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Kinda hijacking but does anyone know what rooms on Adventure of the Seas Muster to D18?

We took a few toiletries along this like razors, body soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc. Let everything with a note saying we trusted our attendant to make sure everything is put to good use. Also threw in some cash and a few sweets. We didn't want to make a big fuss and just let her know it was there on the way off the ship. I figure even if it's things they don't really want or need they will have friends on board who may need something or who knows someone may be going home and need it for their own family.

I would say if it is scheduled to be it will likely be. Beyond that no one here would know for sure what is going to happen with much of anything. Too many things changing on a daily or weekly basis.

To throw a wrench out there on a few of these requests. Complaints on the app will not happen. First off who would manage them? I mean think about the number of people posting here at a time and then figure the number of mods available to handle issues. It would take a full time team for each ship. And then if something gets missed people are having a fit. Not to mention the complaints that can't be handled over the app. Sure you could have a single person in each department deal with things but then you will have the inevitable "Not my department" thing go on so it will bounce around the I don't know what to do hell that will drive people batty. There are a ton of other things to deal with on this one but lets just say that it would be a pain to setup and likely cause more problems than it would solve. And just think about the lines at guest services and realize that half the people who would normally be in line waiting decided to wait till later and now they are all clambering for a person in the app. I can think of 100's of other issues some related to local abbreviations, people who are not the best spellers, and people with english as a second language dealing with the issues. Locating your device in a specific location. It sounds great but sadly is another thing that will just be a pain. Sure you could get one phone to work. But all phones have different drivers among other things so the app would have to be able to figure out a lot of stuff on the phone itself. Much of that would be blocked in the apple phones because "walled garden" and android phones have so many different possibilities for hardware you just could not figure it out. On top of that the wifi devices they use in all odds would ALL have to be changed out to something that is custom designed to do all this stuff. Then there is the issue that wifi can be a MIMO (multi in multi out) but not all hardware supports that and often times you are only connected to one station at a time. So that means their system would have to track every single device and where it was connected and where it is connected now and put you in the middle. So your here would be somewhere within a 50 foot radius of where you actually are. Not so bad for a single floor building but for a multi floored ship it ain't gonna do a ton of good. And GPS doesn't work well below decks and lets be honest finding your dot while you are moving is a feat unto itself when you look at the tech, now find yourself on an object that is moving... If you have the kind of cash google has you could do it, eventually. And some stuff that could work but wouldn't be as nice as you want. Photo viewing could work, however they will likely only show a low rez photo. Why, so you can't just screenshot it and have it for free. Watermarks can be removed but a crappy low rez picture with minimal detail, have at it. So that means when you pick a photo and can't tell where the kids are looking or who is giving the camera the finger could end up as your choice. Yes they can kinda prevent screenshotting but to be honest there is a workaround for everything. I have harvested pictures that are supposed to be untouchable from the web browser for years when I want or need something, cellphones are not much more difficult and that includes banking apps. Watching the shows on a mobile device will require IPTV equipment to be installed on the ship. It's great but lets just say that the odds are not good for this happening soon. Look how long its taken for chat messages to come around on the app and how they are charging for this right now. Same thing is going to happen for watching stuff. Older ships would need a lot for this to happen too. Camera's in every venue that will have a show and people to man the stuff equipment and you will need a couple camera's to make things look good as a lot of shows are made to be seen from multiple angles to integrate the audience into the experience so that means 3 to 4 camera's and operators for each active show. Then you have to mix it live just like the tv station news does so that means another couple people in a room dealing with the camera feeds. And the few things I have seen on the TV's in the rooms is pretty low def to be honest so how good will it look on your phone screen? So gonna have to drop a few thousand per ship for new cameras as well. When it's all said and done complaints will begin as there will be people here and there with their phones blasted watching a show when the person next to them wants to relax and nap in a chair. Will it eventually happen, maybe but I see more money being pumped into new ships and amplification of ships first especially with the losses had over the last couple years. And even then any shows that have copyrighted content will not be shown so things like Saturday Night Fever. Why you ask, they don't want it recorded. And that could be an issue with the other shows as well, there are more than a few people who would get a tripod and setup their TV with their camera pointed right at it and allow it to record the whole show then have it posted to youtube. They don't want to loose licensing of this stuff so they would have to constantly monitor places and submit DMCA requests. That may be the biggest nail in that coffin. Some things are realistic but others not so much. If you have never coded an app or dealt with a bunch of the stuff though don't be upset when a killer feature just can't happen.

