Am I able to use my cell phone or access the internet during my Disney Cruise?
We get this question quite often and since we just got back from a Disney Cruise, thought this would be an appropriate Monday Mouse Mail question to answer.
Disney does offer wireless internet services during your cruise, as well as an internet cafe on the third deck. You will have to purchase minutes for your internet usage, whether you access at the cafe or from your laptop. Disney offers several packages, including a per minute plan priced at .75 cents per minute. Packages start at $27.50 for 50 minutes and move up to $75 for 250 minutes.
You can also use your cell phone during your entire cruise, while aboard the ship. However, as Disney warns, check with your cell phone service provider for additional roaming charges that may apply. Fortunately, we did check with our provider, T-Mobile, and we were instructed that phone usage would cost $4.99 per minute. They further informed us that data phones, such as our BlackBerry Curves, experience these charges just while being on and begin at the cruise terminal. Imagine our surprise at this tidbit of information. Had we left our phones on during our short 3-night cruise, without even using the phone, we would have been charged nearly $36,000 by T-Mobile for the duration of the cruise!!! So, shut your phone off as soon as you enter the cruise terminal or you could be paying a lot more for your Disney cruise than you were expecting!