1st Time "O" cruiser.

[Daniel A]

DW & I will be taking our first "O" cruise later this year.  We will be going to Bermuda in a Penthouse on Insignia.  I have two questions:

 

First, are the walls and ceiling metal so we can use magnets?  (We have a portable shelving unit that suspends from two magnets attached to the ceiling.)  

 

Second, does anybody know if the Insignia will be able to (and will) open the casino while docked in Hamilton?  I thought I read that Bermuda permits cruise ship casinos to operate during certain hours while staying overnight in port.

 

TIA

Edited April 23 by Daniel A

[gdlamberth]

Can't speak to the PH suites on Insignia; however, since the refurb a few years ago the walls in the non-PH  are NOT metal.  Can't speak to the Casino in Bermuda either but am interested since we'll be on Insignia NYC-Bermuda on the 1-8 Sept sailing. 

[WildWanderers]

Hi @Daniel A,

 

We were on a cruise on the Insignia this past Christmas and the only place where a magnet would stick in our penthouse was the front and back of the door to the cabin.  We had wanted to use a couple of magnets with Christmas decorations.  The magnets almost held in some locations other than the door, but not enough to even hold themselves up, let alone suspend something.

 

Recently on the Marina, the wall between the bathroom and the bed was metal, as my cpap mask suddenly stuck to the wall one day.  More surfaces in our Marina penthouse could have been metal, I just didn't see the need to suspend my cpap in a variety of locations.

 

Cheers,

Greg from the WildWanderers

 

 

[Daniel A]

2 hours ago, gdlamberth said:

Can't speak to the PH suites on Insignia; however, since the refurb a few years ago the walls in the non-PH  are NOT metal.  Can't speak to the Casino in Bermuda either but am interested since we'll be on Insignia NYC-Bermuda on the 1-8 Sept sailing. 

We've written each other on the Roll Call for the cruise.  We'll see you onboard.  It's not a very active rollcall but with the smaller passenger capacity that didn't surprise me.

[Daniel A]

2 hours ago, gdlamberth said:

Can't speak to the Casino in Bermuda either but am interested since we'll be on Insignia NYC-Bermuda on the 1-8 Sept sailing. 

It looks like Bermuda will permit cruise ship casino operations between the hours of 9PM and 5AM, but the individual ships must apply for and be granted a gaming license first.  I don't know if Insignia has the license.

[GrammieK]

We were on the Insignia in Bermuda Sept 2023 and the casino was open then. It was mentioned that a fee or license was in place. 
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