Ed in OKC

I've learn my lesson. Always read the fine print and it's much safer to get a passport. I called the Princess customer service number 3 times and got agents with heavy foreign accents who told me conflicting answers.

Exactly. I'm glad I caught that little ^ and read further down. The devil is in the details!..

Did you see where there is a ^ next to Galveston and a little further down it says all voyages to South and Central America are excluded and must have a passport? Yes, it mentions Martinque and Guadeloupe but it goes on to say all cruises calling on South or Central America are excluded (from the ID and birth certificate option) and MUST have a passport. We decided not to risk our vacation so we are headed to Dallas, a 3 hour drive for us, and hitting the same day passport office.

PS: I will ask the Princess desk agents at the Galveston Cruise Port if they would have accepted just a photo ID and a birth certificate and I will report back on this thread after our cruise.

Sorry, I won't be of any help because we found out that some US Passport Centers have the ability to issue same day passports, for an extra fee of course, if you need to fly internationally for a documented medical emergency in your family or you are traveling soon and you urgently need a passport. You must call and make an appointment first. I'm driving those in my party to Dallas tomorrow at the crack of dawn to the passport center there to get passports. We aren't taking the chance that we may get denied boarding. Thank you for all of your responses everyone. Happy cruising...

We didn't look into it because we have sailed from Galveston to Cozumel, Belize and Roatan several times in the past few years and a driver's license and birth certificate and that was always accepted by the various cruise lines, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and Carnival who owns Princess. I'm glad I read the fine print a couple of days ago. Tomorrow we are driving to the passport office in Dallas to get a last minute passport. We have an appointment and they have the ability to issue same day passports, thank goodness.

7 of us are going on the Regal Princess out of Galveston this Sunday. Three in my party don't have passports, just a Driver's License and Birth Certificate. We have cruised for years without needing a passport on roundtrip, closed loop cruises. The Princess website says if the ship is calling on a port in Central America that you must have a passport. Roatan is in Central America. I called Princess three times and got conflicting answers from call center agents with very heavy foreign accents. Is there anybody reading this that has cruised on the Regal Princess recently out of Galveston going to Roatan that only had a driver's license and birth certificate? Obviously we don't want to be denied boarding. Thanks in advance for the responses.