Ocean Medallion ?

Something to consider. On B2B cruises the passengers must all disembark at turnaround. There is almost always one or two who think this doesn't apply to them. All passengers are stuck waiting while these folks are laboriously tracked down by staff. It can mean a delay of an hour. With the Medallion staff can quickly and easily locate these folks thereby eliminating the unreasonable wait that all the rest of the passengers previously had to endure. I think it's great.

Never been on a B2B myself, but I believe that I've seen messages on CC where someone has said that on some cruises those doing B2B cruises are told to all meet in a specific area of the ship and the CBP people come on the ship and process those passengers there on the ship and they don't have to go ashore. Don't know if that is still done at some ports or not.

Tom

pablo222....Thank you for your reply to the Originally posted by Working 2 Cruise.Your post made me feel less stupid for asking the question originally before I found an answer.

There have been lots of threads about the medallions.

People here like to discuss everything about princess, including new things.

People have posted interesting tidbits -- like a link to the video where

Donald Arnold is discussing the medallions.

I think working2insult needs to work harder, so she can cruise more,

and be less cranky.

 

Maybe if we meet on the Hawaii, South Pacific cruise next month, which I know we will because we're both aft Caribe, you can tell me just how great

you think it would be if I didn't sail on a Medallion cruise.

 

Pam

Now how is this not scarier than using a Medallion. LOL

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We're booked on the first cruise of Caribbean Princess with the medallions (next March). Looking forward to trying it, however, from what I read, you will have to use it with your smart phone, and Princess never does apps for MY smart phone. So I will have very limited access to the technology. We shall see.

I was originally opposed to the medallion, not because I'm a techno-phobe, but because I thought it would result in a lot of spam advertising, with the marketing people targeting where the passengers were spending their time. Now, before anyone says, "But what about Facebook? There's no privacy at all there", I agree with you ! That's why I don't have a Facebook account.

However, once I boarded the ship last week, I realized that advertising was everywhere, and there's no way to avoid it. I turned on the tv, hoping to find a travel video about Ketchikan, but instead I found the channel with Todd from Texas.:D Anyone here know Todd??:D He's the fast-talking Shopping Mgr. on the Emerald, and boy oh boy, does he ever want to sell you an expensive wristwatch or diamond jewelry from the EFFY store ! LOL. :D There's no getting away from Todd. Every night, in our little plexiglass mailbox, we received a lot of advertising flyers, inviting us to the art auction, to a free presentation on all sorts of things, on invitations to visit the Lotus Spa, the CrabShack, the Future Cruise office, and of course, Todd's seminar on buying wristwatches. Tons of paper advertising. So, the advertising is already all over the place.

Then, one day after we returned home, I received a phone call from a Princess marketing agent. This is what she told me, "We saw that through your e-mail address, you were visiting our cruise page and were looking at future cruises." ( Wow. Princess marketing must have software "cookies" that provide a list of who is looking at their site, then they capture the e-mail address, which provides them with the passengers' phone number).

There's no place to hide, even when I wear my baseball cap with the tinfoil in it ! Princess can still find me and sell me another cruise, 36 hours after I disembarked ! LOL

Therefore, it just doesn't matter anymore about the medallion. Nothing to worry about. :cool:

And, if anyone doesn't want to be disturbed in his/her cabin, just take the little blue plastic card ( very low tech, I must say :D) stored on the back of the door, and insert it into the slot on the front ot the door. MIssion accomplished !

