Suncoastsailors

We are sailing next week on Volendam and then November 19th-Dec 3rd on the Statendam.

Yes it will. We are supposed to get the offer , but due to some glitch in HAL system we never get the e-mail. Although the e-mail is said to have been sent. I have booked several casino offers using the offer codes I have seen online. I may not get the same category cabin but otherwise the offer is the same. I am thinking however that these free stateroom offers are going away.

Has anyone received a new "free stateroom" casino offer. We never receive the e-mails. Not seeing any $200 cruises while searching on HAL web site. If you have received could you give the offer code. Thank you.

The movies at the pool are often repeated. They do have a good selection of in room movies on demand for free. The evenings on HAL lack the entertainment seen on some other cruise lines. There is billboard onboard or dueling pianos, Lincoln center or classical music, Rolling stone and/or BB king which play popular music with a dance floor, sometimes comedian's are onboard. If it is your first HAL you may enjoy the dance shows or talks in the main theatre. Overall HAL is a more relaxed cruise with excellent food and service. I think you will enjoy your cruise, but I doubt you will attend many movies at the pool.

Hello North Florida. We will join you on these B2B cruises. Not sure what operational reasons means, but it is not a problem if you drive to the port.

Carnival casino department is not available by phone, email only. E-mails go to a third world country. The e-mail response is just a scripted response that does not answer your questions.

I have the same problem. Have changed e-mails and have had multiple attempts to fix by HAL. Still no e-mails. Let us know if it works for you.

You will probably get a printed offer in your room the last night of the cruise. This offer is not that attractive. The question is will you receive the free cabin offers for future cruises. You won't know this until later.

I am not sure if this is a different tier promotion. These are the same benefits my wife receives and she is not a big gambler. The only real benefit I see is free drinks while playing and complimentary entry to casino events. That is if they have an event on that sailing. The question is will HAL cut back on these promotions once the ships start filling up. We never received the offers until after Covid.

When I search the list of cruises after signing into my account the $200 cruises appear. I can then call and book these directly or thru my PCC. Apparently there is some problem blocking my e-mails that HAL has never been able to repair. I have tried several times to get this fixed.

Thanks for posting.

There were a new round of the "free" cabin offers that stated today. Found them on accident by searching through all 46 pages of cruises. Still don't get the e-mails but we were able to book 14 days Copenhagen to Norway July and August next year.

We have been in the exact same location and really enjoyed the room. I think I prefer deck 6 because you are closer and can see what is going on better.

That is one I have not heard. Well done, hope you stay on the list.

First the free play offers you receive on the last day of the cruise are different than "free cabin". Those free play offers are usually worthless since they can not be combined with a "free cabin" casino offer. From my prospective the "free cabin" offer is what counts. So the question is did either or both players receive the " free cabin" e-mails. I am not saying you are wrong, only saying what I have heard from several of the casino regulars on the ships. This has also been discussed on cruise critic before and others have said the same. We have a four cruises coming soon, all "free cabin" offers, maybe we will try the time at the machine method and see what happens. I think " free cabin" deals will become more difficult to get. Probably not worth gambling 5-10k to get a "free cabin" deal.

Your explanation makes sense, but time played is also tracked with your players card inserter in the slot machine. I have heard from several sources that it is time spent at the machine that gets you the most rewards. I have watched them as they play the lowest bet on a penny machine slowly to get rewards. Is this fact, who knows. It does not make sense to me that they would not go by total points. Perhaps they figure time spent in the casino will eventually equal money spent. Maybe they like the casinos full of players. Maybe it is some combination of time spent and points.

NAAT is what they use.

I have been told by some frequent players who get free balcony or better cruises, that it is time spent gambling not points. Since I don't gamble, while my wife does, I walk around the last day of the cruise and look at total points displayed on the slots for each player. Many of them are well above 20,000 for a 7 day cruise. If you gamble this much you should qualify by points or time spent at the machine. My wife is a small time gambler with usually less than 1500 points. We got free cruises after Covid until just recently. Now they seem to have dried up. Was fun while it lasted.

I have checked and not found any $200 deals under our sign-on. Of course we are one of those who never receive emails. For us the last $200 deals were in Mid-June. Nothing since. But thanks for the heads up.

Not sure how usual it is but we have received a complimentary upgrade on a casino offer. We also have received paid upgrade offers. We have also called the upgrade phone number and gotten the price of upgrades without the offer. I think the number is 888-628-8107. Not sure how much Mariner status has to do with upgrades.

I agree.

Funny. No not a twin and although we lived many places never in OK. We are retired travel ICU nurses. Yes I think you may be correct, the good times may be over. We still have 3 cruises booked with HAL this year under the "good old days". If you see her tell my "twin sister" I said hello.

Thank you from those of us who do not receive the e-mails.

We have not received any offers either. In checking the 47 pages of cruises only discounts off regular prices. This is what we received pre-Covid. Would not be surprised if the $200 special deals are done for us. But it was fun while it lasted. Actually we needed a break after all of those cruises. I will keep checking.

There is a middle ground with this argument. If you test positive in your room with your home test. You have mild symptoms. You could choose to wear a mask, eat in the Lido away from other guest, sit in the Showroom away from other guest. Stay out of elevators and away from crowded areas. Not reporting does not mean you need to go on as if nothing happened. Be responsible.