pocka Posted February 15 #1 Share Posted February 15 I’ve got princess plus that specifies one device. My question….is that only one device the whole cruise or one device at a time? I will need to have two devices, one for work and one personal. Do I need to upgrade to premiere? Thanks to all that helped with my champagne tower question. I bet there are cruisers out there who have had the same situation with work and personal devices. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted February 15 #2 Share Posted February 15 One device at a time. You can toggle between your 2 devices or you can upgrade to 4 devices without going to premier. The upgrade would be less than $20 per day per person. If you go to premier then first 2 in the cabin must have same package 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedprincess Posted February 15 #3 Share Posted February 15 Omw device at a time. You can use as many devices as you want, share among as many people as you want - as long as it's one device at a time. Logging in to a new device will bump off the last device, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted February 15 #4 Share Posted February 15 I always wondered about Plus and one device. I knew that I could switch between devices. BUT...if I wanted to add one more connection, would I be able to do an add on...with elite discount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaCruiser Posted February 15 #5 Share Posted February 15 The options for internet is either one device or four devices at a time. Princess decided only to offer these two choices. Therefore if you have Elite level, you can get 50% off of either plan. Note the internet prices just recently increased from $15 per day to $25 per day (I might be off by a few $). If you have the plus package, you automatically get the one device option. Premier package will get you four devices at a time. I used the single device option and with DW, we have two connections that could be used at a time. It was good enough for our usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GK95 Posted February 15 #6 Share Posted February 15 I switched back and forth between my phone and my iPad on our last cruise and plan to do the same on our cruise in the summer. Easy to do. Once on board, if you have questions, head to the Internet cafe and the team there will show you how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snaxmuppet Posted February 15 #7 Share Posted February 15 If you want Plus, or the one device plan, but want more than one device simultaneously, then you can if you get one of these travel routers. It then connects to the ship wifi as a single device but allows you to connect several devices to the router simultaneously. The ship sees just one device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyj Posted February 15 #8 Share Posted February 15 44 minutes ago, Snaxmuppet said: If you want Plus, or the one device plan, but want more than one device simultaneously, then you can if you get one of these travel routers. It then connects to the ship wifi as a single device but allows you to connect several devices to the router simultaneously. The ship sees just one device. I have a ‘friend’ who has used a ‘router’ but you need to remember, all users will need to be in proximity of the ‘router’ while using the WiFi. So all can be using WiFi at the same time, but you will also need to be at the same place, same time. It is not like you connect other users and they can then roam around the ship and use WiFi when and where they want. Using a router works if your ‘group’ wants and can meet at the same place and time to use the WiFi, which is not really ideal for many groups and depending on who wants to do what on their devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snaxmuppet Posted February 15 #9 Share Posted February 15 1 minute ago, wallyj said: I have a ‘friend’ who has used a ‘router’ but you need to remember, all users will need to be in proximity of the ‘router’ while using the WiFi. So all can be using WiFi at the same time, but you will also need to be at the same place, same time. It is not like you connect other users and they can then roam around the ship and use WiFi when and where they want. Using a router works if your ‘group’ wants and can meet at the same place and time to use the WiFi, which is not really ideal for many groups and depending on who wants to do what on their devices. True but we are not talking about group use in this scenario. Here we are taking about whether to get a single device plan on the ship or a 4 device plan. So in this scenario it would be a single person using the router to connect multiple devices but using the single device plan. Of course, you are correct... if you want to use a single subscription for multiple people it would work but yes, you would all need to be proximate to the router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted February 15 #10 Share Posted February 15 4 hours ago, akaCruiser said: The options for internet is either one device or four devices at a time. Princess decided only to offer these two choices. Therefore if you have Elite level, you can get 50% off of either plan. Note the internet prices just recently increased from $15 per day to $25 per day (I might be off by a few $). If you have the plus package, you automatically get the one device option. Premier package will get you four devices at a time. I used the single device option and with DW, we have two connections that could be used at a time. It was good enough for our usage. Therefore, the answer is: You either get the Plus package for one device OR you can purchase a 4 device stand alone Medallion net with Elite discount, but you are not able to purchase plus and add on 4 devices? This is when you make friends with someone who purchased the Premier package (wink wink). I have survived with just one connection device plan. Thank goodness that my iPad and iPhone magically transfer information (text/voice mail/calls). I shouldn't be on my devices as much as I am. Need to spend more time watching the ocean go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsp Posted February 15 #11 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Snaxmuppet said: If you want Plus, or the one device plan, but want more than one device simultaneously, then you can if you get one of these travel routers. It then connects to the ship wifi as a single device but allows you to connect several devices to the router simultaneously. The ship sees just one device. Pointless purchase, just use your phone as the router Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snaxmuppet Posted February 15 #12 Share Posted February 15 23 minutes ago, antsp said: Pointless purchase, just use your phone as the router Not pointless as the performance will be much better than the phone and it can handle more devices than a phone could but yes, you can use your phone... if you have a phone that allows the sharing