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Does anyone know if they have Ultimate Texas hold em in the casino on MSC Splendida. I've searched the internet and can't find the answer anywhere but i'm sure someone on Cruise critic will know.

Thanks

Does anyone know if they have Ultimate Texas hold em in the casino on Splendida. I've searched the internet and can't find the answer anywhere but i'm sure someone on Cruise critic will know.

Thanks

I won $5550 on Ultimate texas holdem playing $10 a box, i hit a royal flush. Unfortunately there was a maximum $5000 per bet table limit, on Celebrity, so the pit boss took away the $550. I did feel a bit cheated as the bonus bet where i'd won the $500 is an optional bet. Still an amazing feeling and one i'd like to experience again soon please Mr Poker god

Just booked a last minute cruise on Epic and was given cabin 9221. While doing research on this cabin i came across this thread and very glad that i did. I do like to sit on the balcony first thing in the morning in my Jimjams having a coffee so do like my privacy.

Thanks Mike for putting all this info together it's been very useful.

Hi Everyone.

Like the title says, do you tip the casino host on the ship. I never know whether i should tip or not so thought i'd ask everyone's opinion on cruise

Look for to your comments

When I was on the breakaway last March I was able to download money from my card into a slot machine without a 3% charge (dont debate me on this my final bill proves this) however since then I have read they may be charging 3% now. Can anyone confirm they now do or still don't charge the 3%.

 

Thanks.

Hi.

My Husband and i are both Hot players and on our cruise in March this year the 3% fee was waived but i believe they changed the rules on 1st April, we have had 2 cruises since then where the 3% fee was added to our bill.

http://www.ncl.com/why-cruise-norwegian/casino-cruise/players-club

NCL have a promotion on at the moment whereby on certain sailings the kids go free, although you do have to pay the port taxes.

Don't know if this is of any help to you, but i keep it on file as a reference

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There is a lot of information on cabins on cc. Here is some information that I found. The information may be a bid dated and not include changes, but for most cabins, probably is accurate.

Solstice Class:

I personally LOVED my C1 hump cabin #1243 - about triple the size of a standard balcony - it was HUGE!!!!! Literally the largest non-suite balcony on the ship! The balcony was great for hosting cocktail parties - we had 25+ people out there one day! Being on the aft part of the hump there was virtually no wind issue to deal with. We got sun when we wanted it, and shade if desired as well. Due to balcony depth there were no privacy issues related to the angled shape.

There are 58 +/- cabins with the same size balcony we had - they are:

Resort Deck: 2105, 2109, 2106, 2110

Penthouse Deck: 1547, 1552, 1601, 1605, 1606, 1610

Sky Deck: 1075, 1044, 1231, 1243, 1247, 1108, 1120, 1124

Panorama Deck: 9155, 9192, 9209, 9215, 9237, 9241, 9266, 9270, 9292, 9296

Vista Deck: 8199, 8162, 8255, 8259, 8281, 8285, 8228, 8232, 8254, 8258

Sunrise Deck: 7159, 7206, 7215, 7219, 7241, 7245, 7260, 7264, 7286, 7290

Continental Deck: 6155, 6156, 6209, 6215, 6237, 6241, 6210, 6214, 6236, 6240

Most of these are on the hump, but some are forward where the ship starts to indent. The rooms run the range from Category 2C, 1A, C1, or AQ (with the exception of 6209/6210 which are categorized as 07 Obstucted Balcony - great balcony at a small price!). There are also many cabins adjacent to the ones I listed that also have oversized balconies that are about double the size of normal ones, but I would go for the triple sized ones first

Here is an analysis of the Concierge Class Cabins on Constellation (Deck 8) to book. So many posts here ask if specific cabins are good ones, so (even though this is only my opinion) I thought people might find this helpful.

Background: My DW and I have enjoyed several Connie sailings in recent years in Concierge Class (CC) cabins on Deck 8. We enjoy the ship (its size, dining options, etc) so, knowing we’d be back, I took some notes to know which deck 8 CCcabins to book and which to avoid. We like Deck 8 because it has staterooms both above and below. We don’t like Deck 9 due to the overhang & lido above.

Please let me know if you find this info useful. We have an upcoming cruise on Summit and I could do a little more homework. Thanks for the feedback!

CC Cabins - Constellation Deck 8:

The “Great” Rooms with larger balconies: People love the aft-facing staterooms (8170, 8172, 8176, & 8185) for the views of the wake and super-large balconies. 8045 & 8046 with larger “triangle shaped” balconies are also popular. Book these if you can! But what if they are already gone…..?

