Carnival Corporation's New Digital Companion Makes Cruising More Engaging
The Tagalong is part of the O•C•E•A•N (One Cruise Experience Access Network) Experience Platform that makes its global debut aboard
When guests create a profile within the Ocean Compass – accessible starting this fall on Ocean.com – they will be invited to create their own unique Tagalong. These digital companions will follow them from initial registration to the end of their cruise (as well as rejoin them on future cruises). Everyone who creates an
Guests can select from three sea creatures – Sea Turtle, Seahorse or Butterfly Fish – to best reflect their "alter ego" and further customize their Tagalong by body shape, color, pattern, marks (like tattoos) and more.
Once created, the animated and responsive Tagalongs will appear online within a guest's profile and in interactive PlayOcean games that can be played online, as well as interacting within Ocean Portals found onboard Medallion Class ships. Tagalongs even evolve throughout the cruise, reflecting the personality and interactions of the guest and collecting "charms" that show off their achievements.
Guest Tagalongs also will take center stage in the social gaming experience Tagalong
"The Ocean Tagalong is a great way for guests to express themselves and gives us the opportunity to engage them in unique experiences that amplify fun and stoke their competitive spirits," said
For more information on inaugural Ocean Medallion vacations on
For more information on O•C•E•A•N, visit www.ocean.com.
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Together, these brands operate 103 ships visiting over 700 ports around the world and totaling 231,000 lower berths with 17 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2018 and 2022. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the S&P500 and the FTSE 100 indices.
In 2017,
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com, www.fathom.org, www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com, www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com, www.pocruises.com.au, and www.pocruises.com.
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SOURCE
Carnival Corporation: Roger Frizzell, Carnival Corporation, rfrizzell@carnival.com, (305) 406-7862, Mike Flanagan, LDWWgroup, mike@ldwwgroup.com, (727) 452-4538, Vicki Johnson, Sachs Media Group, vickij@sachsmedia.com, (407) 219-3157