Updated 17 October 2026. Wi-Fi prices are typical 2026 rates. Type your ship in the GigSky app before you pay.
Princess Wi-Fi. MedallionNet Classic is about $25 a device. That is the cabin. A cruise eSIM is the phone in Juneau or Cozumel, and on the sea day you do not want a second device on the ship bill. Code ESIMDUDE is 10% off.
Princess people live in the Medallion app. That’s not the same as a phone that works on the water. If you’re sailing Alaska, the towns are the point — Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway. A land eSIM can cover those. It will not cover the glacier day.
Cruise & Americas is the GigSky pack for Alaska and the Caribbean. Confirm the ship. Princess has a long tail of older ships. If GigSky doesn’t list yours, believe the app, not a generic “cruise eSIM” blog.
MedallionNet Classic is about $25 a device. Fine in the stateroom. A Princess cruise eSIM is WhatsApp on a sea day and maps in Juneau without putting a second device on that bill.
MedallionNet vs a Princess cruise eSIM
MedallionNet is the cabin and the ship’s own apps. Ocean Medallion still wants that pipe. A Princess eSIM is WhatsApp on a sea day and maps in Juneau without $25 a device. Keep MedallionNet if that’s how you live on board. Add GigSky if you want your own bars.
Do not try to run the Medallion app off a cruise eSIM and then blame the plan when the cabin door is slow. That’s the ship’s Wi-Fi job.
Discovery, Enchanted, Sky, Crown
Royal-class — Discovery, Enchanted, Sky, and the rest of that family — are the ships people find. Crown, Royal, Caribbean Princess often follow. Grand Princess and the older names are the coin-flip. Type the word on your medallion, not “Princess eSIM.”
If GigSky is silent, Maya is the runner-up (ESIMTWEAKS10). Don’t buy from a screenshot of Sky Princess when you’re on Grand.
Alaska glacier days
Glacier Bay and Hubbard days have no land towers. That’s the whole product. A Juneau eSIM dies at breakfast. Cruise & Americas, search the ship, apply ESIMDUDE. Ten percent off. That’s the Princess eSIM coupon.
Caribbean Princess weeks are the same pack, different water. Mediterranean Princess sailings want Cruise & Europe. Don’t mix them.
When ship Wi-Fi still wins
MedallionNet for movies and ship apps. Keep it if that’s how you use the cabin.
When the Princess eSIM wins
You want your own bars at sea and a local network ashore without $25 a device. That’s the Princess cruise eSIM.
Ships to search for Princess
Type the name on your boarding pass. If it isn’t in the GigSky app, don’t buy from a screenshot. The free 100 MB trial is how you prove it after the horn.
- Discovery Princess
- Enchanted Princess
- Sky Princess
- Crown Princess
- Royal Princess
- Caribbean Princess
- Grand Princess
Ship Wi-Fi vs GigSky on Princess
| Compare | Ship Wi-Fi | GigSky eSIM |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | MedallionNet Classic | Phone at sea, then maps when you dock |
| Typical cost | ~$25 a device | $62.99 on our link |
| A week, two devices | Two devices, 7 nights: cabin money again | One phone. Hotspot if you must. |
How to get GigSky for Princess
- Search Discovery, Enchanted, Sky, Crown — your exact Princess ship — in GigSky.
- Alaska or Caribbean: Cruise & Americas. Med: Cruise & Europe.
- Apply ESIMDUDE.
- Install the night before. Keep MedallionNet if you live in the ship app.
Tonight’s GigSky price with our code: $62.99. Search the ship. Then buy.
Princess eSIM FAQ
Does a Princess cruise eSIM work in Alaska?
If GigSky lists your ship, yes — your phone at sea, then Juneau and Ketchikan in port, on Cruise & Americas. Search the ship. Glacier days have no land towers.
Do I still need MedallionNet?
For the ship’s own app life and cabin streaming, maybe. For WhatsApp and maps, the eSIM is usually enough. Don’t run Medallion off the eSIM.
Will this work on Discovery or Enchanted Princess?
Royal-class is usually listed. Search the exact name. Grand Princess and the older ships are the ones that can be missing.
What is the Princess eSIM coupon?
ESIMDUDE. Ten percent off GigSky cruise plans. It does not discount MedallionNet.
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