Cruise and International Access

Question

My family and I have Simple Choice Plan and are going on a cruise from Boston to Bermuda. It appears that we'll have Data and Text in Bermuda for free and $0.25/min for Talk. Curious about access while on the ship. Will our talk/text/data plan work while at sea? Or do I need to purchase something additional from T-Mobile or the Cruise line?

I see something at https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans/international-roaming-plans/cruises, but doesn’t return any data when I enter “Norwegian” for the cruise line.

Just want to understand our options.

formercanuck · Answer

Cruise lines ‘can be’ expensive.Also, you need to spell Norweigian properly to find it

syaoran · Answer

I would highly recommend purchasing the ships unlimited WiFi package and keeping your devices in Airplane Mode with WiFi turned on to avoid any massive charges while onboard or within a couple of miles of the ship.

veracity · Answer

Thanks for the info!  I must point out that I did spell "Norwegian" correctly…T-Mobile didn't. You can see the correct spelling at www.ncl.com:

formercanuck · Answer

I guess I should have stated ‘T-Mobile needs to spell Norwegian’ correctly for it to work. - LOL@HeavenM - you may want to send this to T-Mobile Corporate.

formercanuck · Answer

Looks like they have a mash of … 'both' Encore and Getaway are 'Norwegian' while Bliss, Gem, Dawn, Pearl and Joy are .. Norweigian.Also, it appears to take partial.  Either way, looks like T-Mobile needs to fix this inconsistency.