OnTheJourney

Already looking forward to trying it on the Summit in a few months! Probably had it at some point before but if I did I don't remember it.

..my wife was in there watching a movie that afternoon. I had gone to the spa, hoping to use it since I hadn't gotten there yet. Needless to say, it was closed. I can still hear the attendant say, "we'll reopen as soon as the captain says it's ok". So I figured I might as well make my way down to the theatre. Sort of lurching along since the motion had become quite intense by then, I made my way down there. We heard these sort of booming noises - presumably the anchors being dropped. Then came the "code echo" message. Not long after that, as I seem to remember, came the general alarm.

Thanks Andy...There is a much longer report than the "interim" that this latest update also refers to. The one page that is particularly interesting from the interim report is this one....

Is that when the first report came out? I'm thinking that was before '22 though. I used to have a link to it or else the entire pdf file saved. Can't find either at the moment. I greatly enjoyed reading that earlier report.

Some things are irrevocably seared into our memories...both the good and bad.

LOL Agreed. I know just enough modern tech to hopefully not appear too stupid when talking to people (especially sales personnel) who know so much more. 😆

We felt a bit that way once back on land in the facility that was used to receive the evacuees. It was really cold in that helicopter. Felt even better once we got to the hotel and got a hot meal.

Have to wonder if there is actually going to be one? I assumed they have to publish it as per some sort of maritime investigatory regulations (?)

Such a special moment. Very emotional I'd think. What a sense of relief it must have been. Wonder if which browser is being used affects whether or not the picture shows up. I'll have to try with Google instead of Safari.

Wow! Good for you in at least trying to forestall the inevitable crashes! For sure. It came far closer to being a disaster than anyone at the time realized. Best wishes from this side of the pond...

Huh...all I get is a question mark....

Picture didn't show up (?) This was the final lunch before things got crazy. I found it interesting that on our recent sailing (on the Sky) the piano legs - at least in the lounge - appeared to be inside some sort of metal (or other) rigid encasement that is likely well anchored to the floor. I can only assume this is because of what happened to the piano back then. Not sure I noticed the same thing on the Mars back in May.

That was us....along with 400+ others. Glad to hear your friends did not give up on cruising. We got back out on the water the following October. Did your friends go on the Invitational cruise this past May?

Absolutely!!! Wishing both of you the best on this most unusual "anniversary" 😁

Huh...doesn't seem to matter. Our Verizon internet is often so crappy though as to frequent interruptions, stalls, etc. during vidoes or streaming, etc. so that's probably why. I'm probably not waiting long enough.

Speaking of not being a "scaredy cat"....this event was surely not for the squeamish. Glad to (still) be here typing this...

Cheers to all of our "Viking Sky Survivors" family.....🥂

Yep...I'm right there too.

Which proves that they DO read those surveys and other input. Hopefully they'll take my advice to not crowd a whole excursion group into the same cable car at Masada National Park. Anyone even mildly claustrophobic would have truly freaked.

uh-huh...and probably those were the most out of tune on the entire piano 😆 Gotta find a way to make it work as best as possible. The worst are the piano keys (and there often are a few on in-bad-shape instruments that are near totally malfunctional where the hammer barely even strikes the strings anymore often resulting in some sort of resounding THUNK! Ok...have to stay away from those!!! Or, well, could use it as a percussive technique I suppose... "la da da daaaa THUNK....la la laaaa. THUNK". Worse piano incident I've ever heard of was what happened on the Sky during the 3/23/19 incident. I didn't see it happen, but at some point during the ravages of the storm the piano in the Explorer's lounge actually detached itself from the floor and likely suffered significant damage. At least didn't wind up going crashing through the windows. NOW, I noticed, the piano legs are all encased in some sort of rigid enclosure that is likely securely attached to the floor in the event of another bomb cyclone. Imagine being ashore during that sort of event and seeing some freakin' piano come crashing through the forward windows of the ship's lounge and right in the drink!!! 😳 The lovely ship models in those glass cases in the upper level of the lounge didn't fare well either. They all crashed to the floor. Must have been literally millions of tiny glass splinters to clean up. As I've posted on CC before, the final musical selection heard that near fateful Saturday afternoon was the guitarist doing "My Heart Will Go On"! Enough said I suppose....

