Suggestions?

Steven

I have been on  few cruises and I'm always amazed at how few electrical outlets in the cabin.

I am afraid to take a power strip so we switch devices between outlets.

My question is if I use an European outlet adapter can I plug in my USA items ?

Thank you !

Can anyone recommend anything, particularly something that is independent of the ship's own communications system, please?

We will be sailing the Alaska coast next year and I thought something like this would help with identifying passing glaciers/mountains (ships!).

Something that gives more than just longitude and latitude, but just that, and a good map, would certainly be a good start.

Any experienced mariners out there, who can share their experience of such software?

I read recently that some cruise lines will be discontinung use of the Key Card and going with Smart Phone technology as a way for passengers to access staterooms, shopping and dining, etc.  What about those of us who do not own Smart Phones, have no intention of buying one, and hold to the opinion that

carrying phones around all day carry more germs than hanging a plastic covered Key Card lanyard around one's neck.  Will we be required to own Smart Phones

as a prerequisite to purchasing a cruise?

We have inexpensive cell phones. We want to have the cell phone coverage only for emergencies, so we signed up for the AT&T $10 per day international plan (fee only charged if you use the phone).

We had planned to use our cell phone in airplane mode for Medallion app purposes. We called AT&T and they said some phones do access data despite being in airplane mode which would trigger charges. Sounds funny to me. Has anyone heard of this? 

Sailing on the Breakaway soon so we picked up the Cellular at Sea plan through our provider AT&T. It will cover us on board and also on the islands we are visiting. Just curious though as to how it works if you are on the ship while in port? I know it only works in International waters so they shut it down before you get to port then you are covered on the island. What happens if you don't get off the ship? Are you covered as if you were "on the island." Haven't been able to find the info and ATT reps keep giving different answers.:confused::confused:

Thanks!

Realtime antibody test for COVID19 allows boarding and cruise card "GREEN" with no restrictions

Temperature checks at check-in, at all public gather places; dining entrance, theater, buffet, pools, gym.  Those elevated loose public access and cruise card turned "RED" 

Headsup camera/temperature sensor like those deployed in China for the police and isolation and revoking of public areas if elevated with fever, cruise card turned "RED"

Choiceair.com doesn't work for me. It never connects IF I'M USING XFINITY/COMCAST AS MY ISP.

If I disconnect from Xfinity as my ISP and use my T-Mobile cellular data service or connect to my Skyroam mobile wifi, I can connect to Choiceair.

Here some other stuff I've narrowed down.

Air2Sea/Choice Air really rolls over the CruisingPower.com. If I go to CruisingPower on their secure site (https) I can get there. (However, this is a secure login site for TA's. Not for general purpose).  If I go to the UNSECURE CruisingPower (http) website, I cannot connect if using the Xfinity isp.

Browser selection makes no difference. IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari. No difference

I know it's not my cache, it's not my Windows defender firewall, it's not my Norton,,,, it's not computer dependent. It's 99.999% isp dependent. people who use Spectrum, Cox, Charter, and other isp's indicate they can connect.

Does anyone know what terminology I could use to get Xfinity to understand and own the problem?

Again, it does not matter what platform I use, if I use Xfinity as my isp, I cannot connect. Any other isp and I can connect.

Here is the error:

Hmmm… can't reach this page

www.choiceair.com’s server IP address could not be found.

When in Rome several years ago for 2 days, the I had an adapter and then plugged the iPhone plug into it.  The plug part got quite hot so I removed them from charging.  I had to wait until I got on board the ship to finally charge it.  

I'm looking for information from those of you who have stayed in Rome before or after your cruise in the past few years.  We will be staying in Rome 1 day pre-cruise and 4 days post cruise this Fall.  As we all know, technology is constantly changing.   I am looking for your advice and reccomendations on what types of iPhone / iPad / power bank charging devices you have used that are best in the areas of protection, appropriate voltage, are easy to use and possibly with multiple USB ports.   Should I just buy an Italian iPhone power plug I found on Amazon that includes Italy in the description?  Will that be compatible with my devices as far as voltage or do I still face any power surge issues?  Am I safe in buying a Universal Travel Adapter (says USA to Most of Europe)?

If you have a specific item you have used and trusted, please let me know about it.  

Thank you for any helpful insight.  

Judy

It's basically like adding international calling to your phone, you can do it for a month, should cost $20. 

Problem:

I know for a fact that I put my iPhone in Airplane mode and then connected to the ships wifi. Go about my business. An hour later, look at my phone and I'm roaming on the ships cellular network. WTH!, put my phone back into Airplane mode. No further problems.

Later on that day, my wife looks at her phone, exact same thing.

That evening at dinner, my BIL tells me over dinner about his Galaxy phone somehow automatically switching back to cellular roaming sometime during the day.

This was all on the Allure this past summer.

We aren't tech dummy's by any means. Then again, we don't code or work IT either.

Anybody have an idea as to what was happening?

Usually I take my own MiFi device and international sim cards with me but end up getting very frustrated when they don't work. I understand that none of these options work while out at sea and that we need to be in range of phone towers. I am thinking the Skyroam looks like a simpler option. One thing I do have trouble with is sending emails when overseas with other sim cards - I wonder how the Skyroam compares?  

I am only looking for data - do not need to make phone calls or send texts.  Australian telco prices and roaming plans are exorbitant so this is not an option. We don't use the internet a lot while away but do want to have access for sending emails, researching ports, uploading some photos to Facebook etc, so please don't suggest leaving the phone off - it is also not an option. I don't like using free WiFi except as a last resort and ship's internet is also exorbitant. 

Any information gratefully received!

Will this be different on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean somehow? 

Thanks

Steven