Are the Mariner's current internet package rates posted anywhere or does someone know them?

Thanks,

I just saw an email with their Panama Canal rates coming up. Very reasonable. Starting in the low $4,000's for 14-15 days. Did you get that one?

Editing to paste in the contents of the email:

Ft. Lauderdale
to
Los Angeles
15 days/14 nights cruise
March 3, 2005
Fares from $4,198 per guest
May 6, 2005
Fares from $4,237 per guest

Los Angeles
to
Ft. Lauderdale
15 days/14 nights cruise
March 17, 2005
Fares from $4,198 per guest



Kathy

Got that also Kathy.

What I meant was the pkg rates for using the computers on the ship.

Kathleen,

You must be confusing Crystal's internet rates with Radisson's. $4,000+ is about what Crystal is currently charging its cruisers for internet services.

I believe that the original poster, another Kathy, wanted to know what Radisson charges to use the internet and send emails on board ship.

We used the internet on board the Mariner about a year ago and found that the internet charges were very, very reasonable.

10 hours for $40
20 hours for $75

Since I spend way too much time in computer room, I don't know lower levels. I think it starts out at 1 hour for $6 or $7.50.

Yes, it is $6 for an hour, and 5 hours for $25. Whether it is reasonable depends on how fast it is when you are on it, because it ticks away every second you are waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Still more reasonable than Crystal!

Got off the Voyager in January and Marc has the rates correct for that ship anyway. In 17 days, Ted and I shared a 20 hour package (you can both be signed on with the same ID at the same time) and used the last 20 minutes on the last morning.

Sorry, GF. Need to learn to read more carefully. :)

Kathy

med4bikes response was quite humorous, though! :)

I asked this question on another thread, but got no response, so I'll ask it here and hope for the best. While aboard Diamond and Navigator, the only access available was thru your own ISP, whereas on previous RSSC cruises aboard Mariner, Voyager and PG you could use the ship's system with a RSSC e-mail address on your ship account. I think it was $1 for a short e-mail. Is that still available on Voyager and Mariner? I don't want to use my own ISP, because my entire historical e-mail file loads and that burns up a lot of time.

On Voyager, we did not use our ISP to access the internet but if I had left all my emails on the ISP server they would have loaded. I download my emails to Outlook many times a day here at home. After 17 days, they did build up on the server but I can't say it took any longer at the end versus in the beginning. Sorry, can't be more help.

Wait, I actually moved most out of my inbox into a temporary folder as the cruise went on so that my inbox stayed relatively clear, then when I got home, I moved it back and downloaded them.

I have found it is really easy to set up a Yahoo account and use this for the ship. I don't use it for anything else except for when I travel. It downloads very quickly and is accessible everywhere.

YES, ditto for Yahoo. Cheap and convenient for travel only.

You can also set up a HotMail.com account for use while traveling.
Free, fast & easy.
Same as a Yahoo email account.

Doug

And a plug for Gmail from Google if you know someone who can send you an invite. Excellent email service (and if anyone needs an invite, please let me know)

Masaki

med4bike, LOL!!!!