tt_moore Posted October 19, 2017 #1 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Just booked our first cruise on Princess. Super excited. After cruising with Carnival we are looking for something a little more laid back and nicer. Was curious however if there is a app similar to the carnival hub for the princess ships. TIA Sent from my SM-G900T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted October 19, 2017 #2 Share Posted October 19, 2017 There’s Princess@Sea App https://www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/onboard-experience/activities/princess-at-sea/ Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tt_moore Posted October 19, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Awesome thanks. Not sure how I missed that duh, thought I had scoured the site. Hmmm what else did I over look. Thanks!! Sent from my SM-G900T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacruise804 Posted October 19, 2017 #4 Share Posted October 19, 2017 There’s Princess@Sea Apphttps://www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/onboard-experience/activities/princess-at-sea/ Sent from my iPhone using Forums Just to clarify: this isn't an "App" so you won't find it to download to your phone. It is through the ship's intranet not an app like Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula B Posted April 23, 2018 #5 Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) Awesome I was hoping they had this because Disney had one last year when we were on it and we loved it. Edited April 23, 2018 by Paula B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted April 23, 2018 #6 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Awesome I was hope they had this because Disney had one last year when we were on it and we loved it. Princess @ Sea is a ship board free wi-fi program which allows you to see the daily schedule of on board activities, check your on board account and send messages to other passengers that have been 'connected' to you. When messages are received there is no signal, so you have to keep looking every so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted April 23, 2018 #7 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The one problem with the texting facility is that the recipient receives no notice that a text is waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuy25 Posted April 23, 2018 #8 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The one problem with the texting facility is that the recipient receives no notice that a text is waiting. This is indeed a big flaw with their text option. You need to keep “signing on” to see if you have any messages. It’s free (doesn’t use any of your internet minutes) ... but just a pain. We’d occasionally have friends send us a message to meet somewhere on the ship and wouldn’t see it for hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted April 23, 2018 #9 Share Posted April 23, 2018 This is indeed a big flaw with their text option. You need to keep “signing on” to see if you have any messages. It’s free (doesn’t use any of your internet minutes) ... but just a pain. We’d occasionally have friends send us a message to meet somewhere on the ship and wouldn’t see it for hours! When this was first released, some of the appologists told us no notifications was good, as you can't disturb others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted April 23, 2018 #10 Share Posted April 23, 2018 When this was first released, some of the appologists told us no notifications was good,as you can't disturb others. We never use it, so I am glad that it does not have an audio alert. A vibration would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted April 24, 2018 #11 Share Posted April 24, 2018 A vibration would be fine. How gracious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrysko2000 Posted April 24, 2018 #12 Share Posted April 24, 2018 We found that it worked good on our Feb. cruise. No need to pack around the daily Patters. You can select your events online. It was great to check show or event times. It was a little unhandy not getting messages but I checked every so often and made do. I am sure it will continue to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teesull22 Posted April 24, 2018 #13 Share Posted April 24, 2018 We used it 3 times to get times for shows and art auctions in February on the Crown, only because we didn’t have a patter handy. All 3 events had different times posted , the patter was always 1 hour earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogurtpo3 Posted April 24, 2018 #14 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Push notification would be really handy! Otherwise you just have to keep checking it. Having said that, it was a definite improvement from the app where the messaging system was quite dodgy and sometimes messages didn't even get through until ages later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuy25 Posted April 25, 2018 #15 Share Posted April 25, 2018 We found that it worked good on our Feb. cruise. No need to pack around the daily Patters. You can select your events online. It was great to check show or event times. It was a little unhandy not getting messages but I checked every so often and made do. I am sure it will continue to improve. I agree. The app is helpful in checking your bill, finding out what’s happening on-board, etc. That actually works well. When I wrote earlier, I was referring only to the lack of notification when a new text arrives as being a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decamp303 Posted April 26, 2018 #16 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Needs notification of messages received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haboob Posted April 26, 2018 #17 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Needs notification of messages received. Since it's a webpage, and most (all?) web browsers block Push APIs by default because of spammer abuse years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haboob Posted April 26, 2018 #18 Share Posted April 26, 2018 We used it 3 times to get times for shows and art auctions in February on the Crown, only because we didn’t have a patter handy. All 3 events had different times posted , the patter was always 1 hour earlier. Which times were correct? BTW, the nicest feature is that an event listing has a "map" hyperlink that will bring up the deckplan for that deck with the event site marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted April 26, 2018 #19 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Since it's a webpage, and most (all?) web browsers block Push APIs by defaultbecause of spammer abuse years ago... The real reason is because the princess app used google cloud messaging, and princess blocked that traffic from the internet. Most browsers can receive notifications, so you don't need an app, but not if princess is blocking the traffic. Lots of sites now prompt you in your browser "would you like to receive notifications from blah.blah.com?" It's like who ever wrote the app did not understand the restrictions on the ship. Sort of like mis-implementing the medallion because the developers did not realize the ship was metal. Also, if you use chrome, you can see which sites can send notifications you notifications in the browser. settings->content->notifications chrome://settings/content/notifications?search=notifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deppong Posted April 26, 2018 #20 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I agree. The app is helpful in checking your bill, finding out what’s happening on-board, etc. That actually works well. When I wrote earlier, I was referring only to the lack of notification when a new text arrives as being a problem. Does this mean that you can get texts from people back at home that are included in your iMessage and messenger? We had this on the Regal in March but I thought it was just a feel good perk because the medallion wasn't working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haboob Posted April 26, 2018 #21 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Does this mean that you can get texts from people back at home that are included in your iMessage and messenger? We had this on the Regal in March but I thought it was just a feel good perk because the medallion wasn't working. Princess @ Sea only needs on-ship connectivity, which is a freebie. To connect to people back home, you need off-ship connectivity, aka internet package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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