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LOL. That was me in 1702 at Christmas if it is on the metal super structure between 1700 and 1702.:)
Yep it was still there, I remember talking with someone on here that they left a go pro mount, I took a pic of it, i'll have to find it.
Keith
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If you go on the Liberty and are in room 1700, then there is a go pro mount on the superstructure that someone left there so they could do a time lapse of entering and leaving port....you can use it if you want!!!!
Keith
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Here is a dining chart from Royal:http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/9df181b9#/9df181b9/8
Keith
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What The Fragmented phrase! Lloyd, my universal translator is in the shop gettin gupgraded, so maybe I can interpret that last post of yours by just showing the original post you are referring to.
That's how you spoke after a drink or two on the Allur if i recall! LMAO.
Hard to make out, but I'll look at deck plans too.
Looks like the bottom part of the outside hull will be baby blue like the Oasis and Allure.
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/89/e4/02/89e4028af8475d0a61ff6dd8ffa6df01.jpg
Keith
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I signed up for MLife, how do I put I my C&A number to get my gold status on MLife for being Diamond on Royal?
Keith
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Looks like Allure is on it's way back to FLL, it finally showed up on Marine traffic.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/home?zoom=10&mmsi=311020700¢erx=-78.77232¢ery=26.47162
Keith
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total new ships on order: 29
total gross tonnage on order: 2,722,300
I bet the ships included in this are the Viking river ships that only have a couple hundred people and are only a few thousand tons, I think they have 12 more of these on order now.
Keith
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Looks like they are already working on the Aqua Theater pool, I wonder if they will keep the webcams working during the week of the wet dock?
http://kroooz-cams.com/allure/allure1.php
Keith
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The only bad thing about an eatery by the pool is by the afternoon it looks like a bad Golden Corral, dishes everywhere, napkins blowing around, spilled drinks flowing down the walkways. I think it would be better to have an enclosed grill with tables for people to eat at for a quick lunch like chicken fingers, wings, burgers and hotdogs.
I miss the Seaview café on the Radiance class ships, feathers and fingers after getting back from a port day, sitting outside and watching people trying to make it back to the ship on time, the good ole days!:D:rolleyes:
Keith
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Yep, we are looking at an Allegiant flight out of Sanford. Really cheap and would get us home quickly.
We just got back from our Liberty cruise and we flew from ND to Sanford on Allegiant for $45 each way! Can't beat that!
The only thing that worried us is that they only have flights twice a week, so if something happens to the plane or weather, you just can't take a later flight, you have to wait till next Tuesday!:eek:
Keith
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Liberty has a full bar just inside the entrance!
Keith
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We rented a mini van from Orlando to FLL one way last week and we got it for $28 on Hotwire for 5 of us from Dollar. It was about as easy as it could be, we dropped off the van and took a taxi to the port. We could of took the shuttle but it would have been over an hour for the shuttle to pick us up, taxi was $21.
Keith
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and how about those folks (mostly seniors) that have no idea how to text, don't know what an app. is :confused: . and do not have a so called smart phone. :confused::confused:
Our kids actually got both of their grandparents, ages from 74-83 to start texting and got them Facebook pages so they could keep up with their grandkids and what is happening in their lives, never thought they could do it!
I guess it is up to each person how "connected" they want to be, but usually once you get used to it, it is hard to be without it, especially the younger ones.
Keith
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That is the one thing I like about a cruise ship is everybody is enjoying the ship and the weather, not everybody talking and texting on their phones, isn't that why we vacation is to get away from phone calls and texts, but yet it is still nice to be able to communicate with others on the ship a little easier.
Keith
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Costa Cruises has announced the launch of “MyCosta Mobile”, a new application for smartphones and tablets that is designed to allow Costa guests to call and text onboard at no cost.
“MyCosta Mobile” is free of charge and user friendly.
