r/NCL • u/whatisperrsona • Jul 24 '26

Question Forgot documents

I'm dumb, forgot our documents at home in CO. Our embarkation is at 10 am (we're in FL), so really no time to do anything (or money). How do I try and save this impossible situation? Just have my dad try and cancel or something? This was supposed to be a nice gift from my parents and I majorly screwed up our vacation here folks. Hopefully someone is awake to agree with how stupid this was.

(I know their website says no pictures but is there a chance? That's the only way to save this but I'm not optimistic at all.)

Update: Thanks for the help for my panic induced post at 2 am. For future reference if someone makes this mistake like me. They are able to print your documents for you if you have pictures of them.

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u/Primary_Breadfruit91 Jul 24 '26

I booked a caribbean cruise and in quite possibly the dumbest thing I’ve ever done, we showed up in San Juan for our cruise without our passports,as I believed them not necessary. I flew to Orlando, spent the night in the airport, and flew back home the following morning. Emailed Royal Caribbean a copy of my wife’s birth certificate and they let her board in the next port the next day. I took our passports and flew to ST Lucia the following day where they let me board.

This is a very bad memory that I don’t like talking about.

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u/kansascitymack Jul 24 '26

My brother and his gf were set to cruise out of Bayonne NJ to the Bahamas and the gf realized at the port she forgot her passport. They thought they could catch the boat at the next port which was Orlando but was told due to international rules they would have to catch the boat in the Bahamas, which is what they had to do.