Casino currency - European cruise

[Liz]

Greetings to all!  I’m cruising on Getaway from Lisbon to Southampton at the end of July. According to the NCL website, “all gaming is in US dollars”.  Can anyone confirm this to be true? It’s been a few years since I sailed NCL in Europe and want to plan accordingly.  Thanks!

 

Liz

[chillyw]

It's true. My Mediterranean on the Epic last year had casino only in USD. I had gotten a bunch of euros out and had to exchange them at the cashier.

[ColeThornton]

True.

[JandC_Cruising]

8 minutes ago, Liz said:

Greetings to all!  I’m cruising on Getaway from Lisbon to Southampton at the end of July. According to the NCL website, “all gaming is in US dollars”.  Can anyone confirm this to be true? It’s been a few years since I sailed NCL in Europe and want to plan accordingly.  Thanks!

 

Liz

We are on the same cruise!   Yes...Cash at tables and machines all require USD.   We plan on brining USD for the casino and on-ship tipping as desired.  Euro's and Pounds for the ports and post cruise stay in London.  See you in 35 days!

[steamboats]

Onboard currency is US Dollar - so why should there be Euro in the casino?

 

steamboats

[cabincop]

2 hours ago, Liz said:

Greetings to all!  I’m cruising on Getaway from Lisbon to Southampton at the end of July. According to the NCL website, “all gaming is in US dollars”.  Can anyone confirm this to be true? It’s been a few years since I sailed NCL in Europe and want to plan accordingly.  Thanks!

 

Edited June 25, 2023 by cabincop
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[BirdTravels]

3 hours ago, Liz said:

Greetings to all!  I’m cruising on Getaway from Lisbon to Southampton at the end of July. According to the NCL website, “all gaming is in US dollars”.  Can anyone confirm this to be true? It’s been a few years since I sailed NCL in Europe and want to plan accordingly.  Thanks!

 

Liz

The currency of the ship is US dollars. All transactions and casino is will be in US dollars. Any other currency will have to be exchanged to USD at an unfavorable exchange rate. 

[Liz]

4 hours ago, steamboats said:

Onboard currency is US Dollar - so why should there be Euro in the casino?

 

steamboats

Because one never knows and it doesn’t hurt to ask - that’s what this forum is about.  I brought USD on MSC World Europa after being told by multiple parties at MSC that the shipboard currency was USD - and the casino only accepted Euros.  I prefer to avoid that surprise again since I live in the US.

[Liz]

5 hours ago, JandC_Cruising said:

We are on the same cruise!   Yes...Cash at tables and machines all require USD.   We plan on brining USD for the casino and on-ship tipping as desired.  Euro's and Pounds for the ports and post cruise stay in London.  See you in 35 days!

Awesome! Without promoting that “other” social media site… if you are on fake book, there is a private group to join.

 

Liz

[Liz]

Thanks for your replies!!

 

Liz

[phillygwm]

10 minutes ago, Liz said:

Because one never knows and it doesn’t hurt to ask - that’s what this forum is about.  I brought USD on MSC World Europa after being told by multiple parties at MSC that the shipboard currency was USD - and the casino only accepted Euros.  I prefer to avoid that surprise again since I live in the US.

All NCL ships are USD.  Fair question but, as a practical matter, they couldn't swap out USD for Euro bill readers on the slots every time a ship repositions, nor would it make sense to accept different currencies at the tables versus the slots, so...

[JandC_Cruising]

45 minutes ago, Liz said:

Awesome! Without promoting that “other” social media site… if you are on fake book, there is a private group to join.

 

Liz

yes...I've been a member for some time.  Much more activity on that group than our roll call on CC...

[steamboats]

9 hours ago, Liz said:

Because one never knows and it doesn’t hurt to ask - that’s what this forum is about.  I brought USD on MSC World Europa after being told by multiple parties at MSC that the shipboard currency was USD - and the casino only accepted Euros.  I prefer to avoid that surprise again since I live in the US.

 

MSC World Europa has Euro an onboard currency therefore also the casino is Euro.

 

Only the MSC ships departing from US port have USD as currency. All others do have Euro. There might be some cruises focused on UK where they do have GBP as onboard currency. But that´s only one ship.

 

steamboats

[Liz]

12 hours ago, steamboats said:

 

MSC World Europa has Euro an onboard currency therefore also the casino is Euro.

 

Only the MSC ships departing from US port have USD as currency. All others do have Euro. There might be some cruises focused on UK where they do have GBP as onboard currency. But that´s only one ship.

 

steamboats

Sorry not sorry, but I was assured by several reps - including mid-level management - at MSC Corporate that USD are used in the casino.  And yes, I specified the ship and sailing date.  As a travel agent, I always check multiple times when working with a new-to-me cruiseline, especially when the information on their website is questionable.  It didn’t sound right so I questioned it. And I wasn’t the only American who received that misinformation. 🤷‍♀️

[Liz]

21 hours ago, JandC_Cruising said:

yes...I've been a member for some time.  Much more activity on that group than our roll call on CC...

Lots of good info on the fb group page. I’m not sure why NCL roll calls are not as popular as they used to be on CC.

[omahabob]

Haven't had Facebook in years, and don't plan to ever have it again. So I really hope people don't start using that, or any other social media, as a replacement for sites like this.

[steamboats]

17 minutes ago, Liz said:

Sorry not sorry, but I was assured by several reps - including mid-level management - at MSC Corporate that USD are used in the casino.  And yes, I specified the ship and sailing date.  As a travel agent, I always check multiple times when working with a new-to-me cruiseline, especially when the information on their website is questionable.  It didn’t sound right so I questioned it. And I wasn’t the only American who received that misinformation. 🤷‍♀️

I just returned from the new MSC Euribia. And I've been on a couple of MSC cruises - Med, Arab, US - and the only cruise USD was accepted onboard and the casino was the US one. So just personal experience 😉.

 

steamboats 

[Liz]

On 6/26/2023 at 3:58 PM, steamboats said:

I just returned from the new MSC Euribia. And I've been on a couple of MSC cruises - Med, Arab, US - and the only cruise USD was accepted onboard and the casino was the US one. So just personal experience 😉.

 

steamboats 

Good for you. Everyone has different experiences in life.  And there’s an old saying: your results may vary.