We always use lanyards and found they were great to use onboard our cruise, I bought the regular cruise one, but my sister bought the DCL lanyard with the velcro pouch. She found the pouch easier to use because we could put our room KTTK card in it, and the card readers on board could read the card through the pouch. Plus the pocket was big enough for us to put our sea sickness medication in, so we didn't have to race back to our cabin every 3-4 hours
Any lanyard that has a plastic pocket should work. The KTTW cards are standard, credit-card size. You can get plain lanyards at Walmart. If you are looking for Disney lanyards you should be able to find them on line. DCL lanyards will be available for purchase on the ship.
They are normally $8.95, but I got them quite a bit cheaper when they had a sale not too long ago. They seem to have sales pretty often. The fabric on the lanyard part is nice and soft. I've had some lanyards that are itchy - these are not. The little wallet is a nice size and not heavy.
I've got a pink leather Coach lanyard that I can use also
I made mine out of paracord. I'm used to wearing one at conventions, so it's not big deal to me. That said, I didn't always use a lanyard on our last cruise. It was probably 50/50.
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