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    Passport Stamps

    in Ask a Cruise Question

    Posted

    Hi Matt,

    Just got off the Disney Magic yesterday in San Juan.

     

    Barbados; as soon as you enter the cruise terminal, there will be a door on your right hand side that says "Immigration, please knock". They will provide you with a stamp free of charge.

     

    St. Lucia; ask a Port Officer (police officer) for directions to a passport stamping office. There are many officers in the cruise terminal. I was told it was about a 15 minute walk from the terminal. Unfortunately, I didn't ask about this until after my excursion and was told I wouldn't have enough time to walk there and back since my ship was getting ready to leave.

     

    St. Kitts; as soon as you exit the ship dock, you'll see an information booth. Directly to the right, was an open door. I was told to go in there and knock at the next door. Sure enough, I found an angry immigration officer that wouldn't speak to me but stamped my passport free of charge.

     

    I recommend that you indicate exactly where you would like your stamp on the page. I figured this one out after my second stamp. Many of these immigration officers will pick a random page and stamp it in very odd places, like the center of the page. Making that entire page semi-useless for air travel.

     

    I hope this helps! I've also had success getting stamps in these ports of call:

    Disney's Castaway Cay (Bahamas)

    Antigua

    Martinique

    Grand Cayman

    Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Liverpool, England

    Cozumel, Mexico

    All free of charge.

     

    Wish I had known about this before our Cruise. Thanks for the info though.

    Welcome to Tightwad Cruising - What Do You Do?

    in Saving Money on Your Cruise - Tips & Advice

    Posted

    Here's a big savings tip--

     

    I have a Chase Sapphire Reserve Card. It costs $450/yr BUT BUT BUT - you get $300/yr travel credit AND 3 points/$ spent on travel, plus you can buy travel at I think 1/3 off the price if you use their points.

     

    So - a $4000 cruise gets you $120 worth of points...

     

    and I almost forgot to mention - you also get $10k in FREE TRAVEL INSURANCE, which makes the card worth it to me just for the travel insurance alone.

     

    Totally agree. Just can't wait until I'm the proud owner of one...

    Cabin Crawl

    in Ask a Cruise Question

    Posted

    No compensation, they are just for fun. The ones I have been on have been organized in conjunction with the Roll Call for the sailing. Usually, the last stop is a larger cabin where the occupants may provide a drink and or snacks. Cabin crawls are a fun way to get to know others you have chatted with on the roll call before the cruise.:)

     

    Oh I see, totally voluntary. Well definitely does sound like fun. Our roll call meeting was nice but it would have definitely been nice to see other cabins besides our Ocean view...lol

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