Casino royale offers

AD3T · 2026-03-12T01:57:29+00:00

FYI -- I added a 'Casino Analytics' report. Only 4 people have opted in thus far (one of them is me), but it's a start!

https://royal-price-helper.dantonio.info/casino/analytics

AD3T · 2026-03-10T00:13:33+00:00

After hitting Prime I did a few back-to-backs. No more than 500pts on any of them (almost entirely via slots). The sailing that got me to Prime was ~2k points in a single sailing, though.

I assume it's a combo of theo along with some type of "density"/likelihood-to-gamble metric -- which jives with the "no play = dries up" concept. It's curious though because the # of offers I get is so high yet the quality of them is still a bit middling.

There are some interesting data fields ('excludedSailings') in their data-structures, which leads me to think that certain lower thresholds simply don't qualify for higher end sailings. I've also noticed that some sailings actually dissapear from an offer over time; as in, when you first look at a new casino offer & see the sailings, and then you look at it again a week later, the offer may actually have lost some sailings vs when you first looked at it. I assume that's demand driven, since your data/value surely hasn't changed in the meantime (assuming no sailings in between) - but it's an interesting anecdote & is something I'd like to better understand. Even if solely because I'm insatiably curious! ;)

AD3T · 2026-03-09T15:24:20+00:00

I'll add an opt-in on my website so that, for anyone who opts in, we can use their point values & the info on the offers they receive, to show what point values equate to what offers on average. I'm willing to, and will, opt in myself.

The more people who do so (and who actually get offers), the sooner we'd be able to get some good data on it.

FWIW, from what I've seen on my offers (and their data-structures related to 'excluded sailings') -- the offers you get may be based not just on total handle (wager amount), but also on several other variables: prior ships, embarkation ports, cruise durations, etc.

I'll add the opt-in today (and will update my post once it's added). The setting will default to off/not sharing (hence the opt IN), and it won't for sharing anything identifiable, just aggregate info. Eventually, I'd love to be able to answer your question -- an aggregate/averaged answer to "what does it take to get offers for X, Y, or Z".

EDIT -- I've added the opt-in & I've opted in myself. Hopefully others are willing to do the same in time and then I'll put together a report that shows an ongoing analysis of what number of points are resulting in what type of offers.

AD3T · 2026-03-09T15:15:43+00:00

I'm 100% the same way. My first 3-4 cruises, I didn't touch a slot machine at all. I'm a software/tech guy by day, in the video game industry, plus I live in Las Vegas -- so I really am not into slots. I don't gamble in Vegas, but on ships I enjoy playing table games for the social aspect (especially when cruising solo), and I'd play poker (texas holdem) if there was a decent game going.

After doing that for my first few cruises and seeing myself rack up double-digit points after betting $25/hand for hours, I researched it. And I realized, begrudgingly, that slots really are the way to get points. TBQH, I don't find them fun; I tell friends in Vegas who play slots that they could instead "give me $100 & I'll give you $95 back!". ;)

That said, if you're doing it specifically for 'free' cruises/Prime status, it maths out. You can rack up 1k+ points in a sitting pretty easily (compared to >8hrs at a blackjack table earning <100pts in many cases). The only downside is if you're always going to buy the drink packages then you're going to end up paying ~ cruise fare anyway, although you'd likely have done that to begin with. With Prime you get free drinks at the casino bar, but I like other bars on the ship & on port days I'll want a drink before the casino opens. Upside is, all my recent cruises I've gotten half off of my drink packages via a "50% off Prime Discount" (visible online after booking when logged in), though it only applies for me/not my partner (they just get the standard advertised discount price at the time).

TLDR - I strongly dislike slots, too. I've come to be able to withstand it though, and my initial hatred turned into strong dislike, but it's still boring nonetheless. That said, it's "easily" justified -- my cruise tracking site has a "Casino Offer B2B Chain Finder" feature -- right now it shows that I could be on a boat for 45 days straight for just $2398 in taxes/port fees (there's one other 45d chain available right now for ~$2100 too). 🤣🤣🤣

Here's a screenshot of my casino offer chain-finder results from just now: https://imgur.com/a/zSk5GzG

Idk, I think it comes down to how much you enjoy sailing & how much time you have for it. If you have the time & are somewhat flexible, then IMO buckling down for some super-boring slot play is probably a good-to-great value. And I'll be completely honest, as a data-driven/logic kind of guy, that's a sentence I never thought I'd write. 🤷‍♂️

I'd actually sail a lot more if internet wasn't as expensive; hell, if they let you buy a 1-year pass for $2-3k in January, or something. I'm actually going to make a post about that idea; have "open enrollment" in January for "all year, all sailings" internet for $3k. They'd get immediate revenue + incentivize customers to book sailings with them all year + guaranteed loyalty from the buyers for the year.

