If you're a US citizen and planning to cruise to Alaska on a cruise that stops in Canada before summer 2008, you do not need a passport. You can also cruise to the Caribbean (except Barbados), Mexico and the Bahamas without a passport.
For any of the small ship cruises that sail only in Alaska, you do not need a passport.
The Department of Homeland security expects to announce the new date for requiring passports for all travel outside the US later this spring.
US citizens cruising to and from a US port do not need a passport.
No, you do not need a passport inside the US but you will need a valid picture ID.
Not if you are a US citizen
No, Alaska and Hawaii are a part of the US.
Alaska is one of the 50 states of the United States of America. If you are a U.S. citizen you would not need a passport as you are traveling within the country... not to Canada.
If you are a US resident and citizen, you will need a passport to fly to Canada. You will not need one if you are planning to drive from the US to the port in Canada. Until later in fall 2008, you also do not need a passport to travel by ship to Canada -- but you will need a certified copy of your birth certificate and a government-issued photo ID. Implementation of the regulations requiring passports for travel by land and ship to all countries, including Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, were postponed and a new date has not been established. It is expected the new implementation date will be in the fall, 2008.
No, passport requirements are not for domestic travels. Though passports can be used as a picture ID for boarding the plane.
If you are a US citizen, and the cruise ship departs and returns to the same US port, you will not need a passport to go on the cruise - as long as the cruise ship does not stop in any countries that require a passport for US citizens. If the ship is only cruising in Mexico, and returns to the same port from which it departed, you can board the ship with a certified copy of your birth certificate and a government issued photo id. It is much better, however, to have a passport. If, for example, there is an emergency and you have to leave the ship and fly home from Mexico, you will need a passport.
US citizens cruising to and from a US port don't need anything more than a driver's license and a state-issued copy of their birth certificate. Japanese people will probably need a passport or visa.
Find the passport issuing office in your area and get an application. You will need to submit two passport-size photos signed on the back by authorized people (the application tells you who is authorized) proof of citizenship and the fee.
US citizenship.
It must be a state-issued birth certificate with the state's seal on it. You will also need a government-issued photo ID for anyone over 18. As long as you are a US citizen and you are cruising from and to a US port, you will not need a passport.