Do kids need a passport for an Alaskan Cruise?

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Zef H

EVERYBODY, regardless of age, needs a passport, even for a cruise going to Alaska. The reason is, all cruises that go to Alaska make at least one port call in Canada ...

PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS
Please be advised that while originally the U.S. Department of State regulations stipulated that passports would be needed by January 8, 2007 for land and sea travel, recently passed legislation has deferred this date until at least January 1, 2008. However, all passengers traveling by air between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will still be required to present a valid U.S. passport beginning January 23, 2007. Even if your cruise does not involve air travel outside the U.S., should you be required to unexpectedly depart a vessel prior to the end of the sailing, a passport would be required to re-enter the U.S. by air. As such, Princess Cruises continues to strongly recommend that all passengers are in possession of a passport by January 23, 2007. Information regarding the passport requirements is available at www.travel.state.gov. Foreign nationals should contact their governments for further details.

Many countries require your passport to be valid for six months after the completion of your travel. Check your passport to verify it will be valid for this period of time. Please ensure the name on the passport matches the name on the booking. Additionally, ensure your passport contains blank pages for entry and exit endorsements and any visas that may be required. If necessary, allow sufficient time to renew your passport and/or obtain additional pages.

http://www.princess.com/answer/ready.html

Charlie

If the cruise ship is stopping in Canada, you could need passports. Even thouh the passport law does not require passports for sea travel until after Jan. 2008, some cruise lines do require passports....so ASK your cruise line if they will be stopping in Canada, and if they require passports.

setashort55

If you are a US Citizen you would'nt (Alaska is a part of the US) , But if you are going to any other country you will.

Lex

Yes. When I went, you didn't need a passport, just a birth certificate if you got off the ship in Canada. Now, even if you don't go off the ship into Canada you still need a passport.

dinkum360

If they are not US citizens they do.

Bobby J

It's called the 49th state because your still in America

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