Big Princess is Watching You!

See that little round gadget? It's called a "Princess Medallion" and every passenger and staff member has one. It's slightly larger than a quarter.

Instead of using a room key, the medallion automatically unlocks the door as you approach. If you buy a coffee or cocktail, you pay by scanning your medallion.

There's also an app that we have on our phones that's linked to the medallion. I haven't done this, but in theory if I couldn't find Larry, I could use the app to track down his whereabouts. (There's also an option to turn off location services.)

The main thing I use the medallion for is to open our stateroom door. Meanwhile, I imagine Princess tracks our whereabouts to figure out which areas of the ship get the most usage.

Princess' cellphone app is super glitchy, but who cares? I barely use it.

Today, however, I found out that Princess is giving all passengers free Internet access. Why? Because it's so slow that they can't charge for it. (In fact, it’s too slow to post this, so I’m saving it as a draft until we get to the next port.)

Still, slow Internet is better than no Internet. I'll take what I can get! :)Читать далее