Princess Cruise Line Introduced New Embarkation Experience! Time To Panic 😱 ?? Let’s Found Out
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- Starting August 1st 2023 Princess Cruise Line will start a new embarkation process at the port terminals. Found out in the video all the information about the new changes. Will it make a difference and will it make more issues at the terminal. Here my thoughts towards the end of the video.
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Just spoke to a Princess representitive last week regarding another matter and she mentioned to me that as of Sept 25 2023 cruisers from Canada can now have their Medallions shipped to them the same as US cruisers. So a complete Ocean Ready will put Canadians into the Green lane during embarkation.
I sailed on Princess Aug 12th . Since we did not have our medallion shipped to us we were on the Blue line. Embarkation was a breeze. The lines were not long (as a matter of fact the Green line had more people). The line wasn't long, we showed our paper work and quickly received our medallions.
Thank you for reaching back and reporting your experience with the embarkation process hope you had a wonderful cruise
On my cruise, nearly all the passengers will be Australians or New Zealanders, so for that cruise, the Green Lane will be nearly empty as we will all be in the Blue Lane, which will make it slower.
YEA…I’m glad to hear this as I’m usually at the terminal before it opens so I’ve avoided any long lines & can be one of the 1st to board the ship & start to enjoy my cruise. They have not been checking my arrival times or scanning my QR code lately.
We shall see on August 1st what we hear I’m sure to report back that week with upgrades but I don’t personally see any issues happening
great knowledge Eric, hope to catch you on a cruise someday.... need to come on Discovery Princess with us sometime to go to Mexico... we are going in October 23. Peace and Respect.
Would love to go back on the Discovery but during that time I will be on the Sapphire Princess
I have to strongly disagree with opinion that this new boarding policy won’t be a problem for most cruisers.
You’re from the US obviously.
The rest of the world, and there are a few of us, can’t get our medallion shipped to us therefore we ALL get stuck in the Blue Lane while you get to breeze through embarkation.
It doesn’t matter if we fill out every requirement we still can’t get into the fast lane.
Plus with no set arrival times everyone that can will attempt to arrive early to get through as fast as possible.
Not a fair system at all.
For the $12,000 we paid for this cruise you’d think Princess could ship a $20 parcel to us in advance.
I’m not impressed.
It’s the same system that has been in place from before. I hear you on that you should have a opportunity to have them sent to you but it’s not an option at the moment hopefully that comes in the near future. But I’m with you in the blue lane as I just pick up my medallion at the port every cruise anyhow I don’t see any big difference and until august 1 st no one can say it’s going to be a big issue let’s see what happens
So I’m leaving on a cruise from Australia in January ‘24. I’m a recent retiree planning on being a very frequent cruiser, and selected Princess for my first cruise as I thought it seemed a good fit for me. I’ve done my paperwork and been placed in the Green Lane. However, apparently I won’t have a medallion so will have to go to the slow Blue Lane despite this allocation. If that happens, it will be my first and last cruise with Princess.
Two reasons for this: One, you are blatantly giving preferential treatment to your American customers, even over Australians departing from an Australian port. Two you are demonstrating an inability to foresee and deal with the potential downsides of a new system. Yes, new systems need to be played in, but this is a fault that can be foreseen from a mile off.
Has princess not worked out that Postal systems are world-wide, and it’s not any more trouble to post a medallion to the rest of the world than it is to post locally? And, if that’s too complicated for them to manage, why not ship a crate of them to their Sydney office, and let their staff there send the medallions out in local post?
@@lap8329 first off where do you the idea that the blue lane is the slower lane I have to pick up my medallion at the port as well every time I cruise and have never had to wait longer in the blue lane. Princess has two lanes and the check in counter is half and half for the blue lane and green lane. People just make it seem like it’s harder than it really is
@@lap8329 I do hope you enjoy your cruise because Princess is one of the best out there happy cruising
@@exploringwitheric About Blue Lane being slower - I am going on the feedback of friends who cruise regularly and have commented that having all their dox in order ahead of time and dodging that line with all the people who haven’t completed their stuff ahead of time makes a difference in their opinion. I’ll be happy to be proven wrong and that it won’t make any difference, as I say I am going on the advice of more experienced friends who advised me to make sure all my stuff is complete and pre-checked, as it can be very slow otherwise.
We're Platinum but we've had it with Princess rip offs. Doubt we'll ne back
Thanks so much for this vlog. We're a party of 4 from the EU. So we'll have to collect our medallions at embarkation. For some reason 3 of us are on the green and 1 is on the blue?? Didnt think anything of it until i saw your vlog
It sounds like a potential problem for us 3 who still need to collect our medallions lol.
