Questions about carnivals value wi fi plan

[RogBus101]

Hi all, I'm looking at purchasing the value wi fi plan I will have my kindle with me most of the time as I like to read while I'm cruising I know only 1 device can connect at a time. My question is does it work well on a kindle fire HDX?

Thanks in advance everyone.

Rog.

[RogBus101]

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[sfnew2sail]

Not sure about the kindle. But we had the premium plan, which is supposed to be faster, using my iPad. Many days it was barely usable. Very slow, hard to connect some days. Port days seemed to be better, probably because of fewer users.

[coevan]

my Kindle is just a reader, so only need wifi if downloading a book, which would take hours. The Value plan is just a messaging platform, it does not access the interent

[salty dingo]

What do you use the Kindle for? Just reading books or other stuff like reading current news?

[suzanne217]

The value plan is only usable for social media sites. You can use your Kindle for that. However, the Wi-Fi service is V.E.R.Y. S.L.O.W. I honestly don't know why I buy it.

[TomAceEsq]

my Kindle is just a reader, so only need wifi if downloading a book, which would take hours. The Value plan is just a messaging platform, it does not access the interent

 

 

 

Believe it or not, you can use it for Google searches as well. You won’t be able to open any results, but you can easily find info like addresses, flight times, or news searches.

 

Also, my wife used it on the last sea day of the Miracle repo (which I believe you were on as well) to buy early bird check in on Southwest.com. So the Value plan isn’t quite only a messaging platform. Try it your next cruise; I bet you’ll be pleasantly surprised. :)

[RogBus101]

Thanks everyone, I purchased it today will give it a try on our cruise the last of March

[AmBear]

Thanks everyone, I purchased it today will give it a try on our cruise the last of March

Buy the least expensive plan for your needs as they are all SLOWWWW!;p

[Essiesmom]

The SOCIAL plan is only for social media sites. The VALUE plan allows internet usage, have done it now with a surface pro on four cruises, other laptops before that. It is slow because although not everyone brings a laptop, nearly everyone brings a cellphone and they are always on it. EM

[Nevada Jen]

I would download any books you want before you leave. I used a kindle on my last cruise and I couldn't download a book. Its slow because it goes in and out which messed up the ability to download. Also, although I could get my work email and see the subject, when I went to open an email often I couldn't see the content until I came back a few hours later and opened it again.

[coevan]

Believe it or not, you can use it for Google searches as well. You won’t be able to open any results, but you can easily find info like addresses, flight times, or news searches.

 

Also, my wife used it on the last sea day of the Miracle repo (which I believe you were on as well) to buy early bird check in on Southwest.com. So the Value plan isn’t quite only a messaging platform. Try it your next cruise; I bet you’ll be pleasantly surprised. :)

 

 

Tom, unfortunately we had to cancel the cruise for a family emergency. Thank goodness for trip insurance Nationwide Cruise insurance has been excellent and compassionate. Too bad about the cruise it was a bucket list we will have to try again.

[Schoifmom]

The value plan is only usable for social media sites. You can use your Kindle for that. However, the Wi-Fi service is V.E.R.Y. S.L.O.W. I honestly don't know why I buy it.

Nope ... see Essiesmom's post below.

 

The SOCIAL plan is only for social media sites. The VALUE plan allows internet usage, have done it now with a surface pro on four cruises, other laptops before that. It is slow because although not everyone brings a laptop, nearly everyone brings a cellphone and they are always on it. EM

Very correct. The SOCIAL MEDIA plan only allows access to social media sites. The Value plan allows limited internet usage. DH used it on our last cruise and found it to be okay. I, personally, wouldn't bother.

[RogBus101]

I did purchase the value plan, will I be able to use the onboard computers as Well As My kindle Or smart phone?

[coevan]

yes, you log onto the ship's computers the same way you log onto your personal device, they are not any faster

[RogBus101]

Thanks my wife wants to stay in touch back home

Rog.

[erikaem86]

Hi all, I'm looking at purchasing the value wi fi plan I will have my kindle with me most of the time as I like to read while I'm cruising I know only 1 device can connect at a time. My question is does it work well on a kindle fire HDX?

Thanks in advance everyone.

Rog.

I don't use a Kindle, but can't you just download the books onto the device before you go on your cruise? I plan to download Kindle books to my iPhone.

[Lhound92]

Super slow. Found out my flight was cancelled the last day of my cruise and I was trying to rebook and get a hotel room it took almost an hour

 

 

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[coevan]

I don't use a Kindle, but can't you just download the books onto the device before you go on your cruise? I plan to download Kindle books to my iPhone.

 

 

You don't have to download books to your iPhone. You download the Kindle App, sign in and all your books are there. I also have Kindle on my laptop