Casino Offer Including Free Drinks in Casino/Free play - How Can I Verify its There?

[mleng]

On 1/11/2024 at 12:26 PM, Laminator said:

With the ships filling up the generosity of the casino offers has declined. There's a group of nearly 5000 HAL casino players that discuss this constantly. 

 Can you tell me where to find the discussion thread?  Is it on CC or somewhere else?  My family just started cruising with HAL (did one in 2019 before COVID, then did one in 2023 and another one last month). We really liked the nonsmoking casinos and may end up doing most of our cruises on HAL going forward.  It would certainly be nice to know a little more about the ins and outs of the HAL casino and their offers.

[Laminator]

51 minutes ago, mleng said:

 Can you tell me where to find the discussion thread?  Is it on CC or somewhere else?  My family just started cruising with HAL (did one in 2019 before COVID, then did one in 2023 and another one last month). We really liked the nonsmoking casinos and may end up doing most of our cruises on HAL going forward.  It would certainly be nice to know a little more about the ins and outs of the HAL casino and their offers.

We are not allowed to promote groups outside of CC. I believe it is safe to say that you see it when you look in the mirror every morning. 

[electro]

4 hours ago, mleng said:

 Can you tell me where to find the discussion thread?  Is it on CC or somewhere else?  My family just started cruising with HAL (did one in 2019 before COVID, then did one in 2023 and another one last month). We really liked the nonsmoking casinos and may end up doing most of our cruises on HAL going forward.  It would certainly be nice to know a little more about the ins and outs of the HAL casino and their offers.

Note that not all HAL casinos are non-smoking. There is smoking in the casino on Rotterdam and a few other ships. Check the HAL website for the smoking policy to see which ones are non smoking.

In Nov on the Rotterdam the smoke in the casino was bad but the deodorant they used to try to cover it up was much worse.

[Laminator]

5 hours ago, mleng said:

 Can you tell me where to find the discussion thread?  Is it on CC or somewhere else?  My family just started cruising with HAL (did one in 2019 before COVID, then did one in 2023 and another one last month). We really liked the nonsmoking casinos and may end up doing most of our cruises on HAL going forward.  It would certainly be nice to know a little more about the ins and outs of the HAL casino and their offers.

[mleng]

@Laminator and @electro thank you for your input on the HAL smoking policy.  I know there is a dedicated discussion thread on HAL smoking and it ran thousands of entries.  I cannot possibly read all of them.  Can you (or anybody else who is knowledgeable) boil it down for me regarding a couple of simple questions:

 

1. Why does HAL have different smoking policies for different ships? Is it due to a specific quirk in a ship's layout/hardware, or is it due to a geographic area and the cultural preference?  What's the key difference between the ships that allow smoking in casinos (Koningsdam, NS, Rotterdam, Zaandam, Volendam) and the rest of the fleet?

 

2. Do you think the ships that currently allow smoking in casinos are going to gradually ban them?

 

Thanks.

 

[Laminator]

5 minutes ago, mleng said:

@Laminator and @electro thank you for your input on the HAL smoking policy.  I know there is a dedicated discussion thread on HAL smoking and it ran thousands of entries.  I cannot possibly read all of them.  Can you (or anybody else who is knowledgeable) boil it down for me regarding a couple of simple questions:

 

1. Why does HAL have different smoking policies for different ships? Is it due to a specific quirk in a ship's layout/hardware, or is it due to a geographic area and the cultural preference?  What's the key difference between the ships that allow smoking in casinos (Koningsdam, NS, Rotterdam, Zaandam, Volendam) and the rest of the fleet?

 

2. Do you think the ships that currently allow smoking in casinos are going to gradually ban them?

 

Thanks.

 

The group I was referring to had nothing to do with smoking. It has to do with Holland America Casino players. 
As for the smoking the Nieuw Statendam recently had the staircase which ran from deck 2 to deck 3 in the casino removed. The casino was expanded. Closing off that staircase I am sure will help with some of the smoke wafting down to deck 2. If successful I am sure HAL will do the same thing with the KDAM and RDAM during their drydock.
I think HAL by offering smoking and non smoking casinos on their ships, is trying to acquiesce to both sides.