Stateroom number on sea pass card -- why?

[Turtles06]

We were nearly at the end of our cruise on Anthem last week when I noticed that our stateroom number, without the deck number, was printed in small type on our sea pass cards. I just looked at the sea pass card from our only other cruise with RCI, and the same thing -- it showed the cabin number without the deck number. This was not the case on our cards issued by any other cruise line, just as hotels for quite a long time have not put any identifying information on room key cards.

 

I wonder why RCI does this. The staff and crew can determine someone's cabin number by "reading" the card on their scanners (if they even need that info), so they don't need it on the card itself. Of course it's a guest's responsibility not to lose her card, but stuff happens (and, for example, a busy drink server in the theatre might inadvertently give someone back the wrong card and a guest might not immediately notice). Even though the deck number is not on the card, there is only one cabin per deck with that stateroom number.

 

Any idea why RCI puts that number on the card?

[Clarea]

Maybe to help the guest remember their stateroom number?

[gerif]

Maybe to help the guest remember their stateroom number?

My thought precisely. I’m in a hotel sometimes twice a month and carry the little cardboard folder the card comes in so I don’t forget my room number.

[Ocean Boy]

Never really considered this to be an issue.

[Clarea]

Never really considered this to be an issue.

Well ... this is Cruise Critic.

[Cigar King]

Put me down for liking the fact that the room number is on the card. I have enough trouble remembering the deck...never mind the actual room. ;-) I usually put something on the door to help me recognize it and I have still put my key in the wrong door.

[John&LaLa]

Maybe to help the guest remember their stateroom number?

Love it.

 

Actually you can tell the deck on some ships where the suites are generally on one deck

 

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[Greg1084]

The unlimited drink package and remembering your room number isn't a good combo for a lot of people I'd imagine.

[Croozin Soozin]

The unlimited drink package and remembering your room number isn't a good combo for a lot of people I'd imagine.

 

Even funnier are the people forgetting their deck number and trying to open the right cabin number but on the wrong deck!

[BecciBoo]

This seems silly because the deck # is always part of the cabin number:rolleyes:

[ONECRUISER]

Even funnier are the people forgetting their deck number and trying to open the right cabin number but on the wrong deck!

Why won't my door open. Ok now, I did that once...

I remember when Royal gave you 2 cards to carry around. One was your ID/Sea Pass, second was that old style room key with holes that looked like swiss cheese..

[Croozin Soozin]

This seems silly because the deck # is always part of the cabin number:rolleyes:

 

Not on Anthem! The deck number is separate from the cabin number so it would be easy to just look at the cabin number and not pay attention to the deck number.

[Havingfun2010]

One poster said, hotels stopped doing this....Hotels had keys, and those keys had numbers. When they changed to the cards, they became reusable, and re-coded for next customer. Therefore, room numbers not on card.

 

Hilton has room key on your iPhone. OK, so it asks do you want to show your room number. I always say yes, because if they steal my phone, I have bigger issues to worry about.

 

I always need my room written down someplace, or I will go to the wrong room.

[MissJessicaB]

It usually takes me a couple days to remember the room number perfectly. Having it on the card is handy.

 

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[fred30]

From a security standpoint I always thought the room number being on the Seapass was a bad Idea but I think the amount of people forgetting their room numbers would be both a inconvenience for the passenger and a lot of extra work on the staff.

 

If you do lose your card get a replacement ASAP to deactivate your lost card from your account and use the new card in the lock so it deactivates your old card from opening the door. The newer ships may not even need have the new cards used in the doors to deactivate the old ones.

[nelblu]

My thought precisely. I’m in a hotel sometimes twice a month and carry the little cardboard folder the card comes in so I don’t forget my room number.

 

 

I ask my wife to txt me the hotel/motel room #.:p

[nelblu]

Even funnier are the people forgetting their deck number and trying to open the right cabin number but on the wrong deck!

 

Yes, it happened on our recent Anthem 12 nite cruise. My better half got off the elevator on the 6th instead of the 9th. Realized her mistake as the cabin door had a Cruise Critic sign pasted on her cabin door.:')Can't recall the member's name.

[FLACRUISER99]

Put me in the group that likes the number on the card.

[Regguy]

Obviously it’s more convenient. But there’s a good reason hotels don’t do it any more. Are room numbers also on kid’s and teens’ cards?

[not-enough-cruising]

Also, when you are making purchases where the card reader is unavailable (gangway) or the system is down (happened 2 weeks ago on the Empress) the staff hand writes the ticket

 

Having your partial room number on the card helps as a second identifier

 

 

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[fred30]

Also, when you are making purchases where the card reader is unavailable (gangway) or the system is down (happened 2 weeks ago on the Empress) the staff hand writes the ticket

 

Having your partial room number on the card helps as a second identifier

 

 

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Or they could just use your Folio number.

[doglvr616]

I work at a resort hotel and we do not have the room number printed on the key card for security reasons. Our Front Desk staff also never says the room number out loud as you never know who is lurking around. They do write it on the key pack for the guest.

[bouhunter]

I work at a resort hotel and we do not have the room number printed on the key card They do write it on the key pack for the guest.

 

That would be 99.9% of all hotels now.

[LeeW]

Even funnier are the people forgetting their deck number and trying to open the right cabin number but on the wrong deck!

 

Have done that. All the halls look the same. But then I noticed the steward in the area wasn't our steward.

[fred30]

Fortunately they thought ahead and put the name of the ship on the SeaPass for when there are multiple ships in ports.

I just don't remember where I parked my ship!:confused: