anelmi123

I didn't get passports for my daughters (ages 16, 14 and 12) when we went on our 8 day cruise this past Thanksgiving. I just couldn't afford them. So I brought their official birth certificates and the driver's permit for the oldest and had absolutely no problems. The only time they looked at the documents was at embarkation. I brought everything with me at every port and all we ever needed to show was our Sail & Sign card.

I did this cruise over Thanksgiving this year and it was great. My favorite was Curacao but Aruba was really neat too (if you do an excursion). I would do this again in a heartbeat!

The Cove balconies are awesome. We were in 2261 which was great because there wasn't a cabin next door...service area, I think. We did have lifeboats to the left of us but it honestly wasn't a big deal.

They have flyers in the Fun Times and they are also posted in the Fun Hub areas. You basically go to login.com once you are connected to Carnival wifi and from there you either a) choose a plan or b) log in to an existing plan with your folio #. The charge goes on your Sail&Sign card.

The key, though, if you are sharing the plan is to log out. Otherwise you will see a message saying another device is using the plan.

I don't know about the speed difference between plans. Sorry.

It's not open on port days. Only sea days. The lines were too long on one day (wait time approx 20 min), no matter when my husband tried and the other day, it closed early due to weather.

Just so I am clear as I am traveling with three teenagers, we can't use the plan at same time?

Yeah...no. Unfortunately. :( So I would log on, text my daughter and then log off. She was on it most of the time which was problematic. When she finally logged back out, I would read her text and then text back. The plans are linked to your folio # so maybe get 2? Still cheaper than what it could've been.

I think the clock only updates when you turn on cellular and not WiFi. Remember something about this being announced by Wee Jimmy, guess someone brought to his attention.

I never took my phone off airplane mode. Was too scared to get international roaming charges. But the time definitely changed when I used wifi in Curacao. It changed back once I used Carnival wifi again on the ship.

I uploaded pics to Instagram and then had the share to Facebook option clicked. It worked like a charm so I imagine you can upload photos directly to Facebook too.

Yes...airplane mode on, wifi on.

Just remember that your clock will be set to ship time (Miami time) once you do this. If you use other wifi while in a port city, your clock will change to local time which could have an impact on your getting back to ship on time if you aren't aware.

Red Frog Pub

Just got off the Breeze Thanksgiving cruise. My 16 y/o daughter has a boyfriend and the thought of no communication for 8 days was not pleasant. So...they have this really cool plan. For the cruise, you can get Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, iMessage, twitter for $25 the entire cruise or $5/day. Clearly the $25 is a better deal. If you want more options, you can pay $16/day (I'm not sure of the cruise long price) and get access to email and limited internet. The catch is only one device can be logged in at a time.

The wifi was pretty good. We had lots of wind so that was a factor sometimes and some spots in the cabin (deck 2) were dead but she (and her 14 y/o and 12 y/o sisters) were able to use it most of the time with no problem.

I was really excited to have this option because I originally thought I would be paying $150 for 8 hours worth which was obviously not going to happen.

Hope this helps.