IPhone 5 stays connected to cellular data while cellular data disabled in settings.

I am traveling to Europe from Canada and I have a huge issue with my phone not recognizing that it's cellular data is set to off. tried shutting it off and resetting it but notihng works. It just stays connected to cellular network, I keep receiving messages (whch I am pretty sure I am paying for each time I receive one). My understanding, and previus experience, made me believe this was a simple on and off thing, and that the phone would then use only wifi signal.
Please help, I have no idea how to be able to keep my phone useful when I am in wifi hotspots with out getting a huge bill.

They're the regular green and gray (even while messaging contacts I use Messages with and I'm connected to wifi).
Sorry, I think I explained it wrong in my title. I just mean, I am still connected to the cellular network and my phone is somehow ignoring being connected to wifi. It's showing full network bar and which provider I am connected to. I thought this would be diabled when I'm in cellular off. I just don't remember it being that way when I turned it off on my previous phone.

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