My grandma, who is sailing in my group, wants to know if coins can be used at the slot machines in the casino. She's willing to use her S&S card but prefers using coins for that classic casino feel.

i've tried to find the answer online but does anyone know 100%?

 wow 33 days till you get married congrats i hope you have a blast on all your future cruises

MzPlenty:

My grandma, who is sailing in my group, wants to know if coins can be used at the slot machines in the casino. She's willing to use her S&S card but prefers using coins for that classic casino feel.

i've tried to find the answer online but does anyone know 100%?

On all the cruises we have been on, the machines we have played took US coins and bills.

Unless it has changed recently they still use coins, as well as bills.

They have from Mulit-dollar slots down to nickels.  

Sundae:

They have from Mulit-dollar slots down to nickels.  

The cruises I've been on have even had penny slots.

thnx cruiser, be sure to leave us some monkeyheads since you sail before we do :)

Thanks everyone. you've all just made gramma a verrrrrry happy woman!!

you will be able to use cash coins or your sign and sale they have also started to use a player bank this allows you to keep your winnings on your s&s card instead of caching out and carriing a bucket of coins around and you can pull from it for the whole cruise as well as cash it out at the cage before the cruise is finnished IE you put in 20 and you have money left you simply press a button on the maching that says to player bank enter a pin number you set up transfer amount and take your card out....come back later put your card back in and press from player bank start with the money you ended with last time no more adding money till its gone also if you play 1, 2, or 5 cent slots (there are several differnts multi denominational slots on board that you can select play amount on) they pay in quarters so any odd amounts they wont pay out you can add them to the bank and keep adding and get a final cash out last night of cruise before the casino closes..sounds difficult but its real easy staff will help the first time if needed......make sure you check the machines I found out the hard way that if they sit for too long not used the denomination will revert to nickle slots so keep an eye on it if you take a break...tell your grandma they even had a few that you could still pull the handle if you wanted....have fun

Does anyone know if Carnival charges a surcharge for using your S&S in a slot machine?  The reason I ask this is because I play Roulette & Craps using cash,  I have noticed people coming to the table wanting to use their S&S card for play.  The Dealer informs them there is a 3% surcharge for getting a cash advance to play.

in the actuall slot machines there is no charge they do charge 3% if you advance from S&S at the cashiers cage

MzPlenty, you getting hitched thru Carnival on St Thomas or with an outside company?

We're getting married docked at St Thomas, on the ship's chapel but through the outside company that's affiliated with Carnival. One has to use this company whether you get married on or off the ship.

Ohhhhhhhh congratulations on your wedding in St. Thomas. What a beautiful idea. Have a fabulous time and best wishes to you and your love.