Corwin
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2009
I just booked a last minute VGT fare on the Magic that goes from Oct 27 - Nov 3.
My concern is that our passports (mine and my wife's) expire just a few days after the end of the cruise.
Now the cruise only goes to the Bahamas. I have checked and rechecked that U.S. citizens' passports only need to be valid for the duration of the trip, not six months afterward. In fact, we just got off an Eastern Caribbean cruise in May that included the same stop at Castaway Cay, and our passports were less than 6 months away from expiring.
I don't want to renew our passports yet, because you have to send in your old passport for the renewal, and I don't want to be worrying that the new passports won't arrive in time. I don't particularly want to have to pay the express fees, either.
One concern is that the cruise itinerary might change unexpectedly (like due to a hurricane). I think it's unlikely they would extend a cruise past 7 days, though, right? However, with it being a closed-loop cruise that originates in the U.S., we could always bring a copy of our birth certificates along just in case, I suppose.
I don't want to invite trouble where there is none, but I am a little nervous about this.
Just to throw another issue into the mix, I have a trip to Canada planned for the third week of February, so I need to renew my passport as soon as we get back. This is more than three months after we get back, so I should be fine, except for the fact that I just heard today that another government shutdown is possible by the end of the year.
My concern is that our passports (mine and my wife's) expire just a few days after the end of the cruise.
Now the cruise only goes to the Bahamas. I have checked and rechecked that U.S. citizens' passports only need to be valid for the duration of the trip, not six months afterward. In fact, we just got off an Eastern Caribbean cruise in May that included the same stop at Castaway Cay, and our passports were less than 6 months away from expiring.
I don't want to renew our passports yet, because you have to send in your old passport for the renewal, and I don't want to be worrying that the new passports won't arrive in time. I don't particularly want to have to pay the express fees, either.
One concern is that the cruise itinerary might change unexpectedly (like due to a hurricane). I think it's unlikely they would extend a cruise past 7 days, though, right? However, with it being a closed-loop cruise that originates in the U.S., we could always bring a copy of our birth certificates along just in case, I suppose.
I don't want to invite trouble where there is none, but I am a little nervous about this.
Just to throw another issue into the mix, I have a trip to Canada planned for the third week of February, so I need to renew my passport as soon as we get back. This is more than three months after we get back, so I should be fine, except for the fact that I just heard today that another government shutdown is possible by the end of the year.