MedallionClass is the most useful piece of operational technology in mainstream cruising. A quarter-sized Bluetooth wearable replaces the keycard and turns the ship into a location-aware hotel.
The Medallion is posted to you before the cruise or collected at the terminal. It unlocks your stateroom door as you approach, handles embarkation touchlessly, and acts as your onboard payment method.
The genuinely useful functions are OceanNow, which delivers food and drink to your location anywhere on board, and the shipmate locator, which finds your travelling party on a deck plan — the single best fix for the classic problem of losing people on a 4,000-guest ship.
The companion app handles dining reservations, excursion bookings, entertainment schedules, folio checks and stateroom service requests, which materially reduces queueing at guest services.
What's included
- Touchless stateroom access and embarkation
- OceanNow food and drink delivery to your location
- Shipmate locator on a live deck plan
- Onboard payment and folio tracking
- Dining, excursion and entertainment booking in-app
- Free MedallionNet Wi-Fi on selected fares
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Ships offering this experience
Launched 2024
Sun Princess
The largest ship Princess has built — a glass-domed Piazza, an arena-format theatre and the debut of the Sanctuary Collection enclave.
Launched 2025
Star Princess
The second Sphere-class Princess ship — the Sun Princess layout with a refined Sanctuary Collection and a stronger speciality dining line-up.
Launched 2013
Royal Princess
The lead ship of the Royal class — the SeaWalk glass walkway, a multi-storey Piazza and the template for six Princess ships.
Launched 2014
Regal Princess
The second Royal-class ship — SeaWalk, a full MedallionClass fit-out and a Caribbean and Baltic deployment pattern.
Launched 2017
Majestic Princess
Built for the Chinese market and now based in Australia — the strongest Asian dining line-up in the Princess fleet.
Launched 2019
Sky Princess
The most refined Royal-class ship — an enlarged Sanctuary, Sky Suites with panoramic terraces and a strong Southampton programme.
Launched 2020
Enchanted Princess
The fifth Royal-class ship — Sky Suites, the Salty Dog Gastropub and a year-round Caribbean and Mediterranean rotation.
Launched 2022
Discovery Princess
The final Royal-class ship — the most polished version of the design, based on the US West Coast for Alaska and the Mexican Riviera.
Launched 2004
Caribbean Princess
A Grand-class workhorse refitted for the modern fleet — Medallion technology, Crown Grill and short Caribbean itineraries year-round.
Launched 2006
Crown Princess
A refurbished Grand-class ship on Gulf and Panama Canal deployment — a proven hull for port-intensive, longer itineraries.
Launched 2007
Emerald Princess
A Grand-class ship kept current through refurbishment — Medallion service, Crown Grill and a broad Caribbean and Alaska rotation.
Launched 2008
Ruby Princess
The last Grand-class Princess ship — a West Coast regular on Mexican Riviera, California Coast and Alaska itineraries.
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