petuni Posted April 27, 2009 #1 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I am taking my first cruise ever in May on Monarch of the Seas. Although I am not thinking I will be watching tv during the day or evening I frequently have difficulty sleeping at night. At home I watch tv or play games on the computer interspersed with sleeping all night long. Is the tv in the rooms just for closed circuit ship stuff or is there satellite-based programming. Should I bring a good book? I hate just lying there wide awake. I have trouble sleeping in motel rooms with others because I am afraid I will keep them awake. In one motel room I spent the night in the bathroom doing cross stitch so that a light would not disturb my son who was doing all the driving and needed his sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elleluv Posted April 27, 2009 #2 Share Posted April 27, 2009 There is a small amount of satellite based TV... you'll most likely get CNN (International), Fox News, ESPN (LA), TNT (LA)... They also have CBS Eye on Royal Caribbean which is taped programing that they play over and over again... on a short Monarch cruise you might not notice how often they play it as much as we have on some of the longer cruises we've done. They also generally have two movie channels where they play movies recently released to DVD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaribbeanCrush Posted April 27, 2009 #3 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I am taking my first cruise ever in May on Monarch of the Seas. Although I am not thinking I will be watching tv during the day or evening I frequently have difficulty sleeping at night. At home I watch tv or play games on the computer interspersed with sleeping all night long. Is the tv in the rooms just for closed circuit ship stuff or is there satellite-based programming. Should I bring a good book? I hate just lying there wide awake. I have trouble sleeping in motel rooms with others because I am afraid I will keep them awake. In one motel room I spent the night in the bathroom doing cross stitch so that a light would not disturb my son who was doing all the driving and needed his sleep. You may be pleasantly surprised how well you sleep onboard. The gentle rocking puts me out. I get my best sleep on a ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted April 27, 2009 #4 Share Posted April 27, 2009 There's plenty to watch (not as much as at home, but....) and as long as the tv isn't turned TOO loud, it won't disturb your neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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