Are the Sea Pass cards plastic or paper? We already have lanyards and......

[allurenewbie]

....wonder if we can just punch the cards ourselves. We have lanyards that we use for our water bottles on scout camping trips. Just wondered if we could punch the sea pass card ourelves and go on our merry way.

 

Thanks for any info.

[WeLove2CruiseRCI]

They are plastic, like a credit/debit card thickness.

[Mlkkc]

We did in 08 and they're plastic

[sparky-elpaso]

Just go to the front desk and they'll punch the hole for you - they do it all the time.

[Paulxyz2004]

If you punch your card yourself you have to pay attention to a couple of things.

Don´t destroy the magnetic strype on the back.

Don´t destroy the barcode on the back.

Dont punch the holes like they do to indicate you are underage ;)

[CaptData]

If you punch your card yourself you have to pay attention to a couple of things.

Don´t destroy the magnetic strype on the back.

Don´t destroy the barcode on the back.

Dont punch the holes like they do to indicate you are underage ;)

 

 

This is why most people go to front desk right after boarding.:D

[MM27]

I will never again punch a hole in my card. Did it on one cruise and I was questioned every time I tried to get a drink.

[MrsPete]

Go to your local Walmart and buy a fishing license holder. It's a small plastic holder with a ziplock top that'll pop right onto your lanyard, and it will hold your SeaPass perfectly WITHOUT PUNCHING. Ours cost one dollar, and my daughters have been using the same one for three cruises now.

[romnan]

I would advise on doing it yourself and at any rate you are not going to receive ontil you check in for the cruise:)

[Merion_Mom]

I will never again punch a hole in my card. Did it on one cruise and I was questioned every time I tried to get a drink.

 

Oh, heck, I'm going to punch a hole in my card just so that I AM carded!!!!!!

 

:eek:

 

 

:D

[ilionite65]

Oh, heck, I'm going to punch a hole in my card just so that I AM carded!!!!!!

 

:eek:

 

 

:D

 

I can really relate to that!

[Daghis]

In case anyone may be curious, this is what a SeaPass looks like.

 

This is the front:

 

The two brackets [ ] in the lower right-hand side are where the punches are made that determine whether someone is under 18 (both punched) or 18-20 (one punched).

 

You can also see the Coca-Cola logo that's printed on the card when you pre-purchase the fountain soda package. In my opinion, it's better to have it printed on the card instead of getting a sticker put on the card if it's purchased onboard.

 

This is the back:

This shows the barcodes and the magnetic stripe.

[gjsmth]

If your going to hole punch it yourself I make sure I would hole punch it in a corner but not in the bottom right side area. My DS(8) got the soda card and they punched his twice on the bottom right side and so as to match his hole I punched one matching his ( wanted card to match on our lanyard). All week I was periodically asked if this was my card and came to find out one hole punch meant you were a teen and 2 punches meant you were under teen age while this was never an issue I'd next time hole punch on the top or left side of card.