Lanyards still being handed out?

[holula]

I absolutely HATE MagicBands so I hope they don’t move towards that.

 

[Kwami]

I'm asking sincerely... do you think Disney saved money by not printing your dining rotation on your key card?

Disney claimed that it was a way to save time so that staff could get more done. Mostly, I think they were tired of reprinting cards whenever someone changed a dining rotation.

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

I'm asking sincerely... do you think Disney saved money by not printing your dining rotation on your key card?

Compared to the original cards, they are saving a TON in printing ink across 5 ships. Not to mention significantly reducing the amount of cards they need to reprint when dining changes are made.

Same as the paper Navigators that went away and won't be coming back. Saving tons of ink and tons of paper.

Originally when Magic bands came out they would not give you a physical card at the resorts. I tried and all they would give me is a gray magic band. The original ones were so heavy too that it felt like a shackle on your arm. I hated those things.

I have never once used the lanyards that they give you in the room. Going to add that to the list of things I didn't know people could be mad about...

 

[mmouse37]

I don't like wearing the thick plastic Magic Band on my wrist all the time, especially when I've been swimming. I hope they stick with cards, which are also more environmentally friendly as someone mentioned.

The cards also have your stateroom number on it, which again, helps the kids get back into their staterooms independently.

If they switch it will be a cash grab so they can charge us. Just like they did at Disney World.

KTTW cards do not have your room number on them. I don't they have ever did on the cruise. At least not for years and years.

MJ

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Compared to the original cards, they are saving a TON in printing ink across 5 ships. Not to mention significantly reducing the amount of cards they need to reprint when dining changes are made.

Same as the paper Navigators that went away and won't be coming back. Saving tons of ink and tons of paper.

Originally when Magic bands came out they would not give you a physical card at the resorts. I tried and all they would give me is a gray magic band. The original ones were so heavy too that it felt like a shackle on your arm. I hated those things.

I have never once used the lanyards that they give you in the room. Going to add that to the list of things I didn't know people could be mad about...

Everyone had the same conspiracy theories about paper menus disappearing from the dining rooms during COVID, but they're back.

(I'm skeptical when companies talk about "green" initiatives, but I'm inclined to believe them when they say they don't like all of the garbage the paper navigators generated, particularly in the middle of the ocean.)

 

[mmouse37]

I never wear a MagicBand in the parks. I always found them a pain to open our room door, to make a purchase you have to add a pin (an extra step), or to open the gate at the resort I would always have to take it off to hold up to the reader.

Not sure how I would feel about them on the ships.

MJ

 

[Bishoparc]

We were on the Wish Maiden Voyage and did not get CC lanyards. DVC is still giving lanyards to its members.

They were hiding in those tote bags they gave us along with a "sash". We thought we didn't get them either but someone told us and sure enough they were in the little pocket inside those tote bags that were inside those dark blue bags.

 

[BruinEd03]

Everyone had the same conspiracy theories about paper menus disappearing from the dining rooms during COVID, but they're back.

(I'm skeptical when companies talk about "green" initiatives, but I'm inclined to believe them when they say they don't like all of the garbage the paper navigators generated, particularly in the middle of the ocean.)

I’m still skeptical about the green. When they moved to one page navigators to be “green” they still printed out 3-4 pages of garbage advertisements such as the jewelry shopping invitations. Seems to me they could’ve kept the extended navigators and gotten rid of their ads.

 

[OKW Lover]

It isn't clear that they'll still hand out the cards if the ships switch, and very unlikely they'll be the ones that include dining rotation, etc.

They will still need a card to put in the slot by the stateroom door to turn the lights on.

They were hiding in those tote bags they gave us along with a "sash". We thought we didn't get them either but someone told us and sure enough they were in the little pocket inside those tote bags that were inside those dark blue bags.

Wow - I just looked and sure enough there is one there. Thanks.

 

[KKKKCS]

Thought i'd post this question here as it came up in a Wish thread. Folks on the WISH said they were not getting Castaway Club lanyards? Gold or Platinum. Some said they are being phased out. Has anyone come across this on other ships?

Thanks

My wife is on the second of her B2B cruises on the Wish and she tells me she got both a Platinum and DVC lanyards.

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

Everyone had the same conspiracy theories about paper menus disappearing from the dining rooms during COVID, but they're back.

(I'm skeptical when companies talk about "green" initiatives, but I'm inclined to believe them when they say they don't like all of the garbage the paper navigators generated, particularly in the middle of the ocean.)

