Paassports

When will i need to have my family's passports?

I assume when we get off the ship and back on at each port.

Or are the key cards all we need?

We are on a 11 Day Southern Caribbean (St Thomas, St Kitts, St. Lucia, Curacao, Aruba)

Depends where you are travelling to. Some ports ask for them, others just photo ID and some not at all and those days keep them in the safe.

You are about to get so many different answers and individual points of view, some will tell you to take them off everywhere and some will say always leave them locked in your safe.

We follow the instructions at each port, it tells you in the cruise paper if they are needed or not.

E.g. if you are in st petersburg and Vencie you must carry it, in St Thomas you need photo id to get back into the ship area through security and in some ports only the cruise card is needed.

In my experience, the passport was checked at check-in-boarding. Other than that, the only things required to reboard in ports, were the key-card and picture ID.

You can carry a photocopy of the passport, but keep the real one locked up in your safe.

Been to all the ports you mentioned, and my passport remained in the safe aboard ship. We carry a picture quality copy of our passports on heavy photo paper equal to the size of the original and our key cards and have never had an issue going through port security.;)

Key card and picture ID.

~Robin

Every Day at Sea is a Great Day

2014 July Breakaway

I have only experienced the key card and ID. But, I always bring the passports just in case something happens while at port.

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Most ports only need the cruise card but some want ID too. I'm not really sure why anyone would (purposely) travel without ID (adults) so it isn't an issue for most. I usually bring my passport or passport card with me when I leave the ship but a paper photocopy of it is just as good. You would really only need that if you get stranded or have to fly back to the states before the cruise ends.

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Most ports only need the cruise card but some want ID too. I'm not really sure why anyone would (purposely) travel without ID (adults) so it isn't an issue for most. I usually bring my passport or passport card with me when I leave the ship but a paper photocopy of it is just as good. You would really only need that if you get stranded or have to fly back to the states before the cruise ends.

 

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A paper photocopy is not just as good. While some port authorities might let you use one to get back into the port area that doesn't mean that it is an official ID. Your last sentence seems to suggest that you could use the photocopy to fly with (you would of course need the original), but since that's not the case you probably aren't really suggesting that. All a photocopy does is give someone a false sense of security.

Photocopy works just as well when you need to go to an embassy

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Check the Freestyle Daily every day. They will tell you what forms of ID you will need at each port. Usually it is key card and a photo ID but there are exceptions.

You will of course need them when you disembark.

Photocopy works just as well when you need to go to an embassy

 

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It might speed up their search by 10 seconds;). They can find you just fine with the information that you know already.