Regal Princess will be fully activated for Medallion starting February 17,

[caribill]

Press release http://phoenix.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=140690&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2379085

 

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (Dec. 3, 2018) – Princess Cruises announced today that it is now preparing Regal Princess as the second ship fully activated with Princess MedallionClass^TM experiences that are currently delivering enhanced and personalized cruise vacations to guests onboard Caribbean Princess. Regal Princess will be fully activated for her Caribbean Season starting February 17, 2019. The Princess OceanMedallion, included complimentary, is a wearable device that elevates the guest experience by delivering enhanced experiences and personalized service resulting in high guest satisfaction scores.

 

Considered a breakthrough in the vacation industry and recently honored with a CES^® 2019 Innovation Award, the OceanMedallion features leading-edge technology that delivers personalized service through enhanced guest-crew interactions, eliminates friction points and enables interactive entertainment.

 

Princess MedallionClass vacations offer guests a portfolio of experiences specifically designed to enhance their cruise vacation, including: 

• Fast ship boarding with OceanReady™ - guests who arrive at the terminal with travel documents (i.e. passports) uploaded to their profile have a personalized check-in process that starts their vacation with ease. Personalization starts pre-cruise by guests becoming OceanReady while at home.

• On demand beverage delivery: Using smart devices, guests have the ability to order drinks using OceanNow^TM and have them delivered directly to them throughout the ship and even in their stateroom.

• The best Wi-Fi at sea: MedallionNet™ is fast, reliable, affordable and unlimited. MedallionNet provides land-like speeds that allow guests to stay connected from anywhere on the ship including staterooms which are each equipped with a Wi-Fi access point.  With MedallionNet guests easily share vacation experiences with friends and family back home, stream TV shows, movies and sports events, and even make voice and video calls.

 

"Our guests have been absolutely wowed by OceanMedallion vacations on Caribbean Princess, and we are proud to roll-out the full Princess MedallionClass experience on Regal Princess starting early next year," said Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises, the world's largest international premium cruise line. "With two Princess MedallionClass ships sailing in the Caribbean, we continue on our path to fleet-wide activation providing even more guests an enhanced level of personalized service."

 

Now is the perfect time to book a Princess MedallionClass vacation to the Caribbean during the Princess Anniversary Sale starting December 4. For more information visit Princess.com, call 1-800-PRINCESS (774-6237) or contact your professional Travel Advisor.     

 

Other innovative features of the Princess MedallionClass experience include:

 

• Keyless Stateroom Entry: Access to staterooms is a seamless experience where each guest is securely validated and the door automatically unlocks with personalized greetings displayed on the door portal.

• OceanCompass™: OceanCompass leverages the Princess Medallion to enable point-to-point wayfinding through-out the ship. OceanCompass guides guests throughout their journey, providing directional information so they can seamlessly navigate to their next point of interest.

• MedallionPay™: An easy to use payment feature, enabling crew members to focus on meaningful guest interactions.

 

·        OceanCasino™: On smart devices and select portals, guests can wager real money on games, including slots, poker, bingo, roulette, keno and lottery from anywhere on board.

 

·        OceanView^TM: Guests can stream more than 100 hours of award-winning Ocean Original travel shows to their smart device anywhere on the ship at no cost – content which airs nationally on weekends on ABC and NBC.

 

• PlayOcean^TM: On portals located throughout the ship, guests play family games, including trivia, word jumble, a matching game and Ocean Treks Adventure – an interactive, ship wide digital scavenger hunt. PlayOcean also transforms guests' mobile devices into game controllers for interactive gaming on the massive Movies Under the Stars screen. And, guests can enjoy big screen interactive fun with Games Under the Stars where players enjoy arcade and trivia fun on our "Movies Under the Stars" screen.

 

Princess MedallionClass experiences activate a travel industry first on an Experience Internet of Things^TM (xIoT^TM) platform using a guest-centric approach that helps maximize a cruise vacation in real-time based on guests' choices and preferences. The result delivers enhanced personalization on a large scale across every aspect of a cruise vacation.

 

The OceanMedallion was first unveiled by Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald at CES 2017 and was a key factor in Fast Company recognizing the corporation with two Innovation and Design Awards that same year.  

 

[Grammyluvs]

Well, pooh.....I’m boarding Jan.6

[paul929207]

Based on the results to date, January 6 may be a great time to board

[cruisinnorth]

28 minutes ago, caribill said:

Press release http://phoenix.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=140690&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2379085

 

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (Dec. 3, 2018) – Princess Cruises announced today that it is now preparing Regal Princess as the second ship fully activated with Princess MedallionClass^TM experiences that are currently delivering enhanced and personalized cruise vacations to guests onboard Caribbean Princess. Regal Princess will be fully activated for her Caribbean Season starting February 17, 2019.

