Wave Phones/DCL App for Contact with CM's in the Clubs

[tivo4me1]

My family and I will be taking our first cruise on DCL (B2B on the Fantasy, in less than two weeks!!) since the DCL app was available and functioning. After struggling with the Wave Phones on my previous cruises on the Wonder, I'm hoping that we can leave the old technology in our cabin for most of the cruise. My question, though, is if we leave our daughter in the club and the staff needs to get in touch with us, will they accept a request to text us via the app rather than calling us on a Wave Phone?

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[Chrisey]

No unfortunately you cannot communicate with CMs on the DCL app, which is really unfortunate.

We cruised the fantasy in August and luckily I asked... The CM said that it is causing a lot of confusion and making communicating with parents harder because a lot of people assume CMs can contact them on the app.

 

[bumbershoot]

Odd assumption on their parts as it's clear in the setup that you have to give codes to communicate with others. So even if you assumed, at drop off youd find out when they couldn't take the code.

Receiving info on the wave phones is easier than sending it.

But I'm glad DS is old enough to take his wifi enabled device in and communicate with ME when he wants to leave. Cuts out the middleman.

 

[tivo4me1]

Thanks for the information - I won't rely on the app for contact with the CMs (and just get comfortable with carrying another piece of technology around the boat.

Rich

 

[anricat]

How old is your kiddo? We hooked my DD up with an old iPhone with the Navigator app on it and a wi-fi connection. Then I made her a little waist pouch to put it in (if you aren't crafty, there's something called a SPIbelt that will hold just a phone). When going to the club we just popped the belt on her with the iPhone inside. She's 7 so she was able to just type in "i'm ready" when she wanted us to come get her. Even if your DD could just open the app and send an emoji (they have these adorable Disney emojis) or something that is a signal I could imagine that my DD at 4 or 5 could even have done that. Just another option.