cell phone coverage?

Not that I am asking to be found while on vacation, but if I wanted to have access to my cell phone and data with att, what are my best options while on the following islands during the last part of feb first of march 2018

san juan

st thomas

barbados

st lucia

st kitts

st maarten

not looking for internet package while on the ship. att has several packages it might be over board for what I need.

what have others done or cared to do or had problems with in the past

I survived on free Wifi on the islands. I kept my mobile data turned off for the whole week. Calls made using the ships cellular network were expensive and my network provider didn't do any packages for any of the islands we visited. I know some UK phone users were allowed unlimited data and calls for £5 per day. In hindsight I probably would have purchased a weeks ship WiFi. I like to look on trip advisor etc and I I didnt have that luxury.

i would guess calls are not as important if i can text. just people call my wife more than text or email. i am seeing that there are 2 options for att pay a per use fee or for the passport. and of course the other option is to do wifi like you said.

AT&T has cell phone plans for certain cruise ships and destinations.

$50 for 50min talk & unlimited text

$100 for unlimited talk & text and 200mb data

See if the plan is available for your ship https://www.att.com/offers/international-plans/cruise-ship-list.html

Details of the plans https://www.att.com/offers/international-plans/cruise-packages.html