Meanee

I think that's just something Princess lawyers added.

***** uses tech that is all around you in every day life. RFID and Bluetooth LE. RFID is a passive device that will "reply" with information when pinged. Information is very small. Usually just a small string of numbers. At this time, every smartphone has RFID reader/transmitter (save few older iPhone/Android models). RFID requires no battery and can work forever, but has very short range.

Other tech that ***** uses is Bluetooth Low Energy beacon. It's more of an active device that uses very low amount of energy to send quick updates. Bluetooth LE readers are everywhere. Apple came up with BT beacons, that track you around the store by interrogating your phone and recording last position. So they know that you stopped to look at headphones longer than you stopped to look at laptops. More stores and malls deploying beacons now.

If RFID and bluetooth LE tech was dangerous to pacemakers, then pacemaker users would not be able to step into a mall while carrying a credit card or a phone. Or ever ride in a car that has bluetooth.

I always toss a Leatherman knife in my suitcase for every cruise. Not a single time had anyone question it.

Hey all.

Few days off Crown Princess. One night, while at sea, I couldn't sleep. So, I thought I should go to IC and get some tea. Since it was around 3am, I thought I should make a small video walking down there. So, it is at the link below. Pardon somewhat jerky movement. But this will give people some idea what Crown Princess looks like inside, if they never sailed her.

I would say it will be a bigger renovation. They should start installing Ocean Medallion tech as well, so there will be work done on interior. But this is just an educated guess.

I usually fax stuff in. Takes few hours and credit is applied. That department works FAST.

Watching this thread since I will be on the same boat.

We should all take your tuba and shoot it. (attitude from my drone thread)

Oh man, I miss IC already... European cruises beat the snot out of me with jetlag. So I end up waking up early, like 4:30am, grab my laptop with movies and go hang out at IC. Ship is empty, I get to catch sunrise (and some awesome port arrivals. Looking at you, Kotor!) and chat with bored staff sometimes.

Rent a car, and stay somewhere around actual LA, not San Pedro. We did cruises out of LA and usually stay there one or two days before the cruise. We just go for random hotels around LA. Staying in San Pedro is kind of counter-productive if you want to see things around LA.

As for car, we rent from Enterprise at LAX, and return to Enterprise in San Pedro. Not the cheapest option but a lot better than cabbing or ubering around. And Enterprise location in San Pedro has a shuttle that will take you right to cruise terminal.

I'll wager that the crew would not be able to care less what your salutation will specify.

 

 

Tom

Oh, I am sure. Or they will think "Great, another assclown" or something. I bet they have more important things to worry about.

Me and my girlfriend cruise together. Different last name, she's "Ms" on the door. When people refer to us as married couple, or call her with my last name, we don't mind at all. I honestly do not expect ship crew who will only see us for a week to remember "we are together but not married, so please make sure you learn both last names and refer to her by Ms and not Mrs" and so on. And I do not mind at all.

Same thing if let's say beds were not in a right arrangement, or we only get one patter, etc. Room stewards were always amazing with any requests we had and I am sure that they will make things right if asked. Let them assume whatever they want. Cultures and beliefs are different.

Next time I am booking Princess, I will specify my salutation as "Admiral" or "Commodore." I will either get stink-eye from ship crew or captain will ask "Admiral, would you like to drive the ship?"

Good question - how did you get unlimited internet? In any event it should show up on your account n the Princess website

During Medallion trial, Platinum and Elite get unlimited internet for free.

I try to get my butt on the ship as early as possible. But it depends on area. In place like Ft Lauderdale, I don't even bother with a hotel. Airport to port, and get on. When I was boarding in Barcelona or Athens, we got hotel, got to the ship later than usual. Instead of mad dash to the port, in Athens we got breakfast, went to Acropolis, bought some souvenirs, etc.

I guess it's also about the way ports handle boarding. In St Pedro, we were all crammed in a small building, with way-overloaded cellular towers so I couldn't even browse the web on my phone, and it was hot and humid. Waiting for my group seemed like eternity, and even after being called, it took forever to get on. And we were there around noon.

But either way, we try to be onboard early. First thing to do would probably be head straight to MDR and put our name for Chef's Table. Then drop bags off, do our best Braveheart impression and storm the buffet.

Good luck to you - probably your best option.

It seems to me that all through this thread you have not wanted to do anything that was against Princess rules, do anything that was illegal in any of your ports of call nor deliberately annoy anyone around you whilst went about your lawful business enjoying using your drone in a responsible way.

You argued your case with restraint and respect whilst receiving some very rude and uncalled for personal insults.

Whilst not being a drone fan, I respect your right to use yours in a considerate way, within the regulatory framework.

Happy flying.

Thank you.

I am usually not the person to yell "I KNOW MY RIGHTS!!!" and try to avoid conflict. I flown my drone in open area few times, and was asked by others if it's possible to not fly here. Instead of "Get lost, I can legally do it" I just flew my drone to other area. One couple even received a "drone selfie" because while they were not exactly comfortable, they wanted a unique shot of them.

Drones are interesting machines. Early they produced a lot of negativity due to people being completely stupid flying them. But as FAA and various non-government associations (AMA) are bringing awareness and education efforts, while popularity of drones grows, incidents do not. Sure, there are still people who do stupid things. Like flying over other people, or flying them at unsafe locations, in restricted locations. They also forget that this is NOT a toy and should be flown and treated with respect. But that harms the hobby/sport.

See if you can give a shot flying one. Even if you are not a fan, you'll understand it better, and may not be as opposed to them.

My husband is a licenced pilot, flown F16's 27 years for USAF and now DoD contractor that is helping on the SOP for Drones for the FAA.

