Captain’s Club Power Up Points

[mahdnc]

10 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

Trying to watch it now but the sound is not in sync with the picture.😡

 

Everything is 5 by 5 for me.

[Stockjock]

A problem with this and prior webinars is that because I watch this on a Mac, literally about once every second, the screen gets dark and then immediately gets brighter again and it fades from bright to dark continuously during the entire session.
 

The reason that it’s doing that is it’s trying to show me the icon for full screen and it also shows me the icon for the speaker or mute, but I cannot stop it from cycling from bright to dim over and over and over again.  Clicking on the full screen icon does not improve the situation, so it makes it very difficult to watch this.

[mahdnc]

Nikhil's presentation has me thinking that I should cancel one of my cruises and go on African safari instead.....

[MMG3]

Webinar and sound quality are fine for me. 
 

 

[cruisestitch]

As I am watching this, I am reminded, and not in a good way, of undergraduate courses.

 

And I contrasted, in my mind, to watching Brent Nixon, the excellent naturalist on Alaska cruises, who entertained and educated simultaneously.

 

How can we get Celebrity to put him on as the next webinar?

[Alakegirl]

20 minutes ago, Stockjock said:

A problem with this and prior webinars is that because I watch this on a Mac, literally about once every second, the screen gets dark and then immediately gets brighter again and it fades from bright to dark continuously during the entire session.
 

The reason that it’s doing that is it’s trying to show me the icon for full screen and it also shows me the icon for the speaker or mute, but I cannot stop it from cycling from bright to dim over and over and over again.  Clicking on the full screen icon does not improve the situation, so it makes it very difficult to watch this.

Same here.  Very distracting 

[dgoz]

1 minute ago, Alakegirl said:

Same here.  Very distracting 

I found that the darkness on the screen was related to where my cursor was. If I put it off to the side, it gets bright again.

[RaptorBill]

13 minutes ago, cruisestitch said:

As I am watching this, I am reminded, and not in a good way, of undergraduate courses.

 

And I contrasted, in my mind, to watching Brent Nixon, the excellent naturalist on Alaska cruises, who entertained and educated simultaneously.

 

How can we get Celebrity to put him on as the next webinar?

We couldn't agree more!

As a retiree who used to do presentations like this, Brent would be fabulous!

 

We just sent a note off to the Questions and Comments email for these webinars:
captainsclubwebinars@celebrity.com

Maybe if more folks suggested it, it would happen.

 

Regards,

Bill

[bikerunner]

No issues with the webinar.   Was doing the light dark thing but switched over to iPad and it stopped.  Kind of more listening while cooking dinner.  Not anything new on info that I was already aware of from reading different things over the years.  

[Stockjock]

Just so you guys can see how annoying Celebrity's fading in and out can be on Mac, I've recorded a short clip.  Sounds like I'm not the only one having this issue. 

For the record, I did move the cursor to various positions, including in the extreme corners, and it didn't improve the situation.  The fading in and out got better or worse depending on the content displayed on the screen.

 

Edited September 27, 2021 by Stockjock

[Seany527]

8 minutes ago, Stockjock said:

Just so you guys can see how annoying this can be on Mac, I've recorded a short clip.  Sounds like I'm not the only one having this issue:
 

 

Had the same issue with my Mac. 

[Fouremco]

I also experienced the light/dark fluctuation throughout, but the sound was fine. So still some technical issues, but overall an improvement over past webinars. The content I found to be very basic with little or no linkage to Celebrity. The section dealing with food waste in particular provided a massive opportunity to discuss what Celebrity is doing, but...

[The_Mac]

Didnt have any issues. 

 

decent picture, no drip outs.

 

takeaway:  Compose, and dont waste food; particularly animal proteins.

 

lol

 

 

Edited September 28, 2021 by The_Mac

[abbydancer2003]

9 minutes ago, The_Mac said:

Didnt have any issues. 

 

decent picture, no drip outs.

 

takeaway:  Compose, and dont waste food; particularly animal proteins.

 

lol

 

 

Makes me glad we get Blue Apron 3 meals a week.  We recycle some of the packing.

 

[Daneenm]

3 hours ago, Stockjock said:

Just so you guys can see how annoying Celebrity's fading in and out can be on Mac, I've recorded a short clip.  Sounds like I'm not the only one having this issue. 

For the record, I did move the cursor to various positions, including in the extreme corners, and it didn't improve the situation.  The fading in and out got better or worse depending on the content displayed on the screen.

 

Same goes for my MacBook and iPad.  Has been on each webinar I watched.  Sad technology team.

[Luvcrusn]

25 minutes ago, Daneenm said:

Same goes for my MacBook and iPad.  Has been on each webinar I watched.  Sad technology team.

Seems to be an Apple problem.  I've watched the last number of webinars on Android tablet, phone and PC without any technical issues. 

[Pennstatedj]

I watched on a Mac and my spouse on an iPad. We had no issues. 

[upwarduk]

12 hours ago, cruisestitch said:

As I am watching this, I am reminded, and not in a good way, of undergraduate courses.

Let’s hope that quality has improved. I have 3 grandchildren who completed their University life on line in the last 18 months.

One had a refresher course of Clinical skills last week, before she goes into hospital work.

Edited September 28, 2021 by upwarduk

[lindatoo]

I did have the same issue with fading in and out. I used my Kindle.

[Jeremiah1212]

The screen dimming issue has nothing to do with Celebrity. It's long running issue with the platform being used (Go To Webinar) and Safari. Using a different browser will solve the problem. 

[The_Big_M]

Safari videos auto dimming. - Apple Community

 

Does this solution help? I've had no issues with dimming, but not using safari.

[C-Dragons]

Despite the minor problems many (including us) had with the webinar, the 3 free CC points made up for any inconvenience.

JMO.

[The_Mac]

15 hours ago, abbydancer said:

Makes me glad we get Blue Apron 3 meals a week.  We recycle some of the packing.

 

same here.

 

I love my blue apron.

[upwarduk]

I have had an email this morning, thanking me for watching the webinar.

[peanut head]

I was reviewing my Power Up Points for the past couple of months and noticed that the July 29 Webinar with the CEO was not posted to my account.  I had taken the option of watching the webinar at a later date (before 8/11) b/c I was unavailable to watch it live.  I contacted the Captain's Club dept. and asked about the missing points.  I was informed that since I had not watched the webinar "live" but still viewed it within the deadline date, I had to reach out to them to have the points posted.  The rep agreed that nowhere on the webinar info/registration/confirmation emails did it state that I needed to contact Captain's Club to have the PUPs added to  my account.  All good now as the PUPs have been added.  Just putting this out there for anyone else who was not aware of the fine (aka missing) print.