Casino is small on MSC ships?

[fstuff1]

Read on social media site that Seaside only has around 150 slots.

 

I'm a NCL person but was thinking of taking a MSC cruise out of Brooklyn, NY.

Is it also the small # of slots on the Meraviglia?

[psmarkle]

I think you can find some youtube videos to get a good idea of the casinos. I do enjoy the generous casino comps on MSC, though. I always get enough points playing the tables to earn a 30% off my next cruise which makes sailing in the Yacht Club very affordable. You do have to use it within 9 months, though. My wife plays penny slots and usually earns one as well.

[no1talks]

31 minutes ago, psmarkle said:

"I do enjoy the generous casino comps on MSC, though."

It's too bad the comps have taken such a big hit under the new program. Ouch! 😵

[fstuff1]

35 minutes ago, psmarkle said:

I think you can find some youtube videos to get a good idea of the casinos.

I do enjoy the generous casino comps on MSC, though. I always get enough points playing the tables to earn a 30% off my next cruise which makes sailing in the Yacht Club very affordable. You do have to use it within 9 months, though.

My wife plays penny slots and usually earns one as well.

 

30% off? 😞

i'm used to free cruises from NCL.

 

Would it be free if you chose a lesser cabin?

Edited September 17, 2023 by fstuff1

[no1talks]

13 minutes ago, fstuff1 said:

 

30% off? 😞

i'm used to free cruises from NCL.

 

Would it be free if you chose a lesser cabin?

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[fstuff1]

5 hours ago, no1talks said:

Here you go...

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thx!
is it $1 per point?

[no1talks]

25 minutes ago, fstuff1 said:

thx!
is it $1 per point?

As far as I know, the money-to-point rates vary, depending on the game played.

 

Also, those rates may have been tweaked along with the rewards.

 

You need the scoop from someone who has gambled widely and recently on an MSC ship, for the new rates.

 

Perhaps a new topic, focusing on new rates for tables and machines is your best bet.

[Georgia_Peaches]

I would describe the casinos as small. There are a good many slot machines crammed into a limited space and many of them are capable of multiple games. In all three ships I’ve sailed (seashore, Meraviglia, seaside) the bar took up a huge amount of real estate followed by table games. Slots were abundant but it was definitely a much smaller space compared to Celebrity or NCL. On our last 2 MSC cruises we earned a “free” cruise after 5000 players points. The higher you go in points the better the “free” accommodation you can acquire. We have also earned the 30% off which we used on a YC interior room. $1000 pp for a week in YC isn’t bad at all. 
 

Edited September 18, 2023 by Georgia_Peaches

[JamieLogical]

My husband finally got around to uploading the 360 videos he took on the Meraviglia in April. Here is the one of the casino. It's a 360 video, so you can click & drag on the video itself to pan the camera around.

 

 

[Brighton Line]

31 minutes ago, JamieLogical said:

My husband finally got around to uploading the 360 videos he took on the Meraviglia in April.

That's pretty darn quick for a Husband to do something with standard nagging, you got a keeper.

[JamieLogical]

1 hour ago, Brighton Line said:

That's pretty darn quick for a Husband to do something with standard nagging, you got a keeper.

 

I didn't do any nagging at all. We are sailing on the Meraviglia again next weekend and he realized he needed to get all the files off the camera from our previous sailing so he would have storage space to take new videos.