Muster Question

[mrell345]

How does the Muster work now ?  I am seeing a few things that indicate you just have to visit your muster station and watch a video somewhere after boarding ?  Do they track if you have done it by your medallion ?

[david63]

Just now, mrell345 said:

Do they track if you have done it by your medallion ?

Yes

[MissP22]

The best thing is that you can watch it on your phone..... only if you promise to pay attention. 😉😉

[Cajuntraveler]

17 minutes ago, mrell345 said:

watch a video somewhere after boarding ?

The safety video will be on your cabin TV. You must watch the video and check in at your muster station prior to sail away. 

[NavyVeteran]

Just now, Cajuntraveler said:

The safety video will be on your cabin TV. You must watch the video and check in at your muster station prior to sail away. 

You definitely should watch the video, especially if you haven't cruised with Princess for a while. However, they don't make you watch it. They make you play it on your tv or your app, but no one is checking to make sure you're watching.

[1965]

We watch it on our TV while unpacking then ck in at our muster station. You can watch it on your phone but I've never done that, don't know how. Apparently they do track to confirm you did it. 

Edited September 4, 2023 by 1965

[memoak]

16 minutes ago, 1965 said:

We watch it on our TV while unpacking then ck in at our muster station. You can watch it on your phone but I've never done that, don't know how. Apparently they do track to confirm you did it. 

Easy to watch on phone while having a drink

 

[david63]

Nobody has to watch the video all that they need to do is have it playing in the vicinity of their medallion

[JG&Lcruisingnewbies]

We popped to our muster station as soon as we got onboard. Then watched the video when we were in the cabin, about 1pm. It knew, thanks to the medallion, we were all in the room and marked all of us as having watched once it had finished. We’d never sailed with Princess & watched it all.

 

There were 2 announcements made over the course of the afternoon telling people how many onboard hadn’t watched it and/or visited their muster station so far and warned us they wouldn’t sail until everyone had

[jennmaybe]

Very confusing answers here.

 

Do we play on our cabin TV OR report to the muster station or both?
 

 

[Thrak]

5 hours ago, 1965 said:

We watch it on our TV while unpacking then ck in at our muster station. You can watch it on your phone but I've never done that, don't know how. Apparently they do track to confirm you did it. 

 

You can also do the check in before watching the video if that works out better for you.

[NavyVeteran]

3 minutes ago, jennmaybe said:

Very confusing answers here.

 

Do we play on our cabin TV OR report to the muster station or both?

You do both. You play the video on the cabin TV or on your phone using the app. You go to the muster station so that they know you can find it, but there's no presentation there.

[Rick&Jeannie]

58 minutes ago, jennmaybe said:

Very confusing answers here.

 

Do we play on our cabin TV OR report to the muster station or both?
 

 

Yes, as @NavyVeteran says...you do both...but you can do in any order you like.

[SCX22]

The muster video can be played on any personal device that has the Medallion App (cell phone or tablet) actively logged in with the passenger’s login credentials OR on the cabin TV.  Make sure the device doesn’t go to sleep or turn off because the video portion won’t register as completed.  On the cabin TV, you select which passenger will be watching.  It’s fickle and sometimes will make each passenger “watch” it once; other times it will register for all passengers in the cabin despite having only played it once.

 

[Thrak]

At the Muster Station there will be a crew member standing next to a Medallion reader. You press your Medallion against the reader and that is all that is needed at the Muster station.

[LeeW]

If two people watch on app, it only credits the one logged in.  Didn't seem to matter that DW never got credit for watching before we sailed.  The critical part is checkin at the muster station.

[jennmaybe]

On 9/4/2023 at 11:24 PM, Thrak said:

At the Muster Station there will be a crew member standing next to a Medallion reader. You press your Medallion against the reader and that is all that is needed at the Muster station.

Thanks everyone.

 

I'm assuming we would also tap the sign and sail card as well?  (We will have the cards in lieu of the medallions).

[MissP22]

14 minutes ago, jennmaybe said:

Thanks everyone.

 

I'm assuming we would also tap the sign and sail card as well?  (We will have the cards in lieu of the medallions).

Yes.

As long as they register you going to your assigned muster location, which is the most important thing, especially when you're on a ship for the first time. 

[Thrak]

13 minutes ago, jennmaybe said:

Thanks everyone.

 

I'm assuming we would also tap the sign and sail card as well?  (We will have the cards in lieu of the medallions).

 

The last time we had Cruise Cards they were the "tap to recognize" type that we had to tap on the reader by the cabin door in order to gain entry. If they are still willing to provide actual Cruise Cards they likely can be read by the Medallion reader at the muster station (and the casino, the bars, etc.) I really wouldn't like to go back to the cards though. What a pain in the butt and I've had them become demagnetized and fail at inopportune times

[Steelers36]

On 9/4/2023 at 11:32 PM, LeeW said:

If two people watch on app, it only credits the one logged in.  Didn't seem to matter that DW never got credit for watching before we sailed.  The critical part is check in at the muster station.

Easiest thing is just to start it on the cabin TV when both there unpacking .. especially if seen it a dozen times already.

[MissP22]

11 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

Easiest thing is just to start it on the cabin TV when both there unpacking .. especially if seen it a dozen times already.

That works, just like playing the video on my phone in my pocket on the way to lunch. 😄 

[jennmaybe]

Thanks.  Arrangements have already been made for us to have the cards.  I’m not worried at all about the cards.  Over 20 cruises and never had a single issue with the cards.  We have no desire to use the medallions.  

[1965]

16 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

Easiest thing is just to start it on the cabin TV when both there unpacking .. especially if seen it a dozen times already.

I agree. 

[MissP22]

1 hour ago, jennmaybe said:

Thanks.  Arrangements have already been made for us to have the cards.  I’m not worried at all about the cards.  Over 20 cruises and never had a single issue with the cards.  We have no desire to use the medallions.  

Have you ever tried using the medallions? 

It so convenient to walk up to your cabin and not have to fuss with getting a card out of your pocket. 

[Honolulu Blue]

On 9/4/2023 at 4:55 PM, JG&Lcruisingnewbies said:

There were 2 announcements made over the course of the afternoon telling people how many onboard hadn’t watched it and/or visited their muster station so far and warned us they wouldn’t sail until everyone had

This is, IMHO, the worst part of the new muster drill.  Hearing cruise personnel whine about this doesn't make me go do the drill any faster, and it's not likely that I'm going to forget to do it.

 

Sometimes I long for the days of the scheduled, mandatory drill - "be there or be square!" - where I could stand by the lifeboats or in an overstuffed indoor location.