Peb..we feel your pain! We hate them also. Two Princess cruises so far this year, and both times these have been a frustrating experience. Ditto the HAL version. Done three HAL cruises since Jan with them, so this is not a “ one off”. Five cruises.. five times the frustration.
and while we always saved the nice flat key cards, these are just more trash for the landfills. With the cards you could reach into the bowl and pick a card and read it and smile at the memories. Yes, if you pick out a Medallion out of the bowl you can read..around the edge..in little tiny print… what cruise it was. But best to use a magnifying glass.
the key card was nice and flat, it took up no room. AND!!! If the cruiselines wanted to go high tech… why not put all that stuff ON the key cards? After all.. we have credit cards that can pretty much keep track of your whole lives!
oh yes.. if they had done that, then they would not have had a cash cow…
with the Medallion you are pretty much forced to BUY something to carry it in.
they are treating it like Jewelry, necklaces, watches, etc.
right now we are waiting for our “ new” medallions to come. Three Princess cruises coming up… so more opportunities to gnash our teeth
