Rare h20skibum Posted April 22, 2023 #201 Share Posted April 22, 2023 7 minutes ago, twangster said: 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. Good advice. I haven’t been on a ship since Starlink, but often found internet horrible in some cabins pre-Starlink. Times I was in a cabin between access points, I had to stand in the hall under an access point to get any internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted April 22, 2023 #202 Share Posted April 22, 2023 We’ve also used the shoe in the door trick to get a better signal. Forget about trying it on the balcony. Last cruise wifi was so bad, the VOOM guy turned off something on my IPhone that helped, but he didn’t show me what he did. Thanks for posting that picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #203 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) From the perspective of someone who does wifi for a living, they've made a mistake on Radiance. All the access points on the 2.4GHZ band are using channel 6 leaving channels 1 and 11 unused. That's going to create a very congested RF spectrum with a lot of interference. The 5GHz band is configured better. The 5GHz band doesn't penetrate steel walls very well at all so this may explain why the user experience is better in open public areas where guests devices are more likely to connect to the 5GHz radios. Edited April 22, 2023 by twangster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovesthebeach2 Posted April 22, 2023 #204 Share Posted April 22, 2023 7 minutes ago, twangster said: From the perspective of someone who does wifi for a living, they've made a mistake on Radiance. All the access points on the 2.4GHZ band are using channel 6 leaving channels 1 and 11 unused. That's going to create a very congested RF spectrum with a lot of interference. The 5GHz band is configured better. The 5GHz band doesn't penetrate steel walls very well at all so this may explain why the user experience is better in open public areas where guests devices are more likely to connect to the 5GHz radios. I thought the wifi on Voyager was worse than on other ships, including all the Radiance class ships. The only way I got even the tiniest signal was when I was in the promenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #205 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Paper compass delivered without asking for it. The electronic cruise compass PDF hadn't been published for today yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted April 22, 2023 #206 Share Posted April 22, 2023 37 minutes ago, h20skibum said: I haven’t been on a ship since Starlink, but often found internet horrible in some cabins pre-Starlink. Usually, the Starlink upgrade won't fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #207 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) Spotted near guest services. I think I found the Royal Caribbean website server! JK. Edited April 22, 2023 by twangster 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #208 Share Posted April 22, 2023 They aren't printing the Meet The Officers but here are the senior officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #209 Share Posted April 22, 2023 The Centrum: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #210 Share Posted April 22, 2023 MDR Breakfadt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #211 Share Posted April 22, 2023 13 hours ago, little britain said: @twangster are you going to give any clues as to what you look like lol 🤔 I'm on the helipad! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #212 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Breakfast with a view. Suites and Pinnacle in Chops/Giovannis. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seville2Cabo Posted April 22, 2023 #213 Share Posted April 22, 2023 11 hours ago, twangster said: Samba Grill had three guests tonight, and I was one of them. We were at Chops last night. Food and service was excellent. About half full. they said only 40 reservations last night, but over 100 for day 2. We were at Chops an 10:35 yesterday am and had no problem getting all the restaurants and times we wanted for our 10 nights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 22, 2023 #214 Share Posted April 22, 2023 11 hours ago, little britain said: Then just turn up and say 2 are dining? Why do you want refunding so you can pay a more expensive on board price ? It's not more expensive when one of the meals is free when using your Diamond Plus BOGO coupons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted April 22, 2023 #215 Share Posted April 22, 2023 2 hours ago, twangster said: 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 🙂 There'll probably be some nastygrams delivered to the forward cabins with the curtains open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #216 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I initially though they had not yet uploaded the day 2 cruise compass but it appears they inserted day 2 after day 1 so it's been updated after all. RD day 2 cruisecompass.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #217 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Here in Schooner the wifi is using more than channel 6 so maybe that issue is contained to specific areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #218 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Dress to Impress night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #219 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Since I'm loitering at Schooner Bar here is the latest bar menu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sea Dog Posted April 22, 2023 #220 Share Posted April 22, 2023 21 minutes ago, twangster said: Here in Schooner the wifi is using more than channel 6 so maybe that issue is contained to specific areas. What app is that? Looks interesting. I would like to learn it. Is the learning curve tough? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #221 Share Posted April 22, 2023 16 minutes ago, Sea Dog said: What app is that? Looks interesting. I would like to learn it. Is the learning curve tough? Wifiman on Android. It's free so if you have an android try it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #222 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Some Colony Club pics. Great venue. You can see why these ships were so popular when they first launched. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #223 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Another line at the Voom desk. Disable private address and random MAC🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted April 22, 2023 Author #224 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) Burned through my $8 in free casino play. Took 3 minutes! I was up! Then I wasn't. The non-smoking side wasn't bad at this time of the day. Edited April 22, 2023 by twangster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted April 22, 2023 #225 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jimbo said: It's not more expensive when one of the meals is free when using your Diamond Plus BOGO coupons. The on board booking price is always more than the pre booking Planner price I find. Book one person; two have dinner. Edited April 22, 2023 by little britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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