Can You Text While On A Cruise Ship

Text Using Cell Plan.

Can you text while on a cruise ship. Heres a quick recap. Onboard Chat For a small additional fee of 5 USD per user for the voyage you can chat with family and friends on board all cruise long from the comfort of your deck chair using the Carnival HUB App. For large parties the ripple connect app allows you to call and text other cruisers with the app as long as you have access to the ships wi fi signal without having to pay for an internet plan.

You can prove this to yourself anytime just turn cellular data off and send a text. Texting using cruise wifi. Exchanging texts using the ships messaging app.

Data plans cost around 25 for 100MB and text messages costs as much as 50 cents per text. Its possible to send and receive text messages at sea as long as you have a signal through your ships roaming network. However depending on where the ship is in the ocean there may be times when there is no signal.

Wireless carriers offer data messaging and calling plans for cruise ships that are similar to on-land packages so you can pick the one that best suits your needs. There are plenty of ways to stay connected while youre on a cruise ship. Some apps like WhatsApp also let you make calls chat and even chat via video.

The best way to be 100 safe is to put the phone into airplane mode whenever your within 100 feet of the ship. Cruise ship on-board Wi-Fi. For more details click here.

Just to be safe turn off auto delivery of MMS. This feature is currently limited to ages 13. RoyalIQ only works on those four ships as well not Allure.