sparks1093

Yes, your citizenship was conferred because of your father being a citizen, whereas someone born on Guam gets their citizenship from being born in a US territory, just like being born in a state. DW received her citizenship by naturalizing and used her naturalization certificate to cruise with the first few times. (I will note that both the CRBA and NC cost money to replace, so having a more durable form of citizenship proof might be prudent. When I found out that it cost $350 to replace a naturalization certificate we got our EDLs.)

Except that there are provisions in the DHS regulations that allow for the waiver of the passport requirement for emergencies and for humanitarian reasons. The government isn't going to let millions of its citizens leave the country without have procedures in place to get them home if something happens.

They aren't accepted because of PR law, which invalidated all birth certificates issued prior to a certain date because of rampant fraud. I've never read of a similar issue with other US territories.

Most passengers think the muster is only for when the ship is sinking and don't realize the number of events that could cause a ship-wide muster, such as the few that you mention. Mustering the passengers lets the Captain know that all of the passengers are safe and accounted for and keeps them out of the way while the crew deals with the emergency. While I like the new muster the sailor in me is always going "this isn't going to work if the brown stuff hits the fan".

Have to have passengers involved to fully train the crew.

It's a US territory so an official birth certificate issued by Guam should work. Doubtful anything issued by the hospital would work.

I know, that's why I started my post with "I agree" and then added what PVPs will do, so newbies following the thread will learn that.🙂

I agree but my PVP will do the price adjustment for me under Early Saver if I find it.

DW just had to pay for the glass, the shot was covered by Cheers.

They were a thing on Legend.

Did a search and found this: Corkscrews (with no blade) Carry On Bags: Yes Checked Bags: Yes For more prohibited items, please go to the 'What Can I Bring?' page.

Better to bring it and not need it then to not bring it and need it seems to be the consensus to this question.

Call and ask to be re-assigned seems to be the easiest way.

I agree that it is something that is best to have.

Like that wouldn't get flagged in the system so as soon as you land you are pulled out of the line. There are far easier ways to do that (like, just getting on a plane at you home airport and flying off to somewhere else...or even just jump in the car and drive).

I believe that it is if it is in your checked luggage and not your carryon.

When we took our step granddaughter we had the letter, but no one ever asked to see it. It is a recommendation by many, but I don't believe it is a requirement. Human trafficking is a serious problem, but I don't see closed loop cruises as being a viable means of doing that.

So with a casino booking it's a...gamble?😁

I started noticing a decline in the quality of every day products right at the start of the pandemic and it has only gotten worse. Staffing shortages and supply chain issues abound in every industry right now. I see empty shelves at my grocery store and businesses struggling to get product to sell. This obviously affects cruising and until I start seeing an improvement overall in retail I'm going to chalk any changes in cruising up to similar issues. The cruise lines were hard hit by the pandemic, as was the rest of the hospitality industry. So in addition to the supply chain issues and the staffing issues they have to recoup some of the financial losses they endured. It will be a long road back.

I suspect that tips are very frowned on in that job because there is a fine line between a tip and a bribe.

It is something to consider, but I wouldn't say that a return trip is always going to require a passport since the DHS regulations that give us the closed loop exemption also allow the waiver of the passport requirement for emergencies or for humanitarian reasons. For most people the risk of having to return home mid cruise is very low.

On a closed loop cruise (returning to the departure port) a birth certificate is all that's needed under the registrations, but some cruise lines require passports for minors traveling without a parent and some require passports of all passengers regardless.

The DHS regulations that give us the closed loop exemption also contain a provision allowing for a waiver of the passport requirement for emergencies and humanitarian reasons. In every situation that I'm aware of from Cruise Critic the cruise line coordinated with CBP and the passengers in question were granted waivers allowing them to board flights direct to the US where they were cleared in secondary inspection.

Just make sure that you look at your invoice before you debark, none of the $0 charges shows on you final invoice (or at least it didn't for us).

Hence (probably, anyway) the passport requirement for cruise ship passengers.