Oct 30, 2016 Slot Tourney Carnival Dream

[Mike_DeA]

I transferred one of my entries into the 2015 $100,000 Blackjack Tournament last year to a CC member, not for any money, but with the agreement that we would split any winnings.

 

He finished in the money (won $200+), ask me for my address which I sent him, but he never sent a check. My fault for trusting him I guess.

[vp1]

I currently have a Blackjack entry for the $100,000 October tournament. I won this along with a free cruise for 2. My boss will not allow me to have the time off so I'm out of luck with the cruise (not transferrable). However, the $500 seat at the blackjack tournament is transferrable (as has been noted in other posts here). The cruise is on the Magic, October 23, 2016 and the tournament has $100,000 in prizes. I'll certainly sell it for a reasonable price. Let me know if you're interested. RPBecker @ charter.net.

~Bob

[Wilgr]

Care to elaborate? Are you talking about onboard purchases, or online?

 

I thought that the entry fee was $500 for the event, unless you won or came in 2nd on a CCL cruise Slot Tournament??

 

There are literally thousands of these floating around every year, there are various places to buy them online. About $50 is the actual street value.

[bamacruiseaddict]

I just returned from an Alaska Cruise on the Legend. I won a seat in the slot tournament but no rooms are available. If anyone is interested in purchasing the entry, please let me know. Value is $500- make an offer. Deadline to register is October 2.

 

twbhamal@gmail.com

[poobears]

How do you find out if there will be a tournament on your cruise?

[vp1]

How do you find out if there will be a tournament on your cruise?

 

There are actually slot and blackjack tournaments on nearly every cruise. The entry fee is generally $20 and the prizes are typically in the hundreds of dollars. This thread is about the once (or twice) a year cruises where there is a MAJOR tournament with a $500 entry fee, first prize of $50,000 and lots of lesser prizes. I believe that nearly EVERY Carnival cruise awards one or two of these entries over the course of about 6 months so quite a few people do get the entry fee paid for. (Not sure how many people actually do pay the $500 to get in…) However, actually being able to go on the cruise is another matter (even if the cruise is free as in my personal situation…). Sometimes the prize given away is the entry fee and a free cruise; more often it's the entry fee for the tournament and a discount on the cruise fare.

 

Because of the tournament on this cruise (and the blackjack cruise the week before on the same ship), from what I have read, these cruises will have a huge mob in the casino every night. These are all gamblers who have "won" their entry fee and, even if it's only a few hundred who are going on the cruise, they are going to spend their time in the casino (whether playing in the tournament or not). If you're not a gambler, I would imagine that you'll get lots of available poolside chairs,etc… and many of the public areas on the ship will be vacant. If you do frequent the casino, you will probably have to wait in line to gamble at the tables and the machines most of the time.

 

Hope that helps.

~Bob

[pntnnc]

I realize this is an old thread but does anyone know if you can use two tickets if you won them? Say you dont qualify? I could transfer to my hunny but he has problems with his hand hard for him to do?