Skaught77

I never turn on roaming overseas. I turn on wifi only so no fear of connecting to any local or ship towers. For phone calls we use Skype which will provide you with a phone number so you can make and receive calls over wifi. We did this on our trip to Italy and the UK in the past few years and it worked great. All for under $10 a day for a family of four.

I had read a few comments out there in the ether that signals are available to some degree. I really don't want to have to pay the very expensive (times four people) ship wifi if I can avoid it. I'll probably just stick with my plan even if it only works in port. 

Thanks,

Scott

We're taking a Baltic cruise in June on the NCL Getaway. On previous trips to Europe we've rented a wifi device that allowed our family of four to all connect while out and about. It was especially useful for navigation, finding hotels and figure out what to do. We also love to share photos and video as we go. We'll be driving across Norway before the cruise so we'll be getting another device for this year's trip. I was wondering, though, about the cruise ship. Being a bit closer to shore much of the time, does the cell service reach the ship? If so, we could keep the wifi going through the cruise and save money. It's usually around $10 a day for unlimited data and up to five devices connected at a time.

With an elderly mother-in-law at home we need to make sure we can communicate, so this is especially important on this trip. Thanks for your feedback!

Scott