You will all be in the blue lane if you need to pick up your medallion I expect that come august 1st or closer to that date you will turn into blue lane on the app but we shall see
Hi Eric. When you get to the Port how do we print out our Luggage Tags?
You would want to print your luggage tags beforehand getting to the port. If you don’t bring the tags don’t worry there will be plenty of people to help you get paper tags to put on the bags
Am I the only one who noticed that he mentions Los Angeles (San Pedro) Cruise Terminal in CA, but shows video from a very small port and then from Seattle, WA.
He mentioned San Pedro Los Angeles because that’s where his next cruise is at :)
And Alaska was his last cruise so we have videos from there :)
Hi Eric! Shout out from south Central Pennsylvania!
Hi there thanks for stopping on by
Hey Eric one question it is better to print the info or use the App and have it on the phone ?
I personally always have both options available just be sure that I have everything in order so just in case in the phone goes out or no service but usually the phone is just fine
@@exploringwitheric Thanks Eric
@@alvaroboschet1231 have a wonderful cruise
@@exploringwitheric Thanks a lot Eric.
I’m concerned the EZAir flight Princess recommended from Calgary to LAX in Feb 2024 arrives at 1145 am, with ship sailing from San Pedro at 3 pm. We booked an airport transfer but that still seems like cutting it close. Will the ship wait if our flight is late?
If late Princess will either have the ship wait or they will provide you the way to the ship on their dime to the next port of call!! You should be fine if the plane is on time
Could also call and ask for an earlier flight because you will go thru customs in Los Angeles i believe
@@exploringwitheric no, believe it or not, we've always done the US customs thing at an airport in Canada. One time we went from Calgary to Hawaii and the plane stopped in Vancouver and they made us all go through US customs in Vancouver. That was quite funny as we'd entered to Canada via Vancouver, then flew up to Anchorage a few days later to do an Alaskan cruise from Anchorage to Vancouver, then drove from Vancouver to Calgary via the Rockies. We ended up with the same customs officer in Vancouver that we'd had somewhere along the line and he got terribly confused because his signature was on the visa entry in our passports and he couldn't work out why. The other time was on the way back to Australia from Toronto. We went through US customs in Toronto on the way through to the departure area. Stupid because we were only in the USA for an hour, to change planes in San Fransisco airport. We weren't even leaving the airport! Thankfully we'd got to the airport in Toronto very early as we'd had to check out of our hotel. Something to keep in mind, don't turn up at the airport at the last minute in case you have to do US customs at the departure airport.
I think you are in blue lane if you are bringing wine onboard too. I could be wrong.
I’m pretty sure there will be a lane for complaining at guest services lol jk
I have “elite” status, booked a suite, travelling out of Vancouver to LA on October 3, 2023.
Princess Cruise would NOT courier the “medallions” to us who are Canadian residents, even after I offered to pay for the courier costs.
Dreadful!
Good news for you starting Monday you can :)
🙁🙁Not for me and my wife… just phoned them, and they said: No, because there are only 8 days between September 25 and October 3… they need 14 days.
I will let you know our embarkation experience on October 4…
Hopefully it will not be too bad, but I am prepared for the worst.
@@gzxi3036 that’s correct but at least for future cruises you will be able too .. it’s might not work now for you but at least in the future you will be able too. Enjoy your cruise everything will go smoothly cheers 🍻
let us know how you get on with Elite status priority boarding. We have a cruise booked for December and have elite status. I'm wondering if it will be any quicker than blue lane, because as Aussies, we can't get the medallion mailed to us either.
@@warpedweft9004 Embarking yesterday was smooth, because we deliberately arrived late (1 hour 15 minutes before sail time).
However, I noticed that Princess no longer gives “priority embarkation” to elite or suite passengers, as they have promoted in the past. Everyone is being treated the same… as there are no lines for elite or suite.
I wonder if Princess would still honour its “priority disembarkation” for us. 😄😅
“Let’s Find Out”, NOT “Let’s Found Out”.
Thank you 🙏
Never Princess! People think these medallions are cool? Would they wear a tracked dog collar, because that's exactly what it is.
It’s better than having a key card for your room and having to give it to the bar staff for each drink
It is great that there are multiple cruise lines and you can pick one that matches your preferences.
@@charms87 so true there is a cruise line for each person
I love the medallion. Wear it on my wrist, cabin door opens when I get there, bartenders can get me a drink by scanning it while on my wrist instead of taking a card, used for the casino as well. This is the reason I stay with Princess.
@@cheribushman2106 agree 100%