stah1mr Posted January 6, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 6, 2020 My wife and I will probably be at different places on the ship, a lot! 🙂 We probably won't be using our phones. I wish the app had a messaging feature so we could meet up. Of course, the Solstice doesn't even have the app yet. Telling my wife I'll meet her at 1 PM at the coffee bar is not going to work. She might not show until 4. 🙂 How do others manage keeping in touch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted January 6, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, stah1mr said: My wife and I will probably be at different places on the ship, a lot! 🙂 We probably won't be using our phones. I wish the app had a messaging feature so we could meet up. Of course, the Solstice doesn't even have the app yet. Telling my wife I'll meet her at 1 PM at the coffee bar is not going to work. She might not show until 4. 🙂 How do others manage keeping in touch? Without a cell phone. When we make plans to meet at later time and place we respect that and show up at that time and place. Simple. Edited January 6, 2020 by davekathy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACJV Posted January 6, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 6, 2020 you can always leave a voicemail on your cabin phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stah1mr Posted January 6, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted January 6, 2020 1 minute ago, davekathy said: Without a cell phone. When we make plans to meet at later time and place we respect that and show up at that time and place. Simple. I respect that and that should be the natural answer except my wife has serious ADD and she has serious issues being on time. She just has no concept of time. What you mention is probably what we will have to do but I'm not holding my breath. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbnjcruiser Posted January 6, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Without cellphones or the ability to keep an appointment at a specified time you are going to need to signal in some way. this first option is to find a high location where you will be visible and wave a brightly colored banner at the appointed time. the second option requires an airhorn or Audio signaling device - in this case it will be best if you pre arrange a a code so she will know it is you and not some random stranger with an airhorn. In both cases she will need to be within seeing or hearing distance. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stah1mr Posted January 6, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, ACJV said: you can always leave a voicemail on your cabin phone That is a very good suggestion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare chemmo Posted January 6, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Take a pack of post it notes....Leave messages on the mirror about where you are/expect to be... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcco Posted January 6, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Won’t help if the ship isn’t using the app but it does have a messaging function to guests you have linked to. Or phone message as stated or paper with a magnet to the wall in the cabin. or air horn 🤪 Margaret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btregoning Posted January 6, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 6, 2020 There is always the old-fashioned portable radios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted January 6, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 6, 2020 If she has difficulty showing up on time get her a watch with an alarm and set it for her. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHCRUISIN Posted January 6, 2020 #11 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Yell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted January 6, 2020 #12 Share Posted January 6, 2020 44 minutes ago, bbnjcruiser said: Without cellphones or the ability to keep an appointment at a specified time you are going to need to signal in some way. this first option is to find a high location where you will be visible and wave a brightly colored banner at the appointed time. the second option requires an airhorn or Audio signaling device - in this case it will be best if you pre arrange a a code so she will know it is you and not some random stranger with an airhorn. In both cases she will need to be within seeing or hearing distance. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen411 Posted January 6, 2020 #13 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Since this is a concern for you, why not just use your cell phones? Depending on your provider you can get a cruise ship plan that would cover text and calls and data. Noreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shipshape sam Posted January 6, 2020 #14 Share Posted January 6, 2020 55 minutes ago, ACJV said: you can always leave a voicemail on your cabin phone Good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter118 Posted January 6, 2020 #15 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Back in the day we used to use pigeons. And believe me they worked. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted January 6, 2020 #16 Share Posted January 6, 2020 We often use postem stickers in the room. Maybe a dose of what's good for the Goose.... Set a time with her to meet and then don't show up yourself. 2-3 times and the message might sink in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Georgia_Peaches Posted January 6, 2020 #17 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Well if you have iphones you can keep your setting in air plane mode and access wifi...assuming you have a package, and use your phone as usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted January 7, 2020 #18 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, stah1mr said: I respect that and that should be the natural answer except my wife has serious ADD and she has serious issues being on time. She just has no concept of time. What you mention is probably what we will have to do but I'm not holding my breath. 🙂 My answer to your question would have been different if you would have provided that important detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffinz Posted January 7, 2020 #19 Share Posted January 7, 2020 on my iPhone I have reminders and I can set any reminder to go off at any time / day so in the morning you put a reminder in your wifes phone (assuming her phone has a reminder function) that says 'meet at Café Al Bacio' and set it for 1:45pm - if you intend to meet there at 2pm and at 1:45pm her phone should make a beep / ring tone or vibrate and the reminder will pop up 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanLvr Posted January 7, 2020 #20 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Is this really the new reality?......So sad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminSea53 Posted January 7, 2020 #21 Share Posted January 7, 2020 If you both have WiFi then you can message each other using WhatsAp or on iPhones you can text each other or even call each other using WiFi calling. No fees involved anywhere in the world- just have to be on WiFi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larwos Posted January 7, 2020 #22 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I have seen families where they carry walkie talkies. The only way todo it with a whole mob of you around the ship. I like the reminders alarm idea though. I just leave a message on our phone in our cabin. Good luck anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GastroGnome Posted January 7, 2020 #23 Share Posted January 7, 2020 ADD is an issue. Some of the suggestions are funny - but bear in mind there is a serious query here. Setting alarms on her phone is probably the easiest. Not just one. For DD before she learned to manage her condition herself we used to use three with different sounds so she knew she had a 10 min warning, a 5 min etc. Adult diagnosed ADD / ADHD is increasing so much now there are loads of websites and forums on how to manage day to day lifestyle issues like getting to where you are supposed to be in a reoasnable time. Have a google and see which ones work for you. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted January 7, 2020 #24 Share Posted January 7, 2020 If she is likely to be in the cabin, you can call from just about anywhere around the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmab Posted January 7, 2020 #25 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Download GroupMe or WhatsApp to your phones and you can message each other from anywhere, as long as you're connected to WiFi. We used GroupMe on our last cruise to communicate with our teen daughters about dinner times, meeting places, etc. or just to find out where they were on the ship. The internet package was worth it for us to be able to send/receive messages from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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