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using phone on european cruise
Going on a cruise in the Mediterranean. Cruise line suggests we have a charged phone or tablet with us. I may never have to use my I Phone SE. . What's the best and least expensive way to have avail...
fireguy_6364 wrote:completely avoid using anything when near the cruise line itself.. if/when you land same scenario..as far from the ship as possible before turning on any data or attempting to use the phone..you will need international roaming for it to work but if you are close enough to the ship you’ll be connecting to their set up and they charge a crazy amount for using their system..it is not part of international roaming.
Generally sound advice. I would feel safe using my phone to receive incoming texts onboard but I have over 20 years experience with international roaming. Set unconditional forwarding to voicemail and turn off data roaming before boarding the ship. If you have a cruise WiFi package, put your phone in airplane mode, turn WiFi back on and enable WiFi Calling.
