first time going on a cruise

[DisneyMarv]

do i really need to take my birth certificate or could i just take my passport id card i am going on a 3 day disney magic cruise. Never been on a cruise before so i'm trying to make sure i go prepared when i get to the port.

 

[adamki]

I don't know which cruise you are on but according to travel.state.gov:

The U.S. Passport Card can be used to enter the United States from Canada, 
Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda at land border crossings or sea 
ports-of-entry and is more convenient and less expensive than a passport 
book.  The passport card cannot be used for international travel by air.

 

[Four Swampers]

If it is a closed loop cruise, which means it starts and ends in the same port, you can use any of the following:

1. Birth certificate and photo id, such as driver's license.
2. Passport card.
3. Passport book.

Passport book has the advantage that if you have an emergency or miss the ship, you can fly home using passport book. The passport card and the birth cert/driver'slicense combo are both fine for cruising, but they won't get you home via air. In that instance, you will be working with US Embassy or consulate to get an emergency passport.

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

I very much you bring every piece of paper/document DISNEY says you need and every pice of.paper/document you could every dream you need. After all its only a few pieces of paper and if you don'T HAVE ONE IT CAN CAUSE LOTS OF PROBLEMS AND ISSUES.

AKK

 

[wcw57]

just bring the passport...it isn't very big nor heavy. Photocopy it to carry to port excursions if u don't want to use original for fear of loss. Either way, as my dear old Auntie used to say: "Better safe than sorry." she wasn't very original but she was smart

 

[DISNEYFAN3260]

IMO, if you have a passport, bring it. I prefer to take it off the ship with me too (except at Castaway Cay) and leave the copy in the room safe. I know many others prefer to do the opposite, but to me having it with me in another country is the whole purpose for having it at all.

 

[DisneyMarv]

okay thanks for all your information