice). Previously my DH also got a Royal on UTH... we had to do the customs report thing for that one. For a comparison, our local casinos in Shreveport (machines deal & cheat), we have both been playing over 10 years and the ONLY RF's we have gotten have been at sea.

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