Using the Apple iPad on Carnival Freedom

[hetrickr]

Heading out on the Carnival Freedom in less than two weeks and was wondering if anyone has any experience using the iPad with the ships bow to stern wireless service. I would expect it works as well as using a laptop, but would like to hear from anyone that has actually used one on the ship.

[BaconIsGood]

Took mine on the freedom. I didn't purchase a wifi package but it should be exactly like a laptop wifi connection.

[dafuser]

Heading out on the Carnival Freedom in less than two weeks and was wondering if anyone has any experience using the iPad with the ships bow to stern wireless service. I would expect it works as well as using a laptop, but would like to hear from anyone that has actually used one on the ship.

I used mine last year on the Spirit, and it worked fine. Bought the $55.00 internet package and was able to connect to the ships WiFi to send emails, web browse, etc.

 

While the ships internet is slow as molasses on a January day in Alaska, you'll still be able to connect to the ships WiFi in the same areas as anyone with a laptop can connect.

[shipshapegal]

loved mine on the ship... and if you are doing the eastern route san juan and st thomas on att are "local" so i used it quite a bit there. enjoy!

 

smiles, bee

[nickiford]

Tried to use mine to send an email but the internet was unbelievably slow and very expensive. I tried to send one email lost the internet twice never did get it to send and it ended up costing $15.

[hetrickr]

Thanks for the responses. I typically use my laptop on cruises and have learned to deal with the very sloooooow connection speeds by reading and composing emails off-line. I wasn't sure how that would work on the iPad. I guess I can turn the 3G/wireless to off while at home and see how it works.