Whats App

[tinkerone]

I have read conflicting information on if the What's App works on board the ships. We will be on a B2B and I don't want to purchase WiFi if I don't need to. I may or may not need to get messages from home due to medical reasons so my question is, would it work to send and receive messages without the need to purchase?
It's all a bit confusing for me so thanks for any help.

 

[cruisehopeful]

Whatsapp worked great for me for messaging between my petsitter and myself. Pictures didn't always go through, but messages always did.

Edit to say that it worked without the ship WiFi.

 

[katiec786]

Everything I have seen confirms that WhatsApp will work on the standard DCL network without purchasing a WiFi package - messages only, not pictures. Our cruise FB group has set up a WhatsApp group so we can shout out things like pin trading and whale sightings while onboard

 

[Disneyworldlocal]

WhatsApp has always worked for us on just the ship WiFi.

 

[OKW Lover]

I've never tried WhatsApp but have had no difficulty using the standard Apple Messenger ap without a DCL WiFi plan. Can't sent pictures but plain old text messages work just fine.

 

[Bad Pink Tink 2.0]

I have used WhatsApp on The Magic, The Dream and The Fantasy. Text works perfectly, video and pictures don't. I haven't tried voice or video calling. I turn my phone to Flight Mode and turn on WIFI to use the free Disney internet for the Disney App.