downloading the disney app

[Guest]

Just a quick question for the disney cruise on the dream.
So far i have been successful in keeping the cruise part a secret from my daughter
so my question is the only thing i have not done is to download the disney cruise app onto her mobile phone that allows me and her to keep in contact by messenger while she is hanging out with other kids,.Is it possible to download this app on the Dream once we arrive on the ship surprise over, without having to pay for a download allowance on the ship and also not using your own over priced roaming allowance from the uk to do this download,
i cant think of any other way of doing this without letting out our final destination on holiday and spoiling the surprise..

[gismo1554]

Right so you can sign up on the first day to wifi and get a free 5MB of internet access I believe so this could then be used to do this - you don't need to sign up to pay for internet just need to sign up for this bit. That's probably going to be the best option. Not sure you can download for free but this in effect makes it free.

Also check your mobile provider as I've notice some are now doing free roaming (vodaphone comes to mind) so worth checking

[Bats]

It's 50mg on first day and it will get eaten up in a heartbeat.

If you want to do it that way, go to the t'interweb man before signing up and ask him to switch everything off that needs to be switched off (it's not just background apps).

If you decide to go for the roaming option on her own network, then make sure it connects before you reach the ship or it could connect to the ships signal which would be Bahamas normally!

I'm with o2 and it costs £5 a day, not bad if you just want to use it for a couple of days .. it's midnight to midnight (local time), not 24hrs from when you switch it on ok.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by gismo1554

Right so you can sign up on the first day to wifi and get a free 5MB of internet access I believe so this could then be used to do this - you don't need to sign up to pay for internet just need to sign up for this bit. That's probably going to be the best option. Not sure you can download for free but this in effect makes it free.

Also check your mobile provider as I've notice some are now doing free roaming (vodaphone comes to mind) so worth checking

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Vodaphone are charging £5 to use your home allowance in the USso thats out of the question ..managed to find out three network have a months deal on a sim card only thats only £18 and allows great usage of unlimited texts 600min chat and 4Gb of usage and has hotspot that you can link up and use on a tablet as well so will go with this i think. but thanks for your replys very helpful

[Bats]

Originally Posted by stevb63

Vodaphone are charging £5 to use your home allowance in the USso thats out of the question ..managed to find out three network have a months deal on a sim card only thats only £18 and allows great usage of unlimited texts 600min chat and 4Gb of usage and has hotspot that you can link up and use on a tablet as well so will go with this i think. but thanks for your replys very helpful

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Those £5 soon add up!

[Guest]

found out you get some free data when you board the dream but not enough to download the app for the cruise..you would think they would allow this to be done free of charge ...

[gismo1554]

Originally Posted by stevb63

found out you get some free data when you board the dream but not enough to download the app for the cruise..you would think they would allow this to be done free of charge ...

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This was what I was referring to above. I would have thought it would have been enough to download the app mind but maybe not.

[Bats]

Originally Posted by stevb63

found out you get some free data when you board the dream but not enough to download the app for the cruise..you would think they would allow this to be done free of charge ...

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Originally Posted by gismo1554

This was what I was referring to above. I would have thought it would have been enough to download the app mind but maybe not.

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Sarah is right Steve, the 50mgs is normally enough as others do it. Just make sure you go to the t'interweb man before signing up for the free 50mg or your phone will just eat it all. I cannot stress enough that a visit to the t'interweb man will save you some hassle.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by Bats

Sarah is right Steve, the 50mgs is normally enough as others do it. Just make sure you go to the t'interweb man before signing up for the free 50mg or your phone will just eat it all. I cannot stress enough that a visit to the t'interweb man will save you some hassle.

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hi thanks for that reassurance ,i did phone up disney cruise and it was the female on the phone who confirmed what was said on this thread about the small allowance ,but it was her who said it might not be enough to download this app ... i will go with what is said on this page as the dibbers usually know best... so its just a case of counting down the days.

[Bats]

Originally Posted by stevb63

hi thanks for that reassurance ,i did phone up disney cruise and it was the female on the phone who confirmed what was said on this thread about the small allowance ,but it was her who said it might not be enough to download this app ... i will go with what is said on this page as the dibbers usually know best... so its just a case of counting down the days.

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Oh my goodness, 4 weeks to go!

The reps on the DCL phone lines have generally never set foot on board one of the ships so definitely take what they say with a pinch of salt.