With ships spending overnights in Bermuda, which many people consider paradise on earth, it's also where you'll find one of the best Internet deals anywhere when cruising. How good does $15 for three days sound? That's what Bermudans have come up with in the Dockyard area at Kings Wharf.
The WiFi hotspot is marked on the sidewalk. It's a short walk from where cruise ships are moored and the signal, according to a story in the Bermuda Sun, is sometimes available from the balcony of a ship.
And if you're not on a ship that's staying for an overnight or two, there's a couple of options for day visitors, too.
One hour is $3. The whole day is $10.
Now you do have to wonder why anybody would want to spend hours on the Internet when there's such a beautiful place to see, but our lives are so intertwined with WiFi these days that everybody wants to have the option to email, phone or…watch a ball game! And to be able to call home or spend an hour dealing with email for $3 is a bargain almost anywhere.
An hour online from a cruise ship at 75 cents a minute is $45.
There are five ships that regularly visit Bermuda. All of them will visit over the next six weeks, with the end of October also marking the end — more or less – of Bermuda's cruise season. Two of them visit for extended stays.
Norwegian Breakaway is there for three days a week (Wednesday through Friday). Explorer of the Seas, which was spending a couple of nights in Bermuda every second week, is now on a three-day stopover that's identical to the Breakaway's for the remainder of the season. That's more than 7,000 passengers a week — not to mention crew members who can buy a monthly package for just $30.
None of them will find those Internet rates on the water.
Norwegian Epic
7 nights
November 9, 2013
Miami (return): St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Nassau
Inside: $479
Cost per day: $68
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