wrenofthemill

Of course, I always have my passport for every cruise.

A passport should be tucked in with essential IDs, credit cards. No exceptions.

Sadly, I don't fully trust cruise agents; I sometimes get vastly different answers.

There's inconsistentcy in the depth and quality of their training and experience.

This is why the cruise lines post ALL that info. -- sometimes overloading we mere travelers.

So, I am going to say I feel Princess should have put out a softer statement.

The statement struck me as quite institutional and incompassionate. 

There's a lot of policies and detailed requirements thrown at cruisers; it can be overwhelming for the less savvy traveler.

On another huge cruise line, I recently got the same emailed policy 3 times with a lengthy GENERIC policy: port by port entry requirements. My cruise wasn't visiting any of those ports! I didn't appreciate wasting my time by sending irrelevant info when there's so much relevant info to wade through.