makkblin Posted February 25, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Traveling on the Pacific Princess to French Polynesia in a few weeks. Since many of the nights are in Ports, will the Internet services work or will they work only while at sea? Thanks for your answers specifically geared to Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonbeam Posted February 25, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Have not done the Pacific, but the ship wifi has been on in other ports, but not ship cell service. It may vary according to specific port regs, but I would expect it to be available in most cases. Traveling on the Pacific Princess to French Polynesia in a few weeks. Sincemany of the nights are in Ports, will the Internet services work or will they work only while at sea? Thanks for your answers specifically geared to Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pia1913 Posted February 25, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Traveling on the Pacific Princess to French Polynesia in a few weeks. Sincemany of the nights are in Ports, will the Internet services work or will they work only while at sea? Thanks for your answers specifically geared to Princess. I've been on the Pacific for many weeks. When internet is good, it's good no matter where you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compozer Posted February 25, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 25, 2014 We did the LA/Tahiti/LA cruise last spring and the internet worked every time I tried. I thought we'd have problem at normal busy times but was pleasantly surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpeabody Posted February 25, 2014 #5 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Ships use Satellite Internet, totally different than land based internet. Ships internet is ALWAYS ON. It is slow, however. As mentioned above, it will run slowest at peak times. If you have mobile devices, here's a hint .. Ask the crew where to get free internet in port, usually nearby coffee joints and such. This will be faster and will save your minutes to use on the ship. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatchHill Posted February 25, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Recently on the Ocean Princess, HI to Tahiti, with 5 days at sea. Internet was slow, but worked fine for us. DH brought his lap top so we could log on from our room to check things back home. I had to re-set the wifi connection a couple of times, other than that, never a problem in port or at sea. Darcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compozer Posted February 25, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 25, 2014 On our 8 sea days, it was not slow at all for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted February 25, 2014 #8 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Ships use Satellite Internet, totally different than land based internet. Ships internet is ALWAYS ON. There are some places -- like Japan -- that require satellite communications be disabled in their territorial sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingus Posted February 26, 2014 #9 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Ships use Satellite Internet, totally different than land based internet. Ships internet is ALWAYS ON. There are some places -- like Japan -- that require satellitecommunications be disabled in their territorial sea. One time while docked at Skagway, AK, there was no satellite internet available due to the low tide. The mountains blocked the line-of sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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