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Cruise Line Apps That Improve Your Cruise Experience

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Technology has made traveling a lot easier.  Beginning with navigation apps to travel organizer apps, you can now do pretty much all of your travel planning on your phone.  More recently, cruise lines have created travel apps to help their customers do a variety of things from chatting with other cruisers to making reservations.  Keep reading for a list of cruise lines with available mobile apps and what you can do with them before and during your cruise.

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Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

Azamara

Cruise Line Apps: Azamara App icon
Cruise Line Apps: Azamara App
  • Keep track of everything you want to do with your personal in-app calendar
  • App check-in to get you onboard faster
  • Keep track of your expenses
  • Book shore excursions
  • Make dining reservations
  • Complimentary in-app chat

iPhone | Android

Carnival Cruise Lines

Cruise Line Apps: Carnival HUB app
Cruise Line Apps: Carnival HUB app

Before your cruise

  • Purchase gifts & services
  • Schedule Spa treatments
  • Book shore excursions
  • Purchase Wi-Fi plans
  • Schedule dining reservations
  • Complete online check-in

During your cruise (no internet purchase required to use while onboard)

  • Chat with family and friends (extra fee)
  • Manage your account balance
  • Plan your day and get reminders for events you want to attend
  • Find food and drink

iPhone | Android

Celebrity Cruises

Cruise Line Apps: Celebrity Cruises App
Cruise Line Apps: Celebrity Cruises App
  • Check-in on the app to board faster
  • Reserve shore excursions
  • Keep track of all the ship’s activities on your personal in-app calendar
  • Make dining reservations
  • Complimentary in-app chat
  • Track expenses

iPhone | Android

Crystal Cruises

Cruise Line Apps: Crystal Cruises App
Cruise Line Apps: Crystal Cruises App
  • Introduction to the Crystal Experience and access to the digital brochure
  • View available upcoming voyages and itineraries
  • Access to specific ship amenities like spa, entertainment options and dining.

iPhone

Disney Cruise Line

Cruise Line Apps: Disney's Navigator App
Cruise Line Apps: Disney’s Navigator App

Before your cruise

  • Manage your cruise
  • Online check-in
  • Explore and book activities
  • Review and edit your vacation selections like ground and air transportation, special requests, dinner seating and more.

During your cruise

  • Onboard chat
  • Daily activities, dining options and entertainment schedules
  • View booked activities
  • Cruise itinerary
  • Latest offers & specials
  • Deck plan

iPhone | Android

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Holland America Cruise Line

Cruise Line Apps: Holland America Navigator App
Cruise Line Apps: Holland America Navigator App
  • See the latest events and activities
  • Onboard chat
  • Book shore excursions
  • Buy and use internet plans
  • Make dining reservations
  • View your activities including your booked shore excursions, dining reservations and more
  • Keep track of expenses
  • View and buy photos
  • View spa treatments and services

Holland America Navigator is offered on the following ships

Eurodam Noordam Volendam
Koningsdam Oosterdam Westerdam
Nieuw Ansterdam Rotterdam Zaandam
Nieuw Statendam Zuiderdam

iPhone | Android

MSC Cruises

Cruise Line Apps: MSC for Me App
Cruise Line Apps: MSC for Me App
  • Zoe – a virtual personal cruise assistant
  • Mobile check-in
  • Credit card registration
  • Interactive maps
  • Ship schedule of daily events, activities and highlights
  • Zoe can help book shows, spas and excursions
  • Promotions, offers and events
  • Chat
  • Family & Friends locator

iPhone | Android

Norwegian Cruise Line

Cruise Line Apps: Norwegeian Cruise Line App
Cruise Line Apps: Norwegian Cruise Line App

Before your cruise

  • Purchase onboard gifts including wine, flowers and treats
  • Check in online and save time at the pier
  • Access your E-Docs and direction to the pier

During your cruise

  • Review your account and track onboard purchases
  • Daily schedule of ship activities
  • Learn about the CruiseNext Program
  • Review helpful disembarkation information including immigration and Easy Walk-off details
  • Call and Chat with other onboard guests (extra fee)
  • Preview and book shore excursions
  • Preview restaurants and make dining reservations

iPhone | Android

Princess Cruise Line

Cruise Line Apps: Princess Cruise's MedallionClass App
Cruise Line Apps: Princess Cruise’s MedallionClass App

Before you cruise

  • Get Ocean Ready for expedited boarding
  • Create your own customized itinerary with JourneyView which offers a look at shipboard activities during your cruise
  • Create your OceanTagalong™ using PlayOcean™

During your cruise

  • Faster, contactless boarding
  • Access to Wi-Fi
  • Find your way onboard
  • Whatever you need delivered
  • Locate your friends and family
  • Events onboard
  • Keyless stateroom entry
  • Stateroom TV
  • Simplified safety training
  • Family-friendly games
  • Casino play
  • TrulyTouchless™ payment

MedallionClass™ is currently available on the following ships:

Caribbean Princess® Crown Princess® Regal Princess®
Royal Princess® Ruby Princess® Sky Princess®

MedallionClass™ is coming soon to the following ships:

Discovery Princess℠ Enchanted Princess® Emerald Princess®
Grand Princess® Majestic Princess℠

iPhone | Android

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

Cruise Line Apps: Royal Caribbean International App
Cruise Line Apps: Royal Caribbean International App
  • Check in to get onboard faster.  
  • Book specialty dining, shore excursions and shows.
  • View daily activities and add your favorites to your personal cruise calendar.

iPhone | Android

Did I miss your favorite cruise app?  Let me know in the comments below.