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Avril

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Avril

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I was just wondering how they mark your cruise card to show that you are legal drinking age. I know RCI puts a hole in it if your under age, Celebrity makes it blue, Princess I'm not sure (never figured it out). I was just seeing if anybody knew if they marked it somehow. I don't know what I'll do if they're all the same because everyone says I look like I'm between 12 and 15 (I'm 22) and I won't have my passport to carry around the swhip as they take that from you at embarkation (not that I would want to carry it around anyway). Any ideas?

 

Thanks for the help:)

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I was just wondering how they mark your cruise card to show that you are legal drinking age. I know RCI puts a hole in it if your under age, Celebrity makes it blue, Princess I'm not sure (never figured it out). I was just seeing if anybody knew if they marked it somehow. I don't know what I'll do if they're all the same because everyone says I look like I'm between 12 and 15 (I'm 22) and I won't have my passport to carry around the swhip as they take that from you at embarkation (not that I would want to carry it around anyway). Any ideas?

 

Thanks for the help:)

 

I am not sure and should leave this question for someone who has teens but I believe I have seen cards that say "under 18" down the side of it. I believe 18 is the age of consent on the cruise ships. Again, I have only seen this from glancing at other people's ship & sail cards.

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Carnival's S&S cards are encoded as to the age of minor passengers. Any bartender can take a quick look at your card to see if you're 'of age' to be served.

 

Encoded with what?

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Ok, that's cool. So I don't have to carry any form of ID (passport, birth certificate, drivers licence, etc) around the ship with me?:D It's just that on my other 2 Carnival cruises (Imagination and Victory) I don't remember any kind of marking on my cards. But then they were 2 and 3 years ago (Imagination in 2003 and Victory in 2004). Maybe things have changed.

 

And I could have sworn that the legal age on ships was 21. I guess I was wrong. Oh well.:rolleyes:

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Encoded with what?

 

Your DOB and picture...

 

To the OP... if you really do look 12, I'd take your ID if you plan on going to the casino or the disco... they have gotten strict about this, and since they don't have the machines there, they ask for ID instead. We had many in our group that had to go back to cabins to get ID. Just an FYI :)

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On Carnival I am not 100% sure. If someone under 18 wants to purchase alcohol, when their card is swiped it will show up as void. Again I am not sure but I have heard this from numerous sources. Teens who participate in Club 02 have a sticker, but they are not required to have a sticker.

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Ok, that's cool. So I don't have to carry any form of ID (passport, birth certificate, drivers licence, etc) around the ship with me?:D

 

And I could have sworn that the legal age on ships was 21. I guess I was wrong. Oh well.:rolleyes:

 

It IS 21...

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On our June CC cruise there was nothing on my DD's cards (one 18 and one 16). My oldest had to carry around her drivers license if she planned on going to the Casino or any of the bars (had to be 18 to get in) and they carded her ALL the time.:D (she looks like she's 13!) They told me if she tried to buy alcohol her age would come up on the screen. All your fun pass info is encoded in the card, as is your picture, so they should be able to tell if you are old enough.

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On our June CC cruise there was nothing on my DD's cards (one 18 and one 16). My oldest had to carry around her drivers license if she planned on going to the Casino or any of the bars (had to be 18 to get in) and they carded her ALL the time.:D (she looks like she's 13!) They told me if she tried to buy alcohol her age would come up on the screen. All your fun pass info is encoded in the card, as is your picture, so they should be able to tell if you are old enough.

 

18 to get into the bar/dance club, could she (18) then purchase alcohol or is that where the 21 or over kicks in?

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Would a photocopy of my passport be an acceptable form of ID? I have a drivers licence but the picture on it was taken when I was 16 and it doesn't look like me at all.

 

DL is fine, even if the pic if off, the name just has to match, the Casinos can take the card and scan it if they have to...

 

Relax, if you are old enough, you won't be hassled with purchasing alcohol because your card will tell them you are old enough, and for other stuff, they will believe your DL. They want you to have fun, they are not looking to stop people from gambling etc. it is just because of all the recent pressure of underage drinking and incidents, they have tightened up a bunch.

