Rare DrUrsula Posted October 4, 2023 #1 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) Very happy to report that Starlink is amazing. First time in many cruises that we have had super-fast internet. We do NOT have premium internet, just the basic. I have been actually able to stream for short periods of time. Cruise is Getaway 11 day Southampton to Hamburg, Amsterdam, yada yada. Ship clean, staff beyond friendly and happy. Food- Cagneys-excellent Sushi- Excellent if limited menu LeBistro- excellent food,service slightly slow Tropicana- meh-not bad, not great. Garden Cafe- morning was fine, I tried lunch there today and the crowds were ridiculous. brought lunch back to cabin as no indoor seating and it was blowing and cold outside Bars: good service for most part, cranky bartender at the mojito bar but really good drinks. Shows: plenty of entertainment so the rumors of "not one show!!" are unfounded. music everywhere on the ship. no complaints. This is our second "non-Haven" cruise . Club balcony with large balcony is perfect for 2. happy to answer any reasonable questions. 😀 Edited October 4, 2023 by DrUrsula Spelling 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BamaVol Posted October 4, 2023 #2 Share Posted October 4, 2023 30 minutes ago, DrUrsula said: Very happy to report that Starlink is amazing. First time in many cruises that we have had super-fast internet. We do NOT have premium internet, just the basic. I have been actually able to stream for short periods of time. Cruise is Getaway 11 day Southampton to Hamburg, Amsterdam, yada yada. Ship clean, staff beyond friendly and happy. Food- Cagneys-excellent Sushi- Excellent if limited menu LeBistro- excellent food,service slightly slow Tropicana- meh-not bad, not great. Garden Cafe- morning was fine, I tried lunch there today and the crowds were ridiculous. brought lunch back to cabin as no indoor seating and it was blowing and cold outside Bars: good service for most part, cranky bartender at the mojito bar but really good drinks. Shows: plenty of entertainment so the rumors of "not one show!!" are unfounded. music everywhere on the ship. no complaints. This is our second "non-Haven" cruise . Club balcony with large balcony is perfect for 2. happy to answer any reasonable questions. 😀 Do you have an app to measure the speed? Just curious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloAlaska Posted October 4, 2023 #3 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Can’t wait for NCL to add star link to smaller ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DCGuy64 Posted October 4, 2023 #4 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Thanks to OP, we're on the Breakaway next month and are looking forward to trying out Starlink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisnHallelujahs Posted October 4, 2023 #5 Share Posted October 4, 2023 So happy to hear good things about getaway! 18 more days til we get on woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Liljo22 Posted October 4, 2023 #6 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Good to here. To everyone else, is there a list to what ships are getting Starlink and when? Based on the ship overview pages, these are the ones I see have it: Breakaway Getaway Epic Viva Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davechipp74 Posted October 4, 2023 #7 Share Posted October 4, 2023 OP can you post a screenshot of an "Internet speed test?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankprintster Posted October 4, 2023 #8 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Jewel is supposed to get it installed sometime in Q1 2024. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted October 4, 2023 #9 Share Posted October 4, 2023 We're on the Viva shortly and are anxious to see how well it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mking8288 Posted October 5, 2023 #10 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Escape isn't getting theirs until 2024, per iCafe manager when asked last month ... of course, he's not in charge of the rollout schedule. Quite surprised that it's not turned on for the Prima, Bliss and Encore or the Joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uneamie Posted October 5, 2023 #11 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I sure hope Joy gets it before our June 2024 cruise. It's going into dry dock so one would think they'd do it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacemanSpiff Posted October 5, 2023 #12 Share Posted October 5, 2023 4 hours ago, BirdTravels said: We're on the Viva shortly and are anxious to see how well it work. We were on the Viva a few weeks ago, and it worked very well. Even did a couple of facetime calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DrUrsula Posted October 5, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted October 5, 2023 10 hours ago, BamaVol said: Do you have an app to measure the speed? Just curious. Will do when we leave Amsterdam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiser2015 Posted October 5, 2023 #14 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Does anyone know what they are using on the Bliss? How is the service overall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmbhardy Posted October 5, 2023 #15 Share Posted October 5, 2023 9 hours ago, uneamie said: I sure hope Joy gets it before our June 2024 cruise. It's going into dry dock so one would think they'd do it then. Had a chat with the Joy GM a couple weeks ago and he confirmed that it will be part of the dry dock refurbishment this January/February. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uneamie Posted October 7, 2023 #16 Share Posted October 7, 2023 On 10/5/2023 at 9:13 AM, gmbhardy said: Had a chat with the Joy GM a couple weeks ago and he confirmed that it will be part of the dry dock refurbishment this January/February. Awesome....thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare alanstarr Posted October 16, 2023 #17 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Currently on the Getaway. This is the non-streaming internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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