Yes, you will need a passport for an Alaskan cruise that includes a stop in Canada.
If you are a U.S. citizen and the cruise leaves and returns to the same U.S. port you do not need a passport to cruise to the Bahamas.
If you're a US citizen and planning to cruise to the Bahamas before summer 2008, you do not need a passport. You can also cruise to the Caribbean (except Barbados), Mexico and Canada (for most Alaskan cruises) without a passport. The Department of Homeland security should announce the new date for passport requirements later this spring.
If you're a US citizen and your cruise starts and returns to the same US port, you do not need a passport to cruise to the Bahamas.
If you are a US citizen, and you are sailing to and from a US port, you will never need a passport for a cruise. They have made a permanent exception to the rule for cruisers who fit this description.
All you need is your passport, unless you are going on a cruise then moving to the US. you need a passport issued to you from your own country, and a visitors visa to gain entry to the usa,you then need to check what other visas you will need for countries you will visit on your cruise.
If you're a US citizen and planning to cruise -- on a large cruise ship or even a small sailboat -- to the Bahamas before summer 2008, you do not need a passport. You can also cruise to the Caribbean (except Barbados), Mexico and Canada (for most Alaskan cruises) without a passport. The Department of Homeland security plans to announce the new date for requiring passports for all travel outside the US later this spring.
Yes, Americans do need a passport to travel to Jamaica. Check out AllThingsCruise.com, the website has lots of good info on ports of call, passport or no passport, what to bring, what to do and basically all Cruise info you would need. It helped me when going on my first cruise.
Yes, you need a passport for a cruise to Canada.
yes you do Update: Effective June 1, 2009, if you are a US citizen and taking a cruise that departs from and returns to the same US port, you do not need a passport (but you will need a certified copy of your birth certificate or naturalization papers and a government-issued photo ID).
Yes, you need a valid passport to cruise to Canada.
Yes, you need a passport to go on a cruise to Canada.