Princess Cruises Announces Expansion of Medallion-activated Ships

Princess Cruises has announced that Royal Princess, Crown Princess and Sky Princess are to be fully Princess Medallion-activated.

A total of five ships in the Princess Cruises fleet will feature the award-winning technology.

Medallion-activated Ships

The Medallion will be available on Crown Princess in July as she sails the British Isles from Southampton and followed by Royal Princess in April as she departs for her maiden Alaska season.

Sky Princess

When Sky Princess joins the fleet in October, she’ll be Medallion-ready when she embarks on her maiden season in the Mediterranean before heading to the Caribbean. All of Princess’ Caribbean-based ships will have full Medallion services from this Autumn.

The Medallion is the same size as a 10p piece, fully-automated and has no visible technology such as an on-off switch or charging function.

Medallion features include:

• A streamlined embarkation and disembarkation process, giving quicker and easier access to the ship
• Keyless stateroom access
• Enhanced interaction with crew members and other guests, e.g. staff can see guest’s individual food and beverage preferences and offer a more personalised service
• On demand beverage delivery, whereby guests will be able to order drinks and have them delivered directly throughout the ship and to their stateroom
• OceanCompass, which provides interactive directions throughout the ship and allows guests to easily locate friends, family and their children
• Easy payment for merchandise, drinks, shore excursions and other onboard services
• Access for guests to their real-time itinerary via portals throughout the ship, along with events and activities taking place during their cruise
• Interactive games that can be played on portals across the vessel and the top deck ‘Movies Under The Stars’ screen, including trivia challenges and a ship-wide digital scavenger hunt

The three newly-announced ships will join Caribbean Princess and Regal Princess, which are already Medallion-enabled.

Tony Roberts, vice president Princess Cruises UK and Europe, said:

Having recently travelled on Caribbean Princess I can say first-hand that guests are finding their holidays enhanced with Princess Medallion as a new and memorable experience. This will include everyone who sails with us to the Caribbean this autumn and winter.  Starting in April, we will continue the expansion to a total of five Princess Medallion ships expected this year, as we continue on our path to fleet-wide activation. We look forward to bringing the experience to new groups for the first time, such as those sailing to destinations in Alaska and Mexico.