Princess Cruises is adding a premium tier to its Wi-Fi services. Compared to MedallionNet, the new MedallionNet Max boasts better connectivity. The cruise line demonstrated its superiority using a classic PC game, Minecraft.
| Princess Cruises President John Padgett described the new service as a combination of value and performance. “Just like we did when we launched MedallionNet Classic almost seven years ago, Princess continues to ensure guests have access to the highest performing connectivity available at industry-leading value,” he said. |
MedallionNet Max Shows Performance With Minecraft
The cruise line gave guests a taste of MedallionNet Max by hosting a user-generated content competition on Minecraft, a video game over 166 million people played monthly. The contest took place on Wednesday, August 7, onboard Enchanted Princess.
It brought together some of the game’s best players. Eight of them participated from the ship and 24 played from home as millions followed the match online. The renowned players on the vessel included Sneegsnag, Shubble, and Krinios.
MedallionNet Vs MedallionNet Max
MedallionNet was rolled out in 2018, giving guests up to 2.25 gigabytes. The service further improved when Princess Cruises completed its fleetwide adoption of Starlink, a satellite broadband technology capable of consistently delivering 100 to 300 megabytes per second (Mbps) downloads and 20 to 40 Mbps uploads.
While MedallionNet offers the same reliability, global coverage, and service performance, MedallionNet Max has become the cruise line’s highest-performing service. Guests who purchase Princess Plus and Princess Premier packages will automatically be entitled to its priority access, usually through Starlink networks.
The daily rates for MedallionNet remain the same: $24.99 for single-device connectivity and $44.99 for mult-device accessibility. Plus and Premier are significantly more expensive given the number of perks and benefits they’re bundled with. Princess Plus is $60 per day while Princess Premier costs $80 per day. The Plus package is good for one device while the Premier supports up to four gadgets.
Princess is the only cruise company to simultaneously employ various satellite technologies in delivering internet services from geostationary Earth and mid-Earth to low-Earth orbit networks.
