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21 hours ago, voljeep said:

Correct - when you drop off your luggage, Princess rep(s) will scan your app / medallion, then print off a Q-code which will be attached at that point to your bag(s), in place of the pre-printed luggage "tags"

 

speculation ... maybe ??

This might become a possibility. They create tags at the airport when checking luggage so I do not see why not at the port? It is a possibility.

31 minutes ago, PROCRUISE said:

Well, just got the final word from Medallion Support, in a very rude manner to boot!

"Only iPhones 8's and above will work for the MedallionClass App."

When I inquired as to when we could print off luggage tags for our August 8th cruise I was told: "if you had the app you wouldn't need luggage tags."

Great way to welcome back clients Princess!!

Oh my! What a poor response about luggage tags. Someone needs to listen before speaking.

Luggage tags = paper print out to attach to luggage.

We love the longer cruises.

We find that doing nothing is just as good as doing something on this cruise to Hawaii.

We have done this cruise twice and plan on it again next April on the Grand.

You will enjoy it as everyone is so happy and relaxed.

You have the option of either charging it to your cabin or putting in cash.

I personally take cash and if I run out and want to play a bit more I charge it to the room.

Then later, I will take the cash I have brought with me and pay the charged amount because I really do not like having a balance on our account. 

It is so easy to spend it in the casino when all you have to do is push the right buttons and its charged to your account. Be careful!

15 hours ago, scottca075 said:

 

 

If those who have concerns would show up on Facebook for Medallion Class Mondays and give honest, hard hitting feedback, Princess will maybe pay more attention.

 

If they suddenly went from 30 commenters to 60 and the comments were direct and honest (not just mean, but firm) they MIGHT pay attention.

 

Corporate types hate it when people point out the Emperor has no clothes.

 

 

You are not paying attention. Please do try to speak in complete sentences, properly spaced.

I do put comments on their YouTube and Facebook page. I think they are listening but they are being so politically correct the answers are soft.

I am one of those that does not do to well with changes.

This is a change that we all have to find our way through and Princess needs to do more videos and dummy them down to help those who feel lost.

My old boss had me read a book called:  Who moved my cheese?

It is an excellent explanation on how we deal with changes with our different personalities.

I think that this is how a lot of us feel even though Princess for the last 2+ years has told us this was coming. Chees has been moved again and we must find our way together 🙂

I have been watching these "info" videos about the Medallion.

Last one was a fluff show.

BTW, first subject out ~ you do not have to have your phones or tablets with you to navigate Medallion. You can use the big screens OR (I laughed at this one) get an employee to assist you if you want to lets say order something from the store onboard.

Sigh. I am just wondering how many extra crew they have to have in order to fulfill their promises? Or are the crew going to be doing so much extra "stuff" to help the customers? I do hope this works out but I doubt it. 

Our cruise is not until April 2022 so by then I am sure there will be updates and changes to Medallion with "improvements".  Just my 2 cents.

17 hours ago, caribill said:

 

It said some of the games are designed to be played while waiting for an elevator. So either some of the games are really very quick to complete, or they are warning us that elevators will be very slow.

That is what I was thinking when I heard that.

I have been watching the videos and they make it look too easy. For all of us who have not done a medallion cruise this will be a learning lesson. Its nice the show the comforts of this but I am

one of those who says "I will believe it when I see it".  

I downloaded the app onto my phone and it has listed a cruise that was cancelled a long time

ago. If that is any example of how well this programming is going to work, I am not impressed yet.

Well I just tried again since 2 days ago and now they have a notification stating they are having issues and to please be patient. 

At least they put in on their web page.

On 4/28/2021 at 12:24 PM, greenie082756 said:

This is why I will wait until near final payment before downloading the app. 

I figure by the end of this year all the bugs should be fixed 🤞  We all know how this process goes

with the IT dept. 🙂

We are not booked until April 2022. 

Well I downloaded the app and well imagine that! I could log in to the Princess website.

I think this is what they are trying to get everyone to do. 

On 5/18/2021 at 12:27 PM, Thrak said:

 

On one of our last cruises a number of folks (us included) went to the Vista Lounge for Trivia because it was listed for that venue in the online version of the Patter. We all sat around for a little bit and then I went looking around the ship to see what the deal was. I found Trivia in session in Explorer's. When I told the staff that it was clearly listed as being in Vista Lounge they said they never check the electronic version and had no idea it was listed that way. I went back to Vista Lounge - where people were still waiting - and told them the activity was in Explorer's. Naturally it was too late to get involved with Trivia at that point. The location was listed correctly in the paper version.

