Dori Saltzman

If Royal Caribbean were to offer a virtual and interactive cruise activity, what would you want it to be? Would you participate, for instance, in a game of Quest? Bingo? Trivia? Would you want someone to teach you how to build a towel monkey? 

What other cruise activities are you missing that you'd love for Royal Caribbean to offer a virtual version of?

2 hours ago, Cruiserkenn said:

Captain Tuvo is the most cheerful captain ever, in 50+ cruises.  He is wonderful.

He's got an Instagram account that is fun to follow! (search michele tuvo captain)

Do you have a favorite Viking crew member? Someone you'd want to hear from or send a message of hope to? Do you have a favorite crew member memory you'd like to share? We'd love to hear your stories!

Do you have a favorite Royal Caribbean crew member? Someone you'd want to hear from or send a message of hope to? Do you have a favorite crew member memory you'd like to share? We'd love to hear your stories!

Do you have a favorite Princess crew member? Someone you'd want to hear from or send a message of hope to? Do you have a favorite crew member memory you'd like to share? We'd love to hear your stories!

Do you have a favorite Norwegian Cruise Line crew member? Someone you'd want to hear from or send a message of hope to? Do you have a favorite crew member memory you'd like to share? We'd love to hear your stories!

Do you have a favorite Holland America crew member? Someone you'd want to hear from or send a message of hope to? Do you have a favorite crew member memory you'd like to share? We'd love to hear your stories!

Do you have a favorite Celebrity crew member? Someone you'd want to hear from or send a message of hope to? Do you have a favorite crew member memory you'd like to share? We'd love to hear your stories!

Do you have a favorite Carnival crew member? Someone you'd want to hear from or send a message of hope to? Do you have a favorite crew member memory you'd like to share? We'd love to hear your stories!

Cruise Critic is looking for uplifting cruise stories to share with the wider world. Did you meet your spouse on a cruise or propose in a way that go the entire ship involved? Did a crew member (or fellow passenger) save your life? Or make your cruise special in a way so far beyond anything you ever expected?

We want to hear all your uplifting and heart warming tales! 

Thanks!

dori

Cruise Critic is looking for uplifting cruise stories to share with the wider world. Did you meet your spouse on a cruise or propose in a way that go the entire ship involved? Did a crew member (or fellow passeger) save your life? Or make your cruise special in a way so far beyond anything you ever expected?

We want to hear all your uplifting and heart warming tales! 

Thanks!

dori

Cruise Critic is looking for uplifting cruise stories to share with the wider world. Did you meet your spouse on a cruise or propose in a way that go the entire ship involved? Did a crew member (or fellow passeger) save your life? Or make your cruise special in a way so far beyond anything you ever expected?

We want to hear all your uplifting and heart warming tales! 

Thanks!

dori

https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/4795/

Thanks for all the memories everyone (and please keep 'em coming)!

We put together a feature about some of people's first-ever Royal Caribbean cruises -- 50 Years of First Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Hi there,

If there's anyone out there currently on a ship that could run a speed test for me of the Internet, I'd very much appreciate it. I'm trying to find out how fast the Disney Internet can go.

Thanks so much!

Dori

Hi Dori

 

I don't know what you are specifically looking for, but I just wanted to point out that a speed test only indicates a result for a specific point in time. Not necessarily indicative of a moment before or after, which could be slower or faster. Certainly ship to ship would be different.

 

While Carnival's efforts have improved their internet capabilities, I believe that in the past and still today is fact that often the internet availability will at times fade or in fact stop.

Yep, totally understand. I'm just trying to see 1) if I can find an average speed and 2) if it ever gets anywhere near 4 mbps.

Hi there,

If there's anyone out there currently on either Divina or Seaside that could run a speed test for me of the Internet, I'd very much appreciate it. I'm trying to find out how fast the MSC Internet can go.

Thanks!!

Dori

Hi there,

If there's anyone out there currently on a ship that could run a speed test for me of the Internet, I'd very much appreciate it. I'm trying to find out how fast the Norwegian Internet can go.

Thanks!!

Dori

Over the past few years, and I cruise annually, I have never been above 1Mbps. Always in the Kbps range and usually in the 100 to 250 Kbps range.

Latency ping anywhere from 150 to 800 mS

Thanks so much. That's pretty slow! Can you tell me which plan you typically use?

Hi there,

If there's anyone out there currently on a ship that could run a speed test for me of the Internet, I'd very much appreciate it. I'm trying to find out how fast the Carnival Internet can go.

Thanks!!

Dori

I had a standard Havana cabin last year when Vista was in the Mediterranean, so we did have a patio. To date it has been my favorite cabin on any cruise and I barely used the Havana pool. The patio was amazing. I could sit on that hammock chair forever. The only people walking by your patio are other Havana passengers and even then it's not that often, so really does feel private at times. Other times other Havana guests are on their patios and you can say hi and chat or just relax or read your book. And we were never disturbed after 7 p.m. by noise or other passengers wondering around. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Here's what I wrote about it on Cruise Critic: Carnival Vista Havana Cabana: We Try It

Thought people might be interested in the menu for Q. (I've also got copies of most of the other menus, like Coco's, if people are interested.)

I missed the very top of the From the Pit section. At the top is the Pit Master Platter, which you can see the description of, just not the name.

You can always check out Cruise Critic's news section if you want to find out more about things. Here's what we've got about this incident.

MSC Cruise Ship Hits Dock in Roatan, Ship Cleared for Sailing

Thanks everyone!

Doing a little fact checking for an article and wanted to know from anyone who has been on the Rising Tide Bar if you can get on and off at any of the decks it visits?

Thanks for your help!

dori