ID needed for reboarding in Alaska

[Nicci1]

As responses seem to vary on this board, I’m wondering whether I should take my passport as well as HAL cabin key for reboarding after port visits in Juneau and Ketchikan (I know I need my passport on me for Skagway excursion into Canada).

[Crew News]

Your passport is not needed in Juneau, or even a photo ID, so we have experienced so far aboard the Noordam. I think the photo ID is needed for activities on shore but the ship never checks it,

Edited May 12, 2015 by Crew News

[Copper10-8]

As responses seem to vary on this board, I’m wondering whether I should take my passport as well as HAL cabin key for reboarding after port visits in Juneau and Ketchikan (I know I need my passport on me for Skagway excursion into Canada).

 

Your passport is not required in Alaska for reboarding. You'll always need your room key/ship's I.D. with you when leaving the vessel. It is recommended that you take a government-issued photo I.D. with you ashore also (not necessarily your passport, a DL will do).

 

None of the Alaska stops, with the exception of Seward, includes having to go through a terminal building to get back on the ship where you are asked to show that photo I.D. to shore-side security. In other countries around the world, it is a requirement

[take us away]

We always carry a photo ID - just in case something happens - even in ports that do not require one to get unto the pier. We feel it is better to be safe than possibly sorry.

[sail7seas]

I always have my drivers license and a laminated copy of the photo page of my passport when I leave the ship.

[serendipity1499]

I always have my drivers license and a laminated copy of the photo page of my passport when I leave the ship.

 

We do the same thing..:)

[Krazy Kruizers]

It isn't required to have a passport unless you are doing one of the Canadian tours in Skagway or starting or ending or In Transit in Seward.

And you really don't need a passport in the other American ports in Alaska, we still carry our driver's licenses with us and I have copies of our passports -- just in case something happens to us.

[sapper1]

For every port anywhere in the world that I have cruised the message has been to take a government photo ID with you. We have been asked to produce it only a few times. I suspect you are told to take it in case you have an accident ashore and the authorities need to ID you.

We always take a driver's license. If you are required to have a passport you are specifically told to take a passport. We do carry a photocopy of the passports if the genuine article is not required.

[Nicci1]

Great answers, thanks everyone :). We’ll take our driver’s licenses and a copy of our passports with us, as well as our HAL ID card.

[take us away]

We now carry our passport cards as we had a revelation a while ago that if we lost our driver's license, we would not be able to rent the car to drive home. Plus we always have a paper copy of our passports with us as both fit on 1 page on a standard copier.

[cl.klink]

Still would be wise to have passport. If something happens and miss ship, airplane connection to catch up could have to go through Canada. I had a friend on a land vacation in US and a plane mishap resulted in an alternate booking that would have changed planes in Toronto, so could not do it because did not have passport with him at the time. I always have mine with me, therefore, when traveling.

- Joel