Its not a conspiracy theory. The menus were gone during covid. Once Covid started to ramp down, they would offer you real menus if you ask for them.

ALSO: The menus were laminated so they could be sanitized and reused. I would venture an educated GUESS that it was far more time effective to use the QR codes than to have to wipe down menus after each person.

Saving on Printing Ink and Paper for you is a "meh who cares" but when you are printing out 3K - 6K room keys per voyage that adds up insanely quick. Not to mention that the time savings for the Crew on board is beneficial as a physical person has to print and envelope each one of those room keys. Less ink and the keys print faster.

Feel free to turn up your nose but it is absolutely the truth.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Its not a conspiracy theory. The menus were gone during covid. Once Covid started to ramp down, they would offer you real menus if you ask for them.

That's not the conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory was that paper menus were gone forever and that Disney was using COVID as an excuse to cut costs.

Saving on Printing Ink and Paper for you is a "meh who cares" but when you are printing out 3K - 6K room keys per voyage that adds up insanely quick. Not to mention that the time savings for the Crew on board is beneficial as a physical person has to print and envelope each one of those room keys. Less ink and the keys print faster.

Feel free to turn up your nose but it is absolutely the truth.

Navigators, yes.

Room keys, no. The ink to print "AP-TP-TP-AP-TR" does not "add up insanely quick."

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

That's not the conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory was that paper menus were gone forever and that Disney was using COVID as an excuse to cut costs.


Navigators, yes.

Room keys, no. The ink to print "AP-TP-TP-AP-TR" does not "add up insanely quick."

It absolutely does. When you are printing thousands of keys per voyage It adds up fast.

Also why your Navigators are gone. Printing up thousands of front and back full color sheets is expensive as all hell. Even more so having to create the logistics for printing, keeping everything in stock, etc.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It absolutely does. When you are printing thousands of keys per voyage It adds up fast.

My guy, ink or ribbons to print a thousand ID cards is about $20 for average Joe consumer. Even if Disney got zero volume discount, that's about $60 for 3,000 guests.

A key to the world card has the date (22 characters), the ship name (12 characters), guest name (15 characters), Castaway status (14 characters), Castaway Club number (8 characters), muster station (1 giant letter). Removing the dining rotation saves maybe 20% on KTTW ink costs, so $12 per voyage if we're being absolutely generous.

Also why your Navigators are gone. Printing up thousands of front and back full color sheets is expensive as all hell. Even more so having to create the logistics for printing, keeping everything in stock, etc.

I feel like you're being deliberately obtuse. I literally said I agreed that the navigators were expensive to print. Why are you still arguing that point?

 

[Kwami]

I feel like you're being deliberately obtuse. I literally said I agreed that the navigators were expensive to print. Why are you still arguing that point?

They weren't really, though. Of course, color ink and full page printing costs a lot more than printing a few black characters on the KTTW cards. But how much more? We're still looking at probably less than $1 per guest.

 

[Cheburashka]

Saving on Printing Ink and Paper for you is a "meh who cares" but when you are printing out 3K - 6K room keys per voyage that adds up insanely quick. Not to mention that the time savings for the Crew on board is beneficial as a physical person has to print and envelope each one of those room keys.

All part of providing good customer service. They're supposed to prioritize us, not themselves.

 

[Disneyland_emily]

I liked when they gave the lanyards at checkin as we could say no. Now they are left in room so we have a crap ton (3 people x now 5 cruises and only one used) plus the dvc ones left (another 2-3 each cruise x 5 cruises) zero used.

I wish you’d have to go pick them up or something…

 

[Kwami]

I liked when they gave the lanyards at checkin as we could say no. Now they are left in room so we have a crap ton (3 people x now 5 cruises and only one used) plus the dvc ones left (another 2-3 each cruise x 5 cruises) zero used.

I wish you’d have to go pick them up or something…

If you don't want them, just let your stateroom host know. He'll take them away.

 

[BruinEd03]

I liked when they gave the lanyards at checkin as we could say no. Now they are left in room so we have a crap ton (3 people x now 5 cruises and only one used) plus the dvc ones left (another 2-3 each cruise x 5 cruises) zero used.

I wish you’d have to go pick them up or something…

For DVC - at least the past cruises that I’ve been on this year and end of last year, you had to pick them up at the kiosk.

For the other lanyards, we often meet new cruisers and we give away the lanyards.

 

[OKW Lover]

For DVC - at least the past cruises that I’ve been on this year and end of last year, you had to pick them up at the kiosk.

On the Wish MV they were in the stateroom.