 

 

 

This, of course, must mean that all Platinum's and Elite"s will be getting free unlimited internet packages... or am I wandering around in some cruising twilight zone.  Now, if my dream world was to somehow become a reality, when would I find out?  Oh, well, I guess the cruise without the "carrot dangled" ocean medallion is better than spending the 14 days at home.  Yeah, way better!

 

Dave

[Colo Cruiser]

17 minutes ago, cruisinnorth said:

 

This, of course, must mean that all Platinum's and Elite"s will be getting free unlimited internet packages... or am I wandering around in some cruising twilight zone.  Now, if my dream world was to somehow become a reality, when would I find out?  Oh, well, I guess the cruise without the "carrot dangled" ocean medallion is better than spending the 14 days at home.  Yeah, way better!

 

Dave

I doubt it....... that ended on Nov 11th.  

[caribill]

45 minutes ago, cruisinnorth said:

 

This, of course, must mean that all Platinum's and Elite"s will be getting free unlimited internet packages... or am I wandering around in some cruising twilight zone.

 

No free unlimited Internet.

 

When the Regal had the free unlimited package, it was compensation for not having the Medallion working. As a poster above stated, that has already ended.

 

Of course it is subject to change, but the current Princess option to platinum/elites given when you first sign on is to offer unlimited for a rate less than the on board rate. However, this may be more than the rate offered pre-cruise to anybody with or without platinum/elite status.

[voljeep]

"unlimited and affordable" ... not free

[Ep010835]

3 hours ago, paul929207 said:

Based on the results to date, January 6 may be a great time to board

 

Why is that?

[jenp123]

Just now, Colo Cruiser said:

I doubt it....... that ended on Nov 11th.  

I am Platinum and got 150 free minutes.  I was told I could not apply the free minutes in any way to the daily packages....if I need more minutes I have to purchase the daily plan....

 

The problem is that if you purchase the daily plan after day 1 it is 19.99 per day for the whole cruise.  If I purchase it day 1, it is 9.99 per day.  If you need more minutes then 150, it makes your free minutes pretty much useless since it is cheaper to just buy day 1 at 9.99 rather than the 19.99 a few days later.  

 

They should offer at least a free day or something off the new plans instead of the 150 free minutes of you want more internet 

[Colo Cruiser]

8 minutes ago, jenp123 said:

I am Platinum and got 150 free minutes.  I was told I could not apply the free minutes in any way to the daily packages....if I need more minutes I have to purchase the daily plan....

 

The problem is that if you purchase the daily plan after day 1 it is 19.99 per day for the whole cruise.  If I purchase it day 1, it is 9.99 per day.  If you need more minutes then 150, it makes your free minutes pretty much useless since it is cheaper to just buy day 1 at 9.99 rather than the 19.99 a few days later.  

 

They should offer at least a free day or something off the new plans instead of the 150 free minutes of you want more internet 

The poster I quoted was asking about the free unlimited internet they were offering up to Nov 11th.At that time the free unlimited ended. I was not referring to the Platinum/Elite free minutes although my wife was able to access her minutes with no problem while I used the unlimited perk.

I did not ask them to apply the free minutes to any package I had.

[Ep010835]

The pre-cruise unlimited package is a deal. Ignore the 150 minutes, buy the unlimited and be done with it. 

[antmaril]

3 hours ago, Grammyluvs said:

Well, pooh.....I’m boarding Jan.6

Me, too!

[RickEk]

6 hours ago, jenp123 said:

I am Platinum and got 150 free minutes.  I was told I could not apply the free minutes in any way to the daily packages....if I need more minutes I have to purchase the daily plan....

 

The problem is that if you purchase the daily plan after day 1 it is 19.99 per day for the whole cruise.  If I purchase it day 1, it is 9.99 per day.  If you need more minutes then 150, it makes your free minutes pretty much useless since it is cheaper to just buy day 1 at 9.99 rather than the 19.99 a few days later.  

 

They should offer at least a free day or something off the new plans instead of the 150 free minutes of you want more internet 

 

From what I understand, once the Elite/Platinum uses up their free minutes, they can then buy the unlimited plan at $9.99/day for the remaining days of the cruise. 

[Colo Cruiser]

17 minutes ago, RickEk said:

 

From what I understand, once the Elite/Platinum uses up their free minutes, they can then buy the unlimited plan at $9.99/day for the remaining days of the cruise. 

If they offer the pre cruise unlimited deal its cheaper than that.

A virtual no brainer if you want internet.

[Ep010835]

21 hours ago, Colo Cruiser said:

If they offer the pre cruise unlimited deal its cheaper than that.

A virtual no brainer if you want internet.

 

CC is right. $99.99 per device for the entire 14 days and lightning fast at this latitude. 

Delighted I spent the $200 for wife’s and mine. 

Now, next year in the Mediterranean is likely to be a different story entirely for us..........🙁