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Roaming on Norwegian Jewel
My daughter is going on an Alaskan cruise and then train tour through Canada. She is traveling on the Norwegian Jewel and she is on the Magenta plan. She is only 15yo so you can imagine what being to...
The problem here is the "15 year-old" part. The cruise line is not supposed to activate their cellular system within 12 nm of land but it's such a tempting profit center for the ship's management, sometimes they "forget". If I were on the cruise, it would not be difficult to avoid getting charged for calls and texts but I have over 20 years of overseas travel experience with my phone. Your daughter doesn't have that sort of experience.
One thing to check into is if the travelers all need a COVID pass on a smart phone? I know someone who went on a recent (fall) cruise and was given WiFi access for the duration so she could do the COVID smart phone pass thing.
You can teach her how to put the phone in Airplane mode then turn the WiFi back on when she's on the ship. Then set it in regular mode when she's ashore.
Another thing you can do is to block charged International Roaming. This setting is buried down in your account's international roaming settings.
The problem is that this for data roaming and most ships only have voice and text roaming.
One thing you can do is to block all international roaming. This isn't as drastic as it sounds because Canada and Mexico are not blocked. Only expensive roaming on the cruise ship will be blocked. She can still use WiFi or cellular systems in communities as they pass by.
I've been thinking out loud. Hope some of it is helpful.