of a wifi connection. Many will only allow sharing of a cell data connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted February 15 #13 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Snaxmuppet said: Not pointless as the performance will be much better than the phone and it can handle more devices than a phone could but yes, you can use your phone... if you have a phone that allows the sharing of a wifi connection. Many will only allow sharing of a cell data connection. Hot spot on a iPhone (Verizon) also comes with an additional charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snaxmuppet Posted February 15 #14 Share Posted February 15 (edited) 2 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said: Hot spot on a iPhone (Verizon) also comes with an additional charge. Do you mean that using the phone as a wifi only hotspot comes with an additional fee? How would they know... you would have airplane mode on so there would be no cell data connection? Edited February 15 by Snaxmuppet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defbref Posted February 15 #15 Share Posted February 15 iPhone doesn't allow you to share a Wi-Fi connection, only a cellular connection via hotspot. Android does allow Wi-Fi sharing, although I don't know if its model restricted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted February 15 #16 Share Posted February 15 15 hours ago, Snaxmuppet said: If you want Plus, or the one device plan, but want more than one device simultaneously, then you can if you get one of these travel routers. It then connects to the ship wifi as a single device but allows you to connect several devices to the router simultaneously. The ship sees just one device. I've always been a bit curious about these things. I assume there is some type of administrative interface that will allow you to supply the needed Princess logon info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snaxmuppet Posted February 16 #17 Share Posted February 16 11 hours ago, Rick&Jeannie said: I've always been a bit curious about these things. I assume there is some type of administrative interface that will allow you to supply the needed Princess logon info? I haven't used one yet on board as my next cruise is April when I'll take one along. I won't need it as I have Premier but I want to see how it works and to do a better YouTube video. It uses NAT (Network Address Translation) so I would expect that the first device that connects to the router will get to see the log in screen. After that any other devices won't as the router is then logged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted February 16 #18 Share Posted February 16 17 minutes ago, Snaxmuppet said: I haven't used one yet on board as my next cruise is April when I'll take one along. I won't need it as I have Premier but I want to see how it works and to do a better YouTube video. It uses NAT (Network Address Translation) so I would expect that the first device that connects to the router will get to see the log in screen. After that any other devices won't as the router is then logged in. Some lines are now blocking routers as they have a one device policy(you can't switch), wonder if Princess will go down that route(er) to protect revenue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snaxmuppet Posted February 16 #19 Share Posted February 16 1 hour ago, insidecabin said: Some lines are now blocking routers as they have a one device policy(you can't switch), wonder if Princess will go down that route(er) to protect revenue? Even if they do try to stop routers there is possibly still a way to use them by using MAC address spoofing. If it is done that way it is more difficult for the cruise line to determine whether the device connecting is the original PC or phone or whether it is a router pretending to be the original device. I haven't tried it. Perhaps someone who has tried MAC address spoofing on another line might chip in. I am not 100% comfortable with these techniques to get around the cruise line's charges but I genuinely believe that the internet charges are stupidly, and unnecessarily IMO, high. May be that is not the cruise line's fault as I am sure Starlink will be charging a high price for access to the network but regardless of the reason it is very expensive IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgorder Posted August 2 #20 Share Posted August 2 (edited) For what it is worth, in 2022 I cruised with the Princess Plus package. I decided to upgrade to the four wifi device package and Princess automatically discounted for the single device from the Plus package and also gave me the Elite Captain's Circle discount for wifi. Added note: Remember that if you upgrade to Princess Premium, it costs $20 extra per day. Premium allows 4 wifi devices as part of that $20, Edited August 2 by dgorder added possibly useful text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericosmith Posted August 2 #21 Share Posted August 2 People are always using the terms wifi and internet interchangeably. They are not the same. My question is whether only one device can be connected to wifi at a time or only one device can be connected to the internet at a time. For example, can I connect my tablet to the internet and still maintain the ocean now, tracking and messaging capabilities of the app on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedprincess Posted August 2 #22 Share Posted August 2 29 minutes ago, ericosmith said: People are always using the terms wifi and internet interchangeably. They are not the same. My question is whether only one device can be connected to wifi at a time or only one device can be connected to the internet at a time. For example, can I connect my tablet to the internet and still maintain the ocean now, tracking and messaging capabilities of the app on my phone. Yes With one device package, you can have one device at a time connected to the Internet. You could have another device, at the same time, on WiFi connected to Ocean Now.. With 4 device package, you can have up to 4 devices connected to the Internet at any one time. And another separate device connected to Ocean Now, if you so chose.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyj Posted August 2 #23 Share Posted August 2 @ericosmith, there is the difference of the ‘internet’ and the ships ‘intranet’ which the Medallion APP uses which is why ‘internet’ access is not needed to use the Medallion APP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
555 Posted August 2 #24 Share Posted August 2 Does anyone know if they included an audible alert when using the INTRANET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellipooh Posted August 2 #25 Share Posted August 2 26 minutes ago, 555 said: Does anyone know if they included an audible alert when using the INTRANET. Nope. You have to manually push notifications. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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