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Location trumps room type for me.  An inside in a desirable location is better than a balcony in a bad location.  

Got my first inside coming up and if we like it I will book more of them in the future.  

Cost is only one reason.  For this particular sailing by the time we were able to firm up the plan only cabins in good locations were insides.  The higher category cabins left all had various deal breaking problems. 

They look good on deck plans.  

A question to those who are in the know, are the sideway insides on Princess as large as the square insides on HAL ships? 

Was looking forward to it.  

Is the Greenland one the same as the 2019 one?   Looking good!  

I thought they would be next to each other.  

Anyone else keep getting signed out?  

The font is now darker than earlier and looks much better.  Anyone else agrees?  

If your phone is in Airplane Mode, and you are using WiFi calling, you won't be charged for incoming calls, even if you answer them.

Thank you.

Turning on airplane mode is the only way to turn off cellular (calling).

Yes I see what you mean now. I was confusing cellular calls and text with cellular data.

See comments in RED above.

Thank you, Bob. Yes that was what I meant.

I plan to buy the unlimited internet package and I want to use WiFi calling on the ship but I do not want to be charged for incoming calls that I do not pick up. Is there a way to do that? If so what should I do?

Not sure if it’s relevant but I have AT&T (sorry I know this thread is supposed to be about t mobile) and iPhone.

So if you have airplane mode on and WiFi on, you do not get charged for any incoming calls or voicemails.

But if you do not have airplane mode on, even when you have cellular off, you still can get charged.

Is that correct?

In the UK they have never allowed obc offers to be combined with Diamond balcony discount.

I book from the US and always book directly and I don’t think I have ever had more than $50 OBC. :loudcry:

Any sale that includes an "instant discount". In other words, say Royal is selling a balcony stateroom for $1000. They decide they want to lower the price for non C&A members, so they add an "instant discount" of $100. This is not combinable with the balcony discount, so they now have a way to extend a discount to non C&A members.

Thanks! Now you mention it I remember seeing those. But I usually get better prices when I am logged on and thought the savings were baked in. Guess not.

Boulevardier is a good twist for those who enjoy Old Fashioned or Manhattan cocktails and is available!

Good to know. Usually I ask for a Manhattan and have always been able to get it.

What are some of the sales that diamond balcony discount cannot be combined with? I haven’t experienced any. Perhaps I am just not too good at finding deals and perks.

My issue the last time on Grandeur earlier this year was that the connection kept cutting out and that was not normal. If the connection was stable, I could have easily watched a lot more movies and shows off of Hulu and Netflix. Surprisingly, these apps adapt to the slow speed quite well. Playing by itself is not an issue. Its the initial buffering that takes longer than usual. Also, if you tend to like to fast forward through certain scenes, or scrubbing, this also is annoyingly slow because when you do that, it has to buffer again, but if you hit play and let it go, you can usually watch things without any issue whatsoever. (like trying to skip the intro of the show). Its probably better to just let it run, then try to skip it and waste time rebuffering. You should lower the quality to minimum while using the system though.

That’s good to know. Thank you.

It's about the same in speed, but much slower in real world performance (due to much higher latency).

 

Yes, most of the time.

Each service has an Stream bandwidth limit of 5Mbps for a guest device. However O3b can handle many more data streams and has a much lower latency. In other words, you are much more likely to get your 5Mbps on an O3b ship than on a non-O3b ship.

Thank you.

I thought about switching to surf only since surf and stream might not be able to realistically support watchable streaming but I think i will stick to the surf and stream plan and hope for the best.

How much slower is non o3b? Will a non O3b surf and stream internet package be really enough to stream movies?

It's usually better to buy pre-cruise. Pre-cruise prices change all the time, there is no "regular" pre-cruise price.

 

 

On board prices:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=55188055&postcount=105

Thank you, Bob, do you know which ships have O3b and which don’t? (Not that I understand what I am asking ;p)

Kept watching my cruise planner, and ended up with 2 devices for the price of one @$18.99 or $9.49 each for surf and stream. So far that is the cheapest I found. Still looking to improve :)

I think I will reserve. If the prices get lower I can always ask for repricing till 3 days prior to sailing. :)

Mine says $9.99 per day surf only, one device. Is that the regular price? Does it get lower? Is it better to buy pre-cruise or onboard?

$100 per person. :D

There is always a catch! :eek:

If you are very sure that you are going on the cruise, I'd switch to non-refundable.

Yes, that’s what I am thinking. What have I got to lose?

Booked a year ago and final payment coming up very soon. Prices went down only a little but if I switch to non refundable the savings are more.

Is there a time limit for that? Like that Royal Caribbean has a 60 day after initial booking deadline.

I just learned with Royal Caribbean you have to do the transfer within 60 days of initial booking. Don’t know about HAL but just be aware there might be a deadline.

Also have my first inside coming up on a 12-day Caribbean cruise and am a little nervous too. Keep thinking I should test waters on a shorter cruise first.

Inside cabin is great. Just completed 14 day cruise in an inside cabin. It was really dark and slept well. If you see any light through the walls someone is spying on you :eek:

:eek::eek::eek:

A tough decision. Do you know the inside cabin location is it a guarantee? If the inside is a guarantee I say go for a window.

I also have my first inside coming up on a 12 day cruise. Definitely a little nervous to have my first inside experience on such a long cruise. Hope I don’t go crazy!