WNY Cruiser

19 hours ago, jeanandjim said:

We leave in two days to get on the Sky Princess next Sunday. This wonky app has allowed us to get our medallions, enter our security photo, enter our avitar to show up on screens on the ship. Roughly same amount of time that it would take when we arrive at the port. we actually entered  most of our information when we sailed on the CB last January. So the biggest benefit is it is a lasting editable information package that only needs to be entered once. Our medallions are on order for our cruise in January as well.

We now have a listing and timing of the entertainment in most of the venues on the Journey View part of wonky, almost like having the Patters mailed to us pre-cruise, and can begin to plan our days. I have not been able to order a drink yet, but if I could, the ice would probably be melted by the time we boarded.

Jim😎

Jim...I couldn’t agree with you more.   Ok, the app is wonky and is a work in progress (aren’t all phone apps?).  But, I had no issue getting my family’s info in for our Christmas sailing on Sky Princess, ordering wrist bands for all of us, and otherwise preparing for the cruise.  Looking forward to trying out some of the “convenience” features onboard.   
 

Enjoy your time on Sky Princess...make sure you leave some fun onboard for us.  We look forward to boarding her in about 6.5 weeks!

9 hours ago, Jsds10 said:

Do any of the features of the medallion apps require that you purchase the internet package.

As I understand it, you can use the apps features without WiFi package.   Only need internet to surf the net.

So, I've been following this thread for a while and been a bit concerned about the difficulties with the suite of Ocean apps.  I've also heard several say that they should just be consolidated into a single app to handle all functions.  Well, it appears that this may have happened!!!

I just read this article: https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/oceanmedallion-cruising-gets-simpler-with-all-in-one-app/.  It appears that there is a SINGLE "Medallion Class" app now available in the Apple App Store.  I downloaded it and it seems nice, though I have not used it yet.  We are sailing on the back-to-back Christmas & New Years' cruise on the new SkyPrincess--so I have some more time before I need to use it.  Hoping that any kinks are worked out before that time.  Will be interested to see how the news of this app develops and what happens.    The Princess website on Medallion Cruising still shows the suite of apps and not think single app!