The_J

I called NCL this morning and according to what their CS people had, it's still scheduled to go.

FWIW...I had unlimited internet on the Star and would not recommend playing games where latency matters like World of Warcraft. The ping times were like 800ms. I got it so I could do some Webex meetings but I could only connect through my mobile app (my laptop required too much bandwidth). I believe the Star claimed to have upgraded internet.

I'm looking more at games like Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, where most of the work is client-side, but needs to be able to connect server-side to either access areas or to post/get results. It would be through a mobile app, so if you were able to do video conferencing, I'd think that there was sufficient bandwith, even assuming latency, to play.

Hi -- I'm going to be sailing on the Gem next month, and am curious about how the WiFi is now that Norwegian has upgraded service. It's been a little over 2 years since I've been on an NCL cruise, and the WiFi was really bad then -- loading email was fairly slow, let alone trying to do anything else. I've seen some articles about how the internet is significantly improved, but I'm wondering how much.

I like to play mobile games, which require decent bandwith, so I was considering getting the unlimited data package for the trip, but if the WiFi is slow and spotty, it's not worthwhile. So I'm looking to see if anyone has had some recent experiences they can share about it -- particularly whether or not they've been able to reliably stream video or play games over the WiFi.

Thanks!