Newbie needs to know what docs to show?

[legalsec]

Just so I can have everything ready and not buried in my luggage that has been taken away, what documents/papers do I need to have with me or show when we check in and board the ship.

 

Thanks.

[CRUZIN TOM]

You will need your ticket package that you received. Hopefully a passport, if not a birth certificate and drivers license. A credit card to which all charges made on the ship will be charged to. If you need extra cash use your room card(thats what you will be issued) and go to the casino's cashier and you can take out up to $2000.00 cash per day. This is considered a charge and not a cash advance. Do not use the ATM....:)

[Hockey19]

You will need your passport, your drivers license and a credit card with lots of available dollars. You can fill out your cruise forms ahead of time. Just go to the NCL web site, register and print your forms. You will need to present those. NCL will swipe yor cc at registration and give you a cruise card which you will use to pay for everything. I always bring a copy of my trip confirmation but that is totally worst case scenario. You don't need it to board.

[Toyz711]

on your edocs, just print up the ticket and your copy of the ticket...keep that where you can get to it. don't print the other pages, you can read them if you want, but don't waste the paper.

your ID...whether passport or BC and driver's lic. you need your passport or driver's lic for the flight anyway.

do your pre-registration, on-line. NCL.com and look for the link. print it out, you won't need it, but it's good in case they need to imput your information on the computer. you won't have to repeat the stuff, they can get it off the papers.

luggage tags...wait to see if you get the packet with the real luggage tags. if you don't, just print the ones with your edocs or wait until you get to the docks and use the ones there.

a credit card with enough of open space for all you need on the ship, including the excursions (since you pay for them on the ship, even if prebooked)

people will say you don't need the cruise tickets, but we had to show them (3 weeks ago) before we could even go to check-in. they keep it a secure area and check to make sure you belong there.

[jp2001]

For the cruise check-in process you will need your passport + one other picture ID and your cruise tickets.

But I do recommend that you put all important information together (I put it in a soft shell binder, with every document in its own 3-punch hole see-through plastic envelopes but this may not be necessary). This binder is with me at all times (in my travel purse or small backpack that I put under the seat in front of me for the flight). It contains (by order in which I should need the documents):

 

- 2 copies of itinerary details with all important info (confirmation numbers, date, times, address of each place I should be at any given moment and home address since DBF is staying home but otherwise I would put the office address). Helpful in case checked luggage don't make it through or other unexpected situations.

** Copies : one of this is also attached to every luggage, folded, in a ziplock bag and one copy stays in the safe onboard and a second copy stays home.

 

- Passport, credit card, birth certificate and 2 picture ID (better be safe than sorry)

** Original of passport held by the ship (since I'm not US Citizen), copies of passport: 1 in the safe, one with me ashore, one at home.

** Original of birth certificate and credit card come with me ashore (otherwise kept in the safe), one copy in the safe and one copy at home.

** 1 picture ID (+ ship card) comes with me ashore, copy is kept in the safe, copy at home.

 

- Airplane tickets

** Copy stays in the safe, copy at home

 

- Hotel Reservation confirmation** Copy stays at home

 

- Cruise documents (tickets, e-mail confirmation, online registration form)

** copy of the ticket comes with me ashore, one copy at home

 

Ports of call information, sorted by city in order of visit (including any e-mail confirmation of booked excursions).

 

OK, this seems like a lot of copies and all but all ID copies fit on a 2-sided sheet of paper, another page for cruise confirmation and one last sheet of paper for itinerary details and information, that makes only 3 sheets of paper to fold and bring with me ashore (and kept separate than my real picture ID and ship card).

[legalsec]

WOW...thank you all so much for the info...Now that I know what to bring, I guess I'll have to buy something to bring it in...

 

Thanks again

[Toyz711]

i took one big envelope with my registrations, tickets and passports.

one envelope for the excursion information...one copy of the last confirmation email from NCL, since i did most excursions through the ship and you get a copy in your room at check-in. And one copy of the confirmation for my beach reservations.

we didn't fly this time...but even then, for us...it's our boarding pass only, we check in at home the day before. the driver's lic is in our wallets, no need to put it anywhere special (plus we don't want to forget where we put it.)

[zqvol]

Just so I can have everything ready and not buried in my luggage that has been taken away, what documents/papers do I need to have with me or show when we check in and board the ship.

 

Thanks.

 

You have some good advice above this , but all you MUST have are your passport (or birth certificate and DL) and a credit card or sufficient cash for your expenses. Everything else just speeds up the process.

[Cosmopolitan]

You have some good advice above this , but all you MUST have are your passport (or birth certificate and DL) and a credit card or sufficient cash for your expenses. Everything else just speeds up the process.

 

I agree, we just have passport and credit card in-hand when we board.

We carry the additional papers just in case there is a "glitch" when we get to the check-in counter:)

[salty dingo]

They have your reservation in the computer. Just show your passport and credit card. That's really all you need.

 

You should bring all your printed material you received from the travel agency, just in case there is a problem... but as I said, you won't need it normally.

[Toyz711]

after we parked the car and went down the elevator to check-in, they had security at the door...he wouldn't let anyone through until he saw the actual cruise ticket. no one else wanted to see it, including the guy that checked us in. but you did need it to through the doors to check in.

there was people there searching their bags for those tickets:eek:

[garycarla]

If you have a passport, you do NOT need another type of ID.

Yes, you need credit card, or lots of cash.

 

Copies of some of the other stuff is nice, but not needed. They will ask for cruise ticket, but if you have done online registration it is not needed.

 

You do NOT need even one copy of airline tickets. They have been paperless for over 10 years.

 

We have appeared at the pier with nothing but a passport and credit card. No luggage tags, etc. We boarded in under 10 minutes.

[Ms belp]

"Legalsec" would lead me to believe you work for attorneys. Join date of 2004 would lead me to believe you've been around here for awhile. What's up with the "newbie" thing?:confused:

[legalsec]

"Legalsec" would lead me to believe you work for attorneys. Join date of 2004 would lead me to believe you've been around here for awhile. What's up with the "newbie" thing?:confused:

 

What's your point?