Originally Posted by
Need
I am wondering if I don't put my T-Mobile on airplane mode while on the cruise, would I be charged with a ship cellular charge? I read on forums that when they got a cruise, they actually got a TXT saying that it is free. I have cruise WiFi, so putting phone on airplane mode while sailing would be fine, but there are lots of shore days that I need to turn off airplane mode. I am just afraid that I forgot to turn airplane mode back on when got back to the ship one evening and get a huge ship cellular charge overnight sailing.
I can't speak for the charges, but if you'll accept a recommendation... often when I am in similar situations, I set an alarm on my phone for when I should be back (in my case, it's turning off airplane mode because I'm inside a data centre where I get no signal). I do this to preserve battery life. In your case, let's say you're expected back by dinner, so you set the alarm for dinner with an appropriate label... then worse comes to worst, you have a small charge.