Voom Package - Multiple Devices

[BoozinNCruisin]

I was just wondering if you book the Zoom Package with multiple devices if you can use them with others?  My parents are going on the cruise with us and are staying in the connecting room right next to us.  Is it possible for me to book the 3 device package and have my dad use his ipad with my booking?

[Biker19]

27 minutes ago, BoozinNCruisin said:

I was just wondering if you book the Voom Package with multiple devices if you can use them with others? 

You can share across an unlimited number of devices up to the limit of the package.

[oddly excitered]

So, just looking at the internet sale for my booking. One device voom is 9.99, 2 device is 15.99, when going to check out it is 15.99 per person per day for a total of $319. one device is $99.99, why would they charge an extra $5 to add a device, cant I just buy the one device twice? 

[Biker19]

2 minutes ago, oddly excitered said:

why would they charge an extra $5 to add a device, cant I just buy the one device twice? 

You only need to buy a package for the number of devices which you will need to connect at the same time (you can share logins) - ignore the per person issue or any RCI math.

[oddly excitered]

Thanks Biker, just thought it would be nice if the wife could have her own so we could text each other on the ship, not happening at that price.

[Biker19]

5 minutes ago, oddly excitered said:

Thanks Biker, just thought it would be nice if the wife could have her own so we could text each other on the ship, not happening at that price.

Unlikely Radiance will have the RCI app texting option by the time you sail, so other than paying for texts via the ship's cell tower, VOOM is the only way.

Edited November 27, 2019 by Biker19

[SRF]

1 hour ago, oddly excitered said:

So, just looking at the internet sale for my booking. One device voom is 9.99, 2 device is 15.99, when going to check out it is 15.99 per person per day for a total of $319. one device is $99.99, why would they charge an extra $5 to add a device, cant I just buy the one device twice? 

 

You, you can buy multiple One Device packages.

 

 

[oddly excitered]

1 minute ago, SRF said:

 

You, you can buy multiple One Device packages.

 

 

So why would anybody buy a multiple device package at 3 times the price??

[Tree_skier]

10 minutes ago, oddly excitered said:

So why would anybody buy a multiple device package at 3 times the price??

When you check out you only select one passenger when purchasing a 2 device package. you share the login with two people.  if you add a two device package to your cart and then select two passengers you are actually buy two two device packages for a total of four devices.   @$15.99 for a 2 device package your price for 7 day cruise should be $112.

 

 

EDIT: If your price is coming out to 319 I'm suspecting that you are some how purchasing three two device packages.  Multi device packages are always the cheapest way to go per device.

Edited November 27, 2019 by Tree_skier

[oddly excitered]

46 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

When you check out you only select one passenger when purchasing a 2 device package. you share the login with two people.  if you add a two device package to your cart and then select two passengers you are actually buy two two device packages for a total of four devices.   @$15.99 for a 2 device package your price for 7 day cruise should be $112.

 

 

EDIT: If your price is coming out to 319 I'm suspecting that you are some how purchasing three two device packages.  Multi device packages are always the cheapest way to go per device.

Thanks, You are exactly right, I was peeling apples to make pies and I realized my mistake. sometimes the head spins so much in trying to figure out royals math I lose all common sense!

[brillohead]

I always buy the 4-device plan, even though I personally only need one device.  

I "sell" the other three devices to other cruisers -- either friends who are also on the cruise, or people I find on the Roll Call Thread or on social media.  (We meet up on embarkation day, and they give me cash or Paypal me the money, and I give them the log-in information.)

I've been doing this for a couple years now, and it has always worked well.  I typically average $6-$7/day per device doing it this way.

[Ren1216]

Hope it's ok to piggy-back on this topic with a related question about sharing a 4-device pkg (which I bought to share with my traveling group).

 

Does it mean only 4 individual devices for the week, period?  Or does it mean 4 devices online at one time?  In other words, I'm wondering if I must choose between using my phone OR my laptop.  If I use one, then the other, have I now used 2 devices of allotted 4?

[Ken at the beach]

4 hours ago, Ren1216 said:

Hope it's ok to piggy-back on this topic with a related question about sharing a 4-device pkg (which I bought to share with my traveling group).

