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The weather app on my phone places the North Sea around 10°C / 50°F all day so presumably that's the sea temperature.
On deck it's fresh outside, long pants weather with a light jacket.
Starlink gateway city remains to be London. Starlink speeds holding steady and performing well.
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Sunrise 4:44am
Sunset 9:37pm
Temperature ~ 10°C / 50°F
Forecast: Mostly cloudy, high temperature around 18°C / 64°F
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5 minutes ago, fla33023 said:
I've never been to Amsterdam and could use some clarification. Is this really one business...x-rated shows, a bar and medical care? Lol
I was hoping you would come to Amsterdam and let me know... I didn't venture inside.
However, there are areas nearby where I didn't take pictures, and the possibilities could lead to some serious trouble for an old single guy.
Maybe trouble isn't the right word. Or maybe it is.
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Martin Brock our magician in the theater tonight isn't bad.
I don't normally do these types of shows but this guy was pretty good.
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Mind you it’s fresh outside. Temperature is mostly a factor of sea temperature out here. Pack accordingly.
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He did talk briefly about the transition from SilverSea today. I suspect he is enjoying the larger audience and crowd.
I’ve sailed SilverSea so by no means do I mean to offend that crowd, but for a younger person who is lively and seemingly suited to the CD role I suspect he will do well at Royal.
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He came over from SilverSea. Try that forum.
So far he seems to be doing a good job. He handled Captain’s Corner today well.
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I confirmed the speciality coffee voucher did not count against my regular CAS drink vouchers today.
I inquired with our Loyalty Ambassador Isabeth regarding the extra speciality coffee voucher.
It’s due to the high number of D and D+ on this sailing. They are trying to reduce the pressure on the CL coffee machine.
So thanks D & D+!
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Formal night. I’m more smart casual.
The Windjammer doesn’t judge.
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Test upload, this may not work out, let's see.
Vertical video balcony selfie on a foggy sea day.
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9 minutes ago, Biker19 said:
For some reason that 26ms ping for the wired connection seems suspect - like too good to be true. But right, compared to the 200ms of O3B and 600ms of old geosync sat connection, anything under 50ms is great. That fairly close London downlink may have something to do with it.
Here on a sea day with a "Thriller" dance practice taking place in the Centrum I repeated the tests.
Wired:
Test 1 - 169/29 Mbps, 27ms
Test 2 - 187/23 Mbps, 26ms
Test 3 - 181/35 Mbps, 34ms
Wireless:
Test 1 - 162/39 Mbps, 35ms
Test 2 - 159/38 Mbps, 42ms
Test 3 - 116/25 Mbps, 40ms
Wired should always rule and the results support that.
Starlink has some variance built in as the satellites are in motion in 3D space relative to the ship and the gateway city. Depending when you run the test you could see some differences just based on positioning in that moment.
Pinging the local default gateway over wireless yields an average of 10ms so that much latency is just the nature of the WiFi on board and that doesn't appear to be unusual especially with a crowded WiFi spectrum sharing the RF airspace with other devices in the Centrum.
Deducting that "WiFi penalty" from the results above appears consistent with latency expectations.
In other words and in non-technical terms... it's working pretty great. 🙂
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1 hour ago, Biker19 said:
I rather have the latency of the wired set up.
I feel like we're splitting hairs at this point.
Plus I'm not sure they'd like my 300' ethernet cable running down the hallway after me. 🤣
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Times for CAS related events:
Day one Welcome Aboard Celebration is new.
Top tier on day six.
Note at the bottom there is a specialty coffee voucher "Valid this sailing only".
The coffee machines in the CL and SL both appear to be working. Not sure why they've extended the extra voucher for this cruise.
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LIVE from Jewel May 15, 2024 - 27 nights
in Royal Caribbean International
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No tender today. We are at a pier.