afurman

I was on that same cruise and Princess did something that morning before leaving FLL. The week before the internet worked great but then for the TA it was basically useless. I did ask a few months ago on Royal Caribbean that has the same Internet that Princess had in the Caribbean how does it fare when they go across the Atlantic. The answer from them was the first few days the Internet is good, then it sucks for a 2-3 days then as the ship is getting closer to Europe it's better and they don't switch the Internet off from the O3B mpower or SES mpower now, which Princess did. Reading other threads seems like the other ships deal with the Internet better on the TA then the newer ones.

I don't recall seeing one on the TV a few months ago.

How about when you want to go pay for a cruise by hitting pay me on the cruise planner and it still asks you more information like Reservation #, Ship, Date and your name. Why isn't that being sent when you are logged in and hitting a button that says pay me.

If you want to use the free day you can only do that onboard the ship and you will pay regular price for internet not getting the discount if you buy it in advance. I have been just waiting to buy it onboard to use my 2 free days but to save money I just wait 1-2 days before buying. My opinion is you don't need internet the first day and lately I have been skipping that second day, so it comes in cheaper with the 2 free days but no internet at the start. Royal needs to provide us the free days or the credit in advance, other lines do.

The internet in the Caribbean has been pretty fast on their ships now and it's also unlimited. Other people have talked about it on other threads. Not sure what the current prices are if they changed but a few months ago it was $10 a day if booked in advance and first day for the entire cruise. Then discount off that price.

You get 50% off the package as an Elite now. On the transatlantic this past year Internet barely worked and they didn't charge anyone for it.