Are the casinos still closed when you are docked in Bermuda?

[3red7s]

Greetings & Happy Spring.....we are leaving this weekend for our cruise & for the 1st time, have selected the Classic Beverage Package.  I know this includes bottled water. My hubby & I like to have water at night in our room.  Question:  Do i get bottled water from the bar & carry it back to the room, or can i request that our room attendant, keep us stocked?  Thank you and have a blessed Easter. 

[1025cruise]

To answer your casino question, as long as the ship purchases a license, yes it will open at night. Expect regular sailing to do so, one offs might not.

[LGW59]

53 minutes ago, 3red7s said:

Greetings & Happy Spring.....we are leaving this weekend for our cruise & for the 1st time, have selected the Classic Beverage Package.  I know this includes bottled water. My hubby & I like to have water at night in our room.  Question:  Do i get bottled water from the bar & carry it back to the room, or can i request that our room attendant, keep us stocked?  Thank you and have a blessed Easter. 

Is this just a cut and paste error because you asked this exact question in a post yesterday

[Guppy99]

Well I expect the answer to be the same... 

Casinos will open at 9pm if they are docking overnight, otherwise after the get underway leaving the port.

[Charles4515]

22 minutes ago, Guppy99 said:

Well I expect the answer to be the same... 

Casinos will open at 9pm if they are docking overnight, otherwise after the get underway leaving the port.

 

There has been a change this year.  The casino can be open 24 hours while docked.. 

Edited April 15, 2022 by Charles4515

[Guppy99]

Oh really? I'm going in July. I'm rather surprised.

[Charles4515]

10 minutes ago, Guppy99 said:

Oh really? I'm going in July. I'm rather surprised.

 

Yes really. It was surprising and I think Bermudians were surprised too that their government passed that. My theory and it is just a theory is that Bermuda is probably getting increased licence fees from the additional hours and they want that revenue. . 

[the penguins]

11 hours ago, 3red7s said:

Greetings & Happy Spring.....we are leaving this weekend for our cruise & for the 1st time, have selected the Classic Beverage Package.  I know this includes bottled water. My hubby & I like to have water at night in our room.  Question:  Do i get bottled water from the bar & carry it back to the room, or can i request that our room attendant, keep us stocked?  Thank you and have a blessed Easter. 

We carry it back. Not certain but if the steward does it it might be charged at minibar rates which are not included in your package.

The casino is always closed when you are docked and reopens once you reach international waters, hence the actual time can vary.

[PelicanLvr]

Water Bottles:  I have not heard of room attendants stocking "free" (on the packages) water:

 

You used to always be able to get a bottle of water whenever you ordered a drink of any kind.  Was not subject to the "no 2 drinks at a time rule".  Ask for one.  "I'll have a XXXX and a bottle of water".

 

Ask if the bar has a "large" bottle or if not if you can have 2 small ones per card.

 

There was no problem stopping twice (at different bars) to grab waters on way back to room.

 

Tables are usually set up at port embarkation areas so grab a bottle each when returning to the ship....Same on the way ashore - grab a bottle there and not from your room supply.

 

We have used these techniques to build the water supply in our room.   

 

Don't forget water bottles are available in places like cafe bacio and other venues you might not think of.  Just ask.

 

Crew is happy to give you whatever they are allowed. 

[1025cruise]

Just getting off the ncl pearl, the casino was definitely not open 24 hours.

[JFontaine]

2 hours ago, the penguins said:

 

The casino is always closed when you are docked and reopens once you reach international waters, hence the actual time can vary.

That's not the case for multi-day calls to Bermuda.   Historically the casino opened about 8 pm while docked in Brrmuda. 

[Charles4515]

7 minutes ago, JFontaine said:

That's not the case for multi-day calls to Bermuda.   Historically the casino opened about 8 pm while docked in Brrmuda. 

No historically they were closed but then Bermuda allowed casinos to open at 9:00 pm a few years ago. Now they can open whenever they want to.

[Charles4515]

23 minutes ago, 1025cruise said:

Just getting off the ncl pearl, the casino was definitely not open 24 hours.

Being able to be open 24 hours does not mean they will open them 24 hours. 

[Charles4515]

2 hours ago, the penguins said:

We carry it back. Not certain but if the steward does it it might be charged at minibar rates which are not included in your package.

The casino is always closed when you are docked and reopens once you reach international waters, hence the actual time can vary.

The casinos are allowed to be open when docked in Bermuda. The actual hours may vary from ship to ship. 

[Guppy99]

11 hours ago, Charles4515 said:

 

Yes really. It was surprising and I think Bermudians were surprised too that their government passed that. My theory and it is just a theory is that Bermuda is probably getting increased licence fees from the additional hours and they want that revenue. . 

I looked at it in another way altogether. Usually they wouldn't open the casino and shops until after 9pm. By that time everything is closed on land. There is no land side entertainment to speak of.  So, I thought it likely that the shops did not want the ship siphoning off their revenue during the day, but the ships wanted to given passengers something to do while in port overnight.

[dkjretired]

5 hours ago, Guppy99 said:

I looked at it in another way altogether. Usually they wouldn't open the casino and shops until after 9pm. By that time everything is closed on land. There is no land side entertainment to speak of.  So, I thought it likely that the shops did not want the ship siphoning off their revenue during the day, but the ships wanted to given passengers something to do while in port overnight.

Always thought that also but found out the real reason the casinos were closed all those years was for religious reasons. Bermuda is a very religious country but going back a few years they were finally able to pass legislation allowing it. The time they open is probably for your concerns. I would be surprised they would be open 24/7 since most of the stores on the island are duplicated at Kings wharf.

[neverlaysup]

20 hours ago, 3red7s said:

Greetings & Happy Spring.....we are leaving this weekend for our cruise & for the 1st time, have selected the Classic Beverage Package.  I know this includes bottled water. My hubby & I like to have water at night in our room.  Question:  Do i get bottled water from the bar & carry it back to the room, or can i request that our room attendant, keep us stocked?  Thank you and have a blessed Easter. 

On our last few cruises we noticed in a normal balcony cabin, no water service. In Aqua Class, the attendant stocks two or more bottles every day and in the Retreat (Sky Suite), our attendant told us to drink whatever we wanted from the mini fridge (not booze) and he would restock for free.

[Guppy99]

2 hours ago, dkjretired said:

Always thought that also but found out the real reason the casinos were closed all those years was for religious reasons. Bermuda is a very religious country but going back a few years they were finally able to pass legislation allowing it. The time they open is probably for your concerns. I would be surprised they would be open 24/7 since most of the stores on the island are duplicated at Kings wharf.

The casino is never open 24/7. It closes about 2am every morning .

[1025cruise]

The shops still can't open while docked.

The casino used to have to close the entire time. A few years ago, the cruiselines threatened to stop calling at Bermuda if they wouldn't be allowed to open the casinos at night, so Bermuda came up with a program to allow each ship to purchase a license to open at night. I guess that permission has now been expanded.....

[Charles4515]

49 minutes ago, Guppy99 said:

The casino is never open 24/7. It closes about 2am every morning .

That makes sense. I never checked or looked at 2 am. On sea days I never checked what time it opened.