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This was my initial interpretation as well, but they describe International Air Travel as a consequence of unexpected events like medical emergencies. fly out of the United States to meet their ship at the next available port should they miss their scheduled embarkation in a U.S. port One can choose to avoid this. guests entering the U.S. at the end of their cruise This happens for everyone. guests needing to fly to the U.S. before their cruise ends This could happen for anyone because of medical emergencies. Hence it reads like the requirement "that all guests travel with a passport that is valid for at least six (6) months beyond the end of their cruise" applies to everyone. Anyway, this is why I was unsure and emailed Celebrity. I might also call them and ask to speak to a supervisor. My cruise is a few days, so no time to renew my passport. Time to dig up my birth certificate... if I can find it...

I'm a US Citizen and my passport will be expiring in 3 months when I board my 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise. Based on previous threads on here, it should be perfectly fine, but Celebrity's documentation page is not clear about this situation, so I wanted to get it in writing. I emailed Celebrity and this is what they said: Guests that are US citizens entering the Mexico port passport should be valid for at least 6 months after the cruise. Also, it is sufficient for boarding but that's the requirement. Is the customer service rep wrong or should I be prepared to use my birch certificate + DL to board? Thanks!

On September 5, 2022, at 11:52pm PDT (the ninth night of a 10-night San Francisco to Alaska Inside Passage cruise), Ruby Princess Captain Steven Lewis made this announcement: "One of your fellow guests requires urgent medical attention at a shoreside facility. And to this end, we have altered course for a position approximately 75 miles off the Oregon coast, where we will rendezvous with a US Coast Guard helicopter and the guest in question will be medically evacuated from the ship. This will be in the early hours of tomorrow morning, at approximately 02:15 although this is subject to change. "As I say, that will be the early hours of this morning at approximately 02:15, but this is subject to change. As part of our preparation for receiving the helicopter, we are required to evacuate certain cabins before the helicopter operations can begin, and obviously this is for safety reasons. These cabins are decks 15, 14, and 12 in fire zones three and four. In other words, if you are in one of the following cabins, you will be contacted shortly and directed to alternative temporary accommodation. Lido 301 to 311 and Lido 302 to 312, Riviera 301 to 417, and Riviera 302 to 412, including inside cabins. Aloha 301 to 437 and Aloha 302 to 436, again, including inside cabins. "As I said, guests in these cabins will be contacted shortly by members of the ship's company with further instructions. Please note that you will be not permitted to go back to your rooms until the operation has been completed, so you must take anything you need with you when you leave. In particular, any medication that you might need. If you are in zones three and four in decks 11, 10, and 9, you will not be required to evacuate. However, you must not go out onto your balcony during the helicopter operation. In other words, Baja 301 to 437 and Baja 302 to 436, Caribe 301 to 437, and Caribe 302 to 436, and Dolphin 301 to 425 and Dolphin 302 to 424 will not be required to leave their cabins, but again, under no circumstances are the occupants of those cabins to open their balcony door or proceed out onto their balcony until the helicopter operation has been completed. "So I'm making this announcement now so that I will not need to make another announcement through guest cabins as we get closer to the operation near the time. Furthermore, there will be no unauthorized access permitted on deck in the operational area, which will be on deck 16 midships on the port side, above the Neptune Pool. Also, and I cannot stress this enough, no flash photography on the open decks or through windows is permitted. This could temporarily blind the pilots and obviously lead to catastrophic consequences. I would ask for your understanding and that you comply completely with the instructions given to you by the members of the ship's company. Thank you in advance for your cooperation." A KATU news article said: "A woman on a cruise ship was airlifted to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland on Tuesday morning. According to a tweet from the official U.S. Coast Guard of Pacific Northwest, a 66-year-old woman was airlifted from the Ruby Princess cruise ship that was about 75 miles southwest of the Columbia River Bar. Officials say she is now in stable condition." A Cruise Law News article said: "Yesterday morning, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) medevaced a sixty-six year old woman from the Ruby Princess cruise ship. The USCG station in Astoria, Oregon dispatched a MH-60 Jayhawk which winched the cruise guest from the Princess cruise ship when the ship was approximately seventy-five miles southwest of the Columbia River Bar near Portland. "Medical evacuation of guests or crew members from cruise ships is provided by the USCG without cost or expense to the cruise guests, crew members or the cruise lines themselves. It is one of the many expenses incurred by U.S. federal agencies which are paid by U.S. taxpayers." A staff member said that Ruby Princess had to do an evacuation four times in the last four months. The ship made it back on time to San Francisco for disembarkation. People in the cabins at the front of the ship had to evacuate their cabins until after the helicopter had winched the guest who needed medical attention off the ship. I was curious. What are those safety reasons?

How was the staffing onboard the ship? There were complaints in another thread: about Ruby Princess having staffing issues and long lines in April.

How has the rocking of the ship been like throughout the cruise? Was it mostly rocky between San Francisco and Juneau? Was it rocky while you were in Alaska? I'll be going on a cruise in August with my mom who has mobility issues, and I am worried about her falling.