Will I Be Able To Make Calls During My Cruise?

[CHASE9375]

I'm going on a cruise to the Bahamas, will I be able to make calls & text on the ship?

[pherson]

Yeah but you would be connected to the ships towers which is expensive.

[rcschnoor · Accepted solution]

Cruise ship rates are VERY expensive. You may want to check your cruise ship information before making any calls or connecting to their network. You may also want to check the rates on Verizon's website to see if your cruise line participates in their plan.

International Travel Plan | Verizon Wireless

Cruise Ship Rates

You can talk, message, and use data on more than 400 cruise ships.

Cruise ship Pay as You Go pricing
Voice Pricing	$1.79/min
Text Messaging	$0.50/message sent$0.05/message received
Pay as You Go Data	$0.002/KB or $2.05/MB

4G LTE World Device Required

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*Overages: $25 per 100 MB, $0.25 per minute, $0.25 per text sent

Cruise ship coverage

Refer to our Cruise Ship listing below to see whether service is available on your cruise line.

• Azamara Cruises
• Carnival
• Celebration Cruise Line
• Celebrity Cruises
• Crystal Cruises
• Cunard
• Disney Cruise Line
• Holland America Line
• MSC Cruises
• Norwegian Cruise Lines
• Oceania Cruise Lines
• Paul Gauguin
• P&O Cruises
• Princess Cruises
• Regent Seven Seas
• Royal Caribbean
• Seabourn
• Silversea
• Semester at Sea
• Tui Cruises
• Windstar

Another thing to keep in mind when texting, if you send a group text, you are charged a sent text for EACH recipient. For example: if you send a group text to 5 different recipients, you would be charged $2.50.

[KEVIN_K]

If you have a smartphone, you're in great shape.  You can buy hours of Internet time on a cruise ship at a far lower cost than cell phone minutes.  You can then use Skype to make calls via the Internet.  Get the app and practice using it before you leave.