Cruise lines offer internet for crew members by online access from crew internet café and Wi Fi access. Crew can use onboard wi fi access per minute or they can buy pre-paid cards which can be used for as long as they have minutes left. Most of the time crew internet is very slow and sometimes is super slow however you will pay per minute not by data transfer.
Carnival has lowest internet price for crew with 6,6 Cents a minute while Royal Caribbean has the most expensive internet for crew (five times more expensive than Carnival) of 36 Cents a minute.
Other cruise Lines who offer relatively low internet prices for crew are: Azamara with 8 cents a minute, Regent and Princess with 8,7 cents a minute.
Crew members are using internet frequently and cruise lines are making big money from this business.
Here are the prices for Wi Fi access for crew members onboard several cruise lines.
Regent Seven Seas Internet price for crew
$20 Internet Card offers 200 minutes, and $40 Card has 460 minutes
One minute for $20 card is 10 Cents per minute
One minute for $40 card is 8,7 Cents per minute
P&O Cruises Internet price for crew
10 pounds Internet Card gets 168 minutes ($15,8 US)
One minute for $15,8 card is 9,4 Cents
Princess cruises Internet price for crew
20$ Internet Crew Card has 220 minutes and 40$ Card has 460 minutes
$20 card charges 9 Cents per minute for internet
$40 card charges 8,7 Cents per minute for internet
Azamara Club Cruises Internet Charge for Crew
12 cents per minute on internet for $30 Card Crew gets 375 minutes
Celebrity Cruises Internet Charge for Crew
19 cents for every minute, $50 gets 333 minutes and $30 gets 176 minutes
One minute for $100 card is 13 Cents
One minute for $50 card is 15 Cents
One minute for $30 card is 17 Cent
Norwegian Cruise Lines
10$ Crew Internet Card has 110 minutes
NCL Crew Pays 9 Cents per minute for Internet
Carnival Cruise line
20$ Internet Card has 300 minutes
Carnival Crew members pay 6,6 Cents per minute for internet
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
One minute 36 cents per min (7am -11pm )
12 cents per min the rest of the time
Crew internet cafe is 6 cents per minute all day
TUI Cruises, Mein Schiff 1,2,3,4,5 charges crew internet 0.10 Euro cents per minute.
If you are crew member of Costa, AIDA, Pullmantur, HAL, Seabourn or any other company not included in the list please inform Us about the internet prices.
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