Weirdly, we went through hoops to get this for our grandson’s first cruise with us on RCC. Never asked for it then or years since. Maybe our Diamond plus status matters to the person checking your documents.? Never asked for anything when I took my son with a passport only, which last name was different from mine either. Wonder why all the different experiences?
but, I’d rather have one than be denied boarding.
last time, I literally had one done where I typed out something saying we accepted all responsibility for him, etc and had that notarized locally, while his mom in another state, did the same saying she gave me permission to take him and was responsible. We did use exact details for dates and ship though. So I had two notarized documents-
ywt, never asked for anything when we take him, just his birth certificate, since he has not passport. Names are different, and my son isn’t on it either, so no way they could see a link from just that either.
better safe than sorry. Be prepared.