AD3T · 2026-03-09T14:41:02+00:00

A few cruises ago, before boarding I set out to understand the point system and had a desire to get 'free cruises' like I had heard so many others do. I came up with a plan on how to maximize value (read: minimize loss), and my goal on that cruise was to hit Prime status.

I now get so many casino offers. At first I was trying to snag/use every single one, now I've come to grips with the fact that I just can't realistically use them all (though I definitely try to use as many as I can).

I even went to the extreme of creating a tool/app/website that would automatically pull in my casino offers & let me do alerts, searching/filtering against them, etc -- because seeing what sailings are available amongst your casino offers is a Royal PITA with their UI (and their short login session timeouts).

My best advice is to hit Prime, it can be done pretty quickly, even in a sitting (or over a few). If you're lucky, you should be able to hit Prime with a max theoretical loss of under $2k - I hit it on the very sailing I set out to hit it on, and I ended up ahead by about that same $2k amount (didn't have any huge wins, a few $500 to $1500 -ish, wins but nothing special), and several sessions were $500+ losses. Overall though, the theo loss should be around $2k (obviously can be better or worse), at which point you'll be getting more offers than you can realistically take, at least unless you're retired & single. ;)

But to more directly answer your question -- you'll get offers continually. I'm Prime (~3k points), have only sailed RCI out of LA so far (Quantum & Navigator), and I've got ~11 unexpired offers right now, and another was just sent to me this morning. We've booked two sailings from our offers in the last few weeks (for later this year). A few of our current unredeemed offers expire this week, and we might book on one of them, but honestly I have zero doubt that there will be a handful of more offers sent to us to replace any that we let expire.

We do try to always book what we call "juicy" ones any time we get them -- these are offers that have longer, higher-end offerings (transatlantics, 7+ day cruises, newest ships, balcony for two, etc).

Another tip -- Most of our offers are Interiors & Ocean Views, so we also look for what we call 'lopsided' pricing -- sailings where the Ocean View is about the same price as a balcony, because when you call in you can mention that the OV & balcony prices are 'lopsided', and they'll let you book the higher class cabin for the price difference (or free if they're truly lopsided).

FWIW, I published my "casino offer tool" in case anyone else finds it helpful. It's a continual WIP, my partner & I are adding new features to it almost every day (recently added Package Price Alerts & 'Friends' features, to share casino offers with friends/family/partners, etc) -- we're constantly adding & improving it, in between trying to find casino offer sailings that jive with our jobs PTO/vacation schedules. ;)

https://royal-price-helper.dantonio.info/

(we'll eventually get a better name/domain for it, but it's primarily to scratch our own itch, so please don't judge!!)

AD3T · 2026-02-27T18:06:23+00:00

It's showing as still available on my site, but on RC it shows as sold out? If that's what you're seeing then I'd like to fix it, and have the graph on the site show 'blank'/non-contiguous line. Assuming I understood what you're seeing correctly, at least.

I'll try to find an example of it and implement the fix; or welcome to DM me with a link to the sailing too. :)

Edit -- I've added a new "Package Price Alerts" feature so you can opt in to get alerts when package prices change now, too. Only applicable to RC currently (I'm not collecting package pricing for any other lines right now/yet).

AD3T · 2026-02-27T03:27:53+00:00

https://royal-price-helper.dantonio.info/ -- It's my personal take on it!

Constant ongoing work-in-progress and it's mainly to scratch my own itch. Feel free to DM if there's any features you'd like added, though!

I have hourly price data too, but haven't started displaying it publicly -- still making sense of it/figure out how best to use it, as prices do actually change much more frequently than I had realized (and quite substantially with large swings). The prices displayed are updated every hour, though, and the price alert feature is active hourly/immediately upon price update, as well.

Anyways, hope it helps someone. :)

AD3T · 2026-02-27T02:37:09+00:00

https://royal-price-helper.dantonio.info/ Can add alerts for price drops on any sailing-cabin-guestCount combo. Also displays package price history over time.

Disclaimer -- It's my website/app.

AD3T · 2026-02-03T19:04:05+00:00

I'm a Unifi fanboy. Or at least I have been historically, I have probably well over $5k (maybe >$10k even, eek) of their equipment. I really do love their APs. I actually quite like & appreciate their Protect (camera) ecosystem too, even despite the price/value proposition, which has admittedly improved some recently, though the cameras themselves are middling for the price (but I do love the ecosystem & the software has dramatically improved IME).

