Roaming use on cruise ships

[OCB]

Does roaming access work on board P&O Cruise to Norway and Iceland?

[MI5]

@OCB 

It's entirely dependent on the ships network but is very expensive.

It's cheaper to buy a wifi package on board.

Guide: Cruise Liners / Aircraft Charges 

[OCB]

Hi, many thanks, as I thought. I can't find if O2 has a roaming agreement with Telenor, if they have I can use roaming if not, I'll buy some WiFi time.

[MI5]

@OCB 

Some further discussion here with input from O2. 

Solved: O2 Maritime roaming - O2 Community

[Enlli · Accepted solution]

If you are in Norway you can roam OK. Telenor is one of their  mobile networks and the last time I was there it worked for me

Just make sure you don't accidentally roam back onto the ship's network

[MI5]

You can roam for free on any of the EU networks, just not the ships networks.

Free EU Data Roaming Abroad | O2

[Goody2bgoody]

I ve been on a cruise around Spain and France last year and had the cap set to £0 and didn't want ship's wifi. I managed to get a signal from the land quite a bit and hoping to do the same this year when we go to France Spain and Italy with a zero spend set on the cap. that way I should not get charged for anything  and take advantage of the O2 free roaming within Europe

[jonsie]

Good luck @Goody2bgoody 

[Cleoriff]

You are very brave @Goody2bgoody 😂

I know you say it worked for you on your last cruise but it's not something I would ever risk.

Still, as @jonsie said, good luck and all that.

(Make sure you don't fall overboard when reaching out to point your phone towards any part of France 😂)