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They do not "carry" anything other than a unique ID number. All of your information is stored on the servers, not the medallion.

A nifty little coin-sized device which replaces the cruise card. The system is able to locate people (medallions) around the ship, crew use it to see who's who. https://www.princess.com/en-us/ships-and-experience/princess-medallionclass https://www.princess.com/en-us/ships-and-experience/princess-medallionclass/medallion-accessories-customization Some will tell you it's a curse upon humanity. They think Princess is tracking them all over the place and the Medallions are the gateway to a privacy violating dystopia. Psst, you're already a customer, you're already on the ship having spent hundreds or thousands of dollars to get there, and they were collecting data long before the Medallions.

The shipping notifications and tracking info for Medallions is ironically unreliable. Sometimes I get notified and can track, other times not. They will show up in the next few days or they won't.

So the cruise "game changer" has noting really to do with the ship or the cruise. Nice.

If you want tons of bottled water in your room, just order a bunch of the water packages. It's $7 for 12 x 12oz bottles. It's a great price and a hell of a lot more convenient than dragging cases of bottled water all over the place. I purchase these even when we have one of the packages. It's cheap.

Bad photo, but gives you an idea of what the raft is like: The river is shallow, but it's cold out there. The nests are large -- 2,000 pounds in the extreme cases.

Agree with Lee on Haines/Skagway Eagle Preserve raft trip. Very hands-on experience as you might imagine. Lots of eagles. This isn't a rafting experience. It's a floating experience. Other must-dos in Skagway are the train (obviously) and those helicopters you'll see there in port. They will fly you up and land you on a glacial ice sheet to get out and explore. Pretty fantastic ride up and over a mountain range. Nat Geo scenes for sure. When I think of all my trips up to Alaska, this is the one that comes to mind the most (and I can't resist sharing a couple pics)...

I really struggle to think what a "game changer" for cruising could actually be. Things like modifying PVSA, return of CTN, truly all-inclusive one-price fare, 4x security/check in staff to eliminate terminal wait altogether? Giant ass ships with literally everything -- 2 decks interior promenades with animated canopies, roller coasters (!) -- none of those are "game changer" for Florida. I mean, we're talking about Princess here -- the same Princess who called the Medallion a game changer. I like the Medallion, but let's not pretend it's nothing more than a cruise card on steroids. Hardly a game changer. That's it! Maybe we're getting new Medallions! Brought to you by Flava Flav!

$50 OBC for Florida residents. Game changer!

I just did. Two, in fact. One of those is the same Hubbard Glacier boat thing. That sells out pretty quick. $1k in excursions for May 2025.

Hang your door decorations on the INSIDE of your door. Everybody wins!

You should file a claim with your travel insurance to recoup the costs of the medical services.

This looks even better

Doesn't look that way to me. It's life or death AND immediate travel. Not "or". https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast.html

Not quite. Jackie and Shadow abandoned the nest after they determined the eggs were dead. The ravens came to the nest and devoured the eggs. They never hatched. The same thing will eventually happen this year as well.