Phone Calls On Cruise Ships

When out of range of land-based cell towers you can still use your phone if needed but it will be through service provided on the cruise ship.

Phone calls on cruise ships. Sign up for an international plan with your cell phone company. Your friends and family can contact the ship by calling 888 724-7447. On most ships internet access is sold by the day 24 hr period or for the whole cruise and is kind of expensive.

Prior to going on the cruise download the google talk application for sending text messages and phone calls. How to make phone calls. Depending on where your ship is at any given moment you might or might not have a phone signal.

If you have purchased or if your vacation includes the onboard WiFi package I would recommend trying to enable WiFi Calling on your device. You could also check some of the travel phone firms. Its a common question with varying answers.

Once connected use the google talk app to make a phone call using the internet. Most cruise lines use a service from Wireless Maritime Services WMS called Cellular at Sea. On the Ship Set Your Phone.

When out of range of land-based cell towers you can still use your phone if needed but it will be through service provided on the cruise ship. Technically you can but its not always possible. The cost is 795 USD a minute and can be charged to their MasterCard or Visa.

Some apps like WhatsApp also let you make calls chat and even chat via video. The cost is 795 USD per minute and will be automatically charged to your SeaPass account. For example a call to a Carnival cruise ship at sea via ATT cell service is 249 a minute while a call to Cozumel Mexico a popular port of call is 99.