Only CRIMINALS Bring this Newly BANNED Item on Royal Caribbean Cruises

[@CPO-Snarky]

The ever increasing mandatory daily gratuity charges are the real deliberate criminal action we should be discussing.

[@Maturleyglam]

My samsung fold 6 phone has a sharing wifi feature. Are yhey going to take phones next smh

[@ThemePro24]

easy enough to get around the router ban by using your Mac or PC laptop to create a hotspot when connected to the ship's WiFi. When RC execs call out people using routers as criminals, they're obviously channeling themselves.

[@MidshipsCruise]

What keywords would one search to learn about this hotspot creation on a PC or Mac?

[@tracya.5908]

@@MidshipsCruise "use your PC as a hotspot" worked for me

[@SamSitar]

banning outside routers is a illegsl. america is a market economy.

[@bradlevantis913]

@@SamSitartrue. But Royal Caribbean are not American ships.

[@magcman]

They act like the routers give you access all over the ship. It literally only works within like a 30 foot ranger if that from where it is plugged in.

[@dizenco]

You can get a decent charging bank to connect to and carry it in a backpack all over the ship, never done it, but it does work and there's video of it on youtube.

[@cliffhains2228]

That's why I never jumped to getting one, it would only work in the room, other than carry power for it.

[@richardstrick]

@@dizencoI did that also. Only problem was it tended to get hot. How are we to connect an Amazon Fire Stick to the ship WI-FI without a router. This limits the OTT use of device.

[@1JohnnyCruiser]

The problem with crew opening beer cans is they dont have beer can tab opener tool. They put their grubby thumb all over the can opening. I think its gross.

[@SeanReigle]

MSC actually blocks the sharing connections on their firewall ...

[@michaelreeves8770]

Use a real VPN so they can't see what you're doing. Then share the wifi.

[@dizenco]

What they charge per day for nternet they have the gull to call people with routers criminals ever hear of price gouging. What will cruise industry do when within next two years cellphones can and will connect to skylink as a matter of fact tmobile is rolling out a portal type in 2025.

[@Ruben_OM]

Loyalty goes just one way with corporations.

[@donfayetteville3582]

How about this Matt. when we cruise it's only my wife and I. We are both Pinnacle. My wife will grab a few beers unopened with these words to me. "In case I want a beer on the balcony". Well we leave with 6 beers in the refrig when we go home after the cruise. Of course no bean counter mentions that. Maybe they, RCI, should look at my room persons pockets when its cruise change over day. Can we be honest? These past few months, if you've been loyal to royal, you'd be crazy not to be looking at other vendors. Just compare the prices? Prices on the same itinerary. I say this-- Loyal's kept their money with this cruse line through thick and thin. We were the first to come back to show others it was safe. Now we get S*** on.

[@nascarmadman]

Our first (and ONLY) RCL Cruise was SOOO underwhelming, I wasn't ever going back anyway.

[@michaelreeves8770]

Agreed. Not impressed.

[@boganpainter1638]

I don’t understand why you would need a travel router. Most computers and Android phones let you share a WiFi connection via a mobile hotspot. Unfortunately, iPhones will only let you share a cellular connection via hotspot. Speaking of cellular, another option for potentially cheaper internet is to use cellular at sea. There are several companies such as GigSky that will sell you an eSIM that you can use to connect to the ship’s cellular at sea network and if you keep your data use to a minimum, it can be cheaper than the ship’s internet. Finally, the ability to connect to Starlink directly from your phone is rolling out. Although, it probably won’t work well deep inside the ship, I think it has the potential to kill ship internet plans.

[@CruiseDude1]

Just pack your mini travel router in your checked bag mixed in with chargers etc and it will very likely get through. A friend who just traveled on RC had no trouble wrapping some "rum runners" folded into clothing saving hundreds of dollars. RC is counting on self-enforcement because they are very unlikely to catch cruisers smartly smuggling booze and/or their mini travel router onboard.

[@SamSitar]

forcing people into the ship wifi is illegal.

[@donmartin986]

If you can't afford the WIFI and drink prices, then you probably should probably vacation elsewhere.

