jlad Posted January 26 #1 Share Posted January 26 Tracker medallions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlad Posted January 26 Author #2 Share Posted January 26 Does Oceania provide any type of medallion or device used for passengers to track or locate a companion passenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted January 26 #3 Share Posted January 26 5 minutes ago, jlad said: Does Oceania provide any type of medallion or device used for passengers to track or locate a companion passenger no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEFIowa Posted January 26 #4 Share Posted January 26 No, your World Card is just plastic and gets you in cabin. You'd have to get your own tracking devices or system. Me, I leave my CP behind when I'm on vacation. Though I'm chuckling a bit thinking of the 22-year-old on Sirena 11/2022. Met him and his family (younger sister, mother and father). He got so drunk one night on his birthday at the casino... He had the 2-day hangover. I'm sure his mother wished she had some active tracking system to keep him from bars and casinos on cruises! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basor Posted January 26 #5 Share Posted January 26 41 minutes ago, jlad said: Does Oceania provide any type of medallion or device used for passengers to track or locate a companion passenger That is on Princess not Oceania - ships are much smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted January 26 #6 Share Posted January 26 Y’all folks got to adjust your mindset if you’re going to move to Oceania. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted January 26 #7 Share Posted January 26 If one is of such diminished physical or mental condition they need a monitor, perhaps they shouldn’t be allowed to roam unaccompanied. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEFIowa Posted January 26 #8 Share Posted January 26 And that can be a serious reality. On Sirena 11/2022 there was a woman my wife and I called "The Ghost". She'd come up once an hour to the smoking area by the pool, ask what time it was, smoke, and then leave. One evening she told me wife (who smokes) that she needed help getting to her cabin and getting ready. My wife, an angel, escorted her to her cabin and helped her prepare. She came back and said, "I didn't see any signs of anyone else in the cabin." This lady should NOT have been cruising. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted January 26 #9 Share Posted January 26 Note to self: Take a tiny Faraday cage on any cruise with trackers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted January 26 #10 Share Posted January 26 6 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said: Note to self: Take a tiny Faraday cage on any cruise with trackers. If you're talking about Princess, you'll find that awkward: your cabin door won't unlock. There are two saving graces though: (1) You have to give permission to that specific person for them to track you, and (2) last I sailed Princess, outside of the cabin corridors your position info was laggy and fairly imprecise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted January 26 #11 Share Posted January 26 1 minute ago, Snaefell3 said: If you're talking about Princess, you'll find that awkward: your cabin door won't unlock. There are two saving graces though: (1) You have to give permission to that specific person for them to track you, and (2) last I sailed Princess, outside of the cabin corridors your position info was laggy and fairly imprecise. Princess ships are too big, so no. Easy door fix...remove from cage, unlock door, replace in cage; repeat whenever needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted January 26 #12 Share Posted January 26 8 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said: Princess ships are too big, so no. Easy door fix...remove from cage, unlock door, replace in cage; repeat whenever needed. A mylar bag would work too so you can keep your mouse in the Faraday cage. 🐁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted January 26 #13 Share Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, AMHuntFerry said: Princess ships are too big, so no. Easy door fix...remove from cage, unlock door, replace in cage; repeat whenever needed. I pay money to not go back to Princess, but it isn't because of the Medallion. If you think the Faraday cage could keep a cruise line from tracking you in real time, you either don't understand just how many cameras are watching public spaces or just how good facial recognition was twenty years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted January 27 #14 Share Posted January 27 22 hours ago, Snaefell3 said: I pay money to not go back to Princess, but it isn't because of the Medallion. If you think the Faraday cage could keep a cruise line from tracking you in real time, you either don't understand just how many cameras are watching public spaces or just how good facial recognition was twenty years ago. OMG I was making a joke. Lighten up! (and yes, I am quite familiar with tracking methods of many kinds) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted January 28 #15 Share Posted January 28 On 1/26/2024 at 8:05 AM, ORV said: Y’all folks got to adjust your mindset if you’re going to move to Oceania. I was trying to think of a comment. You got it...as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaeltrav Posted January 28 #16 Share Posted January 28 Seriously though to contact others in a group and to keep in contact with home in case of emergency we use Whatsapp on our phone free and easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted January 28 #17 Share Posted January 28 5 minutes ago, gaeltrav said: Seriously though to contact others in a group and to keep in contact with home in case of emergency we use Whatsapp on our phone free and easy! Google says "Thank you for your metadata (we're selling it to advertisers)". Remember: "If it's on the internet and it's free, *you* are the product being sold." Most cellphone providers (all US providers?) support "WiFi Calling", allowing normal outgoing and *incoming* cellphone calls and texts without using the ship's piratical-rate cellphone tower. Android: https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/2811843?hl=en iPhone: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108066 Caveats: • Make very sure you are in [Airplane Mode] lest you accidentally connect via the ship's tower. • WiFi calls are (usually) billed as if you were calling from your livingroom couch. Best to check. • You're going to get calls from folks who think you are in your normal timezone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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