Top 10 modern cruise ship tech gadgets

Today’s cruise ships offer some of the best entertainment in the world, their on board facilities and spaces get more advanced with every ship yet sometimes what your cabin offers can come in last.

Although your cruise is not your cabin it’s nice to know what’s hot and well, what’s not!!

Enjoy the Top 10 stateroom technology run down right here at CruiseCompare.

1: Flat-screen TV. The perfect space saver and with interactive functions you have your every need at your fingertips.

2: DVD player built into the TV, or video-on-demand systems

3: Communications system, a feature accessible via the TV, which provides a wide range of services including constantly-updated cruise daily schedules, advertising all of the shipboard events and shore excursion opportunities, premium dining reservations, shore excursion reservations, room service orders, access to your cabin bill (which can greatly speed up disembarkation and prevent a nasty surprise at the end of your voyage), delivery of messages, radio and alarm.

4: In-cabin and ship-wide wireless internet access to stay in touch with family

5: Wireless-enabled capability for mobile phones. This will ultimately provide experience-enhancing services. Eventually your mobile phone will soon be able to: open your cabin door, charge your wine with dinner, summon drinks to your abode pool side.

6: Connectivity Centre ranging from a simple power strip (electrical outlets are notoriously scarce in most cabins), to a sophisticated charging station with integrated voltage regulator (110/240v), multi-format plug adaptors, and iPod/MP3 connectors .

7: Desk Telephone. These are often viewed as a necessary evil. In the past, they were used mostly for intra-ship calls, because ship-to-shore communication was very limited. Even now, with satellites providing almost ubiquitous coverage, most guests are savvy enough to use internet phone services such as Skype to avoid the huge fees for international calls.

8: Biometrics. There is a lot of research going on in the area of Biometrics, with the emphasis on Security. Knowing that only authorized guests and crew are on board, monitoring on board movements of guests is critically important to the cruise line. Facial recognition, and touch less palm scanning are the leading contenders, because they cause less interruption to the flow of guests, and do not require physical contact with potentially norovirus-carrying surfaces.

9: RFID. Another alternative to biometric and mobile phone technologies, an RFID wristband or ankle band has the advantage of you not having to remember to carry it with you and it can accompany the guest while swimming. Plus, with this technology, in-cabin sensors could detect whether guests are present, alerting cabin stewards to postpone cleaning the cabin.

10: In-Cabin Safe. This will use the same technology as the door locks – whether key card, biometric, mobile phone or RFID eliminating the need to remember yet another PIN code.

With the cruise market booming, guest experience is top priority, wherever technology can eliminate delays and keep guests happy and informed will have a great effect on increased revenue.