John1519 Posted April 25, 2013 #1 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I will be on the Star Princess this June. I will have 3 staterooms for my family of 6 (2 people in each). My question is how do you communicate with each other? In have 2 adult kids with a 10 and 11 year old in each room. I am mostly concerned with the adult children. You know trying to meet up with them and such. What have you done in the past? What's worked well? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted April 25, 2013 #2 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I would recommend having set times and locations to meet. You could also make do with messages on the room phones. The key is that when you establish times and locations to meet that everyone knows that you expect them to be there on time. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner22aa Posted April 25, 2013 #3 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Have used them in the past. Stuck to another passangers door. Avoid the temptetation to use hand held FRS radios. They don't work well on the ship due to all of the steel and many fellow passangers find them anoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted April 25, 2013 #4 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Planning. You need to plan a time and place to meet up. The alternative is for each person to have a cell phone and keep them turned on at all time. With most providers, each call costs $2.49 for the person placing the call and the same amount for the person receiving it if they are both on a ship at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymomof4 Posted April 25, 2013 #5 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I got some magnetic white boards from the dollar store and stuck one on each cabin door. We could leave messages on other doors, or on our own door like: At Trivia, come if you can, or more importantly: Napping, do not knock! We also had some old cell phone walkie talkies. They didn't work everywhere, but they did a decent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfloyd4 Posted April 25, 2013 #6 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Before either cabin go out in the morning ,use cabin phone to make arrangments for the day Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkiC Posted April 25, 2013 #7 Share Posted April 25, 2013 We once used walkie talkies when we traveled with cousin and his teenage son. They worked ok, but I agree that planning works. Last year we cruised with our daughter and he girlfriend and just left messages on our cabin phones. We never had any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusieS Posted April 25, 2013 #8 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Does texting on iPhones work? Thanks-Susie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner22aa Posted April 25, 2013 #9 Share Posted April 25, 2013 It works but it is expensive. Check with your provider first. The bills can add up very fast and very large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoghornLeghorn Posted April 25, 2013 #10 Share Posted April 25, 2013 What works for the different groups I travel with.... we have a table for dinner each night together sometimes we plan a breakfast or lunch together, too We meet up something in the evening once we receive our daily newsletters....we all read through them and say the things we'd like to go to. We agree to meet up for Bingo, a slot tournament, a lecture, a class, etc. We take the larger sticky notes and either leave notes on their door, or post on ours where we are. Letting each group do their own thing and then coming together on things you agree on, works well. Sometimes we left phone messages. But, normally we just use the sticky notes (or you could use a small dry erase board IF someone doesn't take your pen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 25, 2013 #11 Share Posted April 25, 2013 We use the 2-way radios. They aren't perfect, but they're good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Cruizers Posted April 25, 2013 #12 Share Posted April 25, 2013 They also have the community Boards in the Centrum where you can leave messages, make sure everyone checks it each morning. We used it once to communicate our Roll Call Activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis Posted April 25, 2013 #13 Share Posted April 25, 2013 They also have the community Boards in the Centrum where you can leave messages, make sure everyone checks it each morning. We used it once to communicate our Roll Call Activities. What is the "Centrum"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treven Posted April 25, 2013 #14 Share Posted April 25, 2013 What is the "Centrum"? Or Piazza; the lobby area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Cruizers Posted April 25, 2013 #15 Share Posted April 25, 2013 The Centrum is the central area like the Atrium. Sorry, I just came from the RCL boards so was still using their descriptions. Princess has Atriums, RCL calles their the Centrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted April 25, 2013 #16 Share Posted April 25, 2013 They also have the community Boards in the Centrum where you can leave messages, make sure everyone checks it each morning. We used it once to communicate our Roll Call Activities.I've never seen a "Community Board" on Princess. Where in the Atrium is it located? I've seen boards on Plaza deck but those have always been for affinity groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Cruizers Posted April 25, 2013 #17 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Pam, we haven't been on Princess since 2006 but the Community Board on RCCL's ROS was located to the right of Guest Relations just outside the centrum. I am going on the Coastal in Sept with friends and this will be the first time on the Star Princess. Our previous two cruises with Princess were in 2002 ( Sea Princess-- Mex Riviera) & 2006 ( Sun Princess -- 17 day Panama). We used the Community board on the ROS during our 15 day Hawaii for our activitie notices for time & place. I probably assumed Princess had them. Gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVBill Posted April 25, 2013 #18 Share Posted April 25, 2013 We have free global roaming on our Verizon plan and used texting with our traveling companions. 27 texts = $5.85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 25, 2013 #19 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Pam, we haven't been on Princess since 2006 but the Community Board on RCCL's ROS was located to the right of Guest Relations just outside the centrum. I am going on the Coastal in Sept with friends and this will be the first time on the Star Princess. Our previous two cruises with Princess were in 2002 ( Sea Princess-- Mex Riviera) & 2006 ( Sun Princess -- 17 day Panama). We used the Community board on the ROS during our 15 day Hawaii for our activitie notices for time & place. I probably assumed Princess had them. Gay Have never seen a community board on Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 25, 2013 #20 Share Posted April 25, 2013 To the OP, we leave a notepad/pen on our mailbox by the cabin door. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin' Chick Posted April 25, 2013 #21 Share Posted April 25, 2013 We left notes for each other on the cabin door (if you have a strong magnet, this can hold the note). Since it was just three of us, and we were in the same cabin, we also left notes on the notepad we kept on the desk. I did see some passengers using the phones around on the ship to call others. There's voice mail on the in-cabin phones so you can use that. Our girl knew when we were planning to eat dinner so if she wanted to come with us, she would be back at the cabin early enough to change for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted April 25, 2013 #22 Share Posted April 25, 2013 We have free global roaming on our Verizon plan and used texting with our traveling companions. 27 texts = $5.85 Free global roaming? Must be a much better plan than mine! We just turned our phones OFF when on the ship. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh....... We've only cruised twice and both times our son had his own cabin (he paid for it). It really wan't much of a problem to coordinate. We could use the cabin phones or just agree to meet somewhere. My son was mostly to be found in the same part of the ship anyway - the stupid smoking area. He hung out reading a lot during the day. At night we went to bed but he went up to Skywalkers and partied. His bar bill was over $1k. (Of course maybe $100 of that was drinks he bought for ME.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Cruizers Posted April 25, 2013 #23 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Colo Cruiser It has been 7 years since I was on Princess and at the time never knew about them, but thought Princess might have something similiar. As earlier mentioned, another good way is to go over the patter the night before and talk about your plans for that day and a meeting area. After Day 1 I generally will find DH's favorite watering hole and can usually find him.:D If he doesn't find me by the pool, then he figures I am walking around looking for him and we know to hang around Guest Relations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskagirl2010 Posted April 25, 2013 #24 Share Posted April 25, 2013 We tried phone messages on the Crown last month and the messages arrived late and sometimes the next day. Don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 25, 2013 #25 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Colo Cruiser It has been 7 years since I was on Princess and at the time never knew about them, but thought Princess might have something similiar. As earlier mentioned, another good way is to go over the patter the night before and talk about your plans for that day and a meeting area. After Day 1 I generally will find DH's favorite watering hole and can usually find him.:D If he doesn't find me by the pool, then he figures I am walking around looking for him and we know to hang around Guest Relations. We find leaving notes works good for us. Sometimes we end up missing each other if we start trying to figure where each other will be. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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