[@CruiseDude1]

@@SamSitar I'm not sure if it's illegal but it's easy to circumvent. Why waste money?

[@JennyCruiseCommander]

Regarding the opening of cans, it’s been confirmed that this policy does not apply for soda or water. It only applies to alcohol cans.

[@Reed-2big]

The last time I saw a lot of people carrying drinks they were taking waters!

[@Doggieman1111]

Trying to nickel and dime every single person more and more every year

[@michaelreeves8770]

IKR. With their sidewalk sales, upselling in the buffet and shitty art auction.

[@LackosleepYT]

I would have liked to use my travel router. But yeah... it is technically theft of service if they ordinarily charge for what you are trying to use for free, no matter how much you say "but I want to, but I always did it before". So much as I don't like it either, they are within their rights to enforce the ban. We'll just have ot find another way to show them the price of onboard wi-fi is not inline with current expectations.

[@bradlevantis913]

In curious - these routers can plug in and get the ship’s internet at sea for no cost? I’ve only done one cruise and didn’t bother with internet service. So I’m not fully understanding this

[@sakriso]

It's another game of forbidding an item for the sake of profit. The luxury brands don't pull this stunt. I could understand the plug splitter with regards to safety, but this is not a safety issue at all. Also, what about folks who work remotely from ships and need a travel router for work? Are they saying they don't want us to work onboard? How many people actually bring travel routers? There are other electronic items on the forbidden list that get through.

[@SamSitar]

policy IS NOT law.

[@antonioholmes989]

Neither changes affect me. Never did the router and dont drink.

[@michaelf1277]

I am waiting for RCC and Carnival to realize that many, if not most, modern laptops have the built in ability to act as a wifi router.

[@elviciosodelavida]

People have gotten their info stolen from connecting to random routers.

[@georgegarich252]

You are about 2 weeks behind on water and soda at bars. Royal has made it clear that water and soda Do Not need to be opened. Also we used our free drinks for milk shakes 2 on a card with no problem. Got off Adventure OTS on the 27 dec 2024.

[@Thatboujeelife77]

I just took mine on a cruise 2 weeks ago... no problem, see if the same for upcoming cruise on Match.. I only use mine so I can use my laptop and phone at the same time, due to logging in to some sites, need to send a 2AF code to phone, so I am not paying for 2 packages just for that....

[@bigguy1403]

Next it'll be no bathing suites where you must buy one board.

[@PickledHam]

my last Carnival Spirit cruise didn't a WiFi problem. Starlink was at least 100M down. enough to stream netflix. I connected my phone to laptop via USB to have WiFi on laptop at the same time. Lets see them try to ban that.

[@akoww1000]

8:35 they won't find my son's when he goes on one of their boats. His is built into his laptop power pack, the only thing they will see is the battery. He has had it for a few years now. he built it for his computer class project. He is still working on a design to build and sell. It does a few other things but it's what has been using it for.

[@felinis3788]

Actually they are cruise ships. Boats are those small tender craft that are hoisted onto the ship's boat decks.

[@NewLifestyleMentor]

Have travel wifi routers been banned on Princess?

[@DonaldWheelis-xb1lu]

What about cell phones like IPHONE? They can be used as a sort of router.

[@DonaldWheelis-xb1lu]

Also, can you bring your own starlink, that bypasses the ships internet?

[@michaelreeves8770]

No, that is a router. The Starlink is a huge issue cuz it parasites the ship's bandwidth due to the node configuration (like cable internet in a neighborhood). Just wait till Starlink comes to the phones in 2025 it will have LTE speeds.

[@larryfinkel4102]

Of course they are banned. You are cutting into their bottom line But people are side stepping the rules

[@Tim_Gravy]

My phone still allows this, are they gonna take my phone lol? I mean you could bring an old android phone and use it as a repeater. Corporate office people just trying to make more money but yet have no brains how they work.

[@michaelreeves8770]

Why don't you do that. I mean its not like you can actually get good wifi in the rooms anyways.