Before the start of your cruise, simply download the free application from the App Store or Google Play Store. Once on board, all you need to do is connect to the ship’s WiFi network, register and launch the app, at no cost whatsoever. Once you have registered, “MyCosta Mobile” is ready for use, again free of charge: you can socialize with other cruise guests and get in touch by phoning or texting whenever you like, and you can also use the App to contact a cabin or any of the numerous shipboard amenities such as the restaurants, Spa, tour office and much more besides.
“MyCosta Mobile” is available for iOS 5.0 operating system and upper versions for iPhones and iPads, as well as for smartphones and tablets that run on Android 2.3 and later mobile operating systems. The App comes in 6 different languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese
That is the one thing on a cruise ship that is hard to do is keeping in touch with others you are travelling with, especially if you travel with a group. Either you call them in your room or you run into them somewhere on the ship, this app would work great.
I wonder if you need to buy the Wi-Fi package to use it?
Keith
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It's too bad that you can't switch the views between the bow and aft cameras, that was the one thing I didn't like about an inside room was wondering what it was like outside and if we were in port in the morning.
It sure would be nice to watch TV on an 80" screen, but I think an inside room is a bit too small to get the full picture without your chair up against the opposite wall, would kinda like being in an I-MAX theater!:rolleyes:
Keith
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Love cruising, but don’t want to pay the money for a stateroom with an ocean view? Now it’s no problem. Royal Caribbean is set to unveil a high-tech feature on its ships that’s something right out of the TV show “The Jetsons”
In February a limited number of newly designed virtual balconies will be rolled out in the interior staterooms on Navigator of the Seas, which is just completing a dry-dock upgrade and will sail next week out of Galveston, Texas. Virtual balconies are high definition screens that show what’s outside the ship in real time, so you can enjoy the scenery from inside your room, even if you don’t have a porthole or veranda.
Originally designed for Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas, which is set to sail next November, the cruise line decided to install this futuristic feature in 81 staterooms on Navigator of the Seas.
This is far more than just a feed from a camera to a large screen, says Ronnie Farzad, Royal Caribbean’s head of entertainment technology.
Charlie Miller of Control Group, the concept design company behind the virtual balconies, said the rooms will feature an 80-inch, high-definition display framed to appear like a real balcony, stretching nearly floor to ceiling and wall to wall, complete with the sound of the seas in real-time from the camera location. Another interesting detail is that the virtual balconies will include a banister for a feeling of safety.
Royal Caribbean tested a simulated virtual balcony on 30 to 40 people at the Royal Caribbean headquarters, and one recurring comment was that an open ocean view is a little scary – because there was nothing to keep passengers from “falling in,” especially if the ship is moving in high seas, Farzad said.
While there are only a limited number of virtual balconies planned for Navigator of the Seas, there will be one in every interior cabin on Quantum of the Seas. Even the “Studio Staterooms” for singles will have smaller versions.
Expanding on the virtual experience
Royal Caribbean isn’t the first cruise line to offer a virtual view on its ships. Disney was the first to offer virtual portholes in its interior cabins, but they are only 42-inch circles made to look like portholes. The display shows a video feed from a live camera outside the ship.
There were several challenges to creating an authentic feel to Royal Caribbean’s virtual balconies. Designers wanted to create virtual banisters and even balusters, the vertical poles that hold the banisters in place. But the banister had to appear to be outside the window, like on a real balcony. And that created a whole new set of visual challenges, because the look of a real banister changes all the time as the sun and the ship change directions. The answer was to incorporate sun movement charts and powerful GPS data to add “real” shadows and highlights to the virtual banisters. At the same time, they decided not to put virtual glass between the balusters. “It only detracted from the beautiful ocean image on the display. Plus, no one is going to fall through them, anyway,” Miller said.
The Motion of the Ocean
A bigger challenge was to display the motion of the ocean. Consulting experts from M.I.T. and Harvard warned of unpleasant feelings when visual perceptions of motion don’t coordinate with real physical feelings. This meant there had to be as little delay as possible between the camera feed and the screen display. An advanced technology called fibre-channel was the answer. “Once we got the latency under one second, it was no longer an issue,” Farzad said.
