I'm working on planning a family cruise to Alaska and have some questions about travel documents. What's the best resource to talk to a human who has correct and binding answers for this? I know the cruise line customer service staff is pretty famous for uninformed answers that no one upholds.
If it helps, the question is whether we could cruise from Vancouver with an under-16 minor US citizen who probably won't be able to get a passport. The State Department's website indicates that kids under 16 can enter Canada with proof of citizenship only--presumably a birth certificate in his case. We live in driving distance so no air travel is involved. I've cruised from Vancouver before but I have a passport and I don't remember the details of the paperwork checks. I have the same question around the White Pass rail trip too.
Otherwise, we'll settle on cruising from Seattle but the itineraries are somehow so much worse.
