Originally Posted by
Evoni
Great way for you two to celebrate your Mom's 85th!
If you are gambling during the cruise join their player's club. Depending on the amount you gamble during the cruise you can get free drink tickets (good only in casino bar, but hey even the bottled waters onboard add up so I would use my coupons to get those and take them out of the casino), and other perks like dinner for 2 at one of the speciality restaurants. I'm not sure if you drink, but if you enjoy wine RCI allows you to bring 2 bottles of wine aboard with you per stateroom. No other liquor however, though you can bring water and sodas on board usually. Consider joining the roll call for your cruise, there is a section of that on Cruise Critic for their members. The Meet party usually has gifts to raffle off by RCI. :)
Have fun!