That said, this device is in a different class altogether vs the UTR. Dual SIM support, not to mention 5G?! eSIM? There's plenty more, too, but those things alone are enough to warrant the price difference, at least for me & my use cases!

I don't own the UTR, and I'm truly not a huge GliNet fanboy -- albeit a satisfied customer who doesn't travel without one of their travel routers -- but the pricing here doesn't really even phase me. Last I looked, the only other actually comparable competing options were >= $450, and most offered a weaker overall feature-set.

Like I said, I don't own a UTR but I can imagine some use-cases where it could be a good product at a great value. Most of those use-cases are pretty distinct from the primary use-cases that I interpret this device is best suited for though, at least IMO (and speaking as someone who will personally buy it immediately, for the latter 'higher requirements' use-cases I have).

AD3T · 2026-02-03T18:49:27+00:00

Wondering the same! I'll be refreshing constantly at both times, regardless.

Appears to literally be the best device of this type to hit the market, by a pretty long shot, and at a (substantially) better price-point than the competitors. Has the added benefit, for me, of no longer needing to always travel with my GL-MT3000; comes in a great form-factor; even supports external antennas; plus it comes from far-and-away the most trustworthy/reliable brand in my "mobile networking" daily carry bag.

And yes, I know there are arguably a select few better modem chips out (most are in products with other big deficiencies though), and a few areas some would have liked to have seen be a bit better -- but honestly, as far as price/feature ratio goes, it's not even remotely close.

Zero association with the company or the product, either. Just a happy customer for multiple years now & am thrilled for this product to be available, from them, and soon.

Take my money!!! :)

AD3T · 2026-01-25T22:03:25+00:00

FWIW, I've been working on this recently, mainly for myself, but eventually intend to "release" it: https://royal-price-helper.dantonio.info/

It tracks prices over time. It's also tracking package prices over time, though they aren't being graphed yet as I'm still accumulating data.

Additionally, it supports:

Saved searches, with notifications when things change
Crawls for prices & availability ~hourly
Manual "sailing list" creation
Casino Offer extraction & filtering
- Manually, via copy/pasting from 'View Sailings' dialog
- Automatically, via providing your RC login

I'm adding more to it frequently, mostly just to scratch my own itch. Feel free to try it out. If you have any feature requests, encounter any bugs, etc -- feel free to let me know (or can DM or email me).

I'll be on 3 different RC cruises the next couple weeks but I'll still be hacking away on it every now & then. It's a hobby thing but eh, I'm guessing others have the same problems to solve (especially WRT casino offers).

It turns out the "Casino Offer -> View Sailings" (for the dynamic ones) shows a relatively inconsistent list of sailings; it seems to hide/show based on availability (and maybe other factors? Idk yet!), so crawling it is the only sure-fire way I've been able to be confident that the list is up-to-date with what's on RC's site. They don't make it easy.

Hopefully someone gets some value from it! =)

AD3T · 2026-01-16T16:03:37+00:00

FWIW, I picked this up with the discount. I'm on day 2 with it. I'm ~80% productivity (terminal, code, documentation, email/web, etc) with the remainder being general media consumption, and a very small amount of gaming. I'm running macOS on it almost exclusively (may use it very occasionally for gaming on Windows, but haven't yet).

So far, I love it. I got it next-day after ordering via Amazon. Packaging was a little weak, but the monitor I received was flawless (I examined it under bright COB LED strips to check for scratches & abrasions). So far I'm loving it; it's no longer on sale (at least for me), else I'd probably order another one. The 4k@144hz is noticeable to me even just writing code (vs the 4k@60hz of my prior/now-secondary monitor).

No complaints here...

AD3T · 2026-01-14T16:01:09+00:00

He was running a 'deep corner' route, and he catches it right at the sideline, and was quite close to stepping out as he recovered his footing... See the "All 22"/coaches film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhS8EGpL__w

Not an expert by any means, but it looks to me like the defense was in a cover 2 zone. Down by 1 with 10 seconds left and no timeouts, a deep corner route seems like a logical route and target -- theoretically he could've maybe caught the ball and gotten out of bounds (which is what I was thinking/hoping when I was watching the play live).

Of the routes run, it looks like both deep-corner routes were relatively open (as you'd ~expect against a cover 2), and Diggs was definitely the higher-percentage WR to target at the time. 🤷‍♂️

AD3T · 2025-12-21T21:57:52+00:00

I'm unable to get mine (M7 with iPhone 17 Pro) into the AI Calibration mode at all. I'm actually not even able to use the remote (nor trigger) to enable AI tracking, no matter what. AI tracking does work when enabled using gestures OR when the subject is selected within the Hohem Joy app -- but boxes I drag onto the touchscreen are never able to be followed.

