WiFi access

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Just wondering if we could start up a list of free wifi in different countries and ports. Kruzseeka suggests a different thread for each itinerary. What do you think?

 

Perhaps Sailaway could do us a spreadsheet like the cabin review one if we ask him nicely :):D:D as I don't seem to have Excell anymore :confused:

[geomagot]

great idea linda:cool:

 

heres my list from caribbean:

 

starbucks, diamonds international & columbian emeralds all have free wifi across the caribbean

 

ANTIGUA

The Coast Bar cruise ship dock area

Rex Resorts

 

DOMINCA

cruise ship dock (town dock)

 

BARBADOS

boatyard beach club

Free WiFi inside the Cruise Terminal

 

St. Maarten

most coffee shops on the Boardwalk Philipsburg

Sunset Beach Bar maho beach

Doc Maarten Marina

Princess Juliana Airport

 

ST. VINCENT

Harmony Hall Resorts

St Vincent Airport Arnos Vale

 

Aruba

Starbucks in lobby of Renaissance Hotel

 

St Lucia

Hewanorra International Airport on St. Lucia

rum shop at port seraphine cruise ship dock

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Great Geo :) Anyone got any ideas for the Canaries and Agadir as I am off there soon? (not on Thomson :o:D)

[jojo67]

Great idea! Any suggestions for Adriatic Explorer and Aegean Classics please :)

[kruzseeka]

Only had Nexus on one trip so not many to report.

 

Madeira: Funchal McDonald's 30 minutes free (believe McD's is a good one to target anywhere)

 

Aruba: Holiday Inn Palm Beach - on the beach from your lounger!

At the Cruise terminal in town (not the one where some ships berth which is a ten minute taxi ride out) Hooters bar - but you do need to buy a drink.

 

Barbados: the Cruise terminal

 

Grand Turk: the Cruise terminal round the pool of Margaritaville no purchase necessary.

[Jakanne1]

Great Geo :) Anyone got any ideas for the Canaries and Agadir as I am off there soon? (not on Thomson :o:D)

 

There's a McDonalds on the sea front in Agadir which should have wifi. I didn't take my iPad off ship in Agadir so don't know, sorry!

 

Gran Canaria. Again a McDs in the first shopping centre you come to but better still there is wifi in the big building on the jetty. There was another cruise ship docked on the other side of the building. It was for crew but some passengers found it too. Very slow because of the number people using it.

 

La Gomera. Out of the port gates, across the road and along to the left, walk along a bit towards some small shops and there are a few cafés with free wifi. Just buy a drink. Someone on the entertainment team told me where to go.

 

Madeira. Again out of the port gates, there is a McDs nearly opposite where the Hoho buses stand and there were people in a number of cafés along them using IPads.

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Thanks Jackie - another bit of info for the folder, which I intended to set up today, along with other jobs that didn't get done :rolleyes: Think I may be getting another cold :eek: just as I had phoned and made an appointment to give blood :rolleyes:

[Jakanne1]

Venice

Cannot help here much but I got free wifi with a couple of very expensive drinks in an Irish Bar in one of the back streets of Venice. They advertised the wifi outside the pub.

I think there was wifi in the port building next to the ship but don't know if it was free or not.

 

Koper

Just outside the port gates and across the road there are some arches in the wall where the crew were getting free wifi.

 

Sibenik

Walk right along the sea front to the end...there is a lovely waterside cafe called Point Bar. Very reasonable drinks and wonderful views as well.

 

Dubrovnik

Walk right along the Main Street towards the harbour there is a restaurant up a side street on the right called Konoba Penatur

 

Kotor

Cannot remember!

 

Aegean

Kusadasi

There's a Starbucks within the port area. Don't even need a password.

Beware of the man at a kiosk who charged me a fortune for a beer and an ice cream to use his password. He was really creepy as well. And his friends in suits were Scarey!

