Final Documents

[Maureenxx]

Who has received final documents recently? We sail on Dec 5 and was wondering when we should expect ours. Thanks for your responses.

[Host Caroline]

Final documents generally come about 2-3 weeks prior to sailing.. this can vary though depending on whether you purchased airfare thru the cruise line..

[bphawk64]

We also sail on Dec. 5th and pretty much everyone in our group has received the final documents............except us :confused: and we set the entire thing up...go figure huh?

[SHayesShip]

My documents for the 11/27/04 cruise of the Diamond P. were delivered by Fed Ex on 11/01/04.

 

Steve Hayes

 

 

Who has received final documents recently? We sail on Dec 5 and was wondering when we should expect ours. Thanks for your responses.

[mandiecandie5]

We sail on 12/4 and we received our final documents on 10/27. Very excited, can't believe its our turn to do the doc dance!!! No cabin assignment yet, oh well. You should be getting yours soon also! :D

[LARGIN]

Mine usually come 2-3 weeks before the cruise date

[CruiseFever]

Who has received final documents recently? We sail on Dec 5 and was wondering when we should expect ours. Thanks for your responses.

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The above answers are all typical of the norm.

 

Unless otherwise specified they'll normally go to your travel professional first for review then forwarded to you, or directly to you if you booked directly with Princess. I used to call and bug our TA about them and after a few sailings (ok, after the FIRST sailing) he put a note on our account so that their office would send them out asap to me.

 

If you used a TA they will have them 30+ days out under normal circumstances.

 

One other thing your TA can do for you to speed things up (if you feel they need to be) that has I heard from a well-traveled fellow passenger on our last cruise is to attach a note to the booking saying that your cruise is part of a land/sea vacation and that you leave 30 days before the cruise and need the documents before you leave. Don't have them say 40 days or Princess will say "ok, pick them up at the port prior to embarkation"....and that would kind of defeat the purpose.

 

I suppose this will become less and less of an issue as we move closer to e-documents, much like e-tickets on airlines....which I think will be a sad day....no more doc dance, a ritual we still continue to engage in.

[lindnet]

I got my final docs on 11/4 and we're sailing on 12/11. I was surprised because from what I'd read on here, I wasn't expecting them until 2 or 3 weeks before we sailed. Yippee!!! I did go through a TA though. Maybe that's why they came sooner?