Wi-Fi- ??

[John VN]

This only works when the ship is in port and your phone connects to land-based cell towers. Mexico was included in my unlimited plan, but Bahamas had a similar daily charge.

Out at sea, your phone will connect to ship cellular service provided by "Cellular at Sea". At sea, my service charges $4/minute voice, 10 cents per SMS text, and $1/Megabyte download. If you download a Gigabyte, that's $1000 charge!

It's best to keep your phone in airplane mode while on the ship!


-Paul

We returned yesterday from a 4 day and had phones on airplane mode as we left PC. Wednesday afternoon we had a day at sea and while in the cabin DW's phone rings ????? Being both concerned and confused she answered since it was a family member who only wanted to talk about our cruise line of choice. OOPS, somehow the phone got off airplane mode soooooo

 

[DCL58]

I just remembered that my oldest daughter is on our plan with Verizon and is going to Japan soon. I think we purchased a daily plan for each line while we were in the Caymans, I think it was like $10 per line, per day. Will such work well for her while in Japan?

It is $12 per day now with AT&T. My boys have used the international day pass for years while traveling in Europe.

 

[pjacobi]

I never encountered the cellular at sea service.

If "Roaming" is disabled on your phone, it probably won't automatically connect to "Cellular at Sea" service.

Most people have "Roaming" enabled because most cell plan now allow free roaming within the US. The exception is in foreign countries and a sea where additional charged will apply.


-Paul