Cell Phone Service on Grandeur

[blueyfish]

we are sailing on Grandeur the end of November. While on our Grandeur cruise last year, we had little or no cell service. Has anyone been on her recently that can tell me how the service is now? TIA

[RSLeesburg]

You can get great cell service while sailing down the Chesapeake. So, for first 8 hours of cruise you can make calls. They turn on the Cellular at Sea until you are out at sea. I think I turned my phone to not allow roaming, so the phone only worked when it could access the Verizon towers. The phone automatically hooked up when we got close to PC.

[RadioRob]

Had coverage on Verizon most of the time while on deck 9 (pool deck) until we got to about NC and then again once we got outside of Port Canaveral.

[mek]

I was on the 11/1 sailing and had to use my phone for business frequently during the cruise. I primarily had to use roaming, but I was always able to make calls from the ship every day.

[blueyfish]

Thanks for the responses. I use ATT and purchased a calling plan last year which was useless because I couldn't get a signal. I was finally able to make calls in San Juan and St. Thomas. Hopefully this year will be better.

[setsail]

Thanks for the responses. I use ATT and purchased a calling plan last year which was useless because I couldn't get a signal. I was finally able to make calls in San Juan and St. Thomas. Hopefully this year will be better.

 

Are you saying that there was no cellular at sea service?

[blueyfish]

That would be correct. Guest Services were no help. Guess it was a satellite problem.