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Starlink report Typical from a couple of tests. Same IP address as last check.

Day 10 - Sea Day Progress report

City of Dreams Good performance from the cast. Music from the orchestra was also good. I didn't take photos from where I was to avoid interfering with other guests enjoying the show.

MDR menus

The Andante Duo are popular again tonight. Very good string music.

The Giovanni's Filet has long been a strong contender. Tonight was no exception. One of the best filets I've had in a long time.

Dinner in Giovanni's tonight. This may be as close as I get to sunset pictures for tonight.

Odyssey is an evolution of her prior sisters. The MDR is a prime example. Stunning. Quantum Ultra class vs. Quantum class. Regular aft balcony cabins, not just suites back there. But I see your point. One of the newest ships in the fleet, how terrible for you!

The first rule of fight club is?...

Day 10 Cruise Compass (Yes I know it's only day 9 but I saw it, so I post it, or else I'll forget) RD Day 10 cruisecompass.pdf

For those keeping score with Starlink... new gateway city. I think I saw this IP on our way South. I imagine, depending on where a Starlink satellite is and the direction it's going relative to the ship's position could see us changing gateway cities one test to the next. Pretty cool stuff and a lot of tech involved.

Vision did something similar for a Northbound transit in 2019. They did it midday while we were in Gatun Lake.

When that occurs it is usually the device at fault. Access points have little control over roaming. It's entirely up to the device to choose to associate to another access point.

The Entering the Pacific Ceremony King Neptune, a.k.a. Vernon our LA, held court over the scoundrels who tried to slip into the Pacific and for crimes on board. Select crew were called out for their transgressions. The King then doled out justice. They were cleansed in waters of the Pacific. GSM and Activities Manager were up next. Crimes of closing guest service in port so he could go on excursions and failing to bring the CD coffee were allegated. Guest volunteers were hauled before the King. They had to kiss the fish. Next the HD was "cleansed" four times once for each stripe for crimes that included eating in Chops every night. Then Captain Rumen was called out. His crimes included making too many announcements and forgetting to give the CD a birthday present. The crew seemed to be enjoying this. So the Captain fired them all. For back talking he was cleansed two more times. CD Mark tried to end the Ceremony but was called out. King Neptune and his Queen ended the ceremony and poised for pictures. It was a lot of fun and enjoyed by crew and guests alike.

How dare they treat you like the millions of cruisers before you. 🤣🤣🤣

Here's the video the ship created to instruct guests how to disable MAC address randomization. This is such an issue that there were lines at the Voom desk for several days into this cruise. This impacts all ships so be prepared and save yourself the headache of dealing with this when you board a ship.

The chat feature is back in the app but I'm having difficulty searching for people by name.

Back on Radiance too. I didn't update my app as I tend not to do updates while on a cruise. Voom isn't good enough to risk getting some corruption during an update.

Live from the Pacific

When I left my cabin this morning I could smell the faint textile smell of new carpet that I caught when walking past them the other day as they were replacing carpet in the forward stairwell. I suspect they've replaced more carpet somewhere overnight.

Very smooth with a minor swell from the West.

Sunrise report

Starlink report: Our Starlink gateway city at this moment appears to be Bogotá, Columbia. My email app is promoting me to re-enter my passwords. I guess it is concerned I popped up in Columbia unexpectedly.

Day 9 - Sea Day Progress report:

I noticed in tomorrow's cruise compass we change time tomorrow night, one hour back.