Stephie - I believe the gift card is standard, everyone recieves their gift card but it's empty. That's where your 'gifts' go, on the gift card that you recieved already.
That must be new that planners are helping now - there have been some MAJOR problems with the registry.
In order to register, you need your reservation # meaning you have to reserve either your cruise or your hotel first before you can set-up your registry. HTH!