Jimbo59

Verizon has a $25 per 100Mb roaming package that's claims to be compatible with the system(s) on all Celebrity ships. I am a commission salesman and keep track of my emails whilst on vacation. I want the almost instant notification of an email which is possible via data. This uses very little data if one sets up their phone right and it's connected all the time. We get two 90 minute WiFi packages with our elite status and do use it. However, I was on the Eclipse in 2/2014 and could not get my phone to connect to the on ship cellular system for data. My phone DID work for data on every island. I was able to get texts and make and receive calls whilst on the the ship. Verizon had no idea why i couldn't connect as my phone and plan were correctly set up for it. I tried many times during our 2 week cruise and asked countless employees on the ship about this to no avail.

 

My question is this: Have you been able to use a Verizon smartphone for data on a Celebrity Cruises ship since 2/2014?

 

 

I will be on the Eclipse watching the Super Bowl in 3 weeks! Nice!

 

Thanks!

Be careful using the Verizon data plan on cruise ships. You may think you are accessing the satellite from the ship, but if the ship is anywere near a land tower, your data will go through that tower. Many countries are part of the Verizon data plan ($25.00 for 100 MB), but some are not. We were hit with very high data charges when the ship was near Panama. The signal defaulted to the Panama towers ($20.48 per one MB). Panama was no on the Verizon data plan.

We were never able to connect to Verizon e-mail on Celebrity Equinox (February 2015). The Celebrity tech guy told us that Celebrity usus a satellite down link to a ground station in Scotland. Verizon has no access to that station. Even Verizon webmail did not work.

On a Holland America cruise we had no problem connecting to Verizon email.

His name is Rabbi Aryeh Leifart – he used to be a pulpit rabbi in Texas and then moved to Israel with his family. He does real and virtual tours. Aryeh is a real down-to-earth guy, super knowledgeable and very personable.

Here is his website: http://walkingisrael.com

There is a site that tracks price drops and will send an email to you. We can't mention the name here, but you can look for it on-line.

also available via Verizon at $25.00 for 100MB.

Princess ships (except the two newest ones, Royal and Regal) have swim against the current pools for "lap" swimming. This would be a nice feature on Celebrity, but it is not available.

MedJet gets very high reviews. I know a doctor and his wife who used it for transfer from Mexico back to Boston after becoming ill while traveling. It beats many other polices as they will bring you to hospital of your choice if possible and you are well enough to travel. Most othesr bring you where they want.

 

You must be in a hospital for MedJet to transfer from there to your home. Read their policy (online).

Is there a HOHO bus stop at the port?

Also, is there a HOHO bus stop at the port?

So the art auctions are a way for the cruise lines to make some more money. This probably results in lower cruise prices for everyone who does not buy the art.

If you don't buy art at home, and don't know much about art, it is probably not a good idea to purchase art on a cruise ship. But to each his/her own.

Also, most of the artworks sold on cruise ships are various types of prints, not original works of art.

There must be a new Princess cruise ship law: "The bigger the ship, the smaller the library."

This website reports on all kinds of problems on cruise ships:

http://www.cruisejunkie.com/events.html

$0.00 on 10 day Princess mainly via OBC and 250 minutes free internet (each).

If you have never been on another Princess ship you will like it. If you have been on any of the older Princess ships you will think this ship is a step down from the older ships.

Standing reservations are at the discretion of the MD. Fabio was not allowing them between 6 and 8 on the Royal in October (you could have one at 5:30 but didn't really need it unless you wanted a specific waiter pair)

 

BTW if you do want a good waiter, ask for Gilman.

We had a standing reservation at 7:30 PM on the October 25 cruise.

If you want to eat at about 7:00 to 7:30 PM you may need to wait for a table. After a few days we learned that you can make a standing reservation if you go to the dining room and speak to the manager. Just calling the dine line doesn't work, they tell you to just show up; when you do, you get a pager and have to wait 15 - 30 minutes.

:rolleyes: Sorry - I have been paying attention and my contention is not rediculous (sic). Just because this topic has been discussed on Royal Princess threads doesn't mean that the mention holds any merit. In fact it could be a very good example of following the popular opinion without any proof...which happens now and then on Cruise Critic.

 

First of all, my best friend Google can find nothing where law mandates the life boats must be placed on the promenade deck. Has anyone ever taken a look at ocean liners? Not only did they have promenade decks, they also had boat decks which were there to be used as an embarkation point should the life boats be needed. There is no reason the brilliant maritime architects that work for Princess at Fincantieri couldn't have come up with a way to incorporate both. The contention that this was all they could do points to a lack of creativity. Of course the fact that Princess was hoping to make money through the Emerald deck balconies - along with all the other 'new' features in this class of ship - made a good deal of difference in the final design. So the whole change is really more a matter of maximizing revenue rather than responding to safety issues, right?

 

Second, if you feel that this is not correct, then I would really love someone to point us to the legislation that mandates this new design with lifeboats superseding the promenade deck. I've searched the IMO site, looked at the SOLAS regulations (which by the way, in response to Costa Concordia's incident mention NOTHING about life boat placement) and can still find nothing. I don't doubt that the laws may have changed - and if my contention is wrong I would love someone to help me understand that by pointing me to the legislation. And I would really like to see the comparison of costs and revenues of the old design vs. the new.

 

Until some proof can be identified, my contentions are no more ridiculous than anyone else's...including those blinded by the love of this new class of ship.

 

Thank you...

Whatever the facts, many people who have been on the older Princess ships don't like the Royal or Regal. As to the costs and revenues of the old design vs. the new, many of the Regal and Royal sailings are priced hundreds less than the older ships, sailing similar itineraries and on similar dates. Also on-board credit offers are generally higher on the Royal and Regal.

I was on the same cruise. It appears that the design is intended to keep people inside, near the shops and Piazza, thus no wrap-around outside promenade deck.

The main pool and adult pool are insufficient for a warm weather cruise.

I hope Princess will add back the wrap-around Outside Promenade deck that is missing on Royal and Regal.

And mybe add another pool or two.

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What is kingclip? barramundi?

I've looked these up on google, but why does Princess offer these?

What was Princess thinking when they designed a ship for 500 to 1000 more passengers than their older ships - and reduced the number of pools?

The Royal has one adults-only pool, one main pool, and another that is essentially a large (not so) hot tub.

There is no covered pool as on the Grand class ships.

What was Princess thinking when they designed a ship for 500 to 1000 more passengers than their older ships - and reduced the number of pools?

The Royal has one adults-only pool, one main pool, and another that is essentially the size of a large hot tub.

There is no covered pool as on the Grand class ships.

Does Princess offer discounts for reserving dinner at more than one of the speciality restaurants?

 

On RCCL, we received about a 30 percent discount for purchasing dinners at three speciality restaurants.

Clarification: I am asking about discounts that might be offered once on-board the ship, not at the time of reservation for the cruise.

Does Princess offer discounts for reserving dinner at more than one of the speciality restaurants?

On RCCL, we received about a 30 percent discount for purchasing dinners at three speciality restaurants.