Walkie Talkies

[PTC DAWG]

19 hours ago, evanskl4 said:

For those of You recommending NOT to use walkies, do you have suggestions how I can stay in contact with my almost 12 year old twins on the ship? They (thankfully) do NOT have cell phones yet, but they are old enough to have the freedom to roam, to some degree. I still want to be able to comunicate with them though.

Give them check in times and places...see how they do.  Sticky notes on door work too...we sometimes travel with a small dry erase magnetic board for the door for others in our party.  We get some highlarious notes at times.  

[graphicguy]

It’s been a while, but when my son was young, we (tried) to use walkie-talkies on a ship (I think it was the Carnival Conquest) to stay in touch.  Didn’t work very well, mainly because the ship is one big metal interference icon.  Even on the outside decks, it wasn’t very effective.  

But, give it a shot.  The worst that can happen is it doesn’t work very well.

 

Eventually, you have to meet up, as you’re limited on where you can go on a ship.

 

Personally, I’ve had great success using WiFi calling on ships.  I use an iPhone and always get the top WiFi package the ship has to offer.  

 

EDIT…just re-read the OP’s 1st post.  I didn’t know walkie-talkies were no longer allowed.  All the most reason to use ship’s WiFi and your cell phone.

Edited March 29, 2023 by graphicguy

[razor7_us]

Little known fact about walkie talkies.  When on a steel ship and reception starts to fail, YELL INTO THE MICROPHONE.  It will help dramatically.