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One of the nice things about the "Medallion" is your room steward knows when you are in your room that first day - probably watching the mandatory safety program on the TV - which is when our stewards normally pop by. We were on the Ruby out of Galveston over Christmas - enjoy your cruise!

I gave in and ordered the Medallions a week or so ago in spite of the indication they were going to charge me $10 - so far they haven't.

Since we booked our Feb 2024 cruise abut a year ago Princess has had two major sales - including the Best Sale Ever! As a result our cruise now lists for $3,500 more than when we booked it.

On a British Isles cruise last fall we were invited to join a couple in their Club Class dining area - that was separated from ours by a planter. We were turned away with a hell no. They came and sat with us on the other side of the planter... So my guess is no - but it depends on how sweet your mother looks - and the staff on your ship 🙂 Good luck.

We were there as part of a tour in December and it was actually quite interesting - although I have to admit the banter and ad libs from the tour guide helped a lot. There really was a lot to see and experience and we saw very little to nothing that would make me think water park. There were places people could get in the water as I recall (though very few did) but it wasn't a main attraction. We are a couple of 70+ seniors and we enjoyed it - I think younger kids would as well 🙂

I agree with the previous response - load it and get familiar with it - since it seems to undo itself every now and then by the time it actually matters what you enter you should be very familiar with it! Joking - mostly. I already had it loaded for cruises we took last year and used it months ago to do a cruise for Feb 2024. I'd do it now so if you run into issues figuring it out you'll have plenty of time to get it straightened out. Other that set dining times that seem to come and go I really have never had any issues with it - but others have.

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It's kind alike the dining schedule on our Christmas cruise. All you with reservations line up on the left, those without line up on the right - then they alternated letting one in from each line. By the time we got in it was 20 minutes after our reservation, but for those 20 minutes people without reservations were being seated. Makes sense to someone.

I decided a few days ago to just order the darn medallions and if they charge me the $10 as it indicates on the form so be it - I'll deal with it. It's been 6 days and the charge hasn't his my credit card. Don't know if they don't charge until it ships but it could be it shows up on the order - but doesn't actually get charged. We'll see.

Tips on drinks are included with the Plus package - no extra needed. Tipping room service - I always do, but I don't think it's required.

We received ours 10-14 days before our last two cruises (Sep & Dec).

I booked our dining times last night for a Nov 2023 cruise we just booked - I had already booked them for our Feb 2024 cruise. We are Elite.

I have used them to totally pay for our last two cruises and I have purchased enough to pay off our next cruise. Nothing "fiddly" about it unless you don't trust AARP - and who doesn't trust AARP...... 🙂

Hell - I can't even figure out how the Medallion app is supposed to work - if anyone wants to steal it from my phone let me know if you get it to work!!! 🙂

I looked at several last week that showed the same price for Premier and Plus - so I asked my TA to verify and she came back and said yes, Premier was available for the same price. I didn't book any of them and will have to settle for just two specialty deserts a day on our next cruise.

They seem to be doing good in crediting the Shareholder credit at the moment. I applied by email for a Feb 2024 cruise a month ago and it showed up online 2 days later. I emailed another request last Saturday for a Nov 2023 cruise and it showed up on Monday. Some things are working - for now 🙂

To me the pro of getting it delivered to your house is you don't have to get in some line at the port. It may be quick, or it may not be - but this is something they forced on us, gave it to us for free (shipping) now decided to charge us unless we bought a package - and now their system can't tell the difference. On our cruise in Sep/Oct and one in Dec the medallions were shipped to us, we got to the port, walked in and never quit walking until we got to our cabin. I realize it's not going to be a huge inconvenience having to go to a desk and getting the medallion - but it's one more inconvenience that isn't necessary. Right now I would guess the number of people picking up the medallions at the port is small - but if they don't fix this I would guess the numbers will increase substantially - not because it's $10 - but because of the principle.

LOL - I came here for the same thing. I went to order the medallions last night and it kept adding the $10 shipping. So I wanted to re-verify we had the "Plus" package but by then the Princess site went down for maintenance - so I figured that was the problem and it would be fixed...silly me. Then I checked again this morning and the $10 was still listed. So now I have to make a decision - do I wait awhile and see if it gets fixed, go ahead and pay the $10, or cancel the cruise in protest!!! 🙂

I did a review of some Alaska cruises I received an email about - most were in the next 3-4 months. One of the things I noted was on a 14 day cruise the mini suite was only $100 more per person (total for the cruise) and the price with "Premium" was the same as with the "Plus" package. I sent my TA a note asking her to verify what I was seeing - and asking if she could tell what cabins were actually available since they were all "Stateroom to be determined later." She verified the pricing was what it showed on the website and gave me a listing of the available balcony and mini suite cabins. All (or most) were way forward which we don't prefer so I dropped it - but it was interesting and it'll make me check out more of the last minute deals!

Our last two cruises (Oct & Dec) we were required to watch a video in the room and then go to our assigned muster station at some point just to swipe the medallion to show we found it.

Thanks! Sounds like you got a great deal!

Hope you don't mind a related question as the bidding thing is new to me, and our next cruise is 11 months away 🙂 When you received your "invitation" was it for a particular cabin or category or just the invite to join in the bidding?

Love it! I am glad this is getting more attention - although it's one of those things you probably should keep quiet before it gets so popular they do away with it 🙂

We were on the Emerald last Fall and I was amazed at the selection on the TV compared to the last time we cruised - along with a much larger TV. There was a sports category and while I didn't pay much attention to all that they had, it seemed like they covered pretty much everything important. I hope you're able to watch your event. If the Emerald had a "Sports Bar" kind of place we didn't go in it - but that's another possibility if it's not on the room TV - I know we used to go watch things like the Superbowl there.

We have always had a refund for port fees if we didn't make it to a port - hopefully it'll catch up with you.