piplet Posted February 26, 2020 #1 Share Posted February 26, 2020 We are travelling on the NCL Bliss. Do you get a lanyard for your ticket/card or do people usually take their own? Many thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted February 26, 2020 #2 Share Posted February 26, 2020 If you want one, bring your own. NCL doesn't give them out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuliHuli Posted February 26, 2020 #3 Share Posted February 26, 2020 They sell some pretty pricey ones on-board. On-line you can find some great ones at much less cost that can be reflective of something about you, e.g., your university. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piplet Posted February 26, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Thanks! Is it something people have or just don't bother with?! Don't want to look stupid! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smplybcause Posted February 26, 2020 #5 Share Posted February 26, 2020 There will always be a decent amount of people wearing them. You can't punch the cards on Bliss though so you'll need a pouch or something to put the card it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geegee1 Posted February 26, 2020 #6 Share Posted February 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, piplet said: Thanks! Is it something people have or just don't bother with?! Don't want to look stupid! 😂 There's a decent amount. Personally I don't like having anything hanging off my neck, so I use a retractable ID holder that I clip to my pants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted February 26, 2020 #7 Share Posted February 26, 2020 As always with lanyards ensure you purchase ones that have the safety (breakaway) clip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmdiver Posted February 27, 2020 #8 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Casino doesn't hole punch the card for you? I've always found a lanyard the best way to carry the card, since I don't always have a pocket & don't want to carry a purse everywhere. Before Carnival started pre-punching the hole in their cards, we would go to the casino & they would punch it for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesFan4Life Posted February 27, 2020 #9 Share Posted February 27, 2020 We did a Meet & Greet on our cruise last year and the person who organized it had arranged for NCL to get us personalized lanyards with the breakaway clip (no pun intended, we were on the Breakaway), and she had also brought a hole punch with her!!! Great idea! I believe you can also go to guest services to get it punched also. Bringing the same one I had on that cruise, and hopefully will get it punched on board. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallux Posted February 27, 2020 #10 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, dmdiver said: Casino doesn't hole punch the card for you? The Bliss uses RFID cards (well, hybrid as there's also a mag stripe). If a hole is punched it has to be VERY carefully placed or the card is rendered useless. A pouch on the lanyard is the best way to go, or no lanyard at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekitty22 Posted February 27, 2020 #11 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Good to know. We plan to wear lanyards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parmus Posted February 27, 2020 #12 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Adding to the inquiry.....Lanyards are great, the pockets seem to be inconvenient if you can't punch your cards. Do you have to take them out each time to swipe at the bar, or get into your room? Also, I know a card needs to be placed to make the room lights work -- can it be any card that fits, or does it have to be magnetized? I read somewhere that people use old casino cards, etc and just keep in the slot for the lights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallux Posted February 27, 2020 #13 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, parmus said: Do you have to take them out each time to swipe at the bar, or get into your room Bar? Yes. Restaurant? Maybe, I think so. Get into your room? No. 1 hour ago, parmus said: Also, I know a card needs to be placed to make the room lights work -- can it be any card that fits, or does it have to be magnetized? I read somewhere that people use old casino cards, etc and just keep in the slot for the lights. Any card would work. Room key from your pre-cruise hotel stay would work fine. Leaving it defeats the energy-saving purpose of those slots, but whatever... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDRebel Posted February 27, 2020 #14 Share Posted February 27, 2020 In addition to using various key cards for your lights, you can also use a business card or even a piece of thin cardboard (think the cardboard labels used in bubble packaging) torn to an approximate size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptroxx Posted February 27, 2020 #15 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 8:12 AM, geegee1 said: There's a decent amount. Personally I don't like having anything hanging off my neck, so I use a retractable ID holder that I clip to my pants I hate things around my neck too. I use my good old pocket and a rubber band. I keep some cash for tips and my card together. but I don’t have a drink package so don’t have to use it at all but to get in room and on and off ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smplybcause Posted February 27, 2020 #16 Share Posted February 27, 2020 3 hours ago, parmus said: Adding to the inquiry.....Lanyards are great, the pockets seem to be inconvenient if you can't punch your cards. Do you have to take them out each time to swipe at the bar, or get into your room? Also, I know a card needs to be placed to make the room lights work -- can it be any card that fits, or does it have to be magnetized? I read somewhere that people use old casino cards, etc and just keep in the slot for the lights. Room lock is RFID. The bars also have RFID on their pos. The restaurants however, at least as of last May, were still operating on old mag stripe so you have to take it out to eat. Also getting on/off the ship - though some scan the barcode so you didn't have to take it out got them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted February 28, 2020 #17 Share Posted February 28, 2020 11 hours ago, hallux said: The Bliss uses RFID cards (well, hybrid as there's also a mag stripe). If a hole is punched it has to be VERY carefully placed or the card is rendered useless. A pouch on the lanyard is the best way to go, or no lanyard at all. Learned this lesson the hard way. I bring my own hole punch and had to go down to guest services to get new cards once on board, since I punched holes in the cards waiting to board the Bliss in January. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sverigecruiser Posted February 28, 2020 #18 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 4:50 PM, piplet said: Thanks! Is it something people have or just don't bother with?! Don't want to look stupid! 😂 I think that it looks stupid but don't care about what I think! Lots of people use them so do that if you want to! It's your cruise, not mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAHAM Posted February 28, 2020 #19 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Bear in mind that while seated in a chair near a bar or in a ship's restaurant, the waiter/bar server takes your card with him or her and then brings it back with your drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateQ22003 Posted February 28, 2020 #20 Share Posted February 28, 2020 If you are sailing out of NYC, there is a vendor in the terminal that sells all kinds of different lanyards. Some really neat looking ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLyonCruiser Posted February 28, 2020 #21 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Lanyards? What a waste of money. You need to carry almost nothing most of the time you are cruising, so, just stick it in your pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JamieLogical Posted February 28, 2020 #22 Share Posted February 28, 2020 31 minutes ago, SouthLyonCruiser said: Lanyards? What a waste of money. You need to carry almost nothing most of the time you are cruising, so, just stick it in your pocket. You do realize that many clothes don't have pockets, right? I carry my card in my pocket most of the time, because I wear jeans, but when I wear a dress for dinner or go to the spa in just my swimsuit and cover-up, I don't have pockets, so I bring a lanyard for those occasions. Also, you can get a lanyard on amazon for about $2... So not exactly a huge waste of money. To those of you who are talking about putting other cards in your light switch to keep the lights on, remember that having a card in there also indicates "At Home" on the board outside your door so the room steward may skip your room thinking you are in there when you aren't. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisekitty22 Posted February 28, 2020 #23 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Very good advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallux Posted February 28, 2020 #24 Share Posted February 28, 2020 1 hour ago, JamieLogical said: To those of you who are talking about putting other cards in your light switch to keep the lights on, remember that having a card in there also indicates "At Home" on the board outside your door so the room steward may skip your room thinking you are in there when you aren't. Excellent point! I don't recall if it was my Studio or Balcony room but on one of my Bliss cruises last year I believe my cabin steward actually put in and left a card for me (possibly by accident) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquiR Posted February 28, 2020 #25 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Does anyone know if you can buy a wrist watch type of card? On another cruise line (RCCL) they offered for like $5 you could buy a watchlike thing that would have your keycard info on it so you did not have to carry a card (my son loses things out of his pockets all the time) or wear a lanyard (he hates things on his neck) so this was perfect. It worked like a key card and he just tapped his "watch" against the cabin door to open it and at the bars etc. He only had to have the actual "key card" when he left the ship. Does Norwegian do this as it would be perfect for my 2 sons on the Bliss in about 2 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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