betsie2312 Posted January 11, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Are alcoholic beverages free in the casino (i.e., Oasis of the Seas) without drink package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerif Posted January 11, 2018 #2 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Are alcoholic beverages free in the casino (i.e., Oasis of the Seas) without drink package? Not a chance - unless you are a highly rated player and even then I don't think the free drinks kick in until the cruise AFTER you are acceptably rated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fla gang Posted August 2, 2018 #3 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I was wondering the same. Had read where several people that had a comped room from club Royale had also received a drink sticker on the card before they boarded the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted August 2, 2018 #4 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I was wondering the same. Had read where several people that had a comped room from club Royale had also received a drink sticker on the card before they boarded the ship. Sure, Just need to run about ~$10K through the machines. 1 "point" per $5 bet, first tier of rating starts at ~2400 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellwingri Posted August 2, 2018 #5 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Sure, Just need to run about ~$10K through the machines. 1 "point" per $5 bet, first tier of rating starts at ~2400 points Not sure where those numbers came from. If you earn 1200 points on your cruise, they should give you a VIP sticker, allowing you free drinks on the rest of your cruise and future cruises until 3/31/19. Earning points on table games is much more subjective. Even the Casino Host and Supervisors aren’t sure how the calculation is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted August 2, 2018 #6 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Not sure where those numbers came from. If you earn 1200 points on your cruise, they should give you a VIP sticker, allowing you free drinks on the rest of your cruise and future cruises until 3/31/19. Earning points on table games is much more subjective. Even the Casino Host and Supervisors aren’t sure how the calculation is done. Ok, so then run $5000 through the machines to get free drinks. In any case if you are just looking for drinks it would be far less expensive in most cases to just buy the package, if you are going to gamble that kind of money any then its a nice perk. the 1 point per 5 on machines has been the number thrown around for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired LEO Posted August 2, 2018 #7 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Not sure where those numbers came from. If you earn 1200 points on your cruise, they should give you a VIP sticker, allowing you free drinks on the rest of your cruise and future cruises until 3/31/19. Earning points on table games is much more subjective. Even the Casino Host and Supervisors aren’t sure how the calculation is done.It's 2500 points Sent from my SM-G955U using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessa1dc Posted August 2, 2018 #8 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Drinks are not free unless you are a Prime Member under Casino Royale. Not sure of how to rate that, but I have rated that for the last few cruises....it is cheaper to buy the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted August 2, 2018 #9 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Ok, so then run $5000 through the machines to get free drinks. In any case if you are just looking for drinks it would be far less expensive in most cases to just buy the package, if you are going to gamble that kind of money any then its a nice perk. the 1 point per 5 on machines has been the number thrown around for awhile The 1 tier point per $5 bet is on slots ex, poker slots. That is the way I see the calculation as I play. This concept also applies to the Caesar's properties in the US. For poker slots I est. to be between 6 & 7 bet per tier credit. Don't know about table games as it's up to the Casino Host to keep track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted August 2, 2018 #10 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Are alcoholic beverages free in the casino (i.e., Oasis of the Seas) without drink package? Sure. Once you've lost enough money there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted August 2, 2018 #11 Share Posted August 2, 2018 The 1 tier point per $5 bet is on slots ex, poker slots. That is the way I see the calculation as I play. This concept also applies to the Caesar's properties in the US. For poker slots I est. to be between 6 & 7 bet per tier credit. Don't know about table games as it's up to the Casino Host to keep track. Table games will very based on the expected house advantage- Roulette will get way more points then craps or BJ. per average bet, although the decisions per hour will be lower, so in other words- Who knows how they rate the tables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rt1092 Posted August 2, 2018 #12 Share Posted August 2, 2018 The tier system Casino Royale has adopted is heavily in favor of frequent cruisers. The wife and I aren't high rollers, we budget about $600 or $700 per cruise total for the 2 of us. In our 11 cruises so far this year. Even I have achieved Prime status for next year already. The wife made it a couple of cruises ago. We don't gamble enough to make Signature status. I'm probably not going to gamble much on our upcoming cruises till April 1 (new tier year). They count how much you have played through the machines not how much you put in them. So if you can get on a machine that is paying back a decent amount you can earn a lot of points. My wife has been on a machine for 3 hours. At 60 cents a spin on a single $20 bill. Down to about 3 or 4 dollars then up to $30 or so. Never enough to walk, not enough to cash out either. In that session she earned close to 200 points. 400 gets you rated. 