Rare little britain Posted April 21, 2023 #176 Share Posted April 21, 2023 44 minutes ago, Jimbo said: Ask them if you have a chance, if you can reserve the times and restaurant you want for your BOGO coupons before you board at home? Then once you are on the ship if you can then use your coupons the 1st two nights in the time slots you booked at home and if they can refund the $$$ your original booking was and then just use the coupons to pay the 1st two nights. Can you still use your coupons like that.........Years ago we always did it like that so we could get the times and restaurant you want. So no need to rush to the restaurant to try to get the times we want. I pre- bought 2x dinners - one each, for days 1&2. Went to Giovannis on boarding and she kept one for day 2 and moved another to day 8. I don’t see how you could reserve a time without booking ( and paying). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted April 21, 2023 #177 Share Posted April 21, 2023 @twangster are you going to give any clues as to what you look like lol 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 21, 2023 Author #178 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, njkruzer said: Hi. We're on the eb transit in October and the 8nt coastal cruise from Vancouver first. My app fir the 1st cruise says Diamond lounge is on Deck 4. When you click on show on Deck plans it takes you to deck 4 cabins. When we were on Jewel TA in April, with lots of D, D+, and Pinns on board, we used D lounge on Deck 13 and extended into Viking Crown lounge. Could you check on where they have D lounge on your cruise? The app says Deck 13, which seems right but you never know. Thanks. The Diamond lounge overflow is the VCL like Jewel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 21, 2023 #179 Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, little britain said: I pre- bought 2x dinners - one each, for days 1&2. Went to Giovannis on boarding and she kept one for day 2 and moved another to day 8. I don’t see how you could reserve a time without booking ( and paying). I did pay for the 1st two nights, when booking at home...........I'm asking will they refund that money back to me and so I can then use the BOGO coupons in those 2 slots? Will Royal do that for us onboard? Edited April 21, 2023 by Jimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njkruzer Posted April 21, 2023 #180 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Just now, twangster said: The Diamond lounge overflow is the VCL like Jewel. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 21, 2023 #181 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, little britain said: @twangster are you going to give any clues as to what you look like lol 🤔 He will be very easy to find, he will always have a camera in his hands............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 21, 2023 Author #182 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, little britain said: @twangster are you going to give any clues as to what you look like lol 🤔 I'm the guy at the bar. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted April 21, 2023 #183 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Just now, Jimbo said: He will be very easy to find, he will always have a camera in his hands............ He’s beaten me to every photo so far!!!! 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 21, 2023 #184 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 minute ago, little britain said: He’s beaten me to every photo so far!!!! You have to keep up ! lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted April 21, 2023 #185 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, twangster said: Dinner in Samba tonight I love Picanha... I was at Texas de Brazil on Monday night. 🙂 Enjoy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted April 21, 2023 #186 Share Posted April 21, 2023 49 day until we board Radiance in Seward! Liking the pics so far! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #187 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Our progress... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #188 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Great chat with the bar staff in the Colony Club. We are in good hands. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare SteelCityCruiser10 Posted April 22, 2023 #189 Share Posted April 22, 2023 17 minutes ago, twangster said: Great chat with the bar staff in the Colony Club. We are in good hands. always a good sign for a good cruise 🍻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #190 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On the way to dinner Sunset soon. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HicksRA Posted April 22, 2023 #191 Share Posted April 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Jimbo said: I did pay for the 1st two nights, when booking at home...........I'm asking will they refund that money back to me and so I can then use the BOGO coupons in those 2 slots? Will Royal do that for us onboard? Yes. I do this all the time. They will charge the onboard price for the BOGO and just refund your previous purchase in obc. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #192 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Samba Grill had three guests tonight, and I was one of them. Great views! Meat. And a sunset. The other couple finished 30 minutes ago. Weird having the whole restaurant to myself. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted April 22, 2023 #193 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Colony Club (whole area closed off for Pinnacles) at 7pm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted April 22, 2023 #194 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jimbo said: I did pay for the 1st two nights, when booking at home...........I'm asking will they refund that money back to me and so I can then use the BOGO coupons in those 2 slots? Will Royal do that for us onboard? Then just turn up and say 2 are dining? Why do you want refunding so you can pay a more expensive on board price ? Edited April 22, 2023 by little britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherful59 Posted April 22, 2023 #195 Share Posted April 22, 2023 1 hour ago, twangster said: Samba Grill had three guests tonight, and I was one of them. Great views! Meat. And a sunset. The other couple finished 30 minutes ago. Weird having the whole restaurant to myself. You would think this restaurant would get more business, but it didn’t have a lot of people when I ate at it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted April 22, 2023 #196 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Milestone block received and happy to see it’s the old style! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted April 22, 2023 #197 Share Posted April 22, 2023 1 minute ago, little britain said: Milestone block received and happy to see it’s the old style! I got a Radiance block on my fall Voyager transatlantic. 😄 The only time I sailed Radiance was March 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #198 Share Posted April 22, 2023 After dinner I walked around attempting to walk off the Samba effect. The helipad was open and with only my phone with me and no tripod there wasn't a lot I could capture. There was a light sea mist in the air and the horizon was still of light pollution from Texas so it wasn't great conditions for astrophotography but it was a nice evening otherwise and there was a sky full of stars above the ship. At one point a guest with a strong LED flashlight appeared and started shining their light all over. This had to irritate the bridge who need to keep their night vision intact, especially in the northern Gulf with lots of small boat traffic. I'm hoping they don't close the helipad at night as a result. It's the darkest part of the ship 🙂 I'll hop to try again with my good camera and a tripod. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #199 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I was getting pretty tired and despite intention to check out the theater I went to my cabin and was just going to close my eyes for a few seconds and... Something about waking up several times with the thunderstorms last night and I was done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #200 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Day Two - Sea Day Up early having crashed early, we find ourselves well into the Gulf. A lot has been said with people having issues connecting or staying connected to Voom. It's become enough of a problem that they now have a video that cycles in between the Wash Your Hands jingle and other such videos on the ship TV channel. It goes into length about how to disable these features that Apple and Google have added to their OS. The CD also mentioned it during his welcome aboard video. Starlink speeds have been a little variable this morning at an early hour when few reasonable people should be up. I'm in my cabin I had the door closed. Let's take a look at the wifi on Radiance. 20 MHz channels so we won't ever get fantastic connection rates. I am connected to the ship's access point with a 6 Mbps down and 39 Mbps "physical" connection. That's not so great. Let's try the shoe in the door trick. Cabin doors are all metal and if you wanted to block wifi signals the best way to do that would be to place a piece steel between you and the access point. A piece of steel like a cabin door. By propping the door open a little, some signal is allowed to leak into the cabin. With my door propped open I am now getting a PHY rate of 52 Mbps down and 117 Mbps up. For a 20 Mhz channel that isn't terrible in the real world. Despite this boost in wifi strength, Starlink is still be throttled by the ship. So it doesn't do a lot except make for a more stable user experience. My pictures for example are uploading a bit faster. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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