Well lets hope the electronic version will have improved. Seems Princess is having all kinds of issues right now 😞

On 5/15/2021 at 11:54 AM, 007colocruz said:

AT TOP OF PAGE GO TO:

 

BOOKED GUEST----takes you next page

 

Near TOP LEFT OF THIS PAGE CLICK: Manage My Booking---

 

TAKES YOU TO NEXT  PAGE----Do not fill in boxes, but scroll down to:

 

Access your cruise without logging in------ takes you topage with:

 

First Name

 

Last Name

 

Date of Birth

 

Booking Number

 

 

continue to your  current booking

Just tried that and it told me I do not have permission to access that booking. Sheesh.

Thought just came to mind ~

crew incentive = carrot at the end of the stick?

I know. I was scratching my head there for a moment then a light bulb went off! Oh! Gratuities now have a new terminology.  

Next is a new motto for Princess. Come back new is old. Time for a new one!

We get the LAX transfer every time we cruise.

Only problem we have (and I'm sure I will hear something about this) is that we have to wait in the airport for a few hours before getting on the bus. There are seats in the airport as well while waiting.

We fly in early in the morning (arrive 7 - 8 am) from Arizona and they actually do not start transferring people until about 10:00 am or later.

Yes they do go through the airport and pick up others but the seats are comfortable. I too have arthritis and do find this to be uncomfortable at all.   We usually go to Starbucks and get a snack and coffee since we know we have a few hours.

If I remember correctly you could go into the electronic version of the patter and mark what you were interested in and it would show up on top (or something like that). Its been a few awhile since we last cruised as well so my memory is not 100%.

I like both paper and electronic. I do not mind too much carrying around my phone as I do it everyday now. These changes could be / should be fun.

When I spoke with my PVP a few months ago, I asked about having our other FCD extended as it was maturing in April 2021.

She said she could not do anything and maybe someone might contact me to have the date extended. Well I forgot about it and they credited our credit card back for that FCD. Oh well. We will get more the next time we sail.

So, if you do have a FCD coming due I suggest you call them and see if they will extend it.

4 minutes ago, dides said:

Princess have released their first MedallionClass Monday video with John Padgett talking Ocean Medallion from the Global Experience & Innovation Center in Miami.  Some great innovations to the door portals and a new sustainable wearable. Love the behind the scenes stuff too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS5lfD-zQZM&t=39s

I watched it yesterday. I am hoping that they delve a bit more into how it works. John Padgett made it sound too easy. I am not too concerned as we are not sailing for almost a year out. 

We had 1 FCD of the 2 we had left over. I asked the PVP if this was to expire in April 2020 what were the odds it would be extended? Well she was not sure. She thought they might send an email for the option but they did not.

It was returned to our credit card 😞

Guess we will have to start the process all over again on our next cruise.

13 minutes ago, Syracusefan44 said:

Just spoke to a Princess Medallion representative since one of my cruises is missing and I can’t link it with the booking number.  
 

She advised me that they are going to continue to update the app throughout the month of May so my missing cruise should upload in the near future. 
 

One interesting comment was they hope to have the updates complete next month in hopes of a return to cruising in July.  🙏🏻🤞🏻🙏🏻🤞🏻🙏🏻

This is why I will wait until near final payment before downloading the app. 

I figure by the end of this year all the bugs should be fixed 🤞  We all know how this process goes

with the IT dept. 🙂

We are not booked until April 2022. 

My handle when I first started on computers (1985) was the color of my eyes. Greeneyes.

Well I could not us that here. So its greenie + birthdate. 

We were hoping to do Alaska again this year (tried 3 times) but obviously that will not be happening.

Our second choice is Hawaii and we are booked April 2022.  We figure by then life on a cruise ship should be somewhat normal.

I hope to book another near the fall but its a wait and see.

We do have another cruise in January 2023 but on NCL (this will be our first time trying this line).

The International Café with seating looking out at the passing ocean with a fresh cup of double espresso and donut early in the morning before all wake up.

Secondly, Alfredo's (only experienced on the Royal) with their great food and a glass of wine to go with it! 

No you do not have to get off in Mexico.

We have done this cruise twice. The first one we did not get off.

The second one we did and we were shocked by how much fun we had. We had nothing planned. We thought we would just walk around and stretch our legs.

Well we got on a "free" bus that went into town and the guy mentioned that for a few $$ we could go to the Blowhole. Well we thought lets give it a try!  Even though the ride was bumpy, this spontaneous trip was a lot of fun. So would we do it again? Maybe or maybe not.