Are passports enough? - The DIS Discussion Forums

gfamof4 · 01-13-2013, 08:27 AM

We have passports for everyone including our children. Is that all we need or do I need to pack birth certificates?

TDC Nala · 01-13-2013, 08:31 AM

If you have passports you will not need birth certificates.

gfamof4 · 01-13-2013, 08:33 AM

Thank you.... That's what I thought, but just wanted to be sure!!!

stmize · 01-13-2013, 08:35 AM

Passports makes it so easy to board. I can't imagine going without them.

bitlerzx4 · 01-13-2013, 08:47 AM

We didn't have them last time but we are getting them this time only because we want to travel more and they do make it easier.

kcashner · 01-13-2013, 09:46 AM

You don't need a birth certificate with you if you have a passport.

TLSnell1981 · 01-13-2013, 10:09 AM

We use our passports for all travel..foreign and domestic. It IS so much easier.

Four Swampers · 01-13-2013, 08:32 PM

Let me suggest that you make two photocopies of each passport. Bring one set of photocopies in your luggage, separate from your passport. Leave the other set with someone who has access to a fax machine. If you lose your passports, it is much easier to get replacements if you have the photocopies.

ksucats · 01-13-2013, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Four Swampers

Let me suggest that you make two photocopies of each passport. Bring one set of photocopies in your luggage, separate from your passport. Leave the other set with someone who has access to a fax machine. If you lose your passports, it is much easier to get replacements if you have the photocopies.

I do this, but also have a copy stored in a folder on my hotmail account, so I can reprint anywhere I can get access to Internet with printer.

darwinsrule · 01-13-2013, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ksucats

I do this, but also have a copy stored in a folder on my hotmail account, so I can reprint anywhere I can get access to Internet with printer.

This is a great idea. Going to do this for our upcoming cruise.

Meghatron · 01-13-2013, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gfamof4

We have passports for everyone including our children. Is that all we need or do I need to pack birth certificates?

Do you have the same last name as your children? We gave a new, blended name to our kids and that has caused a problem for us in the past when going through customs at airports. Cruise customs doesn't seem to care, but we've only gone through that checkpoint three times. The US State Department website says a passport is all that is needed, but the agent who stopped us didn't care about official policy.

sgoney · 01-13-2013, 09:36 PM

If we have passports, do we need any other form of ID??

TXDCLfan · 01-13-2013, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sgoney

If we have passports, do we need any other form of ID??

no

stmize · 01-14-2013, 06:23 AM

When we came back to port canaveral in June even tho our kids have the same name as us. They asked our son my birthday which of course he didn't know and he's 16 lol

gfamof4 · 01-14-2013, 12:04 PM

Thanks for the suggestions! I have already made multiple copies of our passports. One to bring with us, one for our house and one saved on our computer which I will email to myself before our cruise. GREAT IDEA!!!

Yes....we all have the same last name.

01-13-2013, 08:27 AM	#1
gfamof4 Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 89	Are passports enough? We have passports for everyone including our children. Is that all we need or do I need to pack birth certificates? __________________

01-13-2013, 08:31 AM	#2
TDC Nala 1937, what a year that was Diet Coke on Ice or Else I apparently don't do anything they want to stimulate Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Not far enough outside the Beltway Posts: 54,476	If you have passports you will not need birth certificates. __________________

01-13-2013, 08:33 AM	#3
gfamof4 Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 89	Thank you.... That's what I thought, but just wanted to be sure!!! __________________

01-13-2013, 08:35 AM	#4
stmize DVC MEMBER--NOV 2010--WDW MOM OF DS 16 & DD 12 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Flintstone, GA Posts: 1,402	Passports makes it so easy to board. I can't imagine going without them. __________________

01-13-2013, 08:47 AM	#5
bitlerzx4 Mouseketeer Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NC Posts: 471	We didn't have them last time but we are getting them this time only because we want to travel more and they do make it easier. __________________ March 2001(just us) October 2008 (as a family of 4) December 2011 Dream/WDW October 2013 Fantasy Cruise

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01-13-2013, 09:46 AM	#6
kcashner DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 33,275	You don't need a birth certificate with you if you have a passport.

01-13-2013, 10:09 AM	#7
TLSnell1981 TinkLoves Boo Boo Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,708	We use our passports for all travel..foreign and domestic. It IS so much easier. __________________ "Strangely enough, it all turns out well. How? I don't know. It's a mystery." Shakespeare in Love

01-13-2013, 08:32 PM	#8
Four Swampers Picture is Disney Wonder at Cabo San Lucas Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 225	Let me suggest that you make two photocopies of each passport. Bring one set of photocopies in your luggage, separate from your passport. Leave the other set with someone who has access to a fax machine. If you lose your passports, it is much easier to get replacements if you have the photocopies. __________________ Disney Wonder 11/19/09 Bahamas // Disney Magic 08/07/10 Mediterranean // Disney Wonder 03/27/11 Mexican Riviera Disney Dream 11/17/11 Bahamas // Disney Fantasy 03/31/12 Maiden Voyage Disney Wonder 06/11/12 Alaska // Disney Wonder 09/10/12 Vancouver to LA

01-13-2013, 09:36 PM	#12
sgoney Earning My Ears Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 11	If we have passports, do we need any other form of ID??

01-14-2013, 06:23 AM	#14
stmize DVC MEMBER--NOV 2010--WDW MOM OF DS 16 & DD 12 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Flintstone, GA Posts: 1,402	When we came back to port canaveral in June even tho our kids have the same name as us. They asked our son my birthday which of course he didn't know and he's 16 lol __________________

01-14-2013, 12:04 PM	#15
gfamof4 Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 89	Thanks for the suggestions! I have already made multiple copies of our passports. One to bring with us, one for our house and one saved on our computer which I will email to myself before our cruise. GREAT IDEA!!! Yes....we all have the same last name. __________________

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