Which cruise ships have Wi-Fi?

Gone are the days when friends and family could expect a postcard to arrive from you aboard your cruise ships two weeks after you actually got home. Well I say gone, if we left it up to Royal Mail it still might take that long. Fortunately, these days we're all pretty much firmly plugged into the world wide web so it's getting more and more important for people to be able to access their emails, Twitter and Facebook accounts whilst aboard their cruise ship.
In regards to this a few of my passengers have been asking me who provides wi-fi at sea for their laptops so if you check below you'll find a quick and handy guide to use showing who provides what and where. If you have any more questions about it feel free to email me. 

It's worth noting first that all wi-fi aboard a ship, especially when you're at sea, is run through the ships onboard satellite so it will probably be quite a bit slower than you're used to when on land.

Azamara -
Do provide wi-fi on both the Journey and the Quest including in your stateroom for those of you taking your laptops.

Carnival Cruises -
All their ships provide satellite internet access through the internet cafe and the ship wide wi-fi network.

Celebrity Cruises -
You can get ship wide wi-fi in all their Solstice and Century class ships but all the others just have various wi-fi hotspots scattered around the ship.

Costa Cruises -
Wi-fi is available shipwide on all the Costa ships.

Cunard -  
You have to use their internet cafe. All their public rooms have wi-fi available though but no cabins, unless you're lucky enough to be positioned by a 'hot spot'.

Cruise and Maritime -
They have an internet cafe but there's no wi-fi.

Fred Olsen -
Wi-fi access is available on all Fred Olsen ships but only in or near to the library onboard.

Holland America - All Vista class ships will have wi-fi available in their stateroom direct. For all other classes of ship you'd need to go to the internet cares or find a 'hotspot'.

MSC -
Wi-fi hotspots dotted around the ships.

NCL -
Same again, wi-fi hotspots spread around the ship.

Oceania Cruises -
Wi-fi is available ship wide on all Oceania cruise ships.

P&O Cruises -
Only available on certain decks, although their brochure info doesn't state if that's passenger or entertainment decks so you might have to go looking for a 'hotspot'.

Princess Cruises -
Princess ships have wi-fi on all of their ships, in all of their staterooms but only it's only available in 'certain' public areas, so leave your laptop in your cabin.

Regent -
Hmmm, bit of a weird one with Regent. Their brochure says it's available throughout the ship, including most cabins but it doesn't say which one. Have any of you ever sailed with Regent, could you clarify this for everyone?

Royal Caribbean Cruises -
All ships have six designated 'hot spots' but their position varies from ship to ship.

Seabourne -
All of Seabournes ships have internet cafes and wi-fi in all of their suites as well as in certain designated public areas.

Thomson -
Wi-fi is available in certain areas but again you need to go looking for the wi-fi 'hotspots'.

So there we are. Not the most interesting of blogs I've ever written, but hopefully you'll all find it useful, or at least those of us who like to check our work emails whilst we're on holiday will find it useful.

Happy cruising