Carnival to offer $5 per day or $25 per cruise unlimited social media access

[Ex techie]

Looks like Carnival have followed suit with DCL being the first, and then Royal to offer an on ship smart phone app.

More functionality like RCI, but they want to charge $5 for the ability to text each other per cruise. :rolleyes:

 

BUT they have a,

social media package, which enables guests to use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat and Pinterest for a flat fee of $5 per day or $25 per voyage during the initial testing period.

 

Those who want to check email and surf the Web can upgrade to a value package for $16 per day or $60 per cruise.

 

A premium package provides “the fastest available connection speed,” said Carnival, and is for heavy Internet usage. Those who want to use the Skype video calling application must buy the premium package. It costs $25 per day or $99 per cruise.

 

Source: http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-introduces-Internet-plans-based-on-type-of-usage

 

Interesting for those with social media hungry kids who may use up that 1Gb At $89 in a couple of days.

 

All a trial at the moment, and will be interesting to see if those prices increase afterwards.

 

CC also have reported it here:

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=6145

 

ex techie

Edited January 15, 2015 by Ex techie

[Winston Wolf]

Seems like internet packages at Sea are becoming much more reasonable. I know NCL is testing much less expensive packages as well on Breakaway. I don't believe it's been rolled out to the rest of the line yet. Here's a CC post about it from the NCL board. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2077809

Edited January 16, 2015 by Winston Wolf

[Ex techie]

Hopefully it will lead to DCL introducing a social media package at a reasonable price too.

 

The one thing that isn't mentioned is if that package is limited to one device only.

 

ex techie