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2,400 guests on board, so pretty much at capacity. Ships replace carpet all the time. It rarely makes the news.

Giovanni tonight.

Apparently my Grand Cayman excursion was canceled due to low booking numbers. C'est la vie.

The Andante DUO in the Centrum. I'm a sucker for a good violin. They are pretty good.

From the VCL VCL Bar menu

Deck 13 midship elevators have something different on each Radiance class ship. Radiance is for the birds. Water is super smooth at the moment.

It went off the website a while ago then came back, then went away. If it isn't full they made it that way deliberately. It was all I could do to change interior cabins once and I checked twice daily since booking.

Let's try an animated GIF of the wake. Not sure this will work.

Latte tudes menu

Beautiful sea day, again. we've just entered the Caribbean Sea. Well, there goes the neighborhood.

One of my favorite spots on older ships. Deck 5 under the lifeboats.

I've worked on transatlantic cruises. Not all work is compatible with cruising. If your work load can be time shifted its doable. If you need to participate on a lot of conference calls or video meetings then you are likely to find the satellite internet goes out exactly when you need it most. I would schedule meetings and calls for port days so I had cellular for backup. I often used it too. If you are hoping no one will know you aren't at home it's not likely to work out that way. Cabin wifi can be weak and it can be hard to find quiet spots on the ship where they don't have background music playing. PA announcements for bingo, t-shirt sales and art auctions always come at the least opportune time.

Day 3 MDR dinner menu

Apparently Enchantment in 2019 never got the memo. Not all ships are on top of it.

I asked the Voom person about expectations for Starlink in Alaska. I received an answer suited for the pre-Starlink days, mountains and being too far North, blocking the satellites, mountains everywhere, etc.

I suspect me moving cabins messed them up. I have to give my old cabin # at breakfast.

They said no.

Talked with my cabin attendant. Upgraded bathroom amenities for CAS have to be requested.

Had a talk with Voom specialist. They are replacing the wifi infrastructure on board in September moving from Meru to Cisco. Serenade he said was already done.

MDR lunch menu

Enrichment talk was okay. Glad I sat through it to learn a few things about the Caymans but if I had missed it it wouldn't have been a major loss.

Enrichment Lecture happening now...

Probably not worth it. Pics are uploading pretty good except with my cabin door closed. The sunrise pics were uploaded moments after I took them on the forward outdoor deck. Took a few seconds each.

My phone.