sweetsixteencruisers Posted August 25, 2016 #26 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Sweetsixteencruisers... When did JH say the Magic was getting hub in October? I must have missed that post.. Trying to find it... Thanx. Sent from my iPhone using Forums A few weeks back on his page. In the visitor posts section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dearabby_84 Posted August 25, 2016 #27 Share Posted August 25, 2016 You have to get purchase the Internet package to have access to this? Ok, I guess I didn't realize that. :( I thought it was just $5, if you wanted the chat feature. And the rest was free. No? No, you're totally right ... No internet package needed to use hub app and the chat option, the $5 per device is all :) Sorry about the confusion, just thinking since people would be using their phones more, they may be more tempted to get internet packages :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzinva Posted August 25, 2016 #28 Share Posted August 25, 2016 No, you're totally right ... No internet package needed to use hub app and the chat option, the $5 per device is all :)Sorry about the confusion, just thinking since people would be using their phones more, they may be more tempted to get internet packages :) Stupid question I'm about to ask but I usually put my phone in airplane mode. Does the app work when your phone is in airplane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dearabby_84 Posted August 25, 2016 #29 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) Stupid question I'm about to ask but I usually put my phone in airplane mode. Does the app work when your phone is in airplane? Yes, that's exactly what I do! I put it on airplane so I don't incur roaming, was still able to get onto wifi specifically for hub (free one) :) Edited August 25, 2016 by Dearabby_84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourcruiseyears Posted August 25, 2016 #30 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Stupid question I'm about to ask but I usually put my phone in airplane mode. Does the app work when your phone is in airplane? "Once you board, turn Airplane Mode ‘On’ and connect to Carnival Wi-Fi..." - Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted August 25, 2016 #31 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Stupid question I'm about to ask but I usually put my phone in airplane mode. Does the app work when your phone is in airplane? Yes. Look at the last 2 pics I posted. You will see that my phone was in airplane mode. The first one was when I had cell signal so ignore that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourcruiseyears Posted August 25, 2016 #32 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) I've been wondering if anyone has taken screen-shots of the hub app? Menus, Fun Times, etc.? That would be really easy to share with people asking for such things! PS - Just saw your screenshots, firemanbobswife! Edited August 25, 2016 by ourcruiseyears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted August 25, 2016 #33 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) I've been wondering if anyone has taken screen-shots of the hub app? Menus, Fun Times, etc.? That would be really easy to share with people asking for such things! PS - Just saw your screenshots, firemanbobswife! Those and the internet plans were the only ones I took. It's actually easier to post the paper FunTimes because of the way the HUB App is laid out. It's not one continuous list of things and it would require many screen shots. I don't recall seeing any menus like for the dining room but maybe I missed it. At any rate I took pics of the ones in the MDR too. Edited August 25, 2016 by firemanbobswife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc5grw Posted August 25, 2016 #34 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Stupid question I'm about to ask but I usually put my phone in airplane mode. Does the app work when your phone is in airplane? "Once you board, turn Airplane Mode ‘On’ and connect to Carnival Wi-Fi..." - Link The link to the Carnival information doesn't tell you that to connect to Carnival Wi-Fi you must first go into your phone settings and turn the WiFi back on. When you put the phone in Airplane Mode it turns off ALL of the radios, Cellular, WiFi, and Bluetooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CruzerDeb Posted August 25, 2016 #35 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thanks for all the great info! Just go the app for my upcoming cruise. I'm not sure if I'm thrilled to have to carry my phone around, though. I'd rather leave it in the safe. We'll see . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkerBee74 Posted August 25, 2016 #36 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thank you so much firemanbobswife for the screenshots! I really hope they get this on the Miracle before next May. Where I can see myself using it is when either myself/husband may want to do our own thing for a bit like if he doesn't want to see a show or one of us scouts out whether there's a line for comedy, we can answer each other about what's going on without having to run across the ship. We are in our late 30s/early 40s so we are quite attached to texting each other for little things here and there so I really see a benefit. For the younger cruisers who are REALLY attached to their phones, this will be pretty much essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted August 25, 2016 #37 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thank you so much firemanbobswife for the screenshots! I really hope they get this on the Miracle before next May. Where I can see myself using it is when either myself/husband may want to do our own thing for a bit like if he doesn't want to see a show or one of us scouts out whether there's a line for comedy, we can answer each other about what's going on without having to run across the ship. We are in our late 30s/early 40s so we are quite attached to texting each other for little things here and there so I really see a benefit. For the younger cruisers who are REALLY attached to their phones, this will be pretty much essential. You are very welcome. Glad to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistyinca Posted August 25, 2016 #38 Share Posted August 25, 2016 According to JH, the Magic should have it in October. Let's see if it happens. I hope so! We are on the Magic in December. Hope so! Then hopefully on *Carnival Time* it will be on by the end of November when I go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalgeek Posted August 25, 2016 #39 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Thank you so much firemanbobswife for the screenshots! I really hope they get this on the Miracle before next May. Where I can see myself using it is when either myself/husband may want to do our own thing for a bit like if he doesn't want to see a show or one of us scouts out whether there's a line for comedy, we can answer each other about what's going on without having to run across the ship. We are in our late 30s/early 40s so we are quite attached to texting each other for little things here and there so I really see a benefit. For the younger cruisers who are REALLY attached to their phones, this will be pretty much essential. I will deny I ever said this so don't repeat it but my wife will be 60 by our next cruise and I don't know if I'd recognize her without the glow of her iPad reflecting off her bifocals. lol We text all day every day. But then, I'm a geek and I'm in IT so I kinda pushed technology on the whole family from way back. And ditto on thanks to FiremanBobsWife. She is an asset to Cruise Critic for sure. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted August 25, 2016 #40 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Well thanks OG! [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourcruiseyears Posted August 25, 2016 #41 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Just in case anyone is interested, we purchased these last month for our Samsung Galaxy Notes for our September cruise in order to use the Hub App, cameras, etc. Absolutely impressed when we tested them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalgeek Posted August 25, 2016 #42 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Just in case anyone is interested, we purchased these last month for our Samsung Galaxy Notes for our September cruise in order to use the Hub App, cameras, etc. Absolutely impressed when we tested them out. I don't think ours were that brand but same concept and yes, they worked well. I even used the lanyard that came with it for my S&S card when I wasn't using the whole thing for the phone. We have Note5 and S7 Edge and they fit great - a little tight with the rubber phone cases on but very easy to get in and out without the cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourcruiseyears Posted August 26, 2016 #43 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I don't think ours were that brand but same concept and yes, they worked well. I even used the lanyard that came with it for my S&S card when I wasn't using the whole thing for the phone. We have Note5 and S7 Edge and they fit great - a little tight with the rubber phone cases on but very easy to get in and out without the cases. I'm glad to hear you had success with something similar! We can't wait to use these. Hubby has an Otterbox Defender on his Note5 so I am positive he'll have to remove his case. (Good time to give it all a deep cleaning!) I tested my Note6 with my rubber case on & it was a tight fit like you said. Everything on my phone in the bag worked well though. Don't think we'll have to remove them unless we make a call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
originalgeek Posted August 26, 2016 #44 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I'm glad to hear you had success with something similar! We can't wait to use these. Hubby has an Otterbox Defender on his Note5 so I am positive he'll have to remove his case. (Good time to give it all a deep cleaning!) I tested my Note6 with my rubber case on & it was a tight fit like you said. Everything on my phone in the bag worked well though. Don't think we'll have to remove them unless we make a call? I didn't try calling with it but I did use the camera successfully with it. (lock screen has a hot link to camera so I didn't have to enter my pin to do it). But keep the plastic clean! I just took my rubber case off and left it in the cabinet with the room safe so I wouldn't lose it. I took my phone in and out too much to want to deal with the tight fit. I only used the phone in the case when off ship on a watery excursion. Yeah, I am sure the Otterbox would be too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Computer Nerd Posted August 26, 2016 #45 Share Posted August 26, 2016 It's only a countdown to your cruise before you're on the ship. Once you're there, you can do all kinds of things. Here are a few screen shots from when I was on the Glory. does it give you the mdr menus for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted August 26, 2016 #46 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) does it give you the mdr menus for the day. I'll have to check it out next time. Never saw them before but maybe they added them since then. Edited August 26, 2016 by firemanbobswife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourcruiseyears Posted August 27, 2016 #47 Share Posted August 27, 2016 does it give you the mdr menus for the day. "Can I make dining reservations using the App? Can see the dining menus? Coming soon!" - at the very bottom of this link We'll really enjoy that feature when it becomes available! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourcruiseyears Posted August 27, 2016 #48 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I didn't try calling with it but I did use the camera successfully with it. (lock screen has a hot link to camera so I didn't have to enter my pin to do it). But keep the plastic clean! I just took my rubber case off and left it in the cabinet with the room safe so I wouldn't lose it. I took my phone in and out too much to want to deal with the tight fit. I only used the phone in the case when off ship on a watery excursion. Yeah, I am sure the Otterbox would be too big. Will be sure to keep the plastic clean! Camera's hot links are on our lock screens already. We'll appreciate that even more in this instance. I tend to misplace my phone throughout the day here at home so I'm hoping this little gadget will help with that issue. I'm a minimalist but that's been my one concern about using my phone for multiple things we used to pack separately. (I'm also the person who you'll find looking high & low for her eyeglasses only to see they are sitting right on the front of her face!) One thing I'm most excited about is that I used to print out a lot of paperwork to take with us but I've put it all on Google Drive & made the items "available offline" on our cell phones (shared the docs with hubby as well). Can't wait to see how all this handy dandy stuff streamlines our travels! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinpsychRN Posted August 27, 2016 #49 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I didn't initially say it, I was responding to another poster that said it will be the way of the future. I would be sad to see the paper ones go. If it's any consolation, you can use an iPod touch as well. I don't do electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted August 27, 2016 #50 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I don't do electronics. Well then I don't know what to tell ya. I really like the fact that I can check my onboard account on the app. I never can get the one on the tv to work and it's maddening having to push the buttons that don't work half the time then scroll through the different menus and having to put your folio number in. But I hope they keep the paper ones too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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