1000 gets you free drinks. There are a lot of people that bet a lot more than we do. But we cruise more than 12 times a year. 210 points each cruise gets us to Prime status which includes a free 8 night or less cruise (inside cabin) and free drinks in the casino for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rt1092 Posted August 2, 2018 #13 Share Posted August 2, 2018 The 1 tier point per $5 bet is on slots ex, poker slots. That is the way I see the calculation as I play. This concept also applies to the Caesar's properties in the US. For poker slots I est. to be between 6 & 7 bet per tier credit. Don't know about table games as it's up to the Casino Host to keep track. The poker machines earn 1 point for $10 through the machine. The table games don't amount to much unless you are betting $50 or more a hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeychicky Posted August 2, 2018 #14 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Then we'd all be gambling.....cheaper to buy a drink package then to wait and get "comp'd" free drinks in the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellwingri Posted August 3, 2018 #15 Share Posted August 3, 2018 It's 2500 points Sent from my SM-G955U using Forums mobile app You’re absolutely correct. I apologize for my misinformation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted August 3, 2018 #16 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Laura's prime I'm not. Occasionally a host will give me a drink sticker. Nice perk Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted August 3, 2018 #17 Share Posted August 3, 2018 The poker machines earn 1 point for $10 through the machine. The table games don't amount to much unless you are betting $50 or more a hand. It's the length of play that is also important in the calculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted August 3, 2018 #18 Share Posted August 3, 2018 It's the length of play that is also important in the calculation. not on machines, machine only care about the amount bet- 1 $1000 spin gives the same points as 1000 $1 spins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted August 3, 2018 #19 Share Posted August 3, 2018 not on machines, machine only care about the amount bet- 1 $1000 spin gives the same points as 1000 $1 spins Not so. 1 spin @ $1,000 and you lose, gives you only equivalent tier points. However, 1,000 spins @ $1 each can provide you with an unknown quantity of tier points, unless you lose at every spin. By the way, I was responding to table games.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted August 10, 2018 #20 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Not so. 1 spin @ $1,000 and you lose, gives you only equivalent tier points. However, 1,000 spins @ $1 each can provide you with an unknown quantity of tier points, unless you lose at every spin. By the way, I was responding to table games.:D actually you are wrong $1000 worth of $1 spins is still $1000 worth of spins- you might still have $900 left in credits becuase you have won some spins but you have only earned $1000 worth of points because you have only wagerd $1000 total now if you continue to play off those credits then yes you will earn more points as you will have then wagered more then $1000. Same as if you had won $30,000 on the $1000 dollar spin, you would have earned points on the amount wagered i.e.$1000 if you play back the winning then you will earn point for those wagers but the fact remains that you will earn the exact same amount of points for 1 $1000 spin as you will for 1000 $1 spins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted August 10, 2018 #21 Share Posted August 10, 2018 actually you are wrong $1000 worth of $1 spins is still $1000 worth of spins- you might still have $900 left in credits becuase you have won some spins but you have only earned $1000 worth of points because you have only wagerd $1000 totalnow if you continue to play off those credits then yes you will earn more points as you will have then wagered more then $1000. Same as if you had won $30,000 on the $1000 dollar spin, you would have earned points on the amount wagered i.e.$1000 if you play back the winning then you will earn point for those wagers but the fact remains that you will earn the exact same amount of points for 1 $1000 spin as you will for 1000 $1 spins. I'm not wrong and in your clarification basically agree with me. Let me give you an example. If you bet the entire wad($1k) on a single spin and you lose you get the tier equivalent of $1,000 only. Same example and you win to double your stake, therefore, if you keep playing and if you never win another spin, you have accumulated $2k in tier credits. If you are saying that the initial $1k earns the same amounts of tier credit, that is not what you indicated in your initial statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggieus Posted August 12, 2018 #22 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I'm not wrong and in your clarification basically agree with me. Let me give you an example. If you bet the entire wad($1k) on a single spin and you lose you get the tier equivalent of $1,000 only. Same example and you win to double your stake, therefore, if you keep playing and if you never win another spin, you have accumulated $2k in tier credits. If you are saying that the initial $1k earns the same amounts of tier credit, that is not what you indicated in your initial statement. you are wrong because you are not talking about the same thing- you are talking about placing some arbitrary dollar amount worth of bets based on the possibility of winnig some of your bets. lets say you have $1000 dollars to play with and reinvest all of your winning spins so that after 6 hours you have placed $3000 worth of bets- you took six hours to earn those points- I walk in and place 1 single $3000 dollar bet on a machine and either lose or cash out after the spin. i was in the casino for 15 seconds and eraned the exact same points as you did. The amount of time you spend on the machines is completly irrelevent to the epoints earned, all that matters is the dollar amount bet in total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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