DeclanJohn

Thank you for the reply. I had a look; it is definitely an EDL. The cruise is on Princess; a rare and one-off itinerary from Seattle that does NOT go to Alaska; after a day in Victoria it heads south all the way to San Diego (but not into Mexico) and then returns to Seattle. Funny enough, I was at my mom's yesterday and asked about her naturalization papers (she was born in Perth to an Aussie nurse and handsome US Navy radioman near the end of the war; she's lived here since she was 2), She went and showed me those very papers, which included a photo of herself at 18; don't think I'd ever seen them before. What kicked off my fear was attempting to book the trip on a third party agency (same price as Princess but some significant perks) and reading the ID requirements they had there...they made no mention of the closed loop exception. But Princess' website was reassuring; I'm going to book the cruise to get the cabin I want now!

Following with interest. I just chickened out on a booking website and will call the same place tomorrow and book by phone. I want to take my mother on a closed loop cruise that stops one day in Canada but otherwise is entirely within the US. I have a passport. She does not but does have a WA EDL. She is 81 years old and this is the first time I've ever gotten her to let me treat her to any sort of vacation like this (she hates road trips by car and won't fly...who knew a trip on a ship would finally get an okay)? I'm 99.9999% sure just her EDL will be fine but still...it's so much money to risk if I'm wrong. I suppose we'd have time to get her a passport but this trip would be the single time I could ever see her using it; a lot of hassle and expense we'd prefer to avoid.

Hi, Yvonne! Hey, if any of your future cruises see you leaving from Seattle and you're in town a bit early, this shop in the Ballard area has your cake! https://www.scanspecialties.com/pages/cafe-menu-2