[@racerj2.03]

Personally I have never understood the lure of the cruse industry. To me it has always been a scam. An overly expensive waste of time and money. On top of that a huge health risk as seen by several outbreaks of every kind on these ships. Now the cruse lines are actively making the experience even more costly and dangerous for it's passengers. Why!?! Just Asking????

[@Corporal_D]

The router ban sucks, I just learned about these travel routers a few months ago and was excited about being able to use my Amazon Echo to stream music on my upcoming cruise in a few weeks and now it’s a no go. Too bad it didn’t happen in time for me to return the router for a refund.

[@Tim_Gravy]

You can use an android phone to do the same thing. Apple doesn't allow passthrough wifi yet, maybe in 5to10 years they will add it to catch up to android.

[@michaelreeves8770]

Carnival banned bluetooth speakers too. JS. I'll just be using my phone for the speaker, or maybe even the TV.

[@realmadera]

Get a pixel phone connect to wifi and turn on hotspot 😜

[@Blacksheep301]

They are being really petty

[@70Rotobug12A6port]

Because they don't make enough profit

[@donmartin986]

Hey people like us depend on our stock earnings. Thanks for staying loyal to royal.

[@bjbj3853]

So are they going to ban you using your cellphone as a hotspot too? Geez, anything for a buck.

[@MoonBeam8080h]

Where you been, this was banned since early May-June, since a guy took his skyline on board, really late dude😮

[@travisjaroszewski9899]

After 54+ cruises I find that ALL the cruise lines are priceing their cruises out of my budget. Much higher drink packages. no freebys, more and more cratuities, etc. They are all getting too greedy for me

[@donmartin986]

Hey, us stockholders need more profits. We're getting rewarded well by the brilliant leadership of our cruise lines.

[@donmartin986]

Who cares? If you choose to vacation on a floating shopping mall, then stay home and save a lot of money.

[@jbaltermia]

I have some questions. When I board a ship, my luggage is never checked. When did this start? Also, setting up a router and connecting it to your phone or computer could allow others to see your router ID and try to access your systems. If you're spending thousands on a cruise, worrying about a small daily fee to protect your privacy seems silly.

[@MidshipsCruise]

They check your luggage at security. Thank you for watching 🚢

[@Reed-2big]

That isn’t what criminal crime is referring to, it’s linked to cyber security and being able to log into other “website” unintentionally.

[@dgander23]

They aren't calling you criminals for having one, those wifi routers open up more chance for hacking as does any hotspot. It will broadcast across several cabins. Understand that the Internet is via satellite and can only handle so much. Their high cost helps keep the bandwidth manageable. If everyone starts using WiFi and hotspots you're going to degrade the service more than it already is. Why not just enjoy the cruise and get off the Internet. We get one account to just do minimal chat with our family and then enjoy the cruise. Also, no they won't take your hotspot cell phone away, instead they will employ single Mac addressing. That will only allow one device per connection. The network can detect how many device per connection.

[@davidthepetmoretransportgu5859]

This is SOOOOOOOOOOOO, SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Wrong, ESPECIALLY with ALL the Price hikes AND Gratuity Hikes❗️❗️😡😡😡 Loyal to Royals SPEND Tons of money to achieve these statuses & perks. Many of the Cruise Lines have been getting VERY Greedy & making TOO Many negative changes.

[@rookiecarilli4914]

Really? Question being called criminals for stealing WiFi? Its a vacation cut the cord.

[@BrendaVanderwey]

If it interfers with other people use of the wifi I agree, I'm paying for my internet so you can to. I used to get it free now taken off the elite benefits. So fairs fair. I agree with it, your ripping other people off.

[@travelingmike6334]

You asked. I work on all my cruises, so I have to pay the internet fee, and I need the bandwidth. I have been on over 40 cruises and never heard about using a Wi-Fi router. When I heard you on the video it made me feel like you are stealing from me. Because you are taking more than you are paying for, I have lower bandwidth and have to pay more for my Wi-Fi. I know you and others are going to be upset with me but that is just how I feel. sorry.

[@jamesmagalee8505]

You get the bandwidth you get, you split the bandwidth through the router, sharing your amount with multiple devices. Not getting more bandwidth.

[@kokenif]

Way way behind on the news dude!