miguelmia Posted January 9, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I'm new to Celebrity so forgive me if this is a dumb question. I know onboard Wifi can be pre-purchased before my cruise in 2 weeks for the duration of the trip, but is it possible to just buy it one day at a time while on the ship? My thought is to just use it on sea days and rely on my AT&T $10/day international pass while in port for data (except in St. Thomas where I believe my normal AT&T service will work fine) on the other days. I'm not planning on buying AT&T's $100 cruise add-on due to the paltry 200 MB data limit. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 9, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 9, 2023 - Double check you don't already have included internet in your cruise fare as you may already get it if you booked the "All Included" fare - You can purchases a 24 hour pass, last ship I was on wanted $50 - You can wait until mid sailing to purchase wifi and only pay the prorated amount however once you start it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted January 9, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Celebrity offers both an Hourly and a Daily Wifi package. They both are continuous and not ad-hoc, so if you select an hourly package it ends 1 hours after you select it. Prices in my mind are prohibitively high but are discounted per your CC internet discount amount Prices: Daily (24 hours non-stop) $67.00 1 Hour Package 34.00 Edited January 9, 2023 by Jim_Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelmia Posted January 9, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted January 9, 2023 22 minutes ago, NutsAboutGolf said: - Double check you don't already have included internet in your cruise fare as you may already get it if you booked the "All Included" fare Yeah I opted out of that. Wouldn’t have used everything on there and I prefer a la carte in general, anyway. 12 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: Celebrity offers both an Hourly and a Daily Wifi package. They both are continuous and not ad-hoc, so if you select an hourly package it ends 1 hours after you select it. Prices in my mind are prohibitively high but are discounted per your CC internet discount amount Prices: Daily (24 hours non-stop) $67.00 1 Hour Package 34.00 Without the picture I wouldn’t have believed you. Even with the picture I’m still in shock. Good lord. People actually pay that? It would be cheaper to pre-purchase the basic package for 7 days than just pay $67 x 3 sea days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted January 9, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Come to think of it, that 24 hour pass for $50 was in the physical daily planner and may have been a special. Since I had the internet I didn't dive into the details, just saw $50 for a 24 hour wi-fi pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted January 9, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 9, 2023 1 hour ago, miguelmia said: Yeah I opted out of that. Wouldn’t have used everything on there and I prefer a la carte in general, anyway. Without the picture I wouldn’t have believed you. Even with the picture I’m still in shock. Good lord. People actually pay that? It would be cheaper to pre-purchase the basic package for 7 days than just pay $67 x 3 sea days. That’s why people buy the package, it is less expensive than buying a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted January 9, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 9, 2023 3 hours ago, miguelmia said: I'm new to Celebrity so forgive me if this is a dumb question. I know onboard Wifi can be pre-purchased before my cruise in 2 weeks for the duration of the trip, but is it possible to just buy it one day at a time while on the ship? My thought is to just use it on sea days and rely on my AT&T $10/day international pass while in port for data (except in St. Thomas where I believe my normal AT&T service will work fine) on the other days. I'm not planning on buying AT&T's $100 cruise add-on due to the paltry 200 MB data limit. Thanks!! I didn't see the extortionate rates that @Jim_Iainposted on my last cruise on the Millie in November. Rates for that cruise stayed at $25 for an hour and $50 for 24 hours. The full cruise rate dropped for every day that went by. I actually got a nice offer midway through. YMMV. Take a look: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twonpcb Posted January 9, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 9, 2023 How fast is this connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelmia Posted January 9, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted January 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, Honolulu Blue said: I didn't see the extortionate rates that @Jim_Iainposted on my last cruise on the Millie in November. Rates for that cruise stayed at $25 for an hour and $50 for 24 hours. The full cruise rate dropped for every day that went by. I actually got a nice offer midway through. YMMV. Take a look: Thanks. Honestly, for what X charges as a "cruise-only" base fare wifi should be included. Even the "best" prices here are obscene. Even airlines charge much less on long flights (Jetblue and soon Delta are free, even) and by all accounts it's much better quality/speed than what cruise ships offer. Don't mean to soapbox; I knew the price/quality ratio would be awful going in but didn't think it would be this bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted January 9, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 9, 2023 41 minutes ago, twonpcb said: How fast is this connection? It varied a lot for me, but generally it was between 1 and 4 Mbps. Streaming actually worked for me when I tried it. But I didn't do too much of that. Email and random surfing was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted January 9, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 9, 2023 37 minutes ago, miguelmia said: Honestly, for what X charges as a "cruise-only" base fare wifi should be included. Even the "best" prices here are obscene. Even airlines charge much less on long flights (Jetblue and soon Delta are free, even) and by all accounts it's much better quality/speed than what cruise ships offer. Don't mean to soapbox; I knew the price/quality ratio would be awful going in but didn't think it would be this bad. I don't disagree with you. The one consolation is that Starlink is coming to all Celebrity ships eventually - some already have it, with speeds far faster than I experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB_NJ Posted January 9, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Jim_Iain said: Celebrity offers both an Hourly and a Daily Wifi package. They both are continuous and not ad-hoc, so if you select an hourly package it ends 1 hours after you select it. Prices in my mind are prohibitively high but are discounted per your CC internet discount amount Prices: Daily (24 hours non-stop) $67.00 1 Hour Package 34.00 Any idea if this is classic or premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted January 9, 2023 #13 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, twonpcb said: How fast is this connection? About what you use to get on dial up. If the basic more like the old 300-600 baud The new Starlink was running at about 4 to 5 times faster from me while on Solstice. Edited January 9, 2023 by Jim_Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted January 9, 2023 #14 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, Honolulu Blue said: I didn't see the extortionate rates that @Jim_Iainposted on my last cruise on the Millie in November. Rates for that cruise stayed at $25 for an hour and $50 for 24 hours. The full cruise rate dropped for every day that went by. I actually got a nice offer midway through. YMMV. Take a look: Thinking back about the cruise I took that screen shot was a 15 day cruise. The prices may vary according to up to x number of days and above certain number of days eg 11 days or less and 12 days or more My 12 night Greenland Cruise my discounted rate (Zenith) was 49.95 not sure what percentage. Of course we already had free internet but it's still listed in our app as a choice. Hmm - Just checked my 8 day Cruise in December and shows the same - how long was your cruise. Edited January 9, 2023 by Jim_Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted January 9, 2023 #15 Share Posted January 9, 2023 21 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said: Thinking back about the cruise I took that screen shot was a 15 day cruise. The prices may vary according to up to x number of days and above certain number of days eg 11 days or less and 12 days or more My 12 night Greenland Cruise my discounted rate (Zenith) was 49.95 not sure what percentage. Of course we already had free internet but it's still listed in our app as a choice. Hmm - Just checked my 8 day Cruise in December and shows the same - how long was your cruise. Thanks for sharing the extra details. My cruise on the Millie was 7 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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