Smokey79 Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 On 3/13/2025 at 9:21 AM, smokeybandit said: We're on Freedom this weekend and my son wants to test out the WOW bands new to that ship. Freedom has rfid and wow bands now? Awesome. We’re on her in a couple weeks. Quote
jeffreyb Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 We purchased and used WOW Bands on oasis of the seas February 2025 Mrs. Thomas 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 My sister just purchased them on Utopia for $10 each. Does anyone know if these are reusable for when she goes on Wonder next year? Like can they bring them back and get them re-programmed? Or do you have to purchase new ones each sailing? Quote
OCSC Mike Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 2 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: My sister just purchased them on Utopia for $10 each. Does anyone know if these are reusable for when she goes on Wonder next year? Like can they bring them back and get them re-programmed? Or do you have to purchase new ones each sailing? 99% sure they can be reprogrammed. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 43 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: My sister just purchased them on Utopia for $10 each. Does anyone know if these are reusable for when she goes on Wonder next year? Like can they bring them back and get them re-programmed? Or do you have to purchase new ones each sailing? Yes. They can be reprogrammed for a new/different ship. Dan has one he’s been using for a long time. He keeps getting it reprogrammed for each new ship. The Suites Concierge can do it right at their desk. The only ones that cannot be reused are the old ones that had a muster station written on them. Lovetocruise2002, YellowBrickRoad, JustMeJoe and 2 others 3 2 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 17 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Yes. They can be reprogrammed for a new/different ship. Dan has one he’s been using for a long time. He keeps getting it reprogrammed for each new ship. The Suites Concierge can do it right at their desk. The only ones that cannot be reused are the old ones that had a muster station written on them. Thanks Raye! I will let her know! What is the cost for re-programming? Quote
LandstromCruise Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 19 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Thanks Raye! I will let her know! What is the cost for re-programming? No cost to reprogram Mrs. Thomas and Lovetocruise2002 1 1 Quote
LandstromCruise Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 I wish you could reprogram the purple star class ones Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: Thanks Raye! I will let her know! What is the cost for re-programming? $-0- Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 1 hour ago, LandstromCruise said: I wish you could reprogram the purple star class ones I have a sneaking suspicion that you can. I saw a guy wearing one in the casino and I made a casual comment about how nice it is to be in SC. He didn't even answer me (he was kind of a dickwad, it turns out), which in and of itself doesn't indicate anything....however, I saw him AGAIN on a different ship wearing that purple SC band. I do NOT think he was SC on both of those cruises (of course, I could be wrong....but you just kinda know). My guess is, he wasn't SC on EITHER of those cruises. I think he has been wearing an old SC WOW band. Unfortunately (for us) we never had a purple SC WOW band. All of ours were just regular WOW bands and one of those IS the one that Dan has been wearing and re-wearing. If you try it, let us know if they reprogram it for you. It would be interesting to know. LandstromCruise, JustMeJoe and Lovetocruise2002 1 2 Quote
LandstromCruise Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 16 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: If you try it, let us know if they reprogram it for you. It would be interesting to know. I’m on a cruise in 4 weeks and I will take it and see. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted March 16 Report Posted March 16 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I have a sneaking suspicion that you can. I saw a guy wearing one in the casino and I made a casual comment about how nice it is to be in SC. He didn't even answer me (he was kind of a dickwad, it turns out), which in and of itself doesn't indicate anything....however, I saw him AGAIN on a different ship wearing that purple SC band. I do NOT think he was SC on both of those cruises (of course, I could be wrong....but you just kinda know). My guess is, he wasn't SC on EITHER of those cruises. I think he has been wearing an old SC WOW band. Unfortunately (for us) we never had a purple SC WOW band. All of ours were just regular WOW bands and one of those IS the one that Dan has been wearing and re-wearing. If you try it, let us know if they reprogram it for you. It would be interesting to know. There was a guy we ran into on Allure on the wave who we suspected was doing this. He tried to hop into the SC session. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Doug_Texas Posted March 17 Report Posted March 17 6 hours ago, LandstromCruise said: I’m on a cruise in 4 weeks and I will take it and see. We’ve done it many times. They reprogram at no charge. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
Smokey79 Posted March 17 Report Posted March 17 I’m going to take some SC bands on Freedom to see if I can get them reprogrammed just to see people’s reaction to us wearing them. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Gilley Posted March 17 Report Posted March 17 18 minutes ago, Smokey79 said: I’m going to take some SC bands on Freedom to see if I can get them reprogrammed just to see people’s reaction to us wearing them. Can they reprogrammed on any ship or just the ships that sell WOW Bands. Quote
Smokey79 Posted March 17 Report Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, Gilley said: Can they reprogrammed on any ship or just the ships that sell WOW Bands. I would expect that the ship would have to have rfid capabilities so not every ship. Quote
Doug_Texas Posted March 18 Report Posted March 18 22 hours ago, Gilley said: Can they reprogrammed on any ship or just the ships that sell WOW Bands. It is definitely a subset of the ships that support them and only ships that sell WOW Bands. All of the Icon class, Oasis class, and Quantum class ships that we’ve been on have supported them. Royal is very far behind Princess with their “Medallions” that are widely embraced and do so much more so hopefully there is enough competitive pressure for Royal to enhance and roll out on more ships. Carlos A. 1 Quote
Carlos A. Posted March 18 Report Posted March 18 43 minutes ago, Doug_Texas said: It is definitely a subset of the ships that support them and only ships that sell WOW Bands. All of the Icon class, Oasis class, and Quantum class ships that we’ve been on have supported them. Royal is very far behind Princess with their “Medallions” that are widely embraced and do so much more so hopefully there is enough competitive pressure for Royal to enhance and roll out on more ships. The WOW bands are archaic technology compared to Medallion. I wish Royal implemented something like that instead of this old passive RFID bands. Quote
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