Post #33 Starlink on Ships; Spring ’24
I am not an internet tech. nor I.T. trained. I like the ocean; have been a passenger on ~ 35 ocean cruises. I am not a travel agent. I keep reasonably informed (I believe). You may wish to follow along my thoughts, ideas I share here after my own research; partly my own personal opinions & conclusions. Your […]
Post #17 Enhanced WiFi for Carnival Corporation Cruise Ships
There are more cruise ship WiFi improvements in the works, because: This week Carnival Corporation & plc (world’s largest cruise company, having several cruise line brands) announced a partnership with Neuron, formerly ESpace Networks, aiming “to accelerate onboard connectivity across its fleet of ships”. Neuron’s management platform is said to “further increase operational efficiencies and reliable […]
Post #8 (Mainstream, with some Moderately Priced Cabins) Ocean Cruise Lines with Starlink Internet Service
As always, before booking on a ship & if you wish to rely on Starlink service, especially if internet speed/reliability is important for your travel plans, I strongly suggest that you double check (ask the cruise line and/or ask the cruise line via your cruise booking agent) your specific questions e.g. how this service is […]
Post #7 Don’t Need to Pay for Priciest Internet Access on your Ocean Cruise? Other Ways…
When I say don’t need to pay for the priciest Cruise Line Internet, the question is: to what extent do you need the internet: If needing access at almost any time any place during the cruise & it needs to be as reliable as possible too (e.g. for scheduled business calls, or something urgent is happening […]
Post #5 More Summary RE Cruise Ship WiFi Service Costs
For more context, some mainstream ocean cruising brand offerings that have mostly 4-star & 5-star level ships include (& as a Canadian I have cruised on most of these): several of Carnival Corporation’s cruise line brands, Norwegian Cruise Line ships, two of Royal Caribbean Group’s cruise line brands, Disney Cruise Line ships, & MSC Cruises […]
Post #4 Summary of Some of the Cruise Ship WiFi Costs
Just by looking at a few WiFi service cost examples in the previous post, you might begin to see that there’s a lot of apples & oranges (and pineapples, and …) to compare. And a lot of circumstances (like sale promotions) that might lower your actual cost of WiFi service on a cruise ship. On […]
Post #3 Some Examples, Recent Costs of WiFi Service for Passengers on Cruise Ships
Here are some recent example cruise line fees (on 4-star and 5-star level of ships) for providing WiFi internet service on board (prices in USD). For ships in some cruise ship brands that have SpaceX Starlink service in place now. Such rates can be fluid and changing. First please note that there are sometimes sale […]
Post #2 A Leap Forward for Internet Service on Cruise Ships?
Recently a probable leap forward happened for speed & reliability of Internet/WiFi service on cruise ships. Happier days: probable. In Summer last year 2022 when I found out, I started to write on LinkedIn about the impending introduction of Starlink satellite WiFi service on many cruise ships. The rollout has been progressing quite rapidly with […]
Post #1 WiFi on Cruise Ships? How it Started & Some About How It’s Going..
Access to WiFi for passengers on cruise ships? Yes! Is it fast; reliable; secure? Good questions. It has recently/currently been undergoing some rapid improvements. Some brief history & context notes follow for the curious; or maybe you might move on to the next posts. Seems agreed that general internet service for passengers began around year […]