Passport Card

[SL6827]

Can you use a passport card to sail with DCL? We have our passports, but another guest was asking about the card?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Can you use a passport card to sail with DCL? We have our passports, but another guest was asking about the card?

Best answer - maybe. It depends on the cruise itinerary. BUT, if there's an issue and if this other guest needed to fly home from a foreign port, a card doesn't work.

 

[Mommb]

On a closed-loop cruise that leaves from and returns to the same US port, a passport card will work (as will a US birth certificate). However, as PrincessShmoo said, the card will not be sufficient if someone needs to fly back to the US from another country.

 

[SL6827]

Thanks.

 

[littlejessmarie]

We just recently used our passport cards when we sailed on the Wish in November. We had no issues with it.

 

[Kit Jackson]

I agree with what others have said. You could use it as a valid form of ID, but if something goes horribly wrong and you need to fly home from a place outside the US (with the possible exceptions of Canada and Mexico), the passport card will not allow you to board a plane.

 

[tvguy]

The actual Passport is always the best option.

 

[jimmymc]

If the cruise starts and ends in the US, yes. If you need to fly to another country, no.

 

[SL6827]

The actual Passport is always the best option.

Yes. I know.

 

[TillyMarigold]

You can use it on a closed-loop cruise, *but* you must use the same document to check in that you are going to use on the ship itself to board/debark. You can't check in with a passport beforehand and then give your passport card at the port. (Same goes for any other combination of documents.)

 

[RedHead0186]

I would recommend reviewing the guidance on the DCL website: https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/guest-services/passport-travel-documentation/

(Nothing against my fellow DISers and their great advice, but for things like these I always feel it's best to go straight to the source).