lssg Posted November 18, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 18, 2012 My husband and I will be on the Independence of the Sea on Thanksgiving and would like to know if they show the NFL games on the ship, if so where is the most likely place. Hopefully it is more than just on the TV in the room. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DragonOfTheSeas Posted November 18, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 18, 2012 You should be able to watch it on Deck 5 in the Dog and Badger Pub. They have multyiple sets on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbug123 Posted November 18, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) I have not been on Independence specifically, but often there is a TV in the Schooner Lounge and a game will be on. Keep in mind that it won't be like a sports bar at home, where they have the "Sunday Ticket" and are showing ALL the NFL games on various TV's. Most likely there will be a game feed from only a single network so you'll be limited to whatever game that network happens to be airing. Edited November 18, 2012 by waterbug123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare niksmom630 Posted November 18, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 18, 2012 We just got off Liberty and there were games being televised both in room, and in the On Air Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpoole3 Posted November 18, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 18, 2012 They also play the games in the Viking crown lounge on most ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj Posted November 18, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 18, 2012 On Oasis, they showed a game at 1, 4:30pm, Sunday Night, Monday night, and Thursday night game on the NFL network. Normally shown on ESPN 2 Caribbean network. Shown in the room and the On-Air Club. Showed some college games as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKen2 Posted November 18, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 18, 2012 My husband and I will be on the Independence of the Sea on Thanksgiving and would like to know if they show the NFL games on the ship, if so where is the most likely place. Hopefully it is more than just on the TV in the room. thanks Good luck with finding the game! It doesn’t seem that RCCL puts much planning into Major sporting events. Last October on the Allure, the Cowboys were playing the Patriots at 4:30, a nationally televised game. It was rumored by the bartenders, that it could be viewed in the On Air Club located at the Promenade. When we arrived at about 4:45 it was standing room only and there was a soccer game playing on all the TV’s. The crowd of about 100 plus was getting inpatient. The bartenders said they had no control to change the channel, it had to be done somewhere else. what????? Several people walked down to guest relation, others called. Finally 2 ship Officers were walking by and the noise caught their attention. The Officers made a call and after 20 minuets a crew member came down and changed the channel. The game was finally on half way through the second quarter. We also had an opposite experience on the Norwegian Epic. They have an area in the back of the ship called the Spice H2O bar and grill, were they viewed movies under the stars with a pool and Jacuzzi, but on Sunday's and Monday nights during football season it is an all day tailgate party. They also had the World Series playing on their indoor Atrium TV the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourne_Cruiser Posted November 18, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I went on the Indy in 2010. Two play-off games were being shown in the big lounge towards the front of the ship. This was on a cruise departing the US though. I'm also hoping to see the 2 Thanksgiving Day games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dz9yvr Posted November 18, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) My husband and I will be on the Independence of the Sea on Thanksgiving and would like to know if they show the NFL games on the ship, if so where is the most likely place. Hopefully it is more than just on the TV in the room. thanks Tell your husband not to worry, the Lions will lose again. He should go and do anything else other than watch the Lions. Given the 6 hr time difference, it seem like it will be close to dinner time. ;) Edited November 18, 2012 by dz9yvr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouhunter Posted November 18, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Tell your husband not to worry, the Lions will lose again. He should go and do anything else other than watch the Lions. Given the 6 hr time difference, it seem like it will be close to dinner time. ;) As a Lions fan I watched them lose again today. Agreed, MUCH better things to do on a cruise than watch the Lion's lose again.:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy4Kruisin' Posted November 18, 2012 #11 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Tell your husband not to worry, the Lions will lose again. He should go and do anything else other than watch the Lions. Given the 6 hr time difference, it seem like it will be close to dinner time. ;) Being from Houston and a big Texans fan, I can only hope you are speaking the truth. Game is at 12:30 Eastern time. GO TEXANS! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkvillain Posted November 18, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 18, 2012 They also play the games in the Viking crown lounge on most ships. Really? I've never seen a game on in the VCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy4Kruisin' Posted November 18, 2012 #13 Share Posted November 18, 2012 It's possible I will miss the Texans playing the Vikings on day of sailing, and playing the Colts on day of disembarking. That would make me sad, but not enough to miss a cruise!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DragonOfTheSeas Posted November 18, 2012 #14 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I think broadcasting sporting events is one area RCL could improve. I am not a huge sports fan--but, DH follows pro/college football and basketball. If we cruise longer than a week he begins to miss it. [a week is too short for me] On Carnival and Celebrity sporting events are more easily available. Some will say that forget sports when you are on the ship. However, the lack of available viewing will keep some from booking during March Madness, World Series, Super Bowl, etc. When we sailed Celebrity they put the football game [they were playoff games] on the big screen in the large lounge. They sold beer buckets and had a lively crowd. I am sure they made money off the bar service. More than anything else they could have done with that venue at that time. And they made a bunch of guys happy. They were talking a lot of "smack." :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negc Posted November 19, 2012 #15 