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Hi all - what's the best option getting from Port Everglades to West Palm Beach airport? Our flight leaves at 1:30pm (Sunday Dec 10). I'm assuming we'll be able to get off the ship no later than 10 (Regal Princess). I'm thinking Uber or Lyft, but any other suggestions?

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I wouldn't think that a marriage license without the witness and officiant signatures that solemnized that the marriage took place would be enough for Carnival, so I would definitely call them to figure that out for sure.

I know that sounded fishy to me too, but that's what we were told (though maybe the agent just wanted to get me off the phone). I'm going to call again and see if I get the same message from someone else.

This may very from officiant to officiant, but when I was married in a Catholic church, we all signed the marriage license at the end of our rehearsal, the day before the wedding. It was dated for the next day and he kept it.

 

For my job, I issue marriage licenses. I do think you will need a copy of the license after it is filled out by the witnesses and officiant though and not just the application from when they get the license. Maybe you can get that done at the rehersal and get a copy then and not worry about it on the big day.

thanks Freckle! that's a great idea...though something tells me my daughter and my wife will balk at that (they don't want it to be official until it's official, if you know what I mean). One way or another, I will get a copy of the license and send it with them.

Our daughter was 20, her hubby was 19 when they got married.

Got married on a Saturday, boarded the ship on Sunday.

Yes, proof of marriage documentation was required. No, it wasn't a big deal.

 

With the caveat that the Mrs. is taking her husbands last name after marriage,,, I'm hoping you booked the cruise and listed her under her maiden name? Makes life a lot easier with identifications until she can get back from the honeymoon, then start the name change process on all her documentation.

yep, we booked her under her maiden name. That's great to know that things went smoothly for your daughter/son-in-law. That definitely gives me some peace of mind!

I bet CCL doesn't have a lot of people under the age of 21 getting to cruise for their honeymoon! Heck I was over 21 when I got married, and I still didn't get to cruise! Hahaha!!

 

I think the reason this is such an issue is the only way people under the age of 21 can cruise is if they are related (like siblings) and parents are on board or Oor the parties under 21 are married.

 

I'm thinking your daughter may not want you to cruise with her! :D

 

I am hoping those other suggestions work for you!! Best Wishes to the newlyweds!!

lol - we will not be accompanying them. We are paying for the honeymoon and are hoping that they have the time of their lives. I'm sure everything will go smoothly. Thanks for the good wishes!

I think the "stressing" issue is the cruise being so close to the wedding. .

Travel documents needed for proof of ID can be hard to read through on all cruise websites.

-I don't know...I've been on 16 different cruises on 4 different cruise lines (including Carnival) and have never run into this before (wrt frustration over id documentation). Honeymoons normally do take place right after a wedding, so I doubt this is an issue Carnival rarely deals with.

Might be I'm opening a can of worms, but here's another thought, if the person performing the ceremony, or yourselves can get a copy of the "signed marriage license" before it's taken to the court house to be recorded, I'd take it along too. I know it's not the "official" one, but it's one more piece the "powers that be" can look at.

-another great idea...though I hate having to worry/think about this on my daughter's wedding day.

Carnival needs to change this policy...it's ridiculous. Or at least they need to be completely upfront about what is considered "proper documentation" and how it should be submitted. Threatening to not allow someone to board because they can't abide by an ambiguous rule is stupid.

Fax a copy of the application to yourself too. Take this, and the confirmation of successful transmission, to the port with you on the day of embarkation.

-great idea! thanks!

As we've read (many times) on these boards that Carnival does require a proof of marriage document at the time of the cruise for anyone under 21, we did clarify with Carnival what an acceptable form of "proper documentation" would be. We were told that a copy of the application for the wedding license was acceptable. This is great news since the official marriage license itself wouldn't be ready until several days after the ceremony (when they would already be on the cruise). In our county, a license can't be applied for until 60 days or less prior to the wedding (so still a bit stressful having to worry about this that close to the cruise). We were also told that if we were to fax the documentation, it couldn't be faxed to Carnival but must be faxed to the port they were leaving from. The agent went on to say that if we did that, the port would be too busy to process it in time. lol...I'm not making this up folks. So, we'll just send them with a copy of the application and hope that the agent was telling the truth. It would kind of suck for them to be denied boarding when we're spending quite a bit of time shoring up what's required 8+ months prior to departure.

Can anyone explain why Carnival has this rule, especially when other cruise lines that are not typically branded as "party boats" (like Carnival) don't have this rule? We booked them on Carnival because we had some Carnival vouchers and because it was quite a bit cheaper than other cruise lines.