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I think I read somewhere that when you check-in on the app, you have to add a card on file for onboard spending/charges. Is this true? If so, will RC charge a “hold” fee to your card even if you don’t purchase anything onboard? Also, I heard that you can add cash instead of a card. Is this true? If so, how would I opt-out of adding my card during check-in and just add cash instead? Thank you! (First time cruiser!)

Hello again! I’m planning to use my birth certificate and ID to board the ship but realized that obviously my birth certificate is in my maiden name, and I’m married now so my name has been legally changed therefore my ID and cruise reservation is in my married name. Will this cause any issues for me? If so, what do I need to to to prevent issues? Thank you in advance!!

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

Does the birth certificate have a raised seal?

1 hour ago, smokeybandit said:

Does the birth certificate have a raised seal?

Hey there! Yes I believe so it does!

52 minutes ago, CrznTxn said:

If you embark and disembark within the US you do not need a passport, only your birth certificate and a photo ID (drivers license). The passport is nice if for some reason you have to return to the US from one of the foreign ports and you need it to fly but is not required at port stops. We have folks on each of our cruises who do not have passports and it is not a problem. If you are going out of Galveston we saw this on our last cruise that ended this past Monday. They just put you in a different disembarkation line for customs but is not an issue.

Thank you! I know the passport is not necessary. What I’m trying to figure out is if the ship will let me board with a ‘short form birth abstract’ like in the example photo I attached. Would you happen to know? Thanks so much!

Hi everyone! I have a cruise booked early September of this year and I’m  still waiting on my passport. It got delayed because they said that my original copy of my birth certificate wouldn’t work because it doesn’t have the institution where I was born on it nor the person who registered my birth, so I submitted them a short form birth abstract that they said would suffice as long as it had the “I” indicator on it (which mine did). I’m worried that my passport won’t come in time since I had to make corrections, so if it doesn’t I want to have a back-up plan for documentation boarding the ship. What should I use for back-up? Will my short form birth abstract suffice to board as shown in the example picture attached? Apparently, my original birth certificate doesn’t have some info that’s needed for a passport, so does that mean that it won’t work to board the ship as well?? Please help!