Crusin Karen Posted December 30, 2023 #1 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I’ve been on a lot of cruises since the invention of the cell phone but I must be having a senior moment. 🤫🤪When do I turn phone to airplane mode? I’m cruising out of Manhattan. Also I bring my own charger?? (Venezia) TIA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierpop Posted December 30, 2023 #2 Share Posted December 30, 2023 We go into airplane mode at sail away. And yes, bring your charger. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted January 1 #3 Share Posted January 1 Absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLCruiseGal Posted January 1 #4 Share Posted January 1 I go into airplane mode as soon as I board because I don’t want to take the chance of anyone at work being able to reach me while I am in vacation. I have missed too many sail away parties because there is usually some emergency just as I am about to take a sip of my first Fun Ship. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despegue Posted January 1 #5 Share Posted January 1 (edited) Just put data roaming to OFF. You don’t need to out your phone in Airplane mode unless you want to go off-grid completely. Remember not to accept calls you don’t want in order to avoid roaming charges. Edited January 1 by Despegue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted January 1 #6 Share Posted January 1 5 minutes ago, Despegue said: Just put data roaming to OFF. You don’t need to out your phone in Airplane mode unless you want to go off-grid completely. Remember not to accept calls you don’t want in order to avoid roaming charges. The danger with that is you can still receive SMS and many carriers charge for SMS received while roaming. It is best to put the device in airplane mode. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusin Karen Posted January 1 Author #7 Share Posted January 1 Thanks for all the advice/info! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinto18 Posted January 2 #8 Share Posted January 2 7 hours ago, Despegue said: Just put data roaming to OFF. You don’t need to out your phone in Airplane mode unless you want to go off-grid completely. Remember not to accept calls you don’t want in order to avoid roaming charges. Thats what we do..no airplane mode. I am too paranoid to be that off grid..like if I get a call from the highway patrol telling me one of my sons has driven off a cliff and is in the hospital...ok I KNOW how crazy that is. That being said, turning data roaming off is enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted January 2 #9 Share Posted January 2 10 hours ago, FTLCruiseGal said: I go into airplane mode as soon as I board because I don’t want to take the chance of anyone at work being able to reach me while I am in vacation. I have missed too many sail away parties because there is usually some emergency just as I am about to take a sip of my first Fun Ship. My coworkers know there is no cell service on ships.... and nobody better tell them otherwise 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 2 #10 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 21 hours ago, mz-s said: The danger with that is you can still receive SMS and many carriers charge for SMS received while roaming. It is best to put the device in airplane mode. Probably depends on the person. I need to be able to receive SMS from my anti-iPhone boss. And I like to have my phone operable for emergencies. I just turn roaming off and I'm good. What Carnival tells people to do is overkill just so nobody can come back and blame them for charges. I'd rather be honest with people. There are alternatives to putting your phone in airplane mode for an entire week. Edited January 2 by Saint Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted January 2 #11 Share Posted January 2 12 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: Probably depends on the person. I need to be able to receive SMS from my anti-iPhone boss. And I like to have my phone operable for emergencies. I just turn roaming off and I'm good. What Carnival tells people to do is overkill just so nobody can come back and blame them for charges. I'd rather be honest with people. There are alternatives to putting your phone in airplane mode for an entire week. Consider the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 2 #12 Share Posted January 2 27 minutes ago, mz-s said: Consider the audience. I get why they lie to people. I'm not going to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted January 2 #13 Share Posted January 2 3 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: I get why they lie to people. I'm not going to do it. Carnival doesn't lie, they just tell folks to put their phone in airplane mode so they don't get any roaming charges. There's no lie there. Folks who are OK accepting roaming are free to do whatever they want. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 2 #14 Share Posted January 2 3 minutes ago, mz-s said: Carnival doesn't lie, they just tell folks to put their phone in airplane mode so they don't get any roaming charges. There's no lie there. Folks who are OK accepting roaming are free to do whatever they want. Yeah they do. Sometimes they blatantly tell you that's the only way you won't get charged and it's not true. I prefer to tell people the whole truth and let them make their own decisions. Carnival just wants the quick easy way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted January 2 #15 Share Posted January 2 5 minutes ago, Saint Greg said: Yeah they do. Sometimes they blatantly tell you that's the only way you won't get charged and it's not true. I prefer to tell people the whole truth and let them make their own decisions. Carnival just wants the quick easy way. I am just going by their documentation on their website/funtimes/app. What guest services tells guests I can't say. But even so - when you've got people asking if they should bring their charger, you can see why... