Prices re Internet

Hey

Does Celebrity offer internet packages ...if so ..how much ?

Is Wifi available ?

How much for 16 day transat

How good is loading time or connections ??

Ipad ok to use

Thanks

Its all priced on the Celebrity website:

From the FAQ:

Is there Wi-Fi onboard?

Most ships in our fleet offer Wi-Fi connectivity throughout, with the exception of Celebrity Century® and Celebrity Xpedition®, which offer Wi-Fi in public areas. Internet access is available in the Celebrity iLounge℠ 24 hours a day on all ships except Celebrity Century. Celebrity Century® features Online@Celebrity℠, an Internet lounge that provides e-mail services and Internet access 24 hours a day. You will be able to receive email, satellite conditions permitting. We also have an Internet Manager on board to assist you with questions or to set up an Internet Package at a nominal fee.

You can connect to the Internet on each ship, either by accessing a 24/7 wireless connection "hotspot" with your own laptop or tablet, or utilizing the resources of the Internet lounge and its computers on board. You will be able to receive email, via satellite link 24 hours a day, satellite conditions permitting.

Internet Packages

Minutes Included Price

40 $29

90 $59

240 $109

600 $219

1680 $429

Per minute rate is $0.75. Captain's Club Premium Offers are distributed onboard may not apply to all packages. Internet rates and packages are subject to change without prior notice.

Your iPad will be fine in most instances, however please keep in mind that you are working with slow data transmission speeds to and from the satellite. Also, when there is cloud cover, the ship may have very little signal.

On Equinox in June, we had a couple of days when we didn't seem to have good connection.

Are the minutes consecutive or just when you are logged in anytime during the cruise?

Are the minutes consecutive or just when you are logged in anytime during the cruise?

Just when you are logged in...

But for some in the past that has been an issue because they have forgotten to go thru all the steps of logging out from the Celebrity Onboard Network

Or left their device (such as a phone) on roaming / wifi Internet enabled.

Too many CC Celebrity Cruisers have ended their cruise with a SHOCKING :eek: SeaPass Bill waaaay into the Hundred$ of Dollar$

Personally, we don't use the Internet when aboard. We bring our IPad and check our email accounts when we are ashore... There is often FREE wifi at a Port Terminal / Shopping Area / Coffee Shop / Internet Cafe / Bar or Restaurant. And land based service is waaaay more reliable & speedy than on the ship... So you can get more done faster.

Cheers!

To find the free WI-Fi spots in port - just follow the crew members. they always seem to know where the free WI-fi is ;)

I think i will stick to free wifi in ports so wil be incommunicado for a few days

Thanks for info

I've done a number of trans ocean sailings and the one constant is, service on those cruises can be very spotty and can be unavailable for many hours on end.

I think i will stick to free wifi in ports so wil be incommunicado for a few days

Thanks for info

Aren't you going to be on a TransAtlantic Cruise? If soYou will have several consecutive sea days.

If you decide to buy some time you might choose to check your email once or twice each day. After downloading your email disconnect from the ships internet. Reply to your emails off line, and connect to the ships internet just long enough to send your replies and new emails if you have them.

That is pretty painless. People who feel they have to be connect to work or surf the internet can run up pretty big bills.

Also if you are "elite" you will receive free minutes. "select" gets 25% off.

"classic" 10% discount.

We just got off the Solstice in Alaska. Internet was horribly slow.

They do warn you that the speeds will be slow, but this was unbearable slow. Last night, I could not establish a secure connection to check-in on the jet blue website as I kept timing out. I spent over 20 minutes, and almost $10 worth of internet time, trying to get our boarding passes with no success.

It took 10 minutes for gmail to load in basic HTML. And we were off the coast of Alaska.

We loved the cruise, and would definitely do Celebrity again, but would not pay for the internet.

The internet connection is through a satellite connection shared by all passengers and probably also shared by the ship's systems for their internal uses. The service is often excruciatingly slow and sometimes there is no signal at all. Since the connection is shared by all users on board it is the slowest when the largest number of passengers are using it such as afternoons on sea days and fastest in off times such as very early in the morning or very late at night. One of the slowest times is the day before disembarkation when many users are trying to do online check in and print boarding passes.