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To check in online visit www.royalcaribbean.com.au, if you check in online, take your
signed SetSail Pass and identification to the cruise terminal. If you have not checked
in online, you need to take your cruise documents and identification documents to the
cruise terminal for assistance. Please ensure you are at the cruise terminal early enough
to ensure you are checked in and on board the ship no later than 90 minutes prior to
sailing. If you arrive after this time, you will be denied boarding and your booking will
be cancelled and you will incur cancellation fees.
Passports / Visas / Immunisations
Cruise Guru & Royal Caribbean do not provide advice regarding passports and/or visas.
However, all guests are required to carry a passport usually valid for 6 months after
disembarking the ship, and any necessary visas. Please contact your nearest consulate
for the most up to date information regarding visas. As to immunisations, please check
with a travel medicine specialist or local health department for specific
recommendations and/or requirements. We recommend the use of
www.smartraveller.gov.au for advice in these areas. All matters relating to compliance
with the laws and regulations of all immigration authorities are solely the passenger’s
responsibility. Find visa information here.
Passports, visas and vaccinations are your responsibility. Without the necessary
passport, visas and/or vaccinations, local authorities may deny you boarding, prevent
you from going ashore, issue a fine or deny the ship entry into the port.