Pooch Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 Probably a stupid question but my offspring will probably spend a little time in the casino & I am willing to pay for the vacation but not that. Is there a method to pay without using your seapass card? Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 5:15 PM, Pooch said: Probably a stupid question but my offspring will probably spend a little time in the casino & I am willing to pay for the vacation but not that. Is there a method to pay without using your seapass card? Sure. The casino will always accept cash. They will want to present their seapass cards so that their play can be tracked, but there will be no charge against the seapass card unless they request a cash advance. Pooch, Butch R and EmptyNestTravels 2 1 Quote
JasonOasis Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 22 minutes ago, Pooch said: Probably a stupid question but my offspring will probably spend a little time in the casino & I am willing to pay for the vacation but not that. Is there a method to pay without using your seapass card? The casino will gladly take cold hard cash lol.... Swar and Pooch 1 1 Quote
Pooch Posted February 14, 2022 Author Report Posted February 14, 2022 As long as they use their own cold hard cash. Casino, especially with the smoke, is not my thing. Quote
PG Cruiser Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, Pooch said: As long as they use their own cold hard cash. Casino, especially with the smoke, is not my thing. Too bad, the smoke is coming back. I was in the casinos when the smoking ban was in place. As an asthma sufferer, I was very happy about it. Swar, whitsmom, SeaYa and 5 others 8 Quote
Pooch Posted February 14, 2022 Author Report Posted February 14, 2022 Never been a gambler - too cheap! Funeegal, teddy and Vancity Cruiser 3 Quote
smokeybandit Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, Pooch said: Never been a gambler - too cheap! I've never been a gambler because I've never met a casino that didn't want to take all the money I put into it. Vancity Cruiser, teddy and SeaYa 3 Quote
rjac Posted February 14, 2022 Report Posted February 14, 2022 I gamble every day of my life without money. But to gamble with my money on a cruise ship, well, let's just say, that would be an extremely losing bet....and my wife has made that VERY clear and I have a very low tolerance for pain. teddy, WAAAYTOOO, CruisingfromClayton and 2 others 3 1 1 Quote
YNOT Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 5:15 PM, Pooch said: Probably a stupid question but my offspring will probably spend a little time in the casino & I am willing to pay for the vacation but not that. Is there a method to pay without using your seapass card? You can either pay in cash as you go, or go to any table or slot machine and ask for a charge to your room. If you prefer you can also get a cash advance or your credit card at the cashier's window. Since my credit card is attached to my SeaPass it costs less just to charge it to your room. The good news is if you use your Sea Pass card every time you gamble you get rewards. Only paid for one cruise in our last 7 cruises. Casino Royale takes care of the folks that gamble. They make it very easy to get cash. GOOD LUCK EmptyNestTravels 1 Quote
Amanda31 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 8 hours ago, YNOT said: You can either pay in cash as you go, or go to any table or slot machine and ask for a charge to your room. If you prefer you can also get a cash advance or your credit card at the cashier's window. Since my credit card is attached to my SeaPass it costs less just to charge it to your room. The good news is if you use your Sea Pass card every time you gamble you get rewards. Only paid for one cruise in our last 7 cruises. Casino Royale takes care of the folks that gamble. They make it very easy to get cash. GOOD LUCK Do you have to sign up for Casino Royale? YNOT 1 Quote
SPS Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 9 hours ago, YNOT said: The good news is if you use your Sea Pass card every time you gamble you get rewards. Just a reminder to those that don't know: You don't need to PAY for gambling with your Sea Pass to get reward points. You can use cash and "Sign In" to a machine with your Sea Pass to gain reward points. YNOT and TXCoastPatriot 2 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Amanda31 said: Do you have to sign up for Casino Royale? No. You will be automatically enrolled in the program by inserting your sea pass card into a machine or presenting it to the dealer/pit boss. Back before the current Club Royale program, you had to be invited to join !! Much easier these days. YNOT and Amanda31 2 Quote
Jolly Ogre Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: No. You will be automatically enrolled in the program by inserting your sea pass card into a machine or presenting it to the dealer/pit boss. Back before the current Club Royale program, you had to be invited to join !! Much easier these days. But you don't get much for it. I was in the casino every day and lost hundreds of dollars and only ended up with 156 points. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
CGTLH Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jolly Ogre said: But you don't get much for it. I was in the casino every day and lost hundreds of dollars and only ended up with 156 points. All comes down to luck. On Indy end of January I managed to rack up 400 points and walk away up $20. My sister on the other hand wasn't as lucky in trying to reach her point goal. Flip side, I've been in the same situation of hundreds down with only a few points shy of the 100 point mark. Quote
MikeK Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 Don't gamble? If you are in the stock market then you are in the biggest legal gambling scheme there is. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Ozwaldthedog Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 14 hours ago, YNOT said: You can either pay in cash as you go, or go to any table or slot machine and ask for a charge to your room. If you prefer you can also get a cash advance or your credit card at the cashier's window. Since my credit card is attached to my SeaPass it costs less just to charge it to your room. The good news is if you use your Sea Pass card every time you gamble you get rewards. Only paid for one cruise in our last 7 cruises. Casino Royale takes care of the folks that gamble. They make it very easy to get cash. GOOD LUCK Do they charge you a service fee if you charge it to your room? Quote