Best standard (non-adjoining) CC Cabins: 8072, 8074, 8076, 8078, 8080, 8082, 8084, & 8086 (starboard side): Good mid-ship location and non-adjoining (no interior door to the neighboring room which some complain can be the source of noise/light from the next cabin). So, why are they good? Because the inside cabins that appear directly across the hall on the deck plan are NOT really there. Well, of course they’re there, but you would never know it! Their doors all open to the opposite (port side) hall (note they all have odd cabin numbers). So there is nothing (no cabins or service areas) opposite these CC Cabins across the hall …nothing but a hallway wall.

Also good (on the port side) are 8075, 8079, 8083, 8087, 8091, 8095 & 8099: These have the same good mid-ship location & are non-adjoining, you just have a neighbor across the hall. Very good rooms to book.

Need an adjoining room? Look to book 8114, 8116, 8118, 8120, 8122, 8124, 8126, 8128, 8130, 8132, & 8134 (Starboard side): Good mid-ship adjoining rooms. Also, there also are no entrances to the “crew only” area (the large white blank space on the deck plan) across the hall anywhere in this block of cabins!

Location of Crew-Only Service Doors: I like to avoid cabins across from doors to crew-only areas (ie food prep facilities, freight elevators, mechanical equipment etc). They can be the source of noise and/or additional activity. If that matters to you, note that doors to the crew-only areas (shown as white blank space on the deck plans) are located approximately opposite the following CC cabins:

Starboard side: 8052, 8060, 8066 8090 8138, 8150 & 8176 (aft cabin)

Port Side: 8047, 8065, 8069, 8107, 8109, 8115, 8141, & 8145

Rooms to Avoid:

8094, 8096, 8111, & 8115 – Partially obstructed by the dreaded window washing equipment. NOTE: Cabins affected by the window washing equipment vary by ship. These are the rooms on Constellation ONLY. For other M-Class ships check the deck plan listed “obstructed view” rooms to avoid.

8102 & 8108 – listed as “obstructed view”, small balcony, & windows of suite next door look onto balcony.

8047 & 8048 – less private balcony which is visable from the angled balcony of the neighboring room.

Many thanks Kevinyork you just saved me £21, we had forgotten to book parking

for our cruise in just under 3 weeks.

We have been to Santorini a few times and found the easiest way, when there are other ships in, is to take the ships tour to Oia.

With the ships tour you are one of the first passengers to leave on the tender. It takes you to the shore further round the coast from where the cable cars are where you will meet the coach. On the tour we took, it stopped off at a winery for about 1/2 an hour..The views there are stunning, didn't think much to the wine.

We had 2hours to wander round Oia, then the coach took us back to Thira. They give you a ticket for the cable car and you are free to go back to the ship at anytime .

Thira is also beautiful, and cheaper than Oia.

Enjoy!!

Well now I am really upset!!! The Equinox itinerary DOESN'T go to Venice now. I swear when I looked a few weeks ago it did...I KNOW IT DID!!!

As from 1st January 2015 only ships under 96.000 tons will be allowed to sail out of Venice.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/giant-cruise-ships-that-block-the-venice-views-and-threaten-foundations-are-to-be-banned-from-passing-through-citys-heart-9270109.html

Jade - if anyone has any additional info, it would be appreciated

Chief Engineer..Joran Rasmusson

Hi.

We cruised on Epic last year and spent a lot of time in the casino. There is a non smoking section of tables but the machines directly adjacent to these tables have huge floor ashtrays by them and we found that when the theatre emptied people would just come and stand by these and smoke, so just as bad as in the main part of the casino. But at other times it was ok.

We have just returned from a cruise on Jade and there were very few smokers in the casino and the people that did smoke were very courteous to us non smokers.

My DH and i have been invited to The Captains table twice and we have no idea why.

The first time we were in a Concierge cabin and the last cruise we were in an A1 Balcony cabin, on this cruise we were also invited to a tour of the engine room and to the Helicopter Pad for a sail away.

We feel very lucky to have been invited.

For anyone who is interested, here's the link for the Royal Caribbean specials.

http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Multi_Dest/Special_Offers/rci_sales_event.pdf

Hi isdoo

We have just returned from a cruise on the Spirit and they gave out free seasickness tablets at customer relations but you had to go daily to pick them up.

We took my Mum who hadn't cruised for 40 years because she was so unwell on that first cruise. The sea was quite rough at times but the tablets they gave her were amazing and she never felt ill once.

does anyone know of a british version of bonine??? don't think we have it here...

Hi Kirsty

I have been searching everywhere for bonine and have just discovered that here in the UK there is a tablet called Traveleeze which has the same ingredient Meclizine Hydrochloride.

In Bonine each tablet contains 25mg's of Meclizine and in Traveleeze each tablet contains 12.5 mg's.

They don't sell them in Boots but they do have them at Lloyds Pharmacy and are £3.09 for 10 pastilles.

