13 days ago
NOT A CASINO SHIP
Give it 5 star for No kids. Give it 5 star for drinks in casino offer. Give it 5 stars for the Balcony Room. Give it 3 stars for the food. ( if you like steak, 5 stars) Give it 1 star for Casino. Give it 1 star to smoking gamblers. The casino is small. Small rows of same machines. No variety. If your a slot player, tight as the company name. Saw 1 jackpot the Whole Cruise. (Last day in smoking room $5k $8.80 bet on Bacon Pig machine). Smoking room has 4 video poker and 9 bacon pig machines. Expect winter gear, cold as Michigan in winter in there. Looks like the airport smoking rooms. Deck 16 has a smoking area. Metal chairs and benches, no cushions and everyone fights for shade. No bar close to it, random servers when they feel like it. Casino closes at 3am no matter what. Opens late morning 10, 11, noon. Closes at every port, regardless. There is a slot tournament , $25 to play. I didn't play. Shows- line forms in casino every eve. Blocks everyone in casino from moving around. Spent my large budget in 3 nights, which usually lasts me a whole trip on any other cruise. No Give back, really. Friend got a bonus on Dragon, 12.50 bet, got $19 total. The cruise ship itself caters to Healthy, Excercise, and Physically active people, not Casino, Drinker, Gamblers. I didn't have High Expectations, but I would rather try any other Cruise line and Deal with Children, then ever go one this ship again!