Gambling on fos cash question....

[dis2cruise]

1. Can you use cash?

 

2. Figuring you can use cash, what happens if you run out of cash

can I get cash from my room charge and if so is there an extra charge for this ?

 

3. Can a 19 yr old gamble?

[Clarea]

1. Can you use cash?

 

2. Figuring you can use cash, what happens if you run out of cash

can I get cash from my room charge and if so is there an extra charge for this ?

 

3. Can a 19 yr old gamble?

You must use cash in the casino. You can get cash from your on board account, and they will charge you 3% for this. Gambling age is 18 aboard the ship.

[cb at sea]

Cash is the best way to gamble...when it's gone...you're done! If you must get money and pay that 3%...you've already lost!

[Beth C]

Yes

Yes (but maybe it's time to quit...but we never do ;) )

Yes

 

 

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[mets550]

There are also ATMs. I believe they charge a few of a few dollars, but if you are taking out over a certain amount then the ATM fee should be less than the 3%.

[Silvery Seas Cruiser]

Why not just bring your cash with you before you board the ship, so you can avoid that onerous 3% fee? You have to win a lot just to cover that fee.

[Mark_K]

You must use cash in the casino. You can get cash from your on board account, and they will charge you 3% for this. Gambling age is 18 aboard the ship.

Unless it's an Alaska cruise, then it's 21.

[Clarea]

Unless it's an Alaska cruise, then it's 21.

Thanks for the clarification, that's an important point.:)

 

Bob

[sailingawaysoon]

Looks like your questions have been answered. Have fun and play the slot machines that have the piles of cash in them by each of the machines. If that little glass door opens while you are sitting at the machine, it's yours to reach in and grab. I won it and saw a bunch of others win throughout the week. It was around $250, so not a ton, but made me happy!

[melmar02]

We bring traveler's checks for the casino. Just take them to guest services and they will cash them free of charge.

[Daghis]

We bring traveler's checks for the casino. Just take them to guest services and they will cash them free of charge.

I had a negative experience trying to do this. On the Monarch of the Seas, Guest Services said that they would only cash $200 in traveler's checks. I explained to them their policy to cash up to $1,000 in traveler's checks per day, but they insisted that there was a $200 maximum.

[dis2cruise]

Thanks for all the replies, no Alaska for us Caribbean cruise in January.

[sr4mjc]

Looks like your questions have been answered. Have fun and play the slot machines that have the piles of cash in them by each of the machines. If that little glass door opens while you are sitting at the machine, it's yours to reach in and grab. I won it and saw a bunch of others win throughout the week. It was around $250, so not a ton, but made me happy!

 

I never thought about that! Good idea if the ship really starts rockin' ;)

[chaswelf]

Why not just bring your cash with you before you board the ship, so you can avoid that onerous 3% fee? You have to win a lot just to cover that fee.

 

While 3% sounds like a lot, for every $100 it's barely 1/2 of the minimum blackjack bet.

[mets550]

While 3% sounds like a lot, for every $100 it's barely 1/2 of the minimum blackjack bet.

 

I always bring my own cash so as to avoid ATM or seapass card fees. However, bringing cash is most helpful because it allows me to budget and forces me to go back to the cabin to get cash rather than gamble on mere impulse. Of course, my bill always has a few impulse buy-ins over the course of the week!

[Cygneagile]

:)

I was under the impression that if you charge your cabin there is no fee. Then instead of cashing out you just put it back on your cabin card. Mind you this can be very costly if you are not in control of your gambling.

I have been doing this for several years now. Has this changed?

[mets550]

:)

I was under the impression that if you charge your cabin there is no fee. Then instead of cashing out you just put it back on your cabin card. Mind you this can be very costly if you are not in control of your gambling.

I have been doing this for several years now. Has this changed?

 

Are you saying that you can charge $100 to your card, play for awhile, then return $100 in chips (if you haven't lost it), and have no charge to your card, including no 3% service fee?

 

The 3% fee is not a big deal if you don't feel like going back to the room and just want to play for a little, but it does take a few minutes for them to process it.

[Daghis]

:)

I was under the impression that if you charge your cabin there is no fee. Then instead of cashing out you just put it back on your cabin card. Mind you this can be very costly if you are not in control of your gambling.

I have been doing this for several years now. Has this changed?

 

Are you sure you've been doing this on Royal Caribbean? That sounds more like how I've read that Carnival works.

 

The casino has no procedures for putting money back onto your SeaPass account. You'd have to do that at Guest Services, but that'd be a separate transaction and wouldn't cancel out the 3% fee.

[melmar02]

I had a negative experience trying to do this. On the Monarch of the Seas, Guest Services said that they would only cash $200 in traveler's checks. I explained to them their policy to cash up to $1,000 in traveler's checks per day, but they insisted that there was a $200 maximum.

 

 

I can't really speak to the limits. DH has always been the one to go get the checks and cash them while we're on the ship. We generally will take $200 per each day we think we'll go to the casino so he may have purchased several $200 checks and that rule wouldn't have affected us.

[gerif]

:)

I was under the impression that if you charge your cabin there is no fee. Then instead of cashing out you just put it back on your cabin card. Mind you this can be very costly if you are not in control of your gambling.

I have been doing this for several years now. Has this changed?

 

This used to be the case but people were getting a ton of cash on their S&S card which they had tied to their Royal credit card thus getting double points. They didn't use the money to gamble, just for the points. They would then use it to pay their account when they got home Eventually, the cruiseline wised up - possibly because people bragged about doing it on these boards. They now charge.

[cruisegirl1]

Guest services will cash $200 check per person per cruise. We'll each cash a $200 check if needed. Once in a while we spend more cash in port than we planned.

 

M