Other top-of-the-line technology comes in the Academy Award-winning RED Epic HD cinema cameras, which capture the images of what passengers will see. It was decided that the best viewing angles were not to the sides of the ship, but forward and aft, so the cameras were placed at the bow and the stern. Real balcony staterooms with the same views usually sell out first. Each virtual balcony is on a side wall and not the wall facing port or starboard. In addition, the images correspond only to the direction the virtual balcony faces. The designers chose to give each room a remote control so the guests can turn the picture on and off and control the volume, but they cannot change views between forward and aft.
“It has to do with coordinating the visual images with the physical feelings,” Farzad said.
Another technical decision was to use a wide-angle, “fish-eye” lens on the cameras. “These give a more accurate representation of the visuals from a real balcony,” Miller said. Plus, they also found a drastic reduction in the feeling of motion in the image.
In the end, virtual balconies have all the visual and aural advantages of a real balcony – including a feeling of safety and a lower price point than a real balcony. The only thing missing, of course, is the fresh air.
The “Virtual Balcony” Debut
Your first opportunity to cruise with a virtual balcony on Navigator of the Seas will be on a four-day cruise leaving Galveston on Feb. 5, at $429 per person. If you are interested in seeing these virtual balconies, go to Navigator of the Seas.
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Who would of ever thought that you could get sea sick from a virtual balcony!
Keith
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I believe it is deck 4, the same as the lifeboats, as we entered at the end of the promenade but one floor down, we went up one floor and got our first slice of pizza at Sorrento's!:D
Keith
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is the path in front sand or paved? we have two in scooters and were wondering if they could get to it or have to walk
It is paved. They have golf carts that travel all over to take people from the different areas. They gave us a ride back to the ship from our cabana, you just have to tell the attendant when you want to leave, very nice service!
Keith
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Omg - regarding ambiverol response, I just realized what you meant about the diversity comment. I didn't mean that at all. When we were on the liberty, they had a party on deck at night and it was called the "white party" which simply meant that everyone should dress in white. I never even thought about how I phrased my question, I would never even think that way! I honestly hope that I didn't offend anyone. It looks like we get to dress in black and white for the "black and white" party this year. They are a ton of fun with the music, dancing and food!!! I'm with you ambiverol - I enjoy the diversity as well!!!
We laughed about this too as we heard there is one on our upcoming Liberty cruise and I told my son about this party, and the first thing he said was that is not right having that kind of party these days!:eek:
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We had a beach cabana this past January and we loved it, we had 11 in our group and we used it as our home base for the day, we only had 4 or 5 in there at one time as people were either in the water, shopping, eating or resting in the cabana. Our attendant said it was ok for the extra people to come and go from the cabana during the day.
There is a small concrete wall in front of the cabanas that you can easily see over and your cabana is probably 6' up off the ground so you have great views from up there of the ship and the beach.
The only drawback with these cabanas compared to the over the water ones is you have people walking on the path in front of the cabanas, where the over the water ones face right over the water. We like to people watch, so this didn't bother us and we could watch for members of our group.
Keith
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We switched rooms a couple weeks ago for our cruise next week and our cruise docs and our printable luggage tags still have our old room number when we look online. When we look at our reservation our new room number shows up, but I can't print them from our cruise docs, is there a solution to this besides picking them up at the pier?
Keith
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According to this, each ship will have only 3 rooms that can be booked as a single: http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/General_Info/Flyers/13036711_Single_Occupancy_Stateroom.pdf
I hey just took one of the single beds out of the room?
Keith
Traditional Dining Gone - Very Disappointed
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I think what I fear the most is that I book the Quantum say with a family or group of 10, you finally get everyone to decide where you want to eat on which nights and you go in and make reservations and it says "sorry this time is not available" so you try to redo your schedule and you go to make reservations again and you get "sorry this time is not available" or this restaurant is full for the night, it will just make you want to give up and either cancel or just believe that you will be eating at the Windjammer every night and that is something that cruising isn't about, relaxing and enjoying yourselves!!
Keith