Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #801 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Welcome back to being "connected"... sorry Judith's not feeling up to par :( No worries about missing days 9/10/11 - you can just show it to us next week on the way back... We won't know the difference ;) Sent from my Speak & Spell using Tapatalk I expect to be without Satellite Service again in the same areas on the way back. I have not gotten a satisfactory answer on what the problem is. I was told by a Guest Services Officer that they were without service for 5 days crossing the Atlantic and that the problem is related to the ships position and that we will encounter signal loss again in the same places on the return trip. I am certainly not an expert on satellite communications but it sounds to me that they have not pre-arranged for service from a satellite they can "hit' with the Ship's antenna. One satellite could probably cover the entire Caribbean easily. The problem of signal loss occurs when the satellite is two low (close to the horizon) in the sky . Maybe someone who reads and this understands satellite communications can explain it. Edited October 16, 2012 by Trainman-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #802 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I am finally getting photos uploaded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzerci Posted October 16, 2012 #803 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I'm enjoying reading your posts, Trainman! I wish we were onboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debitoo Posted October 16, 2012 #804 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I am finally getting photos uploaded... Yea!!! Can't wait to see them! How is Judith today? I hope much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth C Posted October 16, 2012 #805 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Hmmm maybe it's so you feel like the "locals" being unconnected? lol Since so many people are following along here I'm going to ask and hopefully someone will know the answer- do you lose the connection enroute from Hawaii to the mainland?? If so I'm going to have to make sure my Kindle is loaded up for those 5 glorious sea days! I am going to assume yes since I did read that one of our airlines (Westjet) that has satellite TV loses it about 200 miles off the California coast... :( Sent from my Speak & Spell using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #806 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Time to check up on Judith and charge up the battery in the Notebook. More later today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkvillain Posted October 16, 2012 #807 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I am finally getting photos uploaded... Yes! I hope there is a Trainman breakfast special in your future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella777 Posted October 16, 2012 #808 Share Posted October 16, 2012 My Frustration Meter has peaked again! I am having no success uploading photos to Photobucket. Not with the Bulk Uploader and not Individually. I have hundreds of photos waiting to show you and can't! No problem,maybe when you are stateside, you can do some sort of photo album thingy and we all can go in and look at them then. Your daily commentary is good enough for me and takes a lot of pressure off of you to have to download photos for all of us to see. Most of us can visualize what you are talking about anyways if we have cruised before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debshomespun Posted October 16, 2012 #809 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Glad to see you are back among us Jim! Hoping Judith is feeling better. Nothing worse than not feeling well while on vacation. Hope she is back to her self in no time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo&fran Posted October 16, 2012 #810 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I am really surprised to hear they lost the internet during a TA crossing. We have been on a number of crossings and do not recall that happening. You do lose satellite TV in the middle of the Atlantic, but not internet. I believe they use different satellites , and I thought the ones that handled internet were used for ship communication also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted October 16, 2012 #811 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I am really surprised to hear they lost the internet during a TA crossing. We have been on a number of crossings and do not recall that happening.You do lose satellite TV in the middle of the Atlantic, but not internet. I believe they use different satellites , and I thought the ones that handled internet were used for ship communication also. Your experience matches what we saw last year on the Voyager TA. We lost TV for several days mid-ocean, but I was able to use the internet every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBumb Posted October 16, 2012 #812 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Great to hear from you. Looking forward to photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lionesss Posted October 16, 2012 #813 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Glad to see you are back among us Jim! Hoping Judith is feeling better. Nothing worse than not feeling well while on vacation. Hope she is back to her self in no time! Hi deshomespun Just wanted to say I am your neighbor, live in Vienna, just north west of you, visit your little town often via 616 to Campbell. Safe travels. Sue and crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PudgiPoo Posted October 16, 2012 #814 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Trainman, I love your posts, but are you eating all the chocolate donuts. Chocolate donuts are my favorite thing on board. If they are all gone by the time I get to the WJ I am upset. Those chocolate donuts are so good. I think I was drooping on the screen. So love the Trainman food porn photos.:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #815 Share Posted October 16, 2012 No problem,maybe when you are stateside, you can do some sort of photo album thingy and we all can go in and look at them then. Your daily commentary is good enough for me and takes a lot of pressure off of you to have to download photos for all of us to see. Most of us can visualize what you are talking about anyways if we have cruised before. I am uploading "selected" photos for posting on CC, maybe one of every ten I take. When I get home I will upload the rest to my Photobucket account and post up the direct link. That will probably start on November 3rd. We are still a long way and time from home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #816 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Hurricane Paul... We are well South of it... Maybe we wil encounter some left over swells. Edited October 16, 2012 by Trainman-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #817 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Rumor of the Moment... ERNightNurse is sitting with me and she got an email cancelling her tour tomorrow in Cabo San Lucas because the port has been closed. The Captain just announced that we are going into Cabo on schedule at 7 am tomorrow. He said there will be some swells tonight and that Ladies should not wear high heals tonight. Edited October 16, 2012 by Trainman-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #818 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Photos from /Saturday in Guatemala... It was really interesting to see the natives weaving on the Textile Villiage Tourand admire their work. Judith said it was too expensive so we didn't buy anything. The young girl had a cell phone hidden in her lab and when none of us touristas were watching she was texting instead of weaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debshomespun Posted October 16, 2012 #819 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Hi deshomespunJust wanted to say I am your neighbor, live in Vienna, just north west of you, visit your little town often via 616 to Campbell. Safe travels. Sue and crew Hey Sue . . . I am originally from Vienna! Went to good old Mathews! What a small world! How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #820 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I got to see two volcanoes, one if them is semi-active and smoke is coming out of the top. I was surprised to see them building on the sides of the volcanoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #821 Share Posted October 16, 2012 A rock formation that is supposed to look like a native woman's head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #822 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Tugboat of the day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #823 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I got to watch a woman making tortillas and even made one of my own. They had cheese and black beans to put on them and I made one of my own. Mine is on the bottom. They were really good and I had four of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #824 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Sunset... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 16, 2012 Author #825 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Breakfast in the Windjammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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