Casinos on Silversea

[Mocamps]

We have so far only ever been on expedition cruises with SS - and we love them! We're booked for another one next year and can't wait!

 

But we are currently looking at the more classic cruises and I just wanted to ask about casinos. Generally we prefer smaller ships and have cruised quite a bit with Windstar where there no casinos. But on the few big ship cruises we have done we have actually quite enjoyed things like a blackjack tournament. We're not big gamblers and we'd hate to sit for hours playing on slots but the blackjack tournaments have been fun on sea days.

 

Can anyone tell me if any (or all?) of the classic ships have casinos? I have noticed them on deck plans but then read somewhere that SS don't have casinos so I did wonder if they had got rid of them? I know that the Silver Cloud apparently used to have one but it was scrapped when they turned it into an expedition ship. Have the classic ones also been scrapped? And if any DO have casinos do they have blackjack tournaments or is it all big bucks gambling?

 

 

[Randyk47]

Silversea classic ships have small casinos.  Typically they have one or two blackjack tables, a roulette table, and a dozen or so slot machines.  They usually have blackjack tournaments but that’s somewhat driven by seadays when they can have the casino open.   

[DCPIV]

Casinos are in the Silversea fleet.  Whisper still has one, though it's very small.  I don't recall tournaments on the schedule, but I also wasn't looking for them.

Edited March 22, 2023 by DCPIV

[ggo85]

Haven’t heard anything about tournaments on this cruise and we’re on sea day #6.  They could be happening but not advertised.  It’s a very small casino.  2 tables, maybe 3, and 10 slots.  On Moon. 

[pavementends]

There is another cruise line (not mentioned here) that proudly lacks casinos. Silversea has them, although blessedly small and little used (from my viewpoint).

[mitz18]

4 hours ago, pavementends said:

There is another cruise line (not mentioned here) that proudly lacks casinos. Silversea has them, although blessedly small and little used (from my viewpoint).

yep was on the Dawn in January & stuck my head in the casino just out of curiosity.  Very small, not many games and maybe 5 people playing.  There were more people in the cigar lounge.....

[Mocamps]

Thank you everyone for the info. We’ve decided that casinos are not really all that important!! The itinerary is the main event so now booked the Whisper for October and looking forward to trying our first classic cruise on SS. Though I am hoping we don’t have to dress up too much as we do prefer to pack light!!

[Stumblefoot]

10 hours ago, Mocamps said:

Though I am hoping we don’t have to dress up too much…

If by “too much” you mean formal attire, then no, you will not have to dress up too much.  But, if you consider informal dress “too much”, then I doubt you‘ll be happy sailing on SS’s smallest classic ship.

[Mocamps]

No, we’re happy with smart, informal dress. Just wouldn’t want to take dinner jacket (tuxedo) or long dresses.

[Stumblefoot]

1 hour ago, Mocamps said:

No, we’re happy with smart, informal dress. Just wouldn’t want to take dinner jacket (tuxedo) or long dresses.

You’ll be fine then.  Enjoy your voyage!

[ronrick1943]

We’re the same about dress, think it’s over done a little.  However we didn’t have a problem ant time on the ship.  If you don’t want a jacket that nights you have options for dining.  Fact is as much as we don’t like to dress formal, we booked a 24 night cruise coming up on Silversea.  You’ll find the dining options that work for you—and don’t forget you can always enjoy your suit with Butler service- which was excellent.