.....This message will self-destruct in 5.....4........3.....2...:') EBC

I was originally opposed to the medallion, not because I'm a techno-phobe, but because I thought it would result in a lot of spam advertising, with the marketing people targeting where the passengers were spending their time. Now, before anyone says, "But what about Facebook? There's no privacy at all there", I agree with you ! That's why I don't have a Facebook account. However, once I boarded the ship last week, I realized that advertising was everywhere, and there's no way to avoid it. I turned on the tv, hoping to find a travel video about Ketchikan, but instead I found the channel with Todd from Texas.:D Anyone here know Todd??:D He's the fast-talking Shopping Mgr. on the Emerald, and boy oh boy, does he ever want to sell you an expensive wristwatch or diamond jewelry from the EFFY store ! LOL. :D There's no getting away from Todd. Every night, in our little plexiglass mailbox, we received a lot of advertising flyers, inviting us to the art auction, to a free presentation on all sorts of things, on invitations to visit the Lotus Spa, the CrabShack, the Future Cruise office, and of course, Todd's seminar on buying wristwatches. Tons of paper advertising. So, the advertising is already all over the place.

Then, one day after we returned home, I received a phone call from a Princess marketing agent. This is what she told me, "We saw that through your e-mail address, you were visiting our cruise page and were looking at future cruises." ( Wow. Princess marketing must have software "cookies" that provide a list of who is looking at their site, then they capture the e-mail address, which provides them with the passengers' phone number. There's no place to hide, even when I wear my baseball cap with the tinfoil in it ! Princess can still find me and sell me another cruise, 36 hours after I disembarked ! LOL Therefore, it just doesn't matter anymore about the medallion. Nothing to worry about. :cool:

And, if anyone doesn't want to be disturbed in his/her cabin, just take the little blue plastic card ( very low tech, I must say :D) store on the back of the door, and insert it into the slot on the front ot the door.

Mission accomplished ! .....This message will self-destruct in 5.....4........3.....2...:') EBC

We're booked on the first cruise of Caribbean Princess with the medallions (next March). Looking forward to trying it, however, from what I read, you will have to use it with your smart phone, and Princess never does apps for MY smart phone. So I will have very limited access to the technology. We shall see.

You will have 100% access to all that the system offers.

This is because there are hundreds of smart screens around the ship that you can go up to and use. In addition, some of the functions of the system will be accessible from your interactive cabin TV.

Then, one day after we returned home, I received a phone call from a Princess marketing agent. This is what she told me, "We saw that through your e-mail address, you were visiting our cruise page and were looking at future cruises." ( Wow. Princess marketing must have software "cookies" that provide a list of who is looking at their site, then they capture the e-mail address, which provides them with the passengers' phone number. There's no place to hide, even when I wear my baseball cap with the tinfoil in it ! Princess can still find me and sell me another cruise, 36 hours after I disembarked ! LOL Therefore, it just doesn't matter anymore about the medallion. Nothing to worry about. :cool:

 

I have never received a phone call from Princess such as you describe. I am on the Princess site quite frequently looking at all kinds of cruises in addition to those we have booked.

So any bets on how many divorces the medallion will cause when wife/husband/ is somewhere their partner doesn't like. Such as casino, bar etc.

So any bets on how many divorces the medallion will cause when wife/husband/ is somewhere their partner doesn't like. Such as casino, bar etc.

Sounds to me like, in cases such as that, there are far more issues than the Medallion.

I always get e-mails from Princess w / all the cruises

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I have never received a phone call from Princess such as you describe. I am on the Princess site quite frequently looking at all kinds of cruises in addition to those we have booked.

HI Thrak :p ! Princess knows that you are pretty close to Elite status, and you just booked 3 more cruises, I think, so they probably know that you are very competent at booking cruises.

On the other hand, we are brand new cruisers just off our first voyage, so Princess figures we may have extra questions or need their help in booking another cruise. I got a call from a Princess agent named Theresa Grant, who asked if I had any questions, needed help in booking, or help in selecting a cabin. This didn't bother me, as we had such a fun time, we actually were considering another cruise.

I was just kidding around about the medallion and tin foil hats, etc. I am in a very giddy mood right now, totally in love w/ cruising, the ocean, and Princess.

Theresa Grant told me she would follow up by sending me an email, which she did. I am copying and pasting it here, as an example of e-mails sent to the newbies. ( This didn't bother me at all.). I hope you were not upset with me joking around about the Medallion. Just my attempt at silliness. :pEBC

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