Today is our final sea day before arriving in Los Angeles tomorrow. Most guests on board will disembark there and be “replaced” by mostly World Cruise passengers.
As we learned yesterday during our behind-the-scenes tour, Viking takes safety very seriously, and this morning, another Crew Emergency Drill was held. This drill called for all passengers to be evacuated, and when Tim and I returned to our room after breakfast, an “Evacuated” tag was hanging from our door.
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| Our Wonderful Stateroom Steward Jayson Will Make Sure We Are Evacuated |
We attended Guest Lecturer Andrew Robert’s final lecture after the drill. Today’s topic was “Navigation: It’s All About Angles, Lines, and Time,” where Andrew traced the history of the ways in which sailors safely navigated the oceans before the invention of GPS and Sat-Navs. I enjoyed the talk, but I still do not understand how those older methods really work. It’s a good thing I’m not a navigator on the high seas!
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| Navigation - It's All About Angles, Lines, and Time |
Tim and I said goodbye to the friends who will be leaving us tomorrow, completed our Viking questionnaires, and marked the end (almost) of the first of the eight segments that comprise our World Cruise. Next up is Los Angeles to Sydney.
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| Segment 1 - Fort Lauderdale to Sydney |
Question: Do you know if there is Elon’s STARLINK internet service onboard. Is the service fast and reliable as we will both be conducting business enroute? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your question. I double-checked with Guest Services, and Starlink is the internet service onboard, although the ship may switch to Viasat around Australia. Internet has been mostly very good since leaving Fort Lauderdale, but the speed can vary depending on how many passengers are online. Typically, service is slower on sea days and faster on port days.
DeleteLooks like a great voyage so far!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's been amazing and has already exceeded my very high expectations!
DeleteThanks for the tech check!
ReplyDeleteTall Bill & Deb