 

Does it mean only 4 individual devices for the week, period?  Or does it mean 4 devices online at one time?  In other words, I'm wondering if I must choose between using my phone OR my laptop.  If I use one, then the other, have I now used 2 devices of allotted 4?

Any number of different devices but only 4 at a time. 

[SRF]

One thing is, different ships handle to many devices in different ways.

 

So tell the extra device that a device needs to be logged off before it can log on.

 

On some ships, it just logs someone off.

 

[brillohead]

To log off the first device, don't just "turn off" the wifi -- go to logoff.com in a browser window and you'll see the message that you were logged out of the system.  Then you can log on the second device you want to use instead.

Then make sure to log off the second device when you want to switch back to your first device.

[sergioag]

You must be very careful to log off when needed. Nothing feels worse than forgetting to log off your laptop which you left at your stateroom, which you noticed when you got to your table at the MDR and had no Internet access and no way to login.

[twangster]

21 minutes ago, sergioag said:

You must be very careful to log off when needed. Nothing feels worse than forgetting to log off your laptop which you left at your stateroom, which you noticed when you got to your table at the MDR and had no Internet access and no way to login.

 

The new platform available lets you "switch" devices.  It warns you have reached the maximum number of devices.

 

The trick with multiple device plans is guessing which other device will get kicked off so you can join the next device.

[EDiamond22]

On 11/27/2019 at 3:27 PM, oddly excitered said:

Thanks, You are exactly right, I was peeling apples to make pies and I realized my mistake. sometimes the head spins so much in trying to figure out royals math I lose all common sense!

this is more than understandable lmao i.e. 20% off yesterday is cheaper than todays 50% off. gotta love it

[hallasm]

6 hours ago, twangster said:

The new platform available lets you "switch" devices.  It warns you have reached the maximum number of devices.

The trick with multiple device plans is guessing which other device will get kicked off so you can join the next device.

Working well

[vacationlover_mn]

On 11/27/2019 at 12:25 PM, oddly excitered said:

Thanks Biker, just thought it would be nice if the wife could have her own so we could text each other on the ship, not happening at that price.

So, at least on Symphony, if you logged on, you would boot the other person off, which actually worked well for us.  If he was on Facebook, and I wanted to message him from the pool, I’d just log on, he’d get booted off, knowing I was messaging him, then he would log on like a minute later to get my message.  I know that sounds annoying, but it worked out ok for us 🙂

Edited December 14, 2019 by vacationlover_mn

[cgags47]

Sorry if I'm resurrecting this thread, but a friend of ours purchased a 4-Device package for our upcoming Anthem sailing together.  She got basically no instructions as to how it all works, so I'm guessing they'll be something in her stateroom when she boards?  How do you get the login credentials, etc?  Thanks!

[brillohead]

1 hour ago, cgags47 said:

Sorry if I'm resurrecting this thread, but a friend of ours purchased a 4-Device package for our upcoming Anthem sailing together.  She got basically no instructions as to how it all works, so I'm guessing they'll be something in her stateroom when she boards?  How do you get the login credentials, etc?  Thanks!

Yes, they will give you instructions at check-in.

[cgags47]

10 minutes ago, brillohead said:

Yes, they will give you instructions at check-in.

Ok great, thanks!

[hallasm]

2 hours ago, brillohead said:

Yes, they will give you instructions at check-in.

I did get no instructions at check-in - when I connected to the WiFi using my name and cabin Number the package was loaded as a coupon - easy to connect.

But if you have ‘limited IT knowledge’ probably not that easy.

Many ‘WiFi assistant’ round the ship during boarding.

Only problem I experienced was that I could not access my two day free D+ coupon, however WiFi people moved my two free WiFi days coupon to my wife’s account.

[Biker19]

5 hours ago, cgags47 said:

How do you get the login credentials, etc?

When you connect to the ship's WiFi, you set up your own login/password and everyone in the party uses that login (up to the device limit of the package) to use VOOM. Don't expect anything in the room other than what I mentioned above. There'll be a VOOM specialist on board to help you if they need it, but it's easy to set up.