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First time in April, how different is it to flying out from Sydney, (our departure port) and are there any tips, tricks we should be aware of. Cruising with Carnival Australia.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
You will do check in for your cruise and hand over your passport which will be kept and you will collect it on the last day. You will then move through immigration, security which is similar to the airport and onto the ship. Depending on the line, your photo will be taken either when you check in or as you board the ship (same for domestic cruises). This is linked to your sea pass and cones up when you are getting off and on the ship at ports. If you do not have priority check in the queues may be quite long so be prepared for a bit of a wait.
Enjoy the cruise.
That's interesting - have never done a South Pacific cruise or one on Carnival. For all the ones I have been on (international ones) the ship has held the passport. In SE Asia we were staying off the ship (RCI) overnight and had to arrange to have our passports returned to us but when we were reboarding the security machine beeped with a pop up for us to give them back.We went on a Carnival cruise to the South Pacific from Sydney in March, we handed over our passports for immigration but got them straight back.
I have mostly sailed RCI, Celebrity and Cunard for anything international so guess that explains why they have always kept the passports.They give you back the passports usually unless they have to do a blanket visa , RCI tend to keep hold of them,along with celebrity
most ports now take your photo as you check in so you don't block getting onto the ship
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I have mostly sailed RCI, Celebrity and Cunard for anything international so guess that explains why they have always kept the passports.
Brisbane did the photo as we actually boarded though I have had it taken at check in at other places (except for small ships where they did it all on board).
Not sure if irv has cruised domestically and looking for info on actual international departures or whether this is all new for them.
You will do check in for your cruise and hand over your passport which will be kept and you will collect it on the last day. You will then move through immigration, security which is similar to the airport and onto the ship. Depending on the line, your photo will be taken either when you check in or as you board the ship (same for domestic cruises). This is linked to your sea pass and cones up when you are getting off and on the ship at ports. If you do not have priority check in the queues may be quite long so be prepared for a bit of a wait.
Enjoy the cruise.
I suspect it varies with where you are going and the Visa requirements. My experience with a NZ cruise for example is that they don't keep the passport where as to/from other countries they do.We went on a Carnival cruise to the South Pacific from Sydney in March, we handed over our passports for immigration but got them straight back.
True - in Europe and Asia the ships have collected our passports but for 'local' (i.e. to NZ) they hand them back.I suspect it varies with where you are going and the Visa requirements. My experience with a NZ cruise for example is that they don't keep the passport where as to/from other countries they do.