TerReuv Posted July 7, 2017 #26 Share Posted July 7, 2017 My information is from my last sailing on the Sunshine last April. When found that we could "call" through messenger on Facebook. Now, it was spotty, but we did call and I think my friend used the video calling to talk to her friend. But they could have cut that off at this point. We could also get text through wifi, with imessages through iphones. My son and his wife did this at the end of May. They only got the social package for the $5 per day. They called me on messenger several times. It was spotty, but it was enough to say hi and see that they were having a great time. ETA: Son has Sprint, we have Verizon. Worked just fine a month and a half ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auscgguysgirl Posted July 7, 2017 #27 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I have AT&T. Our last cruise was April on the Sunshine. I used Facebook wifi call to talk w/ my friend who was staying at our house watching our animals. I did it several days on the boat w/ no issues. I had the second tier plan to post to social media and check email for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Posted July 7, 2017 #28 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Did your phone work otherwise in Havana? Is there wifi there? Honestly I have no clue I didn't try to use my cellular plan in Cuba. Wifi is not a common thing to find in Havana or anywhere else in Cuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanpion13 Posted July 10, 2017 Author #29 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Update. I opted for the $16/day value package which was discounted for buying it for the entire cruise. Also paid $5 separately for Carnival app chat. I was generally able to get onto every site I needed to get on including app store. I was able to use AT&T wifi calling using ship wifi, but could not be in my cabin to use it as the signal wasn’t strong enough. It did work in the common areas of the ship. Wifi was generally slow in the cabin (I was on the fourth floor), but improved slightly outside of it. If you’re patient it’ll be okay. Wasn’t able to really use any video including YouTube. The chat function sometimes had to be closed and reopened to get it to work. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudistcruzer Posted February 10, 2020 #30 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) I read a post on another website from 6 days ago 2/4/2020. The post said that the person had full "AT&T wifi" with just the Carnival social Package. That sounds like a fault in their system; but with the more expensive plan they say WiFi Calling is supported at least with Skype on Carnival Ships. The Price for Carnival's Premium (Best) Plan is $14.45 per day no tax or gratuity. This is as of 2/4/2020. Edited February 10, 2020 by nudistcruzer added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted February 11, 2020 #31 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, nudistcruzer said: I read a post on another website from 6 days ago 2/4/2020. The post said that the person had full "AT&T wifi" with just the Carnival social Package. That sounds like a fault in their system; but with the more expensive plan they say WiFi Calling is supported at least with Skype on Carnival Ships. The Price for Carnival's Premium (Best) Plan is $14.45 per day no tax or gratuity. This is as of 2/4/2020. Just to get it out of the way, I'd like to point out that this thread is almost three years old. I'm not sure what that person was talking about and I don't think they know either. They said they had "full AT&T wifi," but I think they were confused. If they bought the onboard Social plan, it doesn't have anything to do with their AT&T service. Wifi Calling and Skype are two different things. Wifi Calling is a feature most phones have these days that allows voice calls (and SMS text messages) that are still routed through your cellular carrier, but instead of happening over the cellular network, they're done over wifi. Despite what was said in this thread a few years ago, Wifi Calling does work on the Premium plan and, if I'm not mistaken, can also work on the Value plan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudistcruzer Posted February 11, 2020 #32 Share Posted February 11, 2020 The top left of the phone says “AT&T WiFi”. When WiFi calling is working. The person only paid for the Social Plan, but still received calls in airplane mode. The person’s concern was that they were going to incur charges. On the social plan she shouldn’t have been able to receive calls. She could have been mistaken which plan she bought, but regardless the point was it works. When searching for the answer about whether “AT&T WiFi” Calling would work, I was led to this old thread. I figured if the next person found this thread, I could answer the question for them. Carnival‘s website only mentions that Skype works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted February 11, 2020 #33 Share Posted February 11, 2020 OK, now I see what they meant. Yeah, "AT&T Wifi" would indicate that their Wifi Calling was turned on. There are a lot of things that Carnival says isn't supported, but they actually work. I think it's their way of covering their rears so as to avoid getting a lot of complaints from passengers if something doesn't work. It's easier for them just to say most things aren't officially supported. