rakes5
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royal caribbean
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Connect HDMI device to TV on Celebrity Eclipse
rakes5 replied to italnsd's topic in Celebrity Cruises
Bummer, we sail on Eclipse in the future and I thought I had it figured out. Had success on the Equinox, and posted this. But I’m guessing this didn’t work on the Eclipse. -
Favorite Production Show on Royal Caribbean??
rakes5 replied to Host Jacquelyn's topic in Royal Caribbean International
While I guess technically it wasn't actually a "production" show, the most entertaining entertainment I've experienced was when the cast from Hairspray did a "Favorite" Broadway/West End song show. We luckily saw this listed in the Cruise Compass. We actually saw this event on two different sailings. One was in the Jazz Club, and the other was in the Music Hall. Our first, and favorite was in the small, intimate Jazz Club. A few cast members were in there, and one played a keyboard. They asked for requests from the audience of their favorite songs, looked them up on an iPad, and one of more of the cast members sang. Such talented individuals. You could see they loved the music, and they were having such a great time. There were also a number of the Cruise Director's entertainment team there, enjoying the show with the rest of us. After that, we've looked every time we've been on an Oasis Class ship, but only saw it listed tow other times. Once was a conflict with something else, and the other was in the Music Hall. If you ever see this listed in the daily activities, try not to miss it. -
Just on for a 9 night cruise. Chose Select, as 6 seem too early, and 8:30 too late. Wa sable to pre-select 7:00 for 7 of the nights, and 6:30 for the others. However, we felt very rushed through dinner the first night. As we were finishing or salads, they already had the next course in hand, ready to serve. Our dinner was less than 45 minutes. Nice it you don’t want to spend hours at dinner, but we just felt rushed. using the app, we were able to look at the next evenings menu, and decided to try the Oceanview. We had a nice experience, although we had to get our own food. We sat outside at the back of the ship, and watched the sunset. Enjoyed it so much, we ended up going every night. Never got charged for a no show. The menus don’t change very much. They had a different theme, and only a few items followed the theme. So not for everyone. But we had great weather each night, and were very happy. By the way, we sat next to the captain or the entertainment staff or cruise director every night.
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Thanks to others that have posted how to connect their Roku. I wanted to add pictures of the menus, as there is other functionality. I brought a fire tablet, and it doesn’t allow for a direct USB connection, so I didn’t test that option, but included the screen picture for others to try. The mirroring was very easy. To use the Roku Stick, I plugged it into an available HDMI port (I used HDMI2) and the one USB port, for power, on the back of the TV. I had the premium WiFi package, and had already created an account. I had to use my iPhone to complete the login, through the Roku Settings menu, and it kicked off my previously signed in device. On the remote, press the CC button, you’ll see this screen. then press the Menu Button on the remote, you’ll see this screen scroll down to support, you’ll see this screen as my tablet wouldn’t directly connect via its USB port I didn’t try the Media Play Option. scroll down to source list, You’ll see this screen. Note what item is checked, as you’ll later want to select this to go back to how the TV was originally set. and you can choose mirror (more info below), or Bluetooth Music (to play music to the TV), or HDMI as the source to view your Roku, or other streaming device. if you choose mirror, you’ll see this screen This is what showed on my tablet. and when I selected the Samsung TV on my tablet, it mirrored my tablet to the TV, and I was able to watch files downloaded on my tablet on the TV. when done repeat On the remote, press the CC button, then Menu Button, scroll down to support, scroll down to source list, and I selected the first item, as that was my original source, as noted above. I hope this helps others. I’m actually saving a link to this post, for myself, for future Celebrity cruises.
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We used one of these ice bags, as well as these instant cold packs.
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The survey asked about status matches, but not about combining. We started off on Royal, and now go more on Celebrity, but after more than 50 combined cruises, we’re still a few cruises from making Elite plus. The Pups are moving us closer.
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`If you have time before the cruise, last August, we did the Prince of Whales tour, in Vancouver, and we saw a lot of whales. We were lucky, as a baby seemed to want to just hang around our ship, so others stayed right near the boat. The captain had to cut the engines for a while while we just drifted in the middle, until he was sure they had left the area. Many other boats flocked to our area, as we waited. Here is a link to the included pictures they sent us after the trip.
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What’s replacing tap factory on wonder
rakes5 replied to cusematt4's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Yes, on the Jan 7th sailing, Juggler, Adam Kario was the replacement. It was open seating, no pre-reservations before the sailing, or in the app while onboard. -
I’m on Wonder of the Seas. I’ll get mine first, right. Here’s a SpaceX Starlink Speedtest, from the Comedy Club.
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Live: Nov 18 2023 Xpedition Galapagos Southern Loop
rakes5 replied to mahdnc's topic in Celebrity Cruises
I know you have been talking about a Galapagos cruise for a long time. It's finally here! I know you will have an amazing time. It's been 8 1/2 years since we did this, and every time I see someone post a review or picture it bring back such great memories