The adult dose is 2 pastilles every 24 hours, so the same dosage as Bonine.

Hope that helps ;)

Hi Mary.

Have a look at a company called cruising excursions.com who i would highly recommend.

We used them on our last cruise as i wanted to spend some time in Sorrento and the ships tour only offered a 1 hour stay there. We were met at the port in Naples by a lady who showed us to a waiting Mercedes for our 1 hour ride to Sorrento, we then had 4 hours leisure time there and after went to a designated meeting place for our return trip . Waiting for us was a Mercedes Mini bus. We paid £25 each for this shuttle service and was expecting more passengers but as there was only me and DH we thought the service was excellent.

We have used Rome cabs in the past and had excellent service from them too, but paid about 100 euros for a one way trip.

Loving your review Tracie-Lynn, Thank you so much for taking the time out to post.

We are taking my mum 82 on her first cruise for 40 years, she spent the last cruise horizontal.We will be sailing on Spirit on 1st March. As you also suffer from seasickness can you recommend a good medication? I have read on these boards about Bonine being the favourite but we are unable to buy this in the UK, do you know if it is possible to buy it onboard?

Also, there is talk the Spirit is in dry dock from 24th January for 18 days do you have any info of what they will be doing to her while she is there.

Hope the sea conditions improve for you and you continue having a great time.

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I thought somewhere I had read that it was 18 months (which still wouldn't do me any good), but I can't find that on the CAS site.

Taken from CAS info

EARNING YOUR POINTS IS EASY.

Use your Players Club Card while playing your favorite slot machines and table games, and quickly accumulate reward points. The more you play, the more you get.

Reward Points can be redeemed for spa treatments, dinners in our specialty restaurants or even for a future cruise.

Gain access to your Casinos At Sea account right at your slot machine, and download points for play. When you earn points for credits, they’ll automatically be accumulated onto your players club card when you are done playing. Use them on your next favorite machine!

When you play the tables at Casinos At Sea, players club members may earn complimentaries, based on tracked play at any of our gaming tables. Just present your Casinos at Sea Club Card to any of our friendly casino dealers to rate your play.

Points are earned based on average bet / time / game.

Reel Slots - $5 Coin-In = 1 Reward

Video Poker - $10 Coin-In = 1 Reward

Earn 1500 Points to be awarded a drink card for all sailings 5 days or greater

Earn 750 Points to be awarded a drink card for all sailings 4 days or less

*Points transferred between ships are not included to reach the minimum criteria for each cruise length

Earn 2500 Points to redeem from folio for all ships with sailings 5 days or greater

Earn 1000 Points to redeem from folio for all ships with sailings 4 days or less

Points can be transferred from ship to ship

Based on your play, your Casinos At Sea status level may be upgraded from Lucky to Hot, Golden, and VIP for even more casino offers.

Tier elevations are based on reward points earned within 12 months, and are valid for 18 months from date of earning.

I am joining the Spirit in Barcelona tomorrow and I will see first hand what has changed since I was last onboard.

 

As Nita correctly said, the left side of the menu changes every day and the right side has the "always available" items. On our 12 day cruise last May the left hand side was never repeated in all 12 days of the trip.

 

I will feed back some of these comments to the person who has influence over this on the ship since he is someone I know very well. He will be very upset, I know. There is a change of hotel director tomorrow in Barcelona so that shouldn't make a difference but may.

 

It looks like it is the Chinese and Le Bistro that didn't meet expectations or maybe it was the Trattoria. I don't enjoy Italian food myself but usually find Le Bistro very acceptable indeed. I 'll see how it is very soon.

I have seen several comments that the Spirit will be in dry dock for 18 days from the 24th January but can't find out what they will be doing to her, any info on your return would be greatly appreciated.

Have a super cruise

Found this on a google search

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Spirit, In Dry Dock[ship: Norwegian Spirit]

Norwegian Spirit - In Dry Dock

Duration & Cruise Type:18 day

Great review Lara, many thank for taking the time to give such detail from your cruise.

We are going on the Spirit for the 1st time on 1st March 2014, and am really looking forward to it having read your review.

I know just how you feel, you have my sympathy. We were victims of the volcanic ash cloud back in 2010, our flight to Miami was cancelled at the last minute and we missed the cruise altogether, however we were able to rebook as luckily our insurance company footed the bill and we had a wonderful cruise in the Caribbean.

We have booked this cruise on Spirit in March and am now wondering if we should change our arrangements and go a day early…um.

Enjoy your holiday and i hope all goes well with the flight tomorrow.

Hi

I'm sailing on the Eclipse tomorrow and am staying in cabin 1044 which is also on the hump, i can take some photo's of this cabin and post them if this is of any help to you.

Annette