Passports- Onboard

DaddyFTO · #1 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 01:52 AM

Hi Everyone!

Does Carnival keep your passports for the length
of the cruise? If they do when do they return them?

Thanks

Daddy

Dwayne · #2 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 02:12 AM

Hey Daddy,

Carnival does not keep the Passports.

I love your ticker

Wishing you a wonderful cruise,

IslandCruz

PA Steve Rocky Mount · #3 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 07:30 AM

You will show your passports when you get to the dock and every time you board and leave the boat..so keep them handy.

Dwayne · #4 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 07:56 AM

Hi Steve, You can show your passport if you choose. It is not required to re-board the ship. An ID and your Sail&Sign is all you need.

joergr · #5 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 08:00 AM

We only showed our passports at the check-in in Miami and again when US immigration came aboard in St. Thomas.

Jim C. · #6 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 09:27 AM

Typically you don't need your passports to get on and off the ship in the Caribbean. That may be different on Med cruises... I just put ours in the room safe after we board. The sign and sail card is all you need to board the ship in ports. (Bring an ID too. Some port security requires the ID along with the S&S card.

PA Steve Rocky Mount · #7 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 09:30 AM

I stand corrected, as he put on his orthopedic shoes. When you get on and off you only need ID and Sign and Sail Card but you DO need passport when you re-enter the USA.

CruiseDad · #8 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DaddyFTO:
Hi Everyone!

Does Carnival keep your passports for the length
of the cruise? If they do when do they return them?

Thanks

Daddy

DaddyFTO, Clearly if you are a US Citizen they don't keep them and judging from the other responses from Canada they don't but I recall on prior cruises that other forgien nationals had to turn over the passport and then picked it up again at the end of the cruise. That was several years ago now, could be different and may have depended on what ports we visited

LHT28 · #9 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 12:20 PM

We did a Panama canal cruise and they kept ours also in Europe they keep them in most cases.

We are Canadian!

PC GUY · #10 (**permalink**) 04-20-2007, 02:44 PM

They kept my passport 3 years ago on my first cruise on the Fascination. They did not do that
any more for any of my other cruises.

When You leave the ship, and go back through port security, you will need your "Ship's ID card" - the sail and sign
card and a photo ID - A driver's licence will be fine.

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