LOL sort of like the difference between waiting at noisy airport gates compared to business class lounges....

One of my favorite genres going back to the early Windham Hill days in the early 80s. My own compositions are recordings are very much influenced by that style and have been produced and labeled as such. Guitarist Will Ackerman, in particular, has had a profound effect on my playing and compositional style. On the piano end of things, I love the stuff by Stanton Lanier and, of course, George Winston - who relies heavily on overdubs. I was in the jazz band in college, but never really did much with jazz after that. Loved playing it at the time, but hardly listened to much after that. Some folks, however, (and rightly so depending on the specific musical pieces) feel that new age music tends to have a repetitious nature to it - often characterized by repeated chordal patterns, over and over, with varying melodic or other sorts of improvisations stacked over the top. That doesn't bother me if it's all done well, which was a hallmark of Windham Hill productions. And so, however, the use of significant improvisation within the new age realm IS why it's often classified as falling under the jazz category. Kind of like trying to pin down a blob of mercury. Can't really codify some music under one specific category.

Yeah, I think that would probably be well received. What I hear Viking playing, though, is a bit more low-key and mellow than something like Kenny G, etc., which I feel demands a bit more from the listener (sure would for me anyway rather than it simply being 'background' music). Problem for me...and likely many other musicians...is that I don't simply 'hear' music, I wind up listening to it and thus a bit of distraction (not meant in any negative or demeaning sense however) compared perhaps to others who are able to hear music playing and yet not really focus on it. Going one step further, my near-perfect-pitch (not quite as accurate as in my undergrad music major days) winds up signaling a part of my brain to analyze what chords / melodies I'm hearing. I've heard it said that high level of pitch consciousness can be both a blessing and a curse. I can vouch for both. As I said, some people can be in the presence of any sort of music - probably even at a higher volume level - and yet be able to concentrate on a conversation, etc. and not feel it intrusive, same as if there was no music playing! Absolutely! Two of the things that I truly love about Viking. Never heard any music playing in there other than during tea. the only way this is achievable is if the player quickly determines which keys are less out of tune then others, e.g. let's say many, or at least some, of the black keys are way off compared to the white, and so then one would tend to stick to songs in the key of C, F G - the latter two of which only utilize either one sharp or one flat, not accounting though for whatever chromaticisms occur in the melody or harmonies. Now, this also likely requires an ability to transpose on the fly without having it written out in the new key signature. Or, possibly higher or lower portions of the keyboard are better than others and thus could focus on whichever ones are the least "out of tune". A musician who has higher improvisational skills will be far more successful with all the aforementioned techniques rather than someone who does not possess much skill beyond playing right from the music and not being able to go much beyond that. Sometimes if the melody requires the use of a whole bunch of C#s, for instance, and yet a whole bunch of C#s are out of tune, then you gotta find a way to alter the melody a bit so as to avoid using that pitch. A unique problem the piano has compared to, say, a wind instrument or guitar, is having 3 strings (I think?) for most pitches and so if just one of them is out, it can range from barely noticeable (again, depending on one's pitch awareness) all the way to grossly offensive. Wind players, of course, can physically "tune" any note by adjusting the air flow or, in the case of an open hole flute, manually control the pitch to some extent. I would NOT want to be a piano tuner. It'd drive me crazy. I've listened to them being tuned (not by choice) during my public school music teaching and can't stand it. It's a painstaking process to say the least. I played a wedding for my nephew a good many years ago - was planning on doing it all on organ - but when the day came the church lost power due to a snow storm and thus had to do everything on piano (despite hours of practice on the church's organ...the life of a musician). As I went along, I quickly ascertained which songs to do in which manner so as to avoid as many of the out-of-tune keys (meaning not just piano but also musical keys) as possible. I was sort of cringing the entire time, but the family was happy with it so....it was what it was.

I did not post the quote that you're referring to. KB'smum posted that (#51 on the previous page). Somehow you must have quoted one of my replies that included that quote? Not sure. Weird how stuff like that happens sometimes. As you say, however, unless the piano is out of tune, suggesting that the piano playing was "flat" doesn't make much sense from a pitch perspective, but I seem to recall, from the discussion, that the reference was to the music not being very spirited.

Can't get any of the videos to play. Never have been here on CC. The little spinny icon just spins and spins...but video never starts. Guess the threads are all gone....😆