On 29 Jan 2017 at 19:50, Timothy Collinson wrote:

> (I'm convinced we underestimate just how boring a week in Jump would
> really be.  Might there be a traditional "fifth night" in Jump, jump
> in of party pieces on most ships?

For crew it's probably no worse than being out of port a week on a ship (especially a
sub) today - yes, there's next to nothing outside, like weather, to occupy your mind, but
Traveller ships have pretty large living spaces compared to ships, so I imagine there's a
pretty good entertainment and exercise selection, especially on larger ships and ships
that take paying passengers.

Now passengers who aren't regular travellers probably get pretty bored, but on the
other hand they can tell themselves "it's only a couple more days".

If there is a 'jump party' (and I agree that something like this is likely), day five of jump
is the ideal day - late in the jump, but not so late that (misjumps aside) you risk leaving
jump with the booze half-finished and the crew lounge still covered in confetti and
chippie bags.