What types of trip reports do people like

[BillOh]

One more thought on this subject. We haven't talked much about picture sizes.

 

I posted more of my early pics sized in a 800x600 resolution. In the last couple of reviews I have used 1024x768 as my standard. I've owed my own PC Repair company for more than 20 years so I have a good feel for what kind of monitor/screens people are using them and how they use them. When I first came to CC in 2006 many of my customers and some people here were accessing this forum with dial up modems. My last dial up customer finally made the switch about 2 years ago, so I don't worry about having too many pictures or what size for that reason.

 

I do have a quality camera and notice people who post large photos get the most praise. I remember when 19" monitors were $1000 US, but now they are cheap. I will probably stick with 1024*768 for now, but I do know you don't want to post a huge picture in the middle of a page and then go back as it makes the post hard to read. What size are most of you using?

[John&LaLa]

My lack of food porn isn't any set feelings against it, just for me that is the one time of the day I put my camera away so I rarely take any dining photos. I almost wish I had taken it to Chops on my last Freedom Cruise. One of our roll call members told me about the bacon appetizer and how good it was. I hadn't heard of it as it wasn't offered on my last cruise that had a Chops (2013) But I have seen it posted again. Boy was that good.

 

I look for the unusual and try to post pictures that other people haven't seen, but are still interesting. My 2013 Allure cruise was one of my first that had the Coke Freestyle machines. Those were getting rave reviews. The week we were on was a major exception as they were in a empty or state of disrepair quite a bit. Royal would have been embarassed if I had take some of the photos of those machines that week. Anyway, I accept that as an aberration.

 

I think the one thing I have taken away from this thread is to not leave the readers hanging for weeks. I've been guilty of that. I'll try to be more organized this time around.

 

Getting back to the food porn, after enjoying Gambee's reviews very much, I did have to poke fun at one 1024x768 photo of a basket of mayonnaise packets on Labadee. I did praise enough of his reviews that I feel its not too insulting to mention it again.

 

I did mention I do tend to make sure I right in paragraphs to make it easier for the user to read and skip portions that don't interest them. I think next time I will add a few in review titles such as:

 

PRECRUISE

 

 

DAY 1

 

That way people who live near the ports or aren't interested can skip those sections a little easier.

 

By the way, this was a good topic.

 

the picture doesn't do it justice

 

 

And this was from my laptop using Shutterfly

Edited January 28, 2016 by John&LaLa

[miridj]

Lots of pictures, especially food porn!!

[John&LaLa]

One more thought on this subject. We haven't talked much about picture sizes.

 

I posted more of my early pics sized in a 800x600 resolution. In the last couple of reviews I have used 1024x768 as my standard. I've owed my own PC Repair company for more than 20 years so I have a good feel for what kind of monitor/screens people are using them and how they use them. When I first came to CC in 2006 many of my customers and some people here were accessing this forum with dial up modems. My last dial up customer finally made the switch about 2 years ago, so I don't worry about having too many pictures or what size for that reason.

 

I do have a quality camera and notice people who post large photos get the most praise. I remember when 19" monitors were $1000 US, but now they are cheap. I will probably stick with 1024*768 for now, but I do know you don't want to post a huge picture in the middle of a page and then go back as it makes the post hard to read. What size are most of you using?

 

I don't like it when the pic is so big it makes you scroll from side to side. Plus it messes up the whole page it seems. Same with wide signature

[fletch1027]

One more thought on this subject. We haven't talked much about picture sizes.

 

I posted more of my early pics sized in a 800x600 resolution. In the last couple of reviews I have used 1024x768 as my standard. I've owed my own PC Repair company for more than 20 years so I have a good feel for what kind of monitor/screens people are using them and how they use them. When I first came to CC in 2006 many of my customers and some people here were accessing this forum with dial up modems. My last dial up customer finally made the switch about 2 years ago, so I don't worry about having too many pictures or what size for that reason.

 

I do have a quality camera and notice people who post large photos get the most praise. I remember when 19" monitors were $1000 US, but now they are cheap. I will probably stick with 1024*768 for now, but I do know you don't want to post a huge picture in the middle of a page and then go back as it makes the post hard to read. What size are most of you using?

 

I use flickr to dump my photos to. Their "share" function will give you the BB code (formatting for CC posts) to cut and paste.