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 2 #16 Share Posted January 2 5 minutes ago, mz-s said: I am just going by their documentation on their website/funtimes/app. What guest services tells guests I can't say. But even so - when you've got people asking if they should bring their charger, you can see why... I can't tell you what guest services tells people. I can only tell you what I hear cruise directors announce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted January 2 #17 Share Posted January 2 A blanket statement is required when dealing with the public and 15000 types of cell phone plans. Guest Services can't be expected to know who may get charged. Can't tell you how many times people thought their plans covered all roaming and expect someone else to be responsible for international charges. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted January 2 #18 Share Posted January 2 5 minutes ago, Elaine5715 said: A blanket statement is required when dealing with the public and 15000 types of cell phone plans. Guest Services can't be expected to know who may get charged. Can't tell you how many times people thought their plans covered all roaming and expect someone else to be responsible for international charges. A lot of people don't realize that ships are often not included in carrier's roaming packages. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabomb6608 Posted January 2 #19 Share Posted January 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, Saint Greg said: Yeah they do. Sometimes they blatantly tell you that's the only way you won't get charged and it's not true. I prefer to tell people the whole truth and let them make their own decisions. Carnival just wants the quick easy way. Like mentioned above, between the thousands of different cell phone plans not to mention the many different manufactures/operating systems on each cell phone, Carnival is simply picking the guaranteed no exceptions way of making sure you don't get charges. There is absolutely no reason for the Cruise Director to spoon feed product/plan specific directions for half a day to make sure everyone on board knows the "proper" way to have their individual phones set. Airplane mode gets the job done across the board. If an individual wants to mess with settings beyond doing that, that is 100% their prerogative as well as their own risk. Edited January 2 by dabomb6608 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksmcdonald Posted January 8 #20 Share Posted January 8 Do you put in airplane mode even if you are getting the Wi-Fi package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted January 8 #21 Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, ksmcdonald said: Do you put in airplane mode even if you are getting the Wi-Fi package? Yes - Follow the instructions in the package details. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabomb6608 Posted January 14 #22 Share Posted January 14 (edited) TLDR: Moral of the story, call or research your phone plans before you get on the ship. There is a good chance they might have a built in Mexico/international plan of some sort that could be free as well. Just like everything else in life...it is all about personal responsibility to figure things out beforehand. If you don't mind a little disconnect during days at sea this might be a great alternative to spending on the wifi packages. Just returned home from a week on Mardi Gras. Phones kept on airplane mode while away from land. We have Verizon and in Costa Maya and Cozumel we each had 2gb of free data per day and unlimited talk/text which was explained in a text received as soon as phones connected to service. When we arrived to Roatan I tested with my phone turning cellular on. Once connected to service I received a text explaining I had 12 available "travelpass" days banked and would begin using one immediately. It allowed the same 2gb of free data and unlimited talk/text that we had while in the Mexico ports. Wife had the same. This was plenty for our needs. We like being "disconnected" during these vacations and avoided cellphone usage even while in these ports when we could have been using them. Phones stayed on airplane mode while in port except during times of actual usage. Signal sucked if we in the interior of the ship...obviously its a huge steel signal block. Speeds were tolerable for the most part. My wife made phone calls each stop to her mother to check in. That worked perfectly each time. Edited January 14 by dabomb6608 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonarino Posted January 16 #23 Share Posted January 16 On 1/8/2024 at 4:56 PM, ksmcdonald said: Do you put in airplane mode even if you are getting the Wi-Fi package? Airplane mode doesn't affect WiFi at all. Cellular and WiFi are different radios in your cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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