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I won't have my passport to carry around the swhip as they take that from you at embarkation (not that I would want to carry it around anyway). Any ideas?

 

Thanks for the help:)

 

OP - Just curious, who is taking away your passport at embarkation, and why?

 

Thanks

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OP - Just curious, who is taking away your passport at embarkation, and why?

 

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They take your passport away at embarkation when you check in (at least, they did so on my last 2 Carnival cruises). I think it's done so that they can show the customs people at the ports of call all the passports at once without having them come on the ship and do it like they do when you disembark at the end of the cruise. it's just easyer, faster and more efficiant this way. I think that's why anyway. Anyone else have a better explaination?

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They take your passport away at embarkation when you check in (at least, they did so on my last 2 Carnival cruises). I think it's done so that they can show the customs people at the ports of call all the passports at once without having them come on the ship and do it like they do when you disembark at the end of the cruise. it's just easyer, faster and more efficiant this way. I think that's why anyway. Anyone else have a better explaination?

 

I assume that is on the Med cruises and transatlantics. When do they give them back to you? I have never done Med/Transatlantic.

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I assume that is on the Med cruises and transatlantics. When do they give them back to you? I have never done Med/Transatlantic.

 

They are from Canada... so that is ALL cruises...

 

However, Avril... I think on our recent cruise, the Canadians didn't have their passport taken away from them. I thought i had read that they had stopped this recently... I guess with the new swipers they don't have to? I'm not 100%, but you may want to double check with some posters on here...I'll double check with our S&S friends!!! That will be nice for you guys if they have stopped that!!!

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I assume that is on the Med cruises and transatlantics. When do they give them back to you? I have never done Med/Transatlantic.

 

Susan I think all non-US citizens are required to surrender their passports. The OP lists Canada as her place of residence, I assume she is Canadian.

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They take your passport away at embarkation when you check in (at least, they did so on my last 2 Carnival cruises). I think it's done so that they can show the customs people at the ports of call all the passports at once without having them come on the ship and do it like they do when you disembark at the end of the cruise. it's just easyer, faster and more efficiant this way. I think that's why anyway. Anyone else have a better explaination?

 

Thanks for the reply. I have not had my passport taken from me, but maybe it depends on the itinerary.

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Susan I think all non-US citizens are required to surrender their passports. The OP lists Canada as her place of residence, I assume she is Canadian.

 

O.K. I never knew that. Interesting. The all seeing eye of Homeland Security.

 

Note to self: Clean all skelton's out of closets before boarding cruiseships. :p

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I assume that is on the Med cruises and transatlantics. When do they give them back to you? I have never done Med/Transatlantic.

 

Neither have I. My first 2 Carnival cruises (Imagination - 2003 and Victory - 2004) were both to the Western Caribbean. They give them back on the morning of disembarkation. I would love to do a transatlantic someday though. When we went to Bermuda on Celebrity (Zenith - 2005) and to the Panama Canal on Princess (Sun Princess - 2006), they also took away our passports and returned them on disembarkation morning. They didn't take them away when we went to Alaska on Royal Caribbean (Radiance of the Seas - 2003) or when I went to the Eastern Caribbean on Princess (Caribbean Princess - 2005).

 

And no, it's not just non-Americans. The Americans get called down to pick up their passports and clear customs just like everyone else.

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Neither have I. My first 2 Carnival cruises (Imagination - 2003 and Victory - 2004) were both to the Western Caribbean. They give them back on the morning of disembarkation. I would love to do a transatlantic someday though. When we went to Bermuda on Celebrity (Zenith - 2005) and to the Panama Canal on Princess (Sun Princess - 2006), they also took away our passports and returned them on disembarkation morning. They didn't take them away when we went to Alaska on Royal Caribbean (Radiance of the Seas - 2003) or when I went to the Eastern Caribbean on Princess (Caribbean Princess - 2005).

 

And no, it's not just non-Americans. The Americans get called down to pick up their passports and clear customs just like everyone else.

 

That's not true... it IS just for non US Citizens... I have never turned over my passport... this is an immigration issue.

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