 

In the share area, you can get the BB code for things like "original" (which varies based on the original photos resolution - in this case 4608 x 3456 would be way too big for a CC post!) and other different size options. Here's a screenshot of that menu:

 

 

 

Also, here's a sample of the same photo at different sizes. That being said, my default size is also usually 1024 x 768 because at that size it is big enough to appreciate, but (usually) not big enough to make folks scroll side to side in a browser window which gets old fast! :)

 

 

Medium (800 x 600)

 

 

Large (1024 x 768)

 

 

Large (1600 x 1200)

 

[PCWalton1]

Here is same pic from TapaTalk. Problem is I can still only attach pics as a reply, not in a new post

 

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

 

For me on Tapatalk at the bottom where it say Quick Reply, to the left there is a circle with an up arrow it in. If I tap that it gives the option to just post a picture.

[wolfganghowell]

Ha, I was about to post the exact same thing about the giant pictures.

 

I like information on the entertainers - the bands, who is in Schooner, Pub etc.

 

I'm another one who can't stand when people copy and paste entire messages and photos. Quote the applicable sentence for context but geez, seeing the exact same post over and over is insane.

[PCWalton1]

My lack of food porn isn't any set feelings against it, just for me that is the one time of the day I put my camera away so I rarely take any dining photos. I almost wish I had taken it to Chops on my last Freedom Cruise. One of our roll call members told me about the bacon appetizer and how good it was. I hadn't heard of it as it wasn't offered on my last cruise that had a Chops (2013) But I have seen it posted again. Boy was that good.

 

I look for the unusual and try to post pictures that other people haven't seen, but are still interesting. My 2013 Allure cruise was one of my first that had the Coke Freestyle machines. Those were getting rave reviews. The week we were on was a major exception as they were in a empty or state of disrepair quite a bit. Royal would have been embarassed if I had take some of the photos of those machines that week. Anyway, I accept that as an aberration.

 

I think the one thing I have taken away from this thread is to not leave the readers hanging for weeks. I've been guilty of that. I'll try to be more organized this time around.

 

Getting back to the food porn, after enjoying Gambee's reviews very much, I did have to poke fun at one 1024x768 photo of a basket of mayonnaise packets on Labadee. I did praise enough of his reviews that I feel its not too insulting to mention it again.

 

I did mention I do tend to make sure I right in paragraphs to make it easier for the user to read and skip portions that don't interest them. I think next time I will add a few in review titles such as:

 

PRECRUISE

 

 

DAY 1

 

That way people who live near the ports or aren't interested can skip those sections a little easier.

 

By the way, this was a good topic.

 

I avoid sending or even taking food pictures as I rarely do the food justice. I took this last cruise and it looks like something somebody snaked out of a clogged drain. :o

 

[wolfganghowell]

fletch - the large is too large. :D

[fletch1027]

fletch - the large is too large. :D

 

Which large? The large large or the small large? :D

[BillOh]

the picture doesn't do it justice

 

 

And this was from my laptop using Shutterfly

 

It is better than one other I saw and it does keep a good perspective on size and thickness.

[pcrum]

I love to read the entire story, especially the pre-planning part. How did you choose this sailing, how did you get to the port, pre-cruise hotel information, etc. I also enjoy the details of your last day, whether you spent an extra night in the city you cruised from or if you went home that same day.

 

Also, if you have traveled on other cruise lines, I enjoy the compare/contrast between Royal Caribbean and other lines you might have sailed on.

 

Photos are great, but not a deal breaker for me. A good narrative can make up for a lack of photos! I do enjoy food and drink porn though!

 

Thanks! Looking forward to your review.

[BillOh]

Ha, I was about to post the exact same thing about the giant pictures.

 

I like information on the entertainers - the bands, who is in Schooner, Pub etc.

 

I'm another one who can't stand when people copy and paste entire messages and photos. Quote the applicable sentence for context but geez, seeing the exact same post over and over is insane.

 

I agree. I can see however, how some people get intimidated trying to quote just a line when the OPs message has multiple pictures, fonts, colors and other options. Having some HTML experience I can figure it out, but if its too much, I'll copy the piece I want, hit reply and manually add my own

quote brackets

. The only problem with that is it doesn't indicate who the quote is from.

[BillOh]

I love to read the entire story, especially the pre-planning part. How did you choose this sailing, how did you get to the port, pre-cruise hotel information, etc. I also enjoy the details of your last day, whether you spent an extra night in the city you cruised from or if you went home that same day.

