Queen Elizabeth - Casino

I do enjoy spending an hour or two in the casino if my other half (or in the case of my next cruise my mother) is in the Spa or doing a dance class. I play a few slots -I realise it's not for everyone and there are many other things to do! Actually, my mother also likes to play a bit.

Anyway, as I am going on the QE, I checked out a few recent pictures of the casino and noticed the machines looked really old and out of date. I then looked at some pictures from the launch in 2010 and they were the same machines.

I asked the Cunard twitter feed if they had every been changed and they replied that they were the originals from 2010. Technology has changed hugely in the last 8 years and the machines are so much better now (and you can fit a lot of games into one cabinet so it increases choice without taking up more space).

It's not a big deal but still very strange and I've not seen it before on any other cruise line where machines are replaced fairly regularly. I can only think that Cunard clientele don't have much interest in the Casino so the company have not bothered putting any effort into it.

It's franchised out. Cunard do not run the casino. It's also half the size it used to be as they used some of the space to introduce single cabins.

(and you can fit a lot of games into one cabinet so it increases choice without taking up more space).

QE has some "Change Game" machines in old cabinets. They are found along the back and right side walls.