Oriana 36 days Carribean Cruise - Emailing home

[lilac fairy]

I am going on this cruise in feb 2011 can tell me if it is better to take your own pc with dongle or use ships system. I have never used either before any comments will be helpful

[Rum Rat]

Take your own pc every time.

 

Go on line, download, log off

 

Answer emails, you might have to use word or somethiong, log on, cut and paster, send, log off.

 

Have a great crooz

 

Mike

 

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[Slow Foxtrot]

I am going on this cruise in feb 2011 can you tell me if it is better to take your own pc with dongle or use ships system. I have never used either before any comments will be helpful

 

Take your laptop. Do all your letters/e.mails etc in your cabin, then just pay for the short time needed in the Cyber Room to send them. If you plan to spend a lot of time on the ship's internet for other things you can buy a package of 250 minutes for £75 or thereabouts. Using the ship's satellite connection is not cheap and the internet speed leaves much to be desired.

Hence, the advantage of doing most of your work off-line.

[Rum Rat]

Should have added, buy your package on the first day and you get extra minutes.

 

Also, at some time during your cruise, you may get a deal of 'Use 10 minutes, get an extra 10 minutes free'.

 

Had that on more than one cruise. It certainly applied on the Aurora Transatlantic to the USA and Canada last month :D:D

 

Mike.

 

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[blitznbobs]

Or wait til your in port and see if there is any free wifi to connect to as an alternative! (Yes I am cheeky!) - but in Barbados we found half the staff sat on the aft promanade deck with their laptops!

 

Bx

[capasamari]

They were sat outside the new cruise terminal building on Grenada last Christmas as well!

 

Carol x