Ima Desert Diva Posted August 19, 2018 #1 Share Posted August 19, 2018 I'll be sailing again in 8 days and I can't wait!! I spent a good amount of time on my last cruise in the casino. Not because I was winning however! Just good fun. I had ordered a couple of drinks at the casino bar and had nice conversation with a couple of fellow cruisers. They had casually mentioned, that whenever they wanted a cocktail, no matter where they were on the ship, they always came to the casino bar. Their reason being, the bartenders were more generous with their pour and made stronger drinks. I never really noticed the difference, but they seemed pretty sure of this because stronger drinks loosen up gamblers to spend more money. (True) So they felt they were getting a bigger bang for their buck in the casino. Any truth to heavy handed casino bartenders I am wondering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAAmerican Posted August 19, 2018 #2 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Dear Ima Desert Diva, The story sounds nice but getting to reality now.. The pour is precise and counted. The staff does nbenefit at the Casino Bar a lot as tips are given more freely , so yes in some ways the tenders do increase the Gratis drinks . But on the oppisite end. On the QM2 we had the well we called the Wicked Witch .. she had the worst mixology in drinks I ever had anywhere even shorted me a few times on a Double Jack clean up. One thing on that ship line too ythey charge for mixes .. eg: Double Jack and coke is two charges.. etc..etc.. So it really depends upon the tender of the drinks .. I'll be sailing again in 8 days and I can't wait!! I spent a good amount of time on my last cruise in the casino. Not because I was winning however! Just good fun. I had ordered a couple of drinks at the casino bar and had nice conversation with a couple of fellow cruisers. They had casually mentioned, that whenever they wanted a cocktail, no matter where they were on the ship, they always came to the casino bar. Their reason being, the bartenders were more generous with their pour and made stronger drinks. I never really noticed the difference, but they seemed pretty sure of this because stronger drinks loosen up gamblers to spend more money. (True) So they felt they were getting a bigger bang for their buck in the casino. Any truth to heavy handed casino bartenders I am wondering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewabbott Posted November 15, 2018 #3 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On 8/19/2018 at 2:41 AM, AAAAmerican said: Dear Ima Desert Diva, The story sounds nice but getting to reality now.. The pour is precise and counted. The staff does nbenefit at the Casino Bar a lot as tips are given more freely , so yes in some ways the tenders do increase the Gratis drinks . But on the oppisite end. On the QM2 we had the well we called the Wicked Witch .. she had the worst mixology in drinks I ever had anywhere even shorted me a few times on a Double Jack clean up. One thing on that ship line too ythey charge for mixes .. eg: Double Jack and coke is two charges.. etc..etc.. So it really depends upon the tender of the drinks .. I disagree respectfully.... On my most recent experience on RCCL Liberty of the Seas, the bartenders were consistently pouring the drinks much stronger in the casino. On more than one occasion, I needed the bartender to put more soda into the drink so I could actually enjoy it. This was not the case anywhere else on the ship. This has been my experience on my most recent trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyislandwilldo Posted November 17, 2018 #4 Share Posted November 17, 2018 On 11/15/2018 at 10:36 AM, drewabbott said: I disagree respectfully.... On my most recent experience on RCCL Liberty of the Seas, the bartenders were consistently pouring the drinks much stronger in the casino. On more than one occasion, I needed the bartender to put more soda into the drink so I could actually enjoy it. This was not the case anywhere else on the ship. This has been my experience on my most recent trip. I would have to have them pour less alcohol as well. Don't like to boozy taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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