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I think broadcasting sporting events is one area RCL could improve. I am not a huge sports fan--but, DH follows pro/college football and basketball. If we cruise longer than a week he begins to miss it. [a week is too short for me] On Carnival and Celebrity sporting events are more easily available. Some will say that forget sports when you are on the ship. However, the lack of available viewing will keep some from booking during March Madness, World Series, Super Bowl, etc. When we sailed Celebrity they put the football game [they were playoff games] on the big screen in the large lounge. They sold beer buckets and had a lively crowd. I am sure they made money off the bar service. More than anything else they could have done with that venue at that time. And they made a bunch of guys happy. They were talking a lot of "smack." :rolleyes: We've sailed on Celebrity and RCI during football season and haven't noticed any significant difference. Both seem to show the national games from Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN on tvs in the various lounges and on stateroom TVs. It isn't like the NFL Sunday Ticket that some bars have which will show all the games and sometimes the games shown don't match up with the audience onboard (we couldn't see the Pats/Rams game from London despite being docked in Boston) but we did see the games that Fox was showing that Sunday. On Super Bowl Sunday a few years ago on Jewel of the Seas, there were showings throughout the ship including on the big screen in the theater. Typical football refreshments and beer were readily available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1cat4jan Posted November 19, 2012 #16 Share Posted November 19, 2012 (edited) That's a tricky one. Thanksgiving isn't even as important as the Superbowl and yet it's sometimes hard to find the Superbowl on a cruise ship. We have cruised on playoff days and on Superbowl Sunday and each time, there were promises of availability of the game, and many times the promise fell short. This is a general statement as to all cruise lines, not specific to RC. It seems every ship promises the game and then there is a struggle to get the feed. Sometimes we hear they are awaiting permission (as if the Superbowl is a surprise event and no one knows it's going to play that day) or they have trouble with the feed or they start late. We once spent the day in a sports bar at the port so we would be sure to see the game even though we had been promised we could view it on board. Well, you should've seen the unhappy folks who stayed on board and missed the game, while we viewed it at a local bar. However, our experience was different when we traveled Christmas 2011 on the Crown Princess. The game was being played on the giant screen on the pool deck. They even provided blankets to bundle up for the night game. The game was also being shown on the indoor bars TV's. Same was true on Carnival Breeze in September 2012. While in the bar, there was football playing. However, I cannot tell you whether that was a replay or live feed. So maybe things have improved these last few years. Edited November 19, 2012 by 1cat4jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DragonOfTheSeas Posted November 19, 2012 #17 Share Posted November 19, 2012 (edited) We've sailed on Celebrity and RCI during football season and haven't noticed any significant difference. Both seem to show the national games from Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN on tvs in the various lounges and on stateroom TVs. It isn't like the NFL Sunday Ticket that some bars have which will show all the games and sometimes the games shown don't match up with the audience onboard (we couldn't see the Pats/Rams game from London despite being docked in Boston) but we did see the games that Fox was showing that Sunday. On Super Bowl Sunday a few years ago on Jewel of the Seas, there were showings throughout the ship including on the big screen in the theater. Typical football refreshments and beer were readily available. Either you were lucky--or we were not lucky, because that has not been our experience. DH tried to find an NFL game on the Radiance--no dice. DH was very disappointed during finals of March Madness. Edited November 19, 2012 by DragonOfTheSeas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam_1024 Posted November 19, 2012 #18 Share Posted November 19, 2012 (edited) Last Tgiving on the Jewel, they showed the games in the Schooner lounge and the lounge next to it with the pool table (can't remember the name). They also served hotdogs and popcorn which I thought was really cool :) Edited November 19, 2012 by pam_1024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyross Posted September 10, 2018 #19 Share Posted September 10, 2018 does anyone know if the crown princess shows NFl on the movie under the stars screens i have seen online where they say they have a tailgating party fro Monday night football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted September 10, 2018 #20 Share Posted September 10, 2018 does anyone know if the crown princess shows NFl on the movie under the stars screens i have seen online where they say they have a tailgating party fro Monday night football Best to ask that on the Princess forum: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=197 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negc Posted September 10, 2018 #21 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Either you were lucky--or we were not lucky, because that has not been our experience. DH tried to find an NFL game on the Radiance--no dice. DH was very disappointed during finals of March Madness. The Pub on Radiance class ships we have sailed on have always shown World Series games, NBA finals and some regular season games, and the national network feeds of NFL games during the entire regular season and into the playoffs and the Super Bowl. Many of the games are also shown on the large screen by the pool. th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilkySal Posted September 10, 2018 #22 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Planning to watch the Super Bowl in On-Air on Oasis in February!! Go Colts!! Cheers!!:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billslowsky Posted September 10, 2018 #23 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Planning to watch the Super Bowl in On-Air on Oasis in February!! Go Colts!! Cheers!!:cool: Are they traveling with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopnagain Posted September 10, 2018 #24 Share Posted September 10, 2018 On Anthem, we watched a game at the big screen at the pool. That was our favorite part of that cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilkySal Posted September 10, 2018 #25 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Are they traveling with you? Very funny.:evilsmile::* But, you're probably spot on.:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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