Piperandleroy Posted August 18, 2019 #551 Share Posted August 18, 2019 7 hours ago, Host Clarea said: One significant difference is that the newer RCI app works pre-cruise and onboard, while the older Royal IQ app only worked onboard.. Thank you, how close to cruise does it have to be to work pre-cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted August 18, 2019 #552 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Piperandleroy said: Thank you, how close to cruise does it have to be to work pre-cruise? You can use it months in advance to look at the daily planner and menus. Keep in mind that some info may change considering it's so far out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Guy Posted August 18, 2019 #553 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, soremekun said: You can use it months in advance to look at the daily planner and menus. Keep in mind that some info may change considering it's so far out. There does seem to be some limit. I just tried to access a cruise on Adventure in Feb and was told to check back closer to departure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted August 18, 2019 #554 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Bee Guy said: There does seem to be some limit. I just tried to access a cruise on Adventure in Feb and was told to check back closer to departure. At the "Select your sailing" screen, go to "Get more details on ships we support" Select your ship. From there, you can go several months in the future. February may not be available yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Guy Posted August 18, 2019 #555 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, soremekun said: At the "Select your sailing" screen, go to "Get more details on ships we support" Select your ship. From there, you can go several months in the future. February may not be available yet. Thanks! Goes out to Dec 7 on Adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Guy Posted August 18, 2019 #556 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Any ideas about when it be available on Radiance and/or Freedom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted August 18, 2019 #557 Share Posted August 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, Bee Guy said: Any ideas about when it be available on Radiance and/or Freedom? The schedule is unpublished however, the CEO said the following during a recent quarterly earnings call. From an unofficial blog site: Many guests have been wondering when will a certain ship in Royal Caribbean's fleet gain support for the cruise line's new smart phone app. Mr. Fain provided a brief update on the project rollout at the start of the call. "I'm particularly excited this is already been so broadly deployed that 60% of our guests can get it available. And, towards the end of the year it will be virtually all our guests. And the ratings that it's getting in the Apple App Store are 4.7." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 18, 2019 #558 Share Posted August 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, Bee Guy said: Any ideas about when it be available on Radiance and/or Freedom? The cruise line has not publicly revealed their rollout schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted August 18, 2019 #559 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Host Clarea said: The cruise line has not publicly revealed their rollout schedule. I think they should make it available to all ships now but gradually roll out the features on a ship by ship basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 18, 2019 #560 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, soremekun said: I think they should make it available to all ships now but gradually roll out the features on a ship by ship basis. That would be nice. However, I assume they have to load software on each ship and for whatever reason that seems to be taking a long time. I wonder if there is also hardware involved and therefore they have to arrange for third-party contractors to be onboard for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 18, 2019 #561 Share Posted August 18, 2019 46 minutes ago, Piperandleroy said: Thank you, how close to cruise does it have to be to work pre-cruise? Typically starting around final payment time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted August 18, 2019 #562 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Host Clarea said: That would be nice. However, I assume they have to load software on each ship and for whatever reason that seems to be taking a long time. I wonder if there is also hardware involved and therefore they have to arrange for third-party contractors to be onboard for a while. This could be the case but I'm in IT and work for a school district (yes, very different!). I have tighter budgets and deadlines and still get stuff done. But major factors are the project manager and expectations/deadlines/goals s/he set early on. And I'm aware, they obviously have more insight than I do. But even two teams of two people (one US team and another team abroad) can setup servers, make configurations, and test (during a weeklong cruise) to bring ships online faster than the current rollout. Edited August 18, 2019 by soremekun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted August 20, 2019 #563 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Here’s the most current list of which ships have which features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted August 20, 2019 #564 Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) @Ourusualbeach That is amazing!!!!! Well done! I love it! I would like to think we here at CC gave them that idea. Edited August 20, 2019 by soremekun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piperandleroy Posted August 20, 2019 #565 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I was hoping the app had the chat capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted August 20, 2019 #566 Share Posted August 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, soremekun said: @Ourusualbeach That is amazing!!!!! Well done! I love it! I would like to think we here at CC gave them that idea. That has actually been out for quite a while. They just don’t update it very often. Hopefully it will get updated more frequently now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted August 20, 2019 #567 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Just now, Piperandleroy said: I was hoping the app had the chat capability. Only Allure and Harmony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted August 20, 2019 #568 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said: That has actually been out for quite a while. They just don’t update it very often. Hopefully it will get updated more frequently now. Cool. This is new to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted August 20, 2019 #569 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Wondering Why Oasis has some of the fewest features. Could it be that they are waiting until her drydock for some reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piperandleroy Posted August 20, 2019 #570 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Oh well..going on the Anthem and Oasis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piperandleroy Posted August 20, 2019 #571 Share Posted August 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Only Allure and Harmony Yes..I wish Anthem and Oasis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted August 20, 2019 #572 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Piperandleroy said: Yes..I wish Anthem and Oasis Those are my next two cruises. I share your wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted August 20, 2019 #573 Share Posted August 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Wondering Why Oasis has some of the fewest features. They seem to concentrate on rolling out the app to new ships instead of adding features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted August 20, 2019 #574 Share Posted August 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Wondering Why Oasis has some of the fewest features. Could it be that they are waiting until her drydock for some reason? I'm thinking they need to install something physical (server?) for the new capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted August 20, 2019 #575 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Just now, Biker19 said: They seem to concentrate on rolling out the app to new ships instead of adding features. Maybe. It just seemed odd that 2/3 of the ships had all the features (excluding chat) and Oasis was in the bottom third missing features. Seems odd for one of their flagships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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