"Use common sense" "Check FAA site"

There are restrictions such as

consent to fly over private property, not flying above 400ft, no flying within a 4km radius of an airport and remember Lithium batteries must be declared to the Air carrier as they are considered Hazardous Matieral and some carriers require Lithium batteries be swabbed and placed in specialized bag/containers for Lith batteries.* Suggested read:

 

*https://dronelife.com/2015/04/28/travel-with-a-drone/

 

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Your husband is not 100% correct..

- For recreational flying, please check FAA Advisory Circular 91-57A.

- 400 foot limit is recommended, but not required or enforced. Check Public Law 112-95, section 336.

- If you are flying within 5 miles of an airport, you need to advise tower. Permission is not needed, only need to advise them. But it's perfectly legal to fly it within 5 mile range.

- Only lithium batteries over 100Wh are restricted. Anything below is permitted. If TSA made you swab all lithium batteries, your laptop, cell phone, smart watch, hearing aid, and so on, will be swabbed and you'll have to declare it. My drone's batteries are 43Wh. Even if you carry batteries in 101-160Wh range, with airline's approval, you can carry two. No limit on lower capacity. That is not to say that drone batteries are safe. Drones use Lithium Polymer batteries that are very volatile. When punctured, bad stuff will happen. But same battery chemistry is used in Macbooks. Macbooks are better protected though.

I am also a licensed pilot. Just never touched anything as fancy as F-16.

Check out this site -

 

https://www.thesignaljammer.com/

 

Specifically, check out these items - https://www.thesignaljammer.com/categories/UAV-Drone/

 

or this - https://www.thesignaljammer.com/blog/5-reasons-why-you-need-drone-jamming-technology/

 

DON

https://www.fcc.gov/general/jamming-cell-phones-and-gps-equipment-against-law

It also lists as jamming WiFi being against federal law. Drones use WiFi frequencies to communicate.

Also nice little quote from FCC: Despite some marketers’ claims, consumers cannot legally use jammers within the United States, nor can retailers lawfully sell them.

Even with the app, they didn't work in any useful manner.

 

You had to be connected to ship wifi to send / receive a message.

 

You had to be connected to 'real' internet to receive a notification.

 

If you're connected to 'real' internet, you probably already have plenty

of ways to message.

 

Also, you don't really need a special app, as many mobile browsers

can handle notifications.

That's a pretty horrible design. I can kind of guess why, they are probably forced to use Apple Push and GCM to utilize push on platforms, but I am sure other options could be available to developers as well.

Thing is that I probably do not need to shoot it down. Somebody somewhere probably from overseas must be making and selling probably illegally a device that jams the signal from your control box and makes the drone crash. If they aren't, they should. There is a great market for it.

 

DON

Most drones that are not $9.99 at Toys R Us will initiate Return to Home on any signal loss. They will come back to place of last take off or place where remote was last detected, make sure area is clear and land. But yeah, looks like your knowledge in the area is pretty lacking if you are hoping that it will just crash.

Also, what if a drone happens to fly over a person and someone jams the signal, making it crash? Do you still think they should sell the device that will make it crash on some random passer-by, and have them injured only because you hate drones?

Edit: Vast majority of drones use 2.4ghz and 5.8ghz frequencies. You know what else uses that? WiFi and unlicensed communication devices. So you will jam those too.

Hey Meanee, how did you get on with princess? Or has the angry crowd scared you off. I bought it up with a princess consultant after booking a 2019 trip and she didn't know, she was too keen booking 106 nights for me to worry.

Yeah, so far I got two conflicting answers from Princess. One is "no, strictly prohibited" and one "Sure, but you may need to surrender it to ship security"

The "sure thing" lady was over the phone. The strictly prohibited was over email. Honestly, email one may be just "get lost" answer, since I had to "remind" them that I am still waiting for reply, and reply came within 45 minutes after I reminded them.

Since their own reps are unclear on the exact policy, I'd rather not risk it with some powertripping screener in every port I take it.

It's unfortunate, considering airlines allow it in carryon and checked luggage with no issues. And my gigantic dive knife can be brought onboard if I show them my scuba license. Something tells me that if I show them my pilot's license, they won't really honor it.

I guess we will have to wait few more years, until drones become a bit more regulated, and less scary.

Also... congrats on 106 nights. Maybe one of these days I will do something like it. Just need to figure out how not to get cabin (ship?) fever lol.

Not available anymore and Not needed anymore.

 

 

Getting started with Princess@Sea is easy. Simply connect to the ship’s WIFI once onboard, open the browser on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device, and Princess@Sea will be the default page that appears. It even operates in "Airplane Mode". No cellular or data charges required!

Except without the app, there are no push notifications. If you have a message, you wouldn't know until you manually check the website.

I tried to rebook/reprice through my TA. Didn't work. I am in USA.

Got more than 1 pat of butter on Crown?

Assert Stand Your Ground Law - you felt threatened with bodily harm from the drone, and the operator continued to harass you

Interesting approach. However, harassment is not a call for "deadly force" from what I understand. Also, you need to prove that drone was threatening your safety. Also, airspace above your property is not well-defined. Your property can "end" 80 feet above ground. So if a drone hovers 81 feet above, with telephoto lens pointing at your pool, as creepy as it is, you can't shoot it down.

One of my hobbies is skydiving. Let's say if winds are preventing me from reaching my target landing area, and I happen to fly around 50 feet above your house, do you immediately shoot at me? Most skydivers wear gopros on their helmet...

This industry is too new and I am sure there will be a number of laws in future, but for now, it is what it is.

All I will say is I would love to take the case of the person who shot your drone down. You might get a very unpleasant and unexpected jolt.

 

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I've got a client for you then. Help this guy out: http://katu.com/news/local/man-faces-felony-charge-for-shooting-drone-out-of-the-sky