Standard or Plus ?

[Coral]

5 minutes ago, SargassoPirate said:

Since I'm an early riser, when internet has been sketchy on a ship, I've found it helpful to go to the centrum/atrium and try there early in the morning.  I don't stay connected all day and usually only check emails once a day if that much, but it has seemed to help on transocean curises and a cruise around South America.

 

 

I will see if your theory works soon.

[SargassoPirate]

12 minutes ago, Coral said:

I will see if your theory works soon.

Let me know.  I'm old school and enjoy finding work-arounds for problems that arise.

[Coral]

11 minutes ago, SargassoPirate said:

Let me know.  I'm old school and enjoy finding work-arounds for problems that arise.

Will do. I am a tech person also. We will see how it works across the ocean.

[phabric]

Since I had paid for Elite WiFi on my Norwegian Fjords cruise in June, the WiFi was bad due to the Fjords, I received a full refund for the WiFi.  The people who had the Plus did not receive the refund.

 

I do not drink alcohol/coffee.  I pay for tips, WiFI and soda package separately.  It is cheaper than the Plus.

[MsSoCalCruiser]

4 hours ago, Coral said:

I think it is more complicated than that. A friend was on Discovery Princess (a newer ship) off of California coast and they could barely use it. I think there are more issues than the location currently. Not sure what they are but right now several ships are having internet issues.

I was on a Royal Caribbean ship off the coast of SoCal last August and September. They could not even get their televisions to work and said it had something to do with the new 5G towers (Internet was a total crawl). I like to watch television at night before I fall asleep so it was pretty boring.

[Tedferg]

16 hours ago, Itchy&Scratchy said:

just an FYI - I have read on this forum that Princess Wifi was all but non-existent on European and Med cruises. May want to read up on that.

Especially farther North.

[mjmalino]

We have starting purchasing the plus package. Between the 14.50 for tips, $5 internet (we are platinum) then we would always purchase a couple cases of water and coffee packages, it really is only a couple drinks a day, and with the coffee package, the specialty coffees are limited with the package, but not with the drink package, so I can have all the lattes I want.

 

[Steelers36]

The internet was absymal on REGAL in the first week of October.  And then it got better.  I cannot say when precisely, or how it got better, but it did.  I went from ready to get my MedallionNet fee refunded, to asking for rebate, to letting it go since things were pretty much as normal a lot of the time as you might expect.  Now, we are on ISLAND and I really have no complains compared to pre-Covid. 

 

We in the Med sector among mostly Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, and further west towards France and Barcelona for a couple of days last month.

 

[Itchy&Scratchy]

2 hours ago, mjmalino said:

with the coffee package, the specialty coffees are limited with the package, but not with the drink package, so I can have all the lattes I want.

Coffee and Soda package is $23 pp per day including tax and doesn't appear to limit the number of coffees or sodas.

[mjmalino]

28 minutes ago, Itchy&Scratchy said:

Coffee and Soda package is $23 pp per day including tax and doesn't appear to limit the number of coffees or sodas.

That is true, but we rarely drink soda and this package does not include bottled water.

[malba2366]

17 hours ago, cruzsnooze said:

That's  an inflated suggestion. It can be changed at guest services to a more reasonable amount. I think $10-$12 is enough but I wanted to point out it's only a suggestion. 

For real?  You are going to spend a couple thousand or dollars or more on a cruise, and you are going to nickel and dime the hard working staff over $3-5 a day?

[travellovers2]

We decided to go with the Plus. It will probably pay for itself. As far as wifi, I will take my ipad and do some work if possible, if not, it will have to wait. That's why it's called vacation! 😎

[jwattle]

On 11/2/2022 at 9:33 PM, cruzsnooze said:

That's  an inflated suggestion. It can be changed at guest services to a more reasonable amount. I think $10-$12 is enough but I wanted to point out it's only a suggestion. 

Wow...just wow...so you think that ALL of the crew (dining, cabin stewards, guest services, cooking, laundry, and any that I'm forgetting) only deserve $10-$12 and you have the stones to go to guest services and reduce your daily gratuity? WoW! That is a pair!!😒

[donswife]

On 11/3/2022 at 12:59 PM, Itchy&Scratchy said:

Coffee and Soda package is $23 pp per day including tax and doesn't appear to limit the number of coffees or sodas.

The coffee card is limited to 15 specialty coffees plus all the brewed coffee and tea you want.

[gottagocit]

38 minutes ago, donswife said:

The coffee card is limited to 15 specialty coffees plus all the brewed coffee and tea you want.

Does it still include all the hot chocolate you want as well?

[donswife]

20 minutes ago, gottagocit said:

Does it still include all the hot chocolate you want as well?

From the terms and conditions:

 

specified number of specialty coffees (numbers vary by itinerary) during the voyage of purchase, as well as complimentary brewed coffee and hot chocolate.

[MsSoCalCruiser]

On 11/3/2022 at 8:04 AM, phabric said:

Since I had paid for Elite WiFi on my Norwegian Fjords cruise in June, the WiFi was bad due to the Fjords, I received a full refund for the WiFi.  The people who had the Plus did not receive the refund.

 

I do not drink alcohol/coffee.  I pay for tips, WiFI and soda package separately.  It is cheaper than the Plus.

That doesn’t seem right to me. If you’re paying for a service and you do not receive that service then shouldn’t they issue a refund?

[SantaFeFan]

54 minutes ago, MsSoCalCruiser said:

That doesn’t seem right to me. If you’re paying for a service and you do not receive that service then shouldn’t they issue a refund?

 

I wonder how phabric knows that the people who had Plus did not receive a refund? Did they send a questionnaire to every stateroom? 

[Itchy&Scratchy]

3 hours ago, donswife said:

The coffee card is limited to 15 specialty coffees plus all the brewed coffee and tea you want.

not the coffee card. Coffee and soda package - unlimited.

 

But if one doesn't drink soda, then I'd definitely go for the coffee card.

Edited November 5, 2022 by Itchy&Scratchy

[MsSoCalCruiser]

39 minutes ago, SantaFeFan said:

 

I wonder how phabric knows that the people who had Plus did not receive a refund? Did they send a questionnaire to every stateroom? 

I would think that if someone went to the front desk complaining then they would get a refund.

[Nelsj099]

When I did the math on an 11 night cruise it came out to I was going to be spending 47 cents more per night with plus.  But, in addition I also got 200$ in onboard credit.  So I came out ahead with getting plus.   I am not really a drinker, but on NCL I get free drinks in the casino so I may have 1/2 per night plus bottled water (I will get all of this with Plus on Princess).  I have never sailed on princess so I won't be getting that casino benefit.  I always buy the soda package but I would have at least gotten the coffee card if not the coffee package for Alaska.  I have loved cruises to Norway, and the Baltics, but Iceland is cold even in the summer a nice warm drink when you get back on the ship is something to look forward to.