I am a regular cruiser, cruising with both Disney Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean over 12 times. I am currently booking a 2019, 7-day Disney Fantasy Cruise to Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica, and Castaway Cay. In the past, we have cruised to destinations including Cozumel, Mexico; Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico; Nassau; St. John; St. Maarten; St. Thomas; Grand Cayman; Coco Cay; Castaway Cay, etc., and have never needed a passport for any of those cruises. Usually, we have been required to carry 2 forms of identification, and we have always used a government issued driver's license, and birth certificate.
I was told today that each of our guests will need a valid passport for this cruise. My fiancé and I are getting married on Castaway Cay on this cruise, and no one in my party has ever had a passport, or ever needed one in the past. It ordinarily would be no deal, except for on this cruise, we will have dozens of family members and friends hassled with the chore of getting passports for our wedding, if this is now a requirement. I have been told previously that you do not need a passport cruising, as long as your cruise is departing from and arriving back to the same, original port. Has anyone cruised recently with Disney and needed a passport for a Western-Caribbean cruise? Do my wedding guests need to get passports before our cruise? Thanks in advance!
I was told today that each of our guests will need a valid passport for this cruise. My fiancé and I are getting married on Castaway Cay on this cruise, and no one in my party has ever had a passport, or ever needed one in the past. It ordinarily would be no deal, except for on this cruise, we will have dozens of family members and friends hassled with the chore of getting passports for our wedding, if this is now a requirement. I have been told previously that you do not need a passport cruising, as long as your cruise is departing from and arriving back to the same, original port. Has anyone cruised recently with Disney and needed a passport for a Western-Caribbean cruise? Do my wedding guests need to get passports before our cruise? Thanks in advance!