In order to contact someone on a cruise ship by telephone, you need two pieces of information:

(1) the ocean or maritime area where the ship is cruising and
(2) the phone number of the ship.

Currently there are four maritime codes, each one corresponding to a satellite which handles the calls to that area of the globe. To contact a ship, dial your international access code, then the maritime code and finally the telephone or fax number of the ship.

Please Note: before you make the call, remember that the cost of the call averages $12-$15 per minute!

The maritime codes are:

• 871 - for Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Eastern Atlantic Ocean
• 874 - for Atlantic Ocean, Western Caribbean, South America, Gulf of Mexico
• 872 - for Pacific Ocean, Alaska, Hawaii
• 873 - for the Indian Ocean

In some instances, the telephone number and fax number are the same. When you place the call, you may hear a voice answer, but when the fax tone is heard, the call will be switched to the fax.

Note: each week we receive a large number of inquiries for the e-mail addresses of various ships. While some ships do communicate with their home offices via e-mail today, they do not have public e-mail addresses for contacting passengers. We will let you know as soon as this changes.