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posted by on Tuesday June 06 2017, @09:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the orwellian dept.

The Regal Princess will set sail this November with a new "Medallion Class" experience. Take a look inside.

[...] Start by imagining a smart home, decked out with sophisticated tech and sensors. But instead of a residence for a few people, it can handle 3,560 guests at any time.

That's exactly what Carnival has done with the Regal Princess, the first ship in its Princess Cruises' fleet to get a massive technological overhaul as part of theĀ Ocean Medallion project, first glimpsed back in January at CES.

Carnival's decision is yet another example of a company investing in cutting-edge tech designed to better serve customers and cater to their more sophisticated needs. From theme parks embracing virtual reality to airlines offering more advanced in-flight entertainment, vacations are increasingly going high tech. Now, Carnival is stepping up its game.

[...] "In theory, this technology will enhance the guest's experience," [The Sunday Times' Sue] Bryant said. "It makes it easier for crew members to recognize a guest and address them by name, for example, which is something that wouldn't normally happen on a big ship with a couple of thousand guests."

Each medallion and a related smartphone app will also streamline the boarding process, open your room's door, remember your wine preferences, let you book reservations for activities, send you invitations to events and allow you to make purchases from anywhere on the ship. It's like a digital concierge and planning guide. There is also an opt-in location service that lets you keep tabs on everyone in your group and shows you where they are at any time.

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday June 06 2017, @03:47PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday June 06 2017, @03:47PM (#521375)

    Isn't Carnival the cruise line that caters to alcoholics? Also, cocaine users.

    I took a Caribbean cruise once, and we hired a private driver at one of the ports of call. He did a lot of business like this with cruise ship passengers and had some interesting observations about them. Many, many passengers asked him where they could get some weed, for instance. However, he noticed that the Carnival passengers generally wanted cocaine, unlike the passengers of other cruise lines. I was even asked before going by a coworker "what about all the drunks?" because his extended family had just gone on a Carnival cruise together, and that was his experience. My experience was totally different, because I rode with Norwegian: everyone was very well-behaved. It probably helped that a large fraction of the guests were German.

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