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislo Posted February 11, 2020 #34 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I was on the Pride last April and was able to use WhatsApp with the Value plan to call home everyday with no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auscgguysgirl Posted February 11, 2020 #35 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I’m on the Glory right now & have used FB to call home. No issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudos2Fly Posted February 11, 2020 #36 Share Posted February 11, 2020 We had the top plan on Carnival Liberty and used WhatsApp video to call our grandkids who were in Russia at the time. This was about a month ago. It was spotty but got the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedac Posted February 11, 2020 #37 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I'm sure it was covered, but what about Facetime on iphone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebJ14 Posted February 15, 2020 #38 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I have T Mobile. I always purchase the middle package and have been able to use WiFi calling on the Valor, Dream and Vista. We took 4 Carnival cruises in 2019 and used it on all of them. I will say that the Valor had the worst internet, as far as making wifi calls. I had to go find an unoccupied bar in order to make calls since internet did not work in our Ocean Suite. The Vista had the best service. I was bothered with multiple calls while sitting at the pool. I found my own phone ringing and vibrating to be annoying as well as those phones going off around us. Everytime I bought the package, it said it did not handle wifi calling, but it really did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoge3k Posted February 15, 2020 #39 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Everyone responding needs to realize this thread is almost 3 years old. Much has changed since this thread begun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebJ14 Posted February 16, 2020 #40 Share Posted February 16, 2020 2 hours ago, teknoge3k said: Everyone responding needs to realize this thread is almost 3 years old. Much has changed since this thread begun. Yes, and even 3 years ago I was able to make Wifi calls on Carnival even though they said the packages did not support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted February 16, 2020 #41 Share Posted February 16, 2020 2 hours ago, DebJ14 said: I was bothered with multiple calls while sitting at the pool. I found my own phone ringing and vibrating to be annoying as well as those phones going off around us. Everytime I bought the package, it said it did not handle wifi calling, but it really did. You can just turn off Wifi Calling, then you won't be bothered by incoming calls anymore. Turn it back on when you need to make a call. We were on the Valor back in December and internet was surprisingly good. Then again, I wasn't using Wifi Calling. But surfing speeds were pretty good and posting photos to Cruise Critic using the Tapatalk app worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebJ14 Posted February 16, 2020 #42 Share Posted February 16, 2020 23 minutes ago, Organized Chaos said: You can just turn off Wifi Calling, then you won't be bothered by incoming calls anymore. Turn it back on when you need to make a call. We were on the Valor back in December and internet was surprisingly good. Then again, I wasn't using Wifi Calling. But surfing speeds were pretty good and posting photos to Cruise Critic using the Tapatalk app worked well. I would have turned off the WiFi calling, but we were waiting for a doctor to call with news about some tests that hubby had pre-cruise. He ended up calling us on the drive home from the pier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko711 Posted February 17, 2020 #43 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I just came back yesterday 2/16/2020 and was able to use WIFI calling through T Mobile on the Horizon the entire cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac21902 Posted February 18, 2020 #44 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I purchased the value plan for Horizon and was able to use the wifi calling feature on my android phone. I also was able to share my wifi with other people close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise-Crazy Posted February 18, 2020 #45 Share Posted February 18, 2020 AT&T WiFi calling worked on the Value plan on Jan 4th cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AandBmom Posted February 20, 2020 #46 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 2/15/2020 at 5:35 PM, teknoge3k said: Everyone responding needs to realize this thread is almost 3 years old. Much has changed since this thread begun. True but the recent answers are very helpful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AandBmom Posted February 20, 2020 #47 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 10:16 PM, mac21902 said: I purchased the value plan for Horizon and was able to use the wifi calling feature on my android phone. I also was able to share my wifi with other people close by. Do you have the price handy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac21902 Posted February 20, 2020 #48 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, AandBmom said: Do you have the price handy? It was about $10.00 a day and fit my internet needs perfectly. I was even able to watch my home security cameras. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted February 20, 2020 #49 Share Posted February 20, 2020 3 hours ago, AandBmom said: Do you have the price handy? You can see all of the prices here: https://www.carnival.com/help/1152 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AandBmom Posted February 22, 2020 #50 Share Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 4:35 PM, Organized Chaos said: You can see all of the prices here: https://www.carnival.com/help/1152 Amazing thanks. So it says only 1 device at a time. Is it easy to switch devices? I'd like to share with my son if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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