Lizzy Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Going on Oasis in March. My 12 yo will not have a phone. Best way to communicate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob&Ana Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 I have seen some people put a small white board on there cabin door and write notes on them....Walkie talkies wont work well, even on small ships they are hit and miss so on Oasis I imagine they would be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanelli56 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 As mentioned... a magnetic white board... or sticky notes. Set up designated meet up times and locations to check in. You can also leave voice mails to yourself on your cabin phone... so you can leave messages for each other that way too. USFFrank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitsmom Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 We set up designated place and times for our Grandsons so that everyone was on the same page before our day got started. It worked well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIDreamer96 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 I love this question because I am a crazy planner when it comes to vacations. I like to come up with an itinerary with flexible things to do so our time is planned out enough that we can see as much as possible. Sounds strange to plan out each hour, but I initially started doing it because of your question and finding someone who got lost! If each person, especially someone without a phone, needs to know where we are, they can check a copy of the schedule I gave them. For cruises, I don't even take my phone with me so I chose a similar option to the others on this thread. I wrote down a sheet where would we be and what we would be doing that day, meeting up once for lunch where we had reservations. I also used stickies to write something like "Going to solarium until 1, grabbing a bite at Johnny Rockets after" and remind them when your dinner reservations are. I also set up a "curfew" for my youngest sibling who is still in high school saying we all had to be back at the cabin by 6pm before dinner so we could walk down to Deck 3 together at 6:15pm. Made the evenings a lot less stressful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyh21 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 My wife and I have the cheap white board w/markers in our room. Easy to put where you are and when as we often split up during sea days. Has always worked well for us, and we establish meeting times for things like meals or events we want to do together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 If she has a phone you can connect to the WiFi on the ship for free just to use their app. You can message through that. It does not send notifications so she would have to check it periodically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cailgirl Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 We use sticky pad notes, and have meet up times/locations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFFrank Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 As posted earlier it can be hit or miss, but I bought a pair of Midland GXT1000P4 GMRS 2-way radios to use on cruises. We have had relatively good luck with them so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Check out this blog post: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2016/07/27/how-stay-touch-someone-your-royal-caribbean-cruise Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Just FYI, the use of a two-way radio will generally make you one of the most hated people on the ship. Poolside, USFFrank, DunkelBierJay and 2 others 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFFrank Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 3 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said: Just FYI, the use of a two-way radio will generally make you one of the most hated people on the ship. FWIW, I use an earpiece with mine. And most of the time It's my wife calling me while I'm at the art auction SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 11 hours ago, USFFrank said: FWIW, I use an earpiece with mine. You're definitely the exception. USFFrank and SpeedNoodles 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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