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April 27, 2025

Easy sharing WiFi package on cruise ships

  • April 27, 2025
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This particular sharing method is available to certain Android cell phones only. Some later Android models are capable to run mobile hotspot and WiFi at the same time. I know for sure Samsung Galaxy S21 and later can do that. What you need to do is turn on mobile hotspot and also WiFi. Log into you cruise ship WiFi account, then your other devices can share your WiFi data package by logging into the hotspot account. If you have an active mobile account on the hotspot host, turn off the international roaming so your Android phone will not connect to the cruise ship maritime mobile network. You can use a host phone without mobile service also.

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      sc10Author
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      July 2, 2025

      Just finished a Princess Cruise. The wifi sharing using my Galaxy 21 Ultra worked exactly as described. I did have to make some adjustment to the phone setting to enable the wifi hotspot to stay on continuously.  For phones that do not have wifi sharing with hotspot (including iPhone), there is a work around. You need an inexpensive travel router. Connect the travel router to your onboard wifi account and share the wifi from the travel router. You might have to clone the imei of the router using your phone imei.

      For internet connection on land (Europe for this case). I purchased a regional esim for Europe. There were no problems accessing internet in the countries I visited. The esim only provided data and no voice or text. For that I used Whatsapp and Google Voice. In Europe, many business establishments have Whatsapp number that you can call and message them.

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        sc10Author
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        March 15, 2026

        One more way to share cruise ship WiFi:

        As far as I know, the information I previous post is still valid. In addition, there is another easy way to share. If you have a Windows PC, it can be a host of the onboard Wifi you purchased using the WiFi Hotspot option from Windows. While you are connected to the ship WiFi, right click the WiFi icon on low right. Select "Network and Internet". Turn on Mobile Hotspot, and now you are sharing your Wifi to other devices. Click Mobile Hotspot to found out the Hotspot SSID and  password.

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