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We cruisers have been tortured by snail paced internet connections aboard cruise ships.  Add this to the fact that we are paying top dollar per minute to connect.

This is set to change next June, at least on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas.  The Oasis will be the first cruise ship to be linked to a new satellite network that is expected to deliver fiber-optic bandwidth to the ship, which, in turn will be able to deliver maximum-speed WiFi to passengers.

Royal Caribbean is doing their best to attract younger passengers.  The Oasis class ships have a zip-line, rock-climbing walls,  FlowRider surf simulators, mini golf course, ice-skating and even a carousel.

What’s all that worth if you can’t connect on facebook and twitter with the folks back home?  This is pure genius on the part of Royal Caribbean.  Their passengers will supply the advertising for them when they put  pictures of themselves zip lining across the ship on Facebook.