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Good for them. Lol -- something else to give them ulcers. I'm pretty sure that "nightmare" (for them) is already covered elsewhere though. And maybe they don't realize that all US private sector don't work for guvmint like theirs do.

I dumped my DTV satellite 3-4 years ago and I've never looked back. Was already paying for Prime's free shipping and was pleasantly surprise to find how much TV it also included. Then proceeded through several streaming services till I settled on YT TV (for now). Some people apparently don't realize how big space (even inner space) is. I'm presently wondering what the general mean circumference of the LEO region is. I'm sure it's a quite a bit smaller than 22k miles up, but still. Next question would be how much total volume, and then it follows, what percentage of volume all of that "junk" is taking up. Would calculate it myself but I'm just too lazy. (Actually I'm too stupid to even try.) Speaking of Denver, I first seriously learned about satellites at the old Lowry AFB. Lived on the edge of Denver and Aurora for most of a year.

Mike Ditka's late-in-life generosity helped me recover from a very bad debt problem. A lot of people didn't like him because they only believed the "bear" image (or whatever his haters wanted to say about him). Mark Twain, oh so long ago: "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." Edit to add: Musk is smarter than all of us put together.

People would get dizzy just trying to keep up these days.

Go for it, no problem. I remember when 10Mb hard drives were a thing. Back in the days of floppy disks almost as big as a dinner plate. I might recommend avoiding topics like "petulant child" (too many of which actually run too much of our govs, not to mention AMZ and Google) or the zillions of ways our tax dollars are wasted. Opinions are like you-know-what.

Gawd. I get your point, obviously very relevant, but man what an eyesore 😉. Would seriously expect sights like this to be above the highest passenger access. Maybe this is, can't know for sure from the pic.

And I as a techie (even a much older one) should probably be raving too. But I very much agree with your entire post. There's an adage (or several) about making the cart bigger and then inventing new ways to overload it. That's exactly how the computer world has operated for as long as I've been involved in it.

It should be presumed that Starlink will replace the present uplink, and also that a ship's Starlink is just one wide-open uplink. Think water pipes (a network of them) with each segment growing in size until it hits the single big pipe. You pay for the size of the water pipe that's closest to you (this is a gross over-simplification but a traditional analogy), not necessarily the giant one that everybody onboard goes through. Methinks the pricing tiers would be similar to current, like whether your package allows video streaming or not, multiple simultaneous users, etc. In other words, relatively transparent to the change to Starlink. (Please note my stress on "relatively".)

Raw speed rating is a starting point (e.g. how does the box perform in the real world, etc). And as @markebmentioned on page one, if wireless access points aren't well-placed, etc, it may not even matter to some folks what size the uplink is. The chain breaks at its weakest link, so to speak. Long-time IT pro, I saw a few failures and sub-standards in my day.

That was the point of my comment (#10). There are several layers (including cabling) between us users and the big pipe to the sky. We must hope every aspect is considered/examined/upgraded as necessary for a solid final product.

In that case I won't have to worry about whether the app wakes my sleeping phone to notify 🙃 I do plan to try the messaging. It seems like a logical place for notifications, although CCL had it embedded in the dining section of the app -- if I remember correctly. On that note, I thoroughly understand the end of your comment. One thing missing on my last cruise was the daily "big screen" (outdoor) movie schedule. I have no idea where they posted that info from one day to the next, if anywhere. This was because no more daily flyer thingies and I had no idea where to look. Thanks to all for taking the time and trouble. I'm still wondering why the app has almost doubled in size since June of last year, 145mb to 274mb. Maybe it's all the room and light controls.

Asking because we often don't know the really good stuff till we get onboard and connected. One specific question, haven't seen anything mentioned on this: When waiting for seating in the MDR, is the app configured to notify us when our table is ready? I ask this because (surprise!) in May I discovered that Carnival's Hub app has this feature and it actually worked! The rest of my title question is a free-for-all -- especially any not-so-obvious (or doesn't-work-so-great) feature that might be worth mentioning. Edit to add another question: If the phone sleeps while we're waiting for some notification, will the app wake the phone and notify?

I do hope Starlink will "work with Royal Caribbean Group" to improve networking throughout the ships while they're offering that fat pipe, which is only half the battle. The other half is getting there, i.e., having enough good-quality/well-configured switches and access points onboard, all the layers we have to hop through to get to (and from) The Big Pipe. It's never about improving just one piece. IOW, cross your fingers that it will live up to the hype. Edit to add: Not a nay-sayer because I love good technology that works as advertised. Just sayin', it's always about the whole formula.

