Passport needed to reboard ship?

[fascination 5/10]

Reminder needed....what's required to reboard ship from port visits? If passport is required, will a photocopy do?

 

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[cruisinfanatic]

Only requirement would be your sail and sign card and your license. Never take your passport off the ship. That goes in the safe and stays there until your cruise is over.

 

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[fascination 5/10]

And for cruisers without a license is another phot ID needed other than the S$S?

 

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[blame canada]

BRING PHOTO ID... i left mine in my cabin and had to have my friend go up and get it for me, they wouldnt let me board the ship = [

 

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[Travel Angel]

But if you read your passport closely it does state to make 2 copies of the passport ID page (1 for family) and the other to carry it with you in a place seperate from your passport.

 

I personally carry a color photo Copy with me when I travel abroad or on cruise ships (keeping the original locked in the safe in stateroom) and take it with me when I get off ship in a foreign port of call just in case.

 

But the above poster is correct that your Sail and Sign Card (and sometimes a photo ID) will be all that you need to debark end embark the ship.

 

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[Travel Angel]

In order to board the ship at the beginning of the cruise they would have had to have proper identification i.e. Passport, or birth certificate and gov't. issued photo ID.

 

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[nancy M.]

This is probably a silly question but if you put your passport in the safe and don't use it the whole cruise then what is the purpose of having one? I just applied for mine today and it cost me and my hubby $200. Was this just a waste of money?

 

Nancy

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[Travel Angel]

The topic of PASSPORT has been beat to death.... it is merely showing proof of citienship and sure is easier than having to carry birth certificates, marriage liscenses (that is a whole othe issue !), etc.... Passports just make life alot easier and for the minimal costs when you consider the length of time it is valid for, well worth the money for less stress and ease when boarding a ship or travelling abroad !

 

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[kapcruiser]

What does my 13 year old son need? My 16 yr old has a school ID, ny 18 yr old has a license?

 

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[fascination 5/10]

Just for clarification: to reboard...color copy of passport and S&S card okay?

 

Fascination 5/12/03

 

[jerrymac]

Your son just needs a birth certificate, no photo ID if under 16.

 

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[yarlenna]

IF you miss the ship in some ports (like Mexico) you will want to have your passport with you. I have gotten bad about that and usually carry a recently expired passport and leave the current one in the safe in my cabin.

 

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[Cotton]

Actually - the ONLY thing Carnival requires for you to re-board the ship is your Sign & Sail card. As stated in the Welcome Aboard Brochure you receive with your docs, your S&S card IS your boarding pass from ports-of-call.

 

If you feel you need your photo ID, or copy of passport, etc., then take it with you. No biggie.

 

Curtis ~ Nancy is a newbie. She's just asking a question, so it doesn't matter HOW many times the question has been asked...and frankly, I haven't seen it beat to death here on the Carnival board. Maybe you've been on the other boards?

 

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[bigmike7]

Yo-

 

CAREFUL about that Carnival S&S ID only-

 

It's the local police or Federal folks outside the terminal that require the two ID's (drivers license and S&S card)to get into the terminal- then you only need the S&S card to actually board the ship - when you are just inside the door at the top of the gangplank-

 

This seems to be universal in USA - Canada and Mexico

 

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[Travel Angel]

In response to Cottons' post... Nancy I sure did not mean to sound negative towards your question as there is never a silly question and please accept my apologies if it was taken the wrong way. But Cotton....Big Mike is correct in that the local authorities in MANY PORTS do require that you have a photo ID with you along with your Sail and Sign Card to pass thru their security (at least when I have visited these ports of call in the past 6 months) i.e. St. Maarten, Cozumel, Costa Maya, and Casa De Campo.

 

Best Bet is to bring that Photo ID along with you regardless if the cruiseline advises/requires it or not. It can also come in handy when shopping if paying with travelers checks or even credit cards as many stores ask for photo ID, and that Sail and Sign Card just ain't gonna cut it Cotton !

 

Curtis...

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[roni]

If I miss the ship, my passport locked in the safe on the ship isn't going to help me! I didn't take mine into the ports, but I always wondered about this.

[Cotton]

Curtis, oopsy. I DO recall having a MX guard (with gun! ) ask for my ID when entering Cozumel. Thx for correcting me.

 

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[Travel Angel]

Cotton, the same thing happened to me thus my decision to bring that photo ID with me when leaving the ship so as to keep the guy with the gun happy !

 

Curtis...

Waiting patiently for MY ship to come in !!!

[Cotton]

If he hadn't had that big broad smile on his face, I'd have been scared of that little dude!

 

Oh, and I will also make a copy of my passport to take ashore next cruise.

 

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[L2J]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cruisinfanatic:

Never take your passport off the ship. That goes in the safe and stays there until your cruise is over.

 

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Then what's the point of having one? A Passport is for identification of self and citizinship (obviously). Does anyone really believe that "foreign" authorities really know what they are looking at when looking at a drivers license?

 

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[sha308]

Just went to Cozumel in march,had a 14 year old with me (my daughter),we had no passports just id hers was state issued that you get instead of license carried this off along with sail & sign cards were never asked for anything other than that except when leaving the shopping area they demanded to see reciepts for everything in the bags guess shoplifters are there too????

[skigirl]

About taking the passport off the ship into ports with you, I think the answer is that we really should do this. After all, it is the proof of citizenship should you miss the boat, have an accident, be detained for any reason, etc. BUT since most of us spend our time in Caribbean ports sightseeing and swimming/snorkeling, we really don't want to run the risk of losing them, so we choose to leave them. It's sort of a calculated decision, that the risk of losing them ourweighs the risk that something bad will happen. At some point we may have to take them if the various Caribbean islands begin to require them for entry - there was quite a lot of discussion Barbados doing this, but apparently they are still waiving the requirement for cruise passengers.

[cruisinfanatic]

you are told NOT to bring them off the ship. Its the first thing that comes out of the cruise directors mouth. If you lose it on an island you are screwed. You will not get back into the country easily after your cruise. It goes in the safe.

 

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[jedgar]

Let me get this straight. I lock my passport in the safe on the ship, go ashore on my non ship booked tour. The tour bus breaks down way out in the boonies. Ship sails away without me. I'm not allowed to leave the country because I do not have a passport. I go the the American embassy to get a passport and am told it will take 3 to 7 days to get a temporary one. So I need all the names and addresses of those advising me to leave my passport on the ship so that I can sue them to pay for my expensives in the islands while waiting for a passport. Hmm did I get that right.

[Cotton]

Sounds about right to me, Jedgar!

 

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