THIS POST IS ACTUALLY FROM COUNT FLORIDA HE JUST LOGGED ON UNDER NGAIRES LOG IN.
Advice from the Mariner's Guru: If you use Outlook or Outlook Express, or a similiar program, or if you have a VPN set up, its better to bring your own. Otherwise there is no good reason to lug your own, execpt personal preference. The cost on Mariner is either (2 choices only) 35 cents a minute OR 100 minutes for $25 US - .25/minute. Expensive.
The Club.Com "hot spot" on Mariner is delightful - new coffee machines, comfortable seating, really nice. Read all about it in Ngaire's Sea Talk from the Mariner Singapore to Sydney thread right here on Luxury Cruise Talk!
The YL on board now - Theresa - is terrific, but she may be off to the World Tour on Voyager by then.
