Are there any part of the Disney Dream to get free WiFi?

[CM Dad]

Is that unlimited internet for free in Royal?

The only time we have cruise in concierge was in the Walt suite for my wife's 60th birthday. Our son went thru 3(?) of the largest internet packages. They were charged to the stateroom, but then there was a credit to zero them out.

 

[DisneYE]

If you're spending thousands of dollars on a cruise, why would you want to spend that precious M.V.T. (Mickey Vacation Time) constantly looking at your phone - The outside world can wait! You can (and we all do) spend your time at home tethered to the phone for free!

I agree.
I personally try to avoid being online as much as possible when on the ship. Unless absolutely necessary I try not to use it (I do need to sometimes for work reasons - is what pays the cruises).

 

[VeronicaZS]

If you're spending thousands of dollars on a cruise, why would you want to spend that precious M.V.T. (Mickey Vacation Time) constantly looking at your phone - The outside world can wait! You can (and we all do) spend your time at home tethered to the phone for free!

My MIL has her 95 year old mother with dementia in a home and she gets regular calls about her condition and medication that needs adjusting. I may have a huge contract that I have been working on for 2+ years come out just before the cruise, I am hoping they won't make me cancel the trip if I can be reached for any big issues. People use their phones for more then just posting on facebook.

 

[barbarossa_hoosier]

Just to clarify: WiFi is available throughout the ships, and is free (er, included in the cruise fare) to connect. The ship WiFi is what enables use of the Navigator App, the messaging within the app, and the limited set of free, internet-based messaging apps (iMessage, etc.).

However, the internet access available through the ship WiFi is not free.

I don't make this point to be pedantic; I've seen people get confused, and think that use of the app or other WiFi-enabled things incur additional costs.

 

[annacali]

We were on the Dream in July for a 5 night. I can confirm that we were able to text among Iphones using the ships wifi. It worked better that texting thru the app for us. That said--just about the time we got used to it the ships wifi went out for about 30 hours. No Navigator app, no texting nothing. With 2 teens out and about it was very frustrating. So it's there and available and it worked great---unless it isn't.

 

[sethschroeder]

I don't get ppl asking for 'free' stuff in a cruise where they spend thousand$... but what do I know.

As someone who has never been on a cruise... If I am spending thousands it should be included especially at ports.

I understand it's not though.

 

[kiford]

If you're spending thousands of dollars on a cruise, why would you want to spend that precious M.V.T. (Mickey Vacation Time) constantly looking at your phone - The outside world can wait! You can (and we all do) spend your time at home tethered to the phone for free!

I have family members with medical issues I'd like to keep apprised of and who like to know that we're OK. I need to be reachable in case anything happens to my cats who are being looked after by friends. DH and I keep abreast of the news and like to spend our time together discussing various world issues, politics, the economy, etc. and this helps to fuel the discussions. We often look up information about some of the places or things we see. I may want to download another book. I get that some people want to ignore the outside world or don't want to use their phones, but we do. Chacun à son goût.

 

[jrabbit]

..... Chacun à son goût.

I'm like Gaston here...

Gaston: " ... she's the only girl that gives me the sense of ...um ..."
Lefou: "... je ne sais quoi" (and I am probably leaving out some important "punctuation / letter accents")
Gaston: "I don't know what that means"

Me: but I think that I understand.