 

Katakolon

Lots of cafés along the street next to the harbour had free wifi.

[gillhalfpint]

In Grenada there were one or two places charging $3 and $2 for wifi, so we went over the road just out of the port area and there was a sports bar with Carib at $3 and excellent free wifi.

 

In Curacao we sat outside at Wilhelmina café opposite the big stone letters spelling Curacao and had the local Brion beer and a Mexican one while spending time on the good free wifi.

 

In Bonaire we were at El Mundo café drinking Polar beers while using the wifi and watching a small lizaed climb the wall.

 

In Aruba we were in Spanglish café, drinking Balashi beers while on wifi.

 

In Dominica we spent a couple of hours with wifi and Kubuli beers at the Gateway Hotel to the right of where the Dream moored up.

 

We had free wifi in a café in Tortola with Carib beers, but cannot remember which one.

 

There are usually plenty of bars and cafes advertising wifi, and we had no problem with the amount of time we spent in them either.

Edited February 3, 2014 by gillhalfpint

[GLYNAGP]

In Barcelona if you walk up La Rambla from the Columbus Monument about 400 metres on the left is a Bar called San Reno. The coffees expensive but the wifi is free.

Edited February 4, 2014 by glynandkath

[kruzseeka]

Gill has just reminded me about Tortola (Road Town) - as you look at the front of Pusser's Outpost to the right is a bar with a beer garden outside offering free Wifi - probably need to buy a drink though.

[joeholiday2]

I knew I had seen a big list somewhere, just took me a while to find it.....

 

http://crew-center.com/crew-wifi-locations-ports-worldwide

[Jakanne1]

I knew I had seen a big list somewhere, just took me a while to find it.....

 

http://crew-center.com/crew-wifi-locations-ports-worldwide

 

Excellent! Thank you, Joe. :):)

[joeholiday2]

Not sure how up to date it is.....

Have just downloaded a copy of the PDF to my tablet, so it's always to hand.

 

 

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Brilliant Joe :D Will try to download it to my new Nexus :rolleyes::rolleyes: Still getting used to it :(

[joeholiday2]

Linda.

I can recommend es file explorer, very good when you get used to it.

 

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Two places I found on Canaries cruise

 

Lounge Bar Bluemar in Arrecife. It is quite a way from the ship. It is on the main road by the beach which is after the town centre. No code needed to connect

 

O Solar de Santola in Funchal. Very nice restaurant in the Marina area. They will put the code in for you.

[campolady]

We were in Gibraltar yesterday and the ´Star Inn´ on Parliament Lane offers free WiFi - was being well used by American visitors yesterday.

[lovecruise22]

Great idea guys, do the ones in the cruise terminals need passwords? In Carribean :)

 

 

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[geomagot]

no passwords required in the cruise terminals nor in some shops (diamonds international)

 

I use boingo, it just logs on autonaticaly to any open wifi that it happens to come across...once logged on it will search for other wifi hotspots and display them in googlemaps...works worldwide...its a free app:cool:

[lovecruise22]

How does that app work just click on it and it finds the free wi fi? Just thinking it will be easier to email family and friends rather than texting :)

 

 

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[Langtoncouple]

I tend to correspond through facebook but it takes ages in the ships internet lounge. This would be useful.

[geomagot]

it runs all the time whenever your wifi is enabled (in the background...you can disable it if you wish) if it finds an open hotspot it will log on to it and let you know that you are online, once you are online it will search for other hotspots and switch to whichever has the strongest signal as you move about, if it cant find an open signal it will show you a list and ask if you want to log on to other networks

 

some boingo members open their own home networks to other members which the app will find and will connect you (with your approval) its a good idea to disable file sharing if you are going to connect to private networks tho

 

very useful in caribbean where there are a lot of public open hotspots (shops/hotels/cruise terminals/even on some beaches)

[lovecruise22]

Sounds good! It doesn't use my mobile data then?

 

 

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