Casino Getaway Cruise on the Fantasy

[chasinraynbowz]

Does anyone happen to have a list of events from a recent Casino Getaway Cruise?  

 

TIA

[Djptcp]

We did a Getaway casino cruise on the Paradise in Nov. (same class ship as the Fantasy) and there were special drawings for cash. Having been on a number of Carnival Paradise  cruises (4 alone in 2018), I was so disappointed in the Getaway cruise. Not because of the Getaway format, but because there were way too many Getaway passengers for the size of the casino. It was always packed and very difficult to even get on a slot machine. Extremely frustrating for all of us. Having sailed on the Paradise 3 times in 2018 before the Nov. Getaway, I never found the casino as crushed as it was in Nov. Sure, it was always busy at night, but not to the point where people were waiting for slots and people rushed to a machine when it opened up. After 47 cruises, I've never experienced anything like it before. I go on cruises to gamble so I spend hours in the casinos. The only times I was able to move around easily to vacant  machines were for a couple of hours on the at sea mornings when the casino opened at 7:30am, but it started filling up later in the morning and became packed before noon. I don't want to discourage you before your Getaway and mention my experience only because the Fantasy is in the same class of ships as the Paradise and the casino is probably about the same size. Maybe others have had a different experience on Getaways on the Fantasy - I hope so! I will never do a Getaway on the Paradise again and both DH and I mentioned the issue on our post cruise surveys.

[CruiseMomTX]

Here is my quick review of our first and so far only Getaway in November 2018 on the Valor:

 

 

We had a great time & sorry I thought I came back and gave a mini review.  We did a Getaway on the Valor in Nov out of Galveston, priority was not on our boarding passes and I think there was a sign or something at the port but don't remember.  We bought FTTF mainly for early access to our cabin and used that line and I think they were already boarding when we walked up so easy breezy.

 

My husband won this Getaway on the Dream in Aug during the casino power hour so that was nice, we paid extra to get a balcony cabin.  We both already had Getaway offers so each got $200 in the casino and actual cash so that was nice.

The 2 ladies that were the casino hosts were very nice and friendly all week.  Our bag with the DOU card, lanyard and schedule of events wasn't in our cabin so at some point we went to the casino to inquire about it.  They checked and quickly got it for us and while we were there some other Getaway people were asking about a cocktail party and the hosts had a bartender come over and serve all of us for free for about and hour or so.  Now since we sailed from Galveston the DOU cards don't start until the next day.  Well the awesome hosts said not to worry they would take care of drinks the first night in the casino while we were playing just show our DOU cards.  We were really surprised because on our Premier in Sept on the Breeze we had to buy our own drinks the first night.  

 

We got picked for one game, its where you have 2 playing cards per cabin and if either are drawn you go pick a prize.  One of ours got called during the last group so I got a bag with a players club cap, t-shirt and $75.  We also qualified for the slot tournament on the last day and I came in next to last I think and got $50.

 

There were several good payouts we saw during the week 2 for mourned $8,000 each, $10,000 the first night and I even got $2400!!  It was busy in the casino and you would see some people playing the same machine day and night it seemed but you could always find something to play.  

 

We got in our initial goody bag 2 little cinch sacks and accumulated a few more with prizes. During the week we got some cookies and chocolate covered strawberries and towards the end my husband asked about dinner in the steakhouse.  They said it was already booked up but comped the dinner we already had there earlier in the week.

 

Overall we had a great time even if the weather was bad except for Cozumel we finally had sunshine.

 

We did both get Ultra offers and have booked 2 in March both on the Vista.

 

 

 

 

 

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[chasinraynbowz]

I was on the Dream Premiere out of NOLA in October.  We have over 200 people signed up for the premiere, so while the casino was busy, it wasn't so horrible that you could not find a machine.

 

CruiseMom, I think your post pretty much answered my question.  I was wondering if the Getaways had the same types of drawings as the Premieres, and they seem to.  

 

Thanks