Definitely give it another day at least. From TA to cruiseline depends on multiple things going right, right on time. Either way, you do want to fix your browser probem . . . I always use Firefox (recent version) for Celebrity and other cruise lines with no problem at all. (Except for Princess' chat feature which has never even shown up on FF.) Offered just in case -- it gets harder and harder to do the simple things: Definitely try clearing Firefox "Cached Web Content" under Settings > Privacy & Security > about a page down under "Cookies and Site Data" click the "Clear Data" button. If you leave both boxes checked, it will delete ALL cookies and site data, which maybe you don't want to do. You can uncheck the first box to just clear cache. If that isn't enough, just under the "Clear Data" button is "Manage Data". Click that, then search for 'celebrity" and delete all cookies it displays.

Should also be advised to research for a reputable VPN service. Some operate with devious intent (or just don't care), and of course that kind of risk just grows and grows over time. But also over time, a reputable VPN service can be a growing plus. I recommend (1) checking reviews by experts like pcmag.com, maybe tomsguide.com (used to be some good folks working there, can't say for sure now); and (2) reading up on good advice, as is offered here: https://www.wired.com/story/best-vpn/

I've always loved that game. (Major sarcasm) Do you know for sure if the TV's HDMI port would be enabled? I've only tried it once, 10 or more years ago and the port was dead -- either disabled or broke, can't say which for sure. Cabin steward was no help, had never been asked about it before.

I just checked a speciality dining I purchased in June, and the emailed receipt shows a line item for gratutiies (and it calculates to 18%). The "advertised price" that I paid included the 18% gratuity, so I didn't even notice I was paying it. So @brockmom, I thank you for asking this question.

It very much depends on what you expect to use the Internet for. Basic would likely be okay for email and maybe social media. I don't do the latter so can't say with certainty, but I've often gone with basic and done fine with email, and even an occasional youtube video. But also as @Jeremiah1212mentioned, peak times can slow everything down. it might take 5 minutes just to check your email, no matter which package. I would not advise upgrading just to expect better overall performance.

Same here (without necessarily asking for anything). I've done this for the past 8-10 years and always get solid service with a smile.

Or just do what @judattdid, which refreshed the app's data for that particular ship and booking. Could also try (if you're inclined) to open the phone's Settings > Apps (or Applications or Manage Applications, it varies) > scroll down to the Celebrity app > tap "Storage" and find the button to "Clear Cache" (not Data, but see *** below). That would force the app to reload the data, without wiping your login or anything else important. This is actually good to know for any phone app that's misbehaving. Clearing cache just wipes "temporary" data, nothing actually important. *** Clearing "Data" is roughly equivalent to reinstalling the app. Also good to know for "worst case" misbehavior.

I'm guessing it's an issue of replicating data from one set of servers to another, i.e., the website probably runs on one bank of servers and the app's data is on another set of servers. Something like that. Hopefully the app's database will catch up with the website in a day or two. If that doesn't happen you can email the app's IT team -- should be able to find that email address in the app somewhere, or maybe on the Google Play or Apple istore page for the Celebrity app. I've actually emailed them before and got a fairly quick and very informative reply.

From the link that @CRUISEFAN0001provided just above: "Test results may be presented as a printout, screenshot or photo of the test result or the actual test."

Thanks for the tip. Hopefully we won't see a repeat of that on our November cruise. We're in one of the angled-balcony rooms just aft of the elevators. Distance from the theater is certainly a downside, although my lady and I haven't traditionally been big show patrons. But she's curious about this on our upcoming 10-day cruise. At least Silhouette isn't Oasis class. 🤨

I have minor issues with vertigo (just enough to make me fill a wee bit "ill" during rough seas) and have always had great luck with Deck 7, not terribly far aft of the aft elevators. [Added: Behind the elevators gets us out of some of the heavier traffic.] I love Deck 7 mostly for my lady because it's often closest to our MDR. We don't do the theater a lot, so no matter on that. Deck 7 is also very typically two decks up from the "promenade" noise, bands etc, so it's always very quiet, yet we can walk down the stairs to where the action is on Deck 4 or 5, plus the MDR. Done that on 3 cruise lines and several different ships over the past many years and it's always worked fine for me and mine.

You can definitely buy policies through these brokers. That's what brokers do.