 

Also, if you have traveled on other cruise lines, I enjoy the compare/contrast between Royal Caribbean and other lines you might have sailed on.

 

Photos are great, but not a deal breaker for me. A good narrative can make up for a lack of photos! I do enjoy food and drink porn though!

 

Thanks! Looking forward to your review.

 

I agree with you, though as you have read in this forum, others don't. You will enjoy my next review then! But I will do it in paragraph form, get most of it up at one time, and label sections so those that want can skip right to the boarding.

Edited January 28, 2016 by BillOh

[John&LaLa]

Learned something new, thanks Bill

 

Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

[fletch1027]

I agree. I can see however, how some people get intimidated trying to quote just a line when the OPs message has multiple pictures, fonts, colors and other options. Having some HTML experience I can figure it out, but if its too much, I'll copy the piece I want, hit reply and manually add my own . The only problem with that is it doesn't indicate who the quote is from.

 

As long as the beginning and ending "QUOTE" brackets are not messed with, anything in-between can be deleted as needed and the blue quote box that is in the reply will be fine (including the original posters name).

 

Example:

I agree. I can see however, how some people get intimidated trying to quote just a line when the OPs message has multiple pictures, fonts, colors and other options. (rest of it trimmed out)

 

In the example above, the information after the opening "QUOTE" has the posters name and the link to their original post:

[John&LaLa]

Ha, I was about to post the exact same thing about the giant pictures.

 

I like information on the entertainers - the bands, who is in Schooner, Pub etc.

 

I'm another one who can't stand when people copy and paste entire messages and photos. Quote the applicable sentence for context but geez, seeing the exact same post over and over is insane.

 

Especially when they say following or thanks. I a appreciate a sincere thanks, but not always a need to do it as a quote

[pcrum]

I agree with you, though as you have read in this forum, others don't. You will enjoy my next review then! But I will do it in paragraph form, get most of it up at one time, and label sections so those that want can skip right to the boarding.

 

I will look forward to your next review!! :)

[John&LaLa]

As long as the beginning and ending "QUOTE" brackets are not messed with, anything in-between can be deleted as needed and the blue quote box that is in the reply will be fine (including the original posters name).

 

Example:

 

 

In the example above, the information after the opening "QUOTE" has the posters name and the link to their original post:

 

Yep, but that kind of detail is really hard to do on a phone.

 

All good suggestions, though. Makes me want to do one on Freedom again this coming March.

 

Edit - well that came out odd, must have been the extra quote at the end

Edited January 28, 2016 by John&LaLa

[John&LaLa]

As long as the beginning and ending "QUOTE" brackets are not messed with, anything in-between can be deleted as needed and the blue quote box that is in the reply will be fine (including the original posters name).

 

Example:

 

 

In the example above, the information after the opening "QUOTE" has the posters name and the link to their original post:

 

Test to see what happened

 

Same problem, any idea why

Edited January 28, 2016 by John&LaLa

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

Also, here's a sample of the same photo at different sizes. That being said, my default size is also usually 1024 x 768 because at that size it is big enough to appreciate, but (usually) not big enough to make folks scroll side to side in a browser window which gets old fast! :)

 

Medium (800 x 600)

 

Large (1024 x 768)

 

Large (1600 x 1200)

 

 

I also like the 1024 x 768 size. I think that's what I used in my Oasis Photo Review. Large enough to see details, but not too large. Although I can see the whole 1600 x 1200 photo without scrolling, I think it's still too large.

 

PS...I thought about quoting that whole post with the photos, but I refrained. ;)

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

 

Same problem, any idea why

 

Did you happen to delete the "

", which is at the end of the quote, also? Edited January 28, 2016 by OfTheSeasCruiser

[John&LaLa]

Did you happen to delete the "

", which is at the end of thequote, also?

 

Nope, that's why I repeated it to make sure I didn't mess with anything.

 

This one I messed up

Edited January 28, 2016 by John&LaLa

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

Did you happen to delete the "

 

Nope, that's why I repeated it to make sure I didn't mess with anything.

 

This one I messed up

 

Ha, now we're all messed up.

 

Not sure why it wouldn't be working. :confused:

[John&LaLa]

Did you happen to delete the "

", which is at the end of the quote, also?

 

Test again

 

It seems that adding (quote) in the middle of a quote is playing havoc with the App. Or it's just me

Edited January 28, 2016 by John&LaLa