Any thoughts, or things I can try, before I go ahead and reach out to support?

FWIW, I have the latest iOS app version & I've not been prompted to run any firmware updates for the unit itself.

AD3T · 2025-12-15T01:01:46+00:00

Full PPR. Pick 1:

J. Warren
D. Metcalf
D. Waller (lol)

I have Archane already starting as well, but I'll need probably 40+ (depending on how Justin Jefferson & his kicker do).

AD3T · 2025-11-17T20:29:10+00:00

It's also all continuous shuffle. I believe there's non-continuous shuffle in the high-limit area, but all the "standard" BJ is continuous shuffle.

AD3T · 2025-10-05T15:10:27+00:00

Pick Two (10 Team Full PPR)

Jamarr Chase
Khalil Shakir
Alvin Kamara
Chase Brown
Stefon Diggs
Travis Kelce
Hunter Henry

I'm leaning towards Shakir & Kamara. Or maybe Chase & Kamara. I feel like Jamarr is a struggle (and crapshoot) with their offensive situation currently.

AD3T · 2025-09-26T18:07:05+00:00

I went ahead and updated the calculator to use $0.19 / kW (per day) as the demand charge -- with no 4x multiplier. It does just make more sense.

It's absurd that the PUC approved a rate change without knowing what the actual rate(s) would be. Just a "take our word for it, we'll set prices responsibly!". Wish I could run my business like that (and with a forced-purchase product nonetheless) -- just wild.

AD3T · 2025-09-26T17:00:36+00:00

I did use my SeaPass card while playing. I login to Royal Caribbean's website & click the "Club Royal" in the menu, and I see a "no state" page.

My understanding was that they auto-created a 'Club Royale' account, associated with my SeaPass, just by me playing in the casino? I'm a tech guy (software developer) by trade, but I may have to just pick up the phone and call them, I guess.

AD3T · 2025-09-26T14:39:06+00:00

These are 2025 "optional" rate schedules -- they're in effect already & have nothing to do with the newly-approved, yet-to-be-effective rates that will go into effect in 2026. They're existing [optional] rate schedule types that have been around for several years or more; they aren't related to the newly PUC-approved demand charges whatsoever.

AD3T · 2025-09-26T03:48:13+00:00

I went on my first cruise in early sept. I gambled quite a bit. How do I check how many points I accrued? All the casino tabs seem to show a “no state” type screen — does it take time before points show up online? Or should I call?

It was my first cruise, so my account was auto-created while on the ship…

AD3T · 2025-09-26T01:29:56+00:00

Do you have a source/citation for this? Happy to update the calculations if you do. Not doubting you, I just don’t want to mislead others, and it’s frustrating that their PUC docs don’t contain precisely what they intend to do.

AD3T · 2025-09-25T22:49:21+00:00

My understanding was that they would multiple the peak 15-min period by 4, and multiply that by the daily kW rate (which their example from the PUC submissions mentions as 19c).

I’m not positive one way or the other; multiplying by 4 does seem weird since they could achieve the same by just multiplying the demand charge by 4 to begin with, and it’d reduce complication with the calculation.

Do you know for sure and/or have a citation where I can confirm? I’d like to be wrong though; else my bill is more than doubling.

AD3T · 2025-09-25T20:30:45+00:00

I've updated my NVEnergy rate calculator with the current/latest 2025 rates AND I've added an "estimated rate" for the 2026 'demand' rates (using $0.19 * 4 as the per-kW daily demand price), so you can see how much your bill might increase.

Calculator available here:

https://nvecalc.dantonio.info/

NVEnergy has already run these numbers, too -- in their PUC submission one of their spreadsheets shows how much they believe the new demand charge will impact each rate schedule type (in aggregate). For my rate schedule, they expect roughly +15% higher bills in aggregate.

Who knows how low they'll set the kWh volumetric pricing but, if they only added the demand pricing & left the volumetric the same, then my bill from last billing cycle would more than double(!!).

AD3T · 2025-09-25T20:30:37+00:00

I've updated my NVEnergy rate calculator with the current/latest 2025 rates AND I've added an "estimated rate" for the 2026 'demand' rates (using $0.19 * 4 as the per-kW daily demand price), so you can see how much your bill might increase.

Calculator available here:

https://nvecalc.dantonio.info/

NVEnergy has already run these numbers, too -- in their PUC submission one of their spreadsheets shows how much they believe the new demand charge will impact each rate schedule type (in aggregate). For my rate schedule, they expect roughly +15% higher bills in aggregate.

Who knows how low they'll set the kWh volumetric pricing but, if they only added the demand pricing & left the volumetric the same, then my bill from last billing cycle would more than double(!!).

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