Overall: Good itinerary and good cruise… Overall staff was very polite and helpful. The ship was in good shape, looked nice and there were many places to relax on deck and inside. We often relaxed in the Skywalker Lounge which was never crowded, comfortable, quite and has great views. It was a very busy port cruise so not much deck time and evenings were often occupied preparing for the next days port activity.

But; overall - the Medallion process sucked. I got to a point that I realized I was waisting too much vacation time trying to figure out how to use the Medallion and the numerous icons. In the end, it was simply a glorified room key.

Despite hype that the Medallion would speed up embarkation, the Medallion was ignored and not requested at embarkation. Luckily, I printed our boarding passes and had passports handy. Also, if there was a priority boarding line for Elite or Suites passengers, I missed it and was directed to a single long weaving line for embarkation processing. Read more