First, I have chips as requested in advance from BB readers. Will send individual emails with details. I also have the following extra chips for sale (see scan below): 2 $5 chips ($7.50 each); 7 $1 chips ($2.50 each); 3 $1 tokens ($2.50 each, and will include a free 25c token with each $1 token); 1 extra yellow roulette at $1. Add $1 postage for entire order.

Now all the info about the cruise (or maybe more than you really wanted to know)...

I enjoyed the cruise on Saturday. 8 hours round trip with casino open 4 1/2 hours in international waters only. Cruise sails from San Diego harbor 9 times per week at prox. $60-$70 per person after tax and boarding fees. Sails south to Rosarita Beach (Baja Mexico) then returns. Casino closes midway when in Mexican territorial waters. Ship doesn't actually stop in port...just turns around and returns. However, because it is technically an international trip (thus allowing gambling and a small duty-free shop on board), all passengers have to pass through INS immigration and Customs when leaving. (I even declared my chips, at face value, as they were "bought" on board! No duty required, as I was under the $400 limit anyway.)

The ship is the MV Enchanted Sun, operated by Commodore Cruise Lines. The marketing group is named "casinofuncruises". The casino is operated by the Viejas Indians. (Viejas also operates an Indian casino near San Diego.) The pit crew is not a local crew, but instead, an international cruise ship crew, about 90% from England and 10% from Australia. Very pleasant and casual dealers.

How to classify the chips & tokens? Are they are Cruise chips? Indian chips? California chips? Actually they are all three. You could say these are the first California water-casino chips since the days of the SS Rex, SS Tango and Tony Cornero! Anyway, this is the first (I think) legal California-based casino to have roulette, craps and real coin-in/coin-out slot machines.

The casino on-board consists of 3 gaming areas. Two areas are slots only. The third is the "main" casino, consisting of slots plus 2 crap tables, 8 BJ tables, 2 PaiGow Poker tables and 1 roulette table. $5 minimums on all the tables; $1 per roulette chip with $4 minimum on outside bets.

Chips made by Bud Jones in denominations of $100, $25, $5 and $1 (see scan). No fractionals or grand openings, etc. One side says Commodore & Enchanted Sun; other side says Viejas Casino & Enchanted Sun. The roulettes are generic -- all table "A" in 7 colors: yellow, brown, green, orange, off-white, pink & blue.

Tokens are also two-sided with a mint mark I'm not familiar with -- appears to be an overlapping/interlocking O C (Osborne Coin??) $1 token is gold-tone; 25c token is silver-tone. Also 5c machines which used regular nickels.

Slot machines are connected to a slot card program. See "casinofuncruises rewards card" in scan. Unfortunately, slot pay tables were mediocre to poor (7/5 jacks-or-better draw poker, for instance).

Dice are regulation red dice, with "Viejas" printed on the 2 face. Couldn't get any dice though.

Th-th-th-that's all folks!