T. Andy Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 I just spotted this sign in the galley on Empress of the seas during the all access tour on Thursday. Looks like they will be up on the Royal App starting 11/15/19. KristiZ, Jmille58, SpeedNoodles and 5 others 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 Woohoo! Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.s Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 Would be nice if this was available on all ships, now, seems to be taking forever to roll it out SteveinSC and Chapula 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mike.s said: Would be nice if this was available on all ships, now, seems to be taking forever to roll it out ...and even when they roll it out, it seems glitchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveinSC Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 Im just hopeful its on Rhapsody by April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungEmptyNesters Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 Best news today so far! Was hoping it would be added prior to our March Cruise! Thank you for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srp431 Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 I'm still waiting for it on Freedom by March 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 Hoping they have integrated the app with the billing system on Empress. You can't look at your account on the cabin TV so having your account available in the app will be a huge step forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Andy Posted November 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 2 hours ago, twangster said: Hoping they have integrated the app with the billing system on Empress. You can't look at your account on the cabin TV so having your account available in the app will be a huge step forward. I sure hope so. That was the only really annoying thing on the ship. I was a little hesitant since she is the oldest and smallest but I am already looking to book another cruise on her before she goes up north. We had a great time. twangster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick D Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 Really excited about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brycemo Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 Interesting to note that it's being rolled out on the same day as Quantum of the Seas gets out of Drydock so I can only assume that that is the day we see the new deck plans for Quantum, and where they put new activities such as the escape room, never seen on a Quantum Class ship before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FManke Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 6:46 AM, SteveinSC said: Im just hopeful its on Rhapsody by April. By Oct for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaikG Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 On 11/13/2019 at 7:24 AM, brycemo said: Interesting to note that it's being rolled out on the same day as Quantum of the Seas gets out of Drydock so I can only assume that that is the day we see the new deck plans for Quantum, and where they put new activities such as the escape room, never seen on a Quantum Class ship before. Anthem and Ovation both have escape rooms and Spectrum has laser tag so nothing is new to the Quantum class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brycemo Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 1 hour ago, BaikG said: Anthem and Ovation both have escape rooms and Spectrum has laser tag so nothing is new to the Quantum class. Oh, I had no idea... what deck is it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 1 hour ago, brycemo said: Oh, I had no idea... what deck is it on? Just outside the SeaPlex. It's not advertised so it's oddly word of mouth which seems to work - they book up quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 On Empress, app works including folio (account) integration. SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Diamond Plus Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 When will the "Chat feature" be added to the ap.? I will be sailing on Serenade of the Seas Dec. 9th and was hoping to be able to communicate with my wife and others on board. On our last cruise on Brilliance in September, I was told that this feature should be available on ships that have the ap. by the end of this year. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG Cruiser Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 15 hours ago, twangster said: On Empress, app works including folio (account) integration. Thanks for sharing this and that one about the folio not being on the room TV. Saved me the trouble of finding the remote and turning on the TV. Looking at my folio on the app now. twangster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brycemo Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 2:44 PM, twangster said: Just outside the SeaPlex. It's not advertised so it's oddly word of mouth which seems to work - they book up quickly. Oh that does make sense, just slightly surprising! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brycemo Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 7:33 AM, Phillip Diamond Plus said: When will the "Chat feature" be added to the ap.? I will be sailing on Serenade of the Seas Dec. 9th and was hoping to be able to communicate with my wife and others on board. On our last cruise on Brilliance in September, I was told that this feature should be available on ships that have the ap. by the end of this year. Does anyone know? This has been my number one question about the app for ages and it’s still only on one ship (i believe it’s harmony but don’t quote me on that) and it’s a real shame because quantum class even used to have the feature during the days of the Royal IQ app, which has now been removed from the app store, but surely that means quantum already has the infrastructure and hardware needed to reimplement this feature? When you look at the progress of other lines in the field it definitely looks like Royal better start acting soon or they’ll fall behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, brycemo said: This has been my number one question about the app for ages and it’s still only on one ship (i believe it’s harmony but don’t quote me on that) and it’s a real shame because quantum class even used to have the feature during the days of the Royal IQ app, which has now been removed from the app store, but surely that means quantum already has the infrastructure and hardware needed to reimplement this feature? When you look at the progress of other lines in the field it definitely looks like Royal better start acting soon or they’ll fall behind. Allure was the first beta, then Harmony. It's a matter of getting notifications to work. A chat app that doesn't tell you when you receive a chat is pretty useless - who wants to sit there with the app open waiting to see if you get a text? To make notifications work they have to open up the firewall for Apple's notification platform to function but they can't be selective. All notification start working and iMessage happens to use the same ports and protocols so iMessage works too. With iMessage working to anyone around the world some people wouldn't buy Voom. They can't have that so... they are desperately trying to figure out how to make iPhones do what they can't do. The Apple ios sandboxes applications so when they aren't active they can't notify without using Apple's notifications platform. This is why the loophole existed on RoyalIQ enabled ships that allowed iMessage to work. That's why they have one non-RoyalIQ ship and one RoyalIQ ship in the chat beta just to be able to try both versions and prove (or disprove) that various attempts to beat Apple work or not. Honestly it's futile and they may never open chat fleet wide in the app unless Apple changes their ways in some future version. PurdueFlyer and heffy2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeashore Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 @ Twangter; knower of all things RCI..... is there a roll-out schedule for the remaining ships? Particularly interested in Explorer. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brycemo Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 12 hours ago, twangster said: Allure was the first beta, then Harmony. It's a matter of getting notifications to work. A chat app that doesn't tell you when you receive a chat is pretty useless - who wants to sit there with the app open waiting to see if you get a text? To make notifications work they have to open up the firewall for Apple's notification platform to function but they can't be selective. All notification start working and iMessage happens to use the same ports and protocols so iMessage works too. With iMessage working to anyone around the world some people wouldn't buy Voom. They can't have that so... they are desperately trying to figure out how to make iPhones do what they can't do. The Apple ios sandboxes applications so when they aren't active they can't notify without using Apple's notifications platform. This is why the loophole existed on RoyalIQ enabled ships that allowed iMessage to work. That's why they have one non-RoyalIQ ship and one RoyalIQ ship in the chat beta just to be able to try both versions and prove (or disprove) that various attempts to beat Apple work or not. Honestly it's futile and they may never open chat fleet wide in the app unless Apple changes their ways in some future version. Wow!! Thank you so much. This is the first proper explanation of this I’ve ever seen, and trust me, I’ve done a lot of googling! Only time will tell, I guess. I do hope they can work this out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monctonguy Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Was handy to have on Harmony to see what was going on...but to try and connect and chat with others in our group..not so much..2 of us got it working..that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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