CGTLH Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Ozwaldthedog said: Do they charge you a service fee if you charge it to your room? Slot machine, no. Table, if not Prime or greater, 5% fee. Ozwaldthedog 1 Quote
Ozwaldthedog Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 36 minutes ago, CGTLH said: Slot machine, no. Table, if not Prime or greater, 5% fee. Thanks Quote
Dicey Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 If you don't have to pay the fee charging to your room is the best option. With a good travel credit card on file for onboard charges you'll earn rewards. It's like a casino marker with better terms and cashback. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
MSUspartan Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 3 hours ago, CGTLH said: Slot machine, no. Table, if not Prime or greater, 5% fee. Could you just "deposit" using a slot machine, cash out, then take it to the table to avoid the 5%? Quote
CGTLH Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 44 minutes ago, MSUspartan said: Could you just "deposit" using a slot machine, cash out, then take it to the table to avoid the 5%? Yes. Many times I've sat a machine and did a room charge for funds then not have a good feeling about that machine, cash out, then call it a night. Being smart, I'd usually cash out my ticket so I didn't forget about. Then suddenly the tables would be calling my name and next thing I know... MSUspartan and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote
YNOT Posted February 18, 2022 Report Posted February 18, 2022 11 hours ago, Amanda31 said: Do you have to sign up for Casino Royale? Not at all. As soon as they see your Sea Pass card they know exactly your money in/money out. We get free drinks in the casino on all cruises and 5 or 6 free cruise offers every month. My wife suggested we use our cards 4 years ago, never did it before. Kills me that she was so right. You do need to obviously gamble a decent amount, not trying to tell anybody to throw a 20 on a machine and you get everything. We are, I believe what they call Prime members in Casino Royale. Good luck Quote
rjac Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 11 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Much easier these days. Is it true if you have a lot of on board credit towards the end of the cruise, you can cash them in for US dollars at the casino cashier cage? Thaanks. Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 55 minutes ago, rjac said: Is it true if you have a lot of on board credit towards the end of the cruise, you can cash them in for US dollars at the casino cashier cage? Thaanks. Well….a lot depends on what kind of OBC you have. Refundable OBC can definitely be cashed out and I think (although I’ve never done it) you can actually cash out refundable OBC at Guest Services. I don’t think the casino cashier will cash out OBC anymore (I think they used to) but I never have anything to cash out so I am not sure. The one method that I think will work is to do a charge to your set sail pass on a slot machine and then cash that out at the cashier cage. I think there may be a limit to how much money you can cash out in this manner, but again, not sure. Sorry I’m not much help here. There’s no such thing as unused OBC in my world ! Lol. rjac 1 Quote
JDawg Posted February 19, 2022 Report Posted February 19, 2022 My wife played with $1200 last month on the Odyssey and made almost 2600 tier points. Granted she lost all $1200 but she has gotten 2 more free offers since that cruise. We will be taking probably 6 cruises this year and 4 of them will be Casino Comps. Pooch and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote
CruiseGus Posted February 20, 2022 Report Posted February 20, 2022 23 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Well….a lot depends on what kind of OBC you have. Refundable OBC can definitely be cashed out and I think (although I’ve never done it) you can actually cash out refundable OBC at Guest Services. I don’t think the casino cashier will cash out OBC anymore (I think they used to) but I never have anything to cash out so I am not sure. The one method that I think will work is to do a charge to your set sail pass on a slot machine and then cash that out at the cashier cage. I think there may be a limit to how much money you can cash out in this manner, but again, not sure. Sorry I’m not much help here. There’s no such thing as unused OBC in my world ! Lol. Limit 500 per day on slot machine Xfer, forget the limit amount per cruise, but their is one Cashing out at the casino cage if not prime invokes 5% fee. Recently if you don't put at least ~40% of your onboard account xfer to slot machine at risk, the computer controlling xfers locks you from more xfer for 48 hours. Had that happen 2 now. Not real experianced, but casino host has told me on the first ship it was update to casino software. Didn't ask why on 2nd ship, but plan to try again on another ship to verify soon. Lesson for me take OBC from slot at max, $500 early in cruise so it times out before end of cruise YMMV Btw, I have started to play a little but my risk tolerance is pretty low. Am teaching myself its purchased entertainment, just like a move or a theater show, just the amount of time purchased may be variable. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Pattycruise Posted February 20, 2022 Report Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 9:26 PM, JDawg said: My wife played with $1200 last month on the Odyssey and made almost 2600 tier points. Granted she lost all $1200 but she has gotten 2 more free offers since that cruise. We will be taking probably 6 cruises this year and 4 of them will be Casino Comps. Was that slots or tables? Quote
JDawg Posted February 20, 2022 Report Posted February 20, 2022 She only plays Slots. Usually penny. Quote
AshleyDillo Posted February 22, 2022 Report Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/18/2022 at 10:52 AM, MikeK said: Don't gamble? If you are in the stock market then you are in the biggest legal gambling scheme there is. I don't know...I feel that way about the insurance industry MikeK 1 Quote
Pooch Posted February 22, 2022 Author Report Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 11:24 PM, JDawg said: She only plays Slots. Usually penny. She lost $1200 in penny slots???? I don’t know jack crap about gambling but did she ever leave the casino?? Quote
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