Upcoming sailing on Adventure of the Seas was supposed to open on the 9th. Sadly sometimes my app says the 9th is check in and then started saying it wouldn't be open till later. Tried a few times tonight and nothing. Cleared cache and data for the app and still nothing. Same goes for online. Just figured I would get checked in now so I would be able to pick an early timeslot... Guess I will have to try again later. No clue what is going on but it used to be 90 days before and now it's about 45 days but not opening up. Cruise starts the 23rd and has been paid off for a couple months. edit: Well even though I was ready to crash I waited an hour and check in finally opened. It was buggy compared to last time so lets hope everything went through and won't have to be done again in the morning. Got an 11:30 timeslot though. Sadly since my girlfriends son does not have a passport we will have to deal with his birth certificate stuff when we get there but the vaccine card is uploaded and we have the same timeslot.

Have kept a spreadsheet with some information but right now everything that is coming up seems to have very bad sales. On Liberty of the Seas I paid about 18.00 per day for 3 devices to have surf and stream. The same package on a November 25th Vision of the Seas sailing is running closer to 40.00 per day.

I screenshot the setsail pass on two devices and have at least one screenshot on a third device which is usually whomever I am traveling with. If all that stuff is gone or busted I doubt I have anything to get onto the ship with. I do not however want to rely on WiFi or cell signal to pull up the information but a printed copy won't do much good if all the rest of it is gone.

I'm sure, LOL. But friends usually want stuff for free, I like to pay a decent finders fee and shipping.

Information Updated Well if you are not going to use them I would gladly pick a couple up from you. Need some for a Feb 23rd cruise on Adventure of the Seas and right now it looks the new stock will expire before my Vision of the Seas sailing November 25th so I still need to wait a bit.

With the new pictures that show a lot more I see steps and what looks like an entranceway and exit. Looks more like some stairs that will be used for a venue or possibly on a stage.

I may have an answer. The icon class has hydrogen fuel cells as well. This is probably the storage vessel for that. Some information on design that is geared more to LNG but any type of gas can be stored in a similar fashion. https://www.gsctanks.com/industrial-storage-tanks/#7_Industrial_Gas_Storage_Tanks This talks about design decisions and safety information of round vs cylindrical storage vessels. https://www.transtechenergy.com/lpg-ngl-storage-news/lpg-storage-bullet-tanks-vs.-lpg-storage-spheres-/-hortonspheres There is also a possibility that a sphere vessel could be for the LNG and the bullets for the CNG that boils of the liquid to be stored for later use.

I suggest you let your friends know that watching the news only gets you what the media wants you to have. It's time to unjack from their Matrix.

Yep. And it's good to know for sure. Especially if those tests are expired. And a thought just occurred to me. It might be a good idea to contact the Navica people directly to see if the tests are good. They have to get that information because allowing a test to slip through would be a very bad thing. I would expect the qr code to be able to provide that information.

Sadly there is risk in every day life. We all know it and accept it. I mean if you really sit down and think about it the world and society as we know it is a penny being spun on the tip of a needle and we do our best to stay in balance though at any time it could start to wobble and who knows eventually fall off. As a whole people are panicky creatures who will spook at the smallest of things and then jump to conclusions. Everyone has a solution but no one can truly guarantee that their solution will fix the problems. Honestly think about movies for a little bit, things like World War Z and I am Legend for a few. We have messed with a lot of things and do things without fully understanding what will happen long term. The vaccine could cause major changes and end up turning the world into a bunch of zombies. You could also step out to check the mail and have an old lady in a big ol Suburban have a seizure and crash through your yard at 60 mph taking you and half your house out. Every day we weigh risks and 99% of people deem them acceptable the other 1% think we are all nuts for doing so.

Single layer flimsy masks won't cut it. Neither will the Deuce Bigelow European Jiggle mask the Russian woman from Chernobyl as I saw a woman wearing one of these the first day on Liberty and the second day she was not. Gaiters are not accepted either from my understanding. Before hopping on the ship we went and picked up some masks at Walmart because I truly wanted something that felt better and kept the pressure off the back of my ears. We ended up finding these https://www.mission.com/collections/mission-masks/products/adjustable-sport-mask?variant=32730761396317 and LOVE them. Being outside in the humidity was still a pain when breathing heavily but most of the time it was no issue to take it off when we were outside of the crowds. It did rub just a touch across the bridge of my nose and after two weeks it was a bit tender but being a glasses wearer I already deal with enough on my ears.

Yep, this has everything to do with the people where the port is located and nothing to do with RCCL. I have no intention of spending a dime in certain area's and that includes funneling cash through their ports.

Well there are a lot of things you can thank for the problems but all I can say is go read this. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/12/28/why-you-need-be-flexible-if-you-want-go-cruise-right-now On top of that this site has nothing to do with RCCL policies. This is a discussion board and as such we can do nothing. If you really want to tell the CDC where to stick it get your friends together, register to vote, and do so in the elections so that you can have a say in policies.

You know the gooberment, never let a good (insert whatever happened here) go to waste. Then do everything you can to scare people in some way to get them in their own way to save the (insert whatever needs to be saved here). This is the same BS that happens all the time. If the CDC wants to be truly taken seriously they will require testing of all flight crew, train crews, bus crews, etc. before and after travel and will also require negative tests to board anything that is a mode of transit for more than 5 miles. Same goes for people working at any place where large numbers of people will attend. Level the playing field so ALL industries are required to have the same requirements. After they do that they can start causing issues and raising alerts. Till they do the CDC is a dumpster fire that needs to get put out at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Walkie talkies will work within a deck or two usually. I still have no clue but message boards on doors can work as well. Just have to set something up so they can write down where they are heading to and get everyone in a routine to check in whenever they move from one area to another or at least within reason. For the muster drills everyone can actually use the same device at the same time. Should be able to check a box showing who is there. Then everyone will head down to their assigned assembly station and get scanned. After that they are done. For the app as said it is important to turn on airplane mode but that is IF your provider has a roaming agreement with the shipboard provider. MVNO's probably will not but the big 3 (Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile) probably do. Before leaving I would make a quick call about that to confirm and also find out about the roaming policy in a foreign country. While you are near or on land you can probably connect to cellular for communications but again it may be a major cost so be careful. I personally have service through Google FI and there is nothing I have to worry about while on the ship as they do not have a roaming agreement with the shipboard provider but they do have agreements with at least one carrier in most countries where US passports are accepted. I get texting and data included for no extra charges and calls are usually around 20 cents per minute. My last 2 week cruise on Liberty of the Seas had about 80 cents worth of charges as I had to make a couple calls but they were under 10 seconds if they connected so my next bill had a refund of 80 cents on it.

All rooms have soap, it's not great but works for clothing (the stuff I wear when I dive tends to reek after a bit) and I sometimes use as a first wash. I still carry my own because I like it and I feel better with it, plus I like the stuff that has the tingly feel after using it. The bar soap provided is fine for washing hands and stuff though IMHO. I would worry more about carrying along some bathroom air freshener spray than soap though. My next cruise is with my girlfriends son which should be interesting and I WILL be bringing some sort of air freshener for sure.

Information Updated. @SpeedNoodles can you please provide confirmation that the new tests are getting a 3 month extension as well? I know it was offered for tests at one point but I have not seen any updates or guidance since then and do not want to rely on an extension that may exist.

I know they still have the knob and speaker but it's almost like they are not hooked up. I want to say that the first time I was on Liberty of the Seas it did work and that was in 2019. I am guessing the rheostat or switch inside doesn't stand up to constant turning.

No harm no foul, lol. And I agree they always sound awful and the echo makes it worse.

If you don't mind posting specifics on the dates I am going to try and compile information on the tests available. The thread is setup over here.

I agree most of the time the announcements don't really matter. The Captain's one's are a bit more important some days especially when the waters are a little rough for me. But I would expect that when something major is going down people would want to at least try to listen.