What to use $400 OBC for?

[KKB]

Since it's my first cruise on Celebrity, forgive me if my previous experious doesn't apply here...

 

If you really don't need to spend it on other things- use the casino for conversion of your OBC into chips. Then what is remaining after your gambling time, you'd cash out your remaining chips, hopefully more than what you began with;) BTW: Using OBC may have a small fee when used at the casino...maybe 3%.

 

Mike

 

We like poker tournaments & they can be charged to our room with NO transaction fee. If we win, they put the winnings on our Poker Pro card...and we can cash those out at any time with no transaction fee.:D

[kenevenpar]

Have never paid more than $25 for an 8x10 photo on any cruise line.

 

FIgure it is cheaper than a sitting fee anywhere else...

 

The 8 X 10 is now $25 (standard pull down background, pre-dinner type), and these are not professional photographers (well I guess they get paid).

 

Ken

[Jade13]

The 8 X 10 is now $25 (standard pull down background, pre-dinner type), and these are not professional photographers (well I guess they get paid).

 

Ken

 

 

Right

[SNJCruisers]

Some people really enjoy trying to shame others who want or need to stay connected to the larger world while on a ship. I don't know what the motivation is for these posts. Feeling superior, I guess.

No...not trying to feel superior at all or shame others for wanting to stay connected. When I am on vacation, I totally relax and cell phones and emails are an umbilical cord to reality at home that I want no part of until I get home. Some people need to stay connected because of work, children, etc, while others like myself want to get away from it all and take a mental break from the treadmill. The treadmill is my life 50 weeks a year, while the other 2 are spent on a well deserved vacation, which for me does not include the internet or cell phones. Edited November 16, 2015 by SNJCruisers

[dodger1964]

We are on Silhouette for Christmas...If you are on before that, just leave the OBC for us and we will find a way to use it up!:rolleyes:

 

 

Actually, if I had same situation I would just let credit go back to credit card (if refundable), and if non-refundable would cash it out in the casino.

 

Have a great cruise!

[KKB]

Just deliberating my options!

 

SNJ, we, too, do enjoy "disconnecting" while on a cruise. We use our phones for photos & alarm clock only. Other than that daily few minutes to clean out the inbox & shoot an email to the kiddos, we are "off the grid". Think of it this way--it is similar to loading the dishwasher & wiping the counters each day. It is just a few minutes, but helps SO much in the long run (as opposed to dumping everything in the sink until it is full...)

 

A bit of a neat freak (as much as I can be with a full time job & 3 teens...), so I guess that even carries over to my inbox!:p

[BosoxI]

The 8 X 10 is now $25 (standard pull down background, pre-dinner type), and these are not professional photographers (well I guess they get paid).

 

Ken

 

 

At this moment I am looking at a 5X8 we had taken at our club about six years ago by a pro photographer. $90 as I recall and we don't look any better than in the ships' pictures.:mad: $25 is a steal but aside from the boarding photo, I doubt we'll be in the market now that tuxes are out. I can take casual pictures in Elegant Chic clothing at home.

[akowilm]

You wear your fancy black jeans at home?!

 

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[BosoxI]

You wear your fancy black jeans at home?!

 

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Ha!I wouldn't be caught dead in fancy black jeans, but if I did own them, I certainly would be wearing them when I had occasion to. Home doesn't mean just my house.;)

[dodger1964]

At this moment I am looking at a 5X8 we had taken at our club about six years ago by a pro photographer. $90 as I recall and we don't look any better than in the ships' pictures.:mad: $25 is a steal but aside from the boarding photo, I doubt we'll be in the market now that tuxes are out. I can take casual pictures in Elegant Chic clothing at home.

 

Tuxes are not out, unless you chose to quit wearing them!

[RiotAct]

Liquor.

[KKB]

Liquor.

 

No need--got the drink plan free too!

 

I agree about the photos--the night we are dressed up (I have always worn cocktail dresses for dinner & DH always wears dress pants & dress shirts, but not always a tie; no jacket since first cruise. Even our children like to dress for dinner each night), we try to get a photo--but it may or may not turn out, I just look for the best one of us! Yep, $25 is a steal!

[DrivesLikeMario]

I'm in the same boat. What to do with all that extra OBC when you have free drinks and crew grats covered? And you get internet and laundry covered already too? Maybe I'll do a spa treatment or find something I like in the ship stores, but other than that, we'll be going to the casino & get the cash out I guess.

[SNJCruisers]

What to do with all that extra OBC when you have free drinks and crew grats covered?

You can always upgrade your drink package to premium for only 11.80 per day including gratuity so you can enjoy libations at the Martini and World Class Bars, as well as the fancy drinks at the Gastrobar and the upgraded wines and craft beers.

[BosoxI]

And then there's overpriced Bingo

[itsjb1]

We bought a GoPro on our last cruise with our OBC.

[HawaiianShirtDay]

We're very good at spending OBC- massages, shirt pressing, specialty restaurants, a new tech device, a purse for the wife, frozen cocktails, some souvenirs for the dogsitters. Then again, we're looking forward to our first X cruise. We've only done RCCI where they try to sell you something every 5 feet. Not sure if our experience is relevant to X. We'll find out in 2016.