Carnival Cruise Ca$h

[Barry ATL]

I know the website states that the Cruise Cash is non-refundable.  If the on-board account only has Cruise Cash and there is money left at the end of the cruise, can it be cashed out at the casino on the last night?

[FTLCruiseGal]

You would have to put it all into the slots, spin a few times, and then cash it out.  The important thing to remember is to spin the slots.

[Barry ATL]

2 hours ago, FTLCruiseGal said:

You would have to put it all into the slots, spin a few times, and then cash it out.  The important thing to remember is to spin the slots.

 

Thanks for the quick response.  I have seen others mention using the Cruse Cash to keep adding to their onboard account a little at a time.  Sort of like the (very) old "vacation club" accounts people used to open at a bank.  We have been adding a little here and there as time goes buy.  We are at the point that I am not sure if we are going to spend it all, so I just wanted to confirm we have an exit plan for the money.

[Bases5]

  We are one's to do what you are saying.   We still put a CC down as backup so we don't have to deal with guest service that last morning.  

  You go to the casino and cash your cruise cash the last night and drain your account.  If their happens to be a random charge that has not posted or you grab a drink later that last night you account is still covered. 

Carnival applies your money this way.

Non refundable OBC first

Cruise Cash 

Refundable OBC

Finally your CC

[Purvis1231]

Cruise cash is a maximum of $500.00 so few people will have trouble not spending all of this. If a person has any doubt that he/she will use then just use a cash account.  

[Joebucks]

No point forcing yourself to spend a certain amount or limiting yourself to make it "feel all-inclusive". I've seen enough people forget to cash out.

[Shaded Lady]

We did this on our June Vista cruise... DH & I are not big spenders onboard... I had budgeted about $600 to spend onboard so we could buy what we want but we don't drink, I already budgeted for the specialty restaurants and nothing appealed in the duty free shops. Then, because of issues with our cruise, they gave us $400 OBC while onboard (this was the first Vista cruise with the propulsion issues).

 

As a result I had over $800 left unspent in my account... I took most of it out 2 days before the end of the cruise, and just went the last night to the casino and cashed out the rest. Easy Peasy!

Edited August 11, 2019 by Shaded Lady