Harmony stateroom lights/AC - card needed?

[mspink98]

Is a keycard needed for lights and AC to work? If so, will a hotel key or something along those lines work? I tend to keep my room key in my little clutch whenever possible so I don't end up leaving it behind.

[taglovestocruise]

12 minutes ago, mspink98 said:

Is a keycard needed for lights and AC to work? If so, will a hotel key or something along those lines work? I tend to keep my room key in my little clutch whenever possible so I don't end up leaving it behind.

Room steward will give you a little white plastic card to use. 

[mo&fran]

A keycard is supplied. No need for your own.

[The Scurvy Pirate]

17 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

A keycard is supplied. No need for your own.

Doesn't that kind of defeat the whole purpose? 😄

[Biker19]

46 minutes ago, mspink98 said:

If so, will a hotel key or something along those lines work?

Even a business card will work.

[taglovestocruise]

We keep lights on at night  and AC on 24/7. Left a business card in the slot when we were out, room steward replaced it with a plan white plastic card that stayed in the slot for the entire cruise. 

[poocher]

I left my senior citizen National parks membership card in that slot last year. 🤷‍♀️. 

[Ret MP]

I use the hotel room key that I was given at the hotel the night before embarkation.  If I don't stay at a hotel the night before, I use my DAV card and hope I don't forget it, haven't so far.

[sailor05]

Just off the Harmony and there were blank stateroom cards in all 3 of our rooms. Curious if this system is on the newer ships

 

[Biker19]

15 hours ago, sailor05 said:

Curious if this system is on the newer ships?

The electrical system control yes, the stateroom attendant leaving cards in the slot, is very YMMV.

[little britain]

17 hours ago, taglovestocruise said:

We keep lights on at night  and AC on 24/7. Left a business card in the slot when we were out, room steward replaced it with a plan white plastic card that stayed in the slot for the entire cruise. 

Why would you leave lights on in your cabin at night and why would you leave a/c on in a room you weren't in?  What a waste of energy resources.

[cruisegirl1]

No one needs to use a personal card (that they might forget to remove when they leave) to activate the lighting/AC system.  Any business card (they sit out at guest services) will work.

 

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[Ret MP]

Technically, all one needs to do is cut/tear out a piece of cardboard from a Coke (or whatever) carton.  It doesn't matter what the shape is as long as it goes all the way into the receptacle.  

[Ret MP]

3 hours ago, Biker19 said:

The electrical system control yes, the stateroom attendant leaving cards in the slot, is very YMMV.

Yep.  I doubt seriously that the official policy of RCCL is for the Steward(s) to leave a card in slots to defeat the system they have installed.  

[taglovestocruise]

4 hours ago, little britain said:

Why would you leave lights on in your cabin at night and why would you leave a/c on in a room you weren't in?  What a waste of energy resources.

When we leave the house at night to go to dinner we leave a few lights on.  Keep the AC on at home, set a little higher,  even though we are out for a few hours during the day.  Water my grass three times a week even though we are in Souther California and in a major drought.. 

[mspink98]

6 hours ago, little britain said:

Why would you leave lights on in your cabin at night and why would you leave a/c on in a room you weren't in?  What a waste of energy resources.

I just want a light or two on and the AC to not be set to "bake" when we get back at night. 

[Ret MP]

2 hours ago, taglovestocruise said:

When we leave the house at night to go to dinner we leave a few lights on.  Keep the AC on at home, set a little higher,  even though we are out for a few hours during the day.  Water my grass three times a week even though we are in Souther California and in a major drought.. 

This is my home as it looks when I'm not at home.  There are also 5 or 6 security lights that come on when motion is detected, one is solar-powered.  If I'm out for only an hour or two or three, it takes more energy to get the house back to the desired temp if I shut the HVAC off and then on again when I come home again:

 

[sailor05]

21 hours ago, little britain said:

Why would you leave lights on in your cabin at night and why would you leave a/c on in a room you weren't in?  What a waste of energy resources.

Because their a/c sucks and certainly wouldn't want to start from scratch every time I entered the room. These rooms are NEVER cold enough for me.

[island lady]

Once, we simply folded up a piece of scrap paper and left it in the holder for two weeks for our B2B.  

[Ocean Boy]

My cabin on Odyssey came with a blank card already in the slot.