passport

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

1) I have heard that passport of non US citizen are kept by the Ship Crew for all the time of the cruise.
Is that true?

2) I have heard that to go on board after shore excursions you have to show a photo document.
Is that true?

3) ... if both are true I need TWO passports !!!!
:confused:

thanks
Marco

[my3kids]

I think everything is true except needing 2 passports. To reboard the ship, you'll show your room key and a picture ID.....a drivers license or other official gov't ID. If you live in the US, most states will issue an ID card like a driver's license to people who need an official ID but don't drive. You can call DCL...they have a dep't that answers documentation questions to see what photo id's are acceptable in addition to the passport, if you live outside the US.

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

By the way I need two photo ID documents ... isn't?
Thanks
Marco

[WebmasterPenny]

Holy cow!

I live in the UK, and my Driving License doesn't have a picture on...the <b>only</b> picture ID I have is my passport, so asking DCL what other forms of ID are acceptable is a moot point for me! Does that mean I can't leave the ship? :(
Penny

[TartanFan]

I asked this question a while ago as here in the UK, photo drivers licences are not yet common and the only photo id I have is my passport! Apparently, if you're a non-US citizen, DCL give you a photocopy of the picture page of your passport so all of us "foreigners" can get off the ship after all!

[Wonderwoman1982]

So, do US citizens get to keep their passports?? We're taking passports, but I got to thinking.. I don't want to if they'll take it. Last year my hubby was NOT a citizen, and they kept his passport. He becomes a US Citizen in THREE days, so we're getting him a US passport. And I want to keep them, since they're so expensive and hard and time consuming to replace... Anyone know??

[SQUIGGLE]

Wonderwoman - for US citizens, they will check your passport at the terminal (or your Resort check in if you stay at WDW first); but you will get it right back.

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