jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 #1 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I am on the Jewel now and there was no Thursday Night football. Is this happening on all ships. We are in Alaska cruising American ports and cannot get American football. What is going on. Seem to remember watching football last season on this ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTec Posted September 7, 2019 #2 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Did you see if it was on in o`sheehans? That where I have always been able to catch a game. But believe me as a Bears fan it wasn't worth watching 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted September 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, JoeTec said: Did you see if it was on in o`sheehans? That where I have always been able to catch a game. But believe me as a Bears fan it wasn't worth watching 🙄 No game no where. Talked to guest relations and they said no go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted September 7, 2019 But the US tennis open seems to be on all day this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpepper64 Posted September 7, 2019 #5 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Always was able to watch football on all NCl ships. Maybe not the game I wanted but always had a 1,4 and night game on. Keep us informed on Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray98 Posted September 7, 2019 #6 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Depends on the network covering the game and if they can get an available feed. I would guess NBC was out for them but they can get ESPN where the tennis is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted September 7, 2019 #7 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Maybe just due to network or day. Let us know if they have them tomorrow if you are still on ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted September 7, 2019 #8 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Unfortunately, you’re not in Kansas any longer Toto. You’re on a ship, flagged in the Bahamas, catering to an international clientele fleet wide. You get your basic news channels and a European sports channel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare luv2kroooz Posted September 7, 2019 #9 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I think NCL subscribes to the sport 24 channel. They get whatever is being broadcast there. The same with NHL playoffs. I was on the gem out of Boston during the Stanley cup playoffs last year. They didn't get the hockey game and lots of angry passengers. It was asked if the general manager during the q and a and he honestly said it was too expensive for NCL to purchase the rights to broadcast the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare www3traveler Posted September 7, 2019 #10 Share Posted September 7, 2019 What was your weather Thursday night? Might not have been able to get a satellite feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Would like to know if the Joy or Bliss received the signal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elwood_98034 Posted September 7, 2019 #12 Share Posted September 7, 2019 We just got off the Joy. There were a lot of Sri Lankans, Kiwi's, Australians, Pom's, Indians, Pakistani's, West Indians, Afghani's, Bangladeshi's, Zimbabweans, Irishmen, South Africans, and Jamaicans on board, and we didn't get a single game of Cricket. So, I sat on my balcony and watched the whales and dolphins go past instead. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 Author #13 Share Posted September 7, 2019 54 minutes ago, BirdTravels said: Unfortunately, you’re not in Kansas any longer Toto. You’re on a ship, flagged in the Bahamas, catering to an international clientele fleet wide. You get your basic news channels and a European sports channel. So you are saying that all NCL ships do not carry NFL games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted September 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, elwood_98034 said: We just got off the Joy. There were a lot of Sri Lankans, Kiwi's, Australians, Pom's, Indians, Pakistani's, West Indians, Afghani's, Bangladeshi's, Zimbabweans, Irishmen, South Africans, and Jamaicans on board, and we didn't get a single game of Cricket. So, I sat on my balcony and watched the whales and dolphins go past instead. You did this for three hours. You are very lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted September 7, 2019 #15 Share Posted September 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, jskinsd said: So you are saying that all NCL ships do not carry NFL games Don't listen to that. Like someone said earlier it probably just wasn't shown because it was on NBC. Unless things have changed lately you will see NFL games as scheduled tomorrow (Sunday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpepper64 Posted September 7, 2019 #16 Share Posted September 7, 2019 when we where on the Bliss last Thanksgiving we saw lots of game Sun 1,4,night game Monday night game as well as 3 thanksgiving games. Hopefully the same on the Encore this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elwood_98034 Posted September 7, 2019 #17 Share Posted September 7, 2019 32 minutes ago, jskinsd said: You did this for three hours. You are very lucky There is a Test match on between Australia and England at the moment that goes on for five days. It takes some real dedication to sit through one of those. And a lot of beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bogle Posted September 7, 2019 #18 Share Posted September 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, elwood_98034 said: There is a Test match on between Australia and England at the moment that goes on for five days. It takes some real dedication to sit through one of those. And a lot of beer. It's The Ashes which is being contested between England and Australia, a Test series. Currently they are playing the forth test with the fifth scheduled to begin next week. The main sports channel carried on NCL ships is Sport-24. The channel provides live sporting events to aircraft and cruise ships. I see the aircraft feed will show the Titans vs Browns and Cowboys vs Giants games tomorrow, but the ship feed is dominated by soccer. NCL ships do carry NFL games on more networks than Sport-24 but perhaps those feeds are not available to the Jewel that far north, or for some other odd reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellbelle28 Posted September 7, 2019 #19 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I've never been able to quite figure out the availability of NFL on Norwegian. A few years back when we boarded in Seattle on a Sunday husband wanted to catch the Seahawks on TV somewhere. We could see the stadium from the room, but none of the ship's bars could tune anything but soccer. Even the cruise director tried. Their satellite feed is definitely international and not just US focused. Later on they did have a different NFL game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrown84 Posted September 7, 2019 #20 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I really hope this was just for that one night. I'm on an 11 night cruise in January, and it will cover two Sundays during the playoffs. I was expecting to be able to see all the games since playoff games don't overlap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauer-kraut Posted September 7, 2019 #21 Share Posted September 7, 2019 There's more to life than football.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 Author #22 Share Posted September 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sauer-kraut said: There's more to life than football.... Three hours a day on a cruise ship to watch a game where is no home advantage. People bonding over a game. And then back to cruising, eating, observing and also drinking. Yes there is more life to football but on a cruise ship it is special. Just like Las Vegas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelowDeck4us Posted September 7, 2019 #23 Share Posted September 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, Sauer-kraut said: There's more to life than football.... Say What? 😮 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted September 7, 2019 #24 Share Posted September 7, 2019 26 minutes ago, dbrown84 said: I really hope this was just for that one night. I'm on an 11 night cruise in January, and it will cover two Sundays during the playoffs. I was expecting to be able to see all the games since playoff games don't overlap I wouldn’t count on it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskinsd Posted September 7, 2019 Author #25 Share Posted September 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said: I wouldn’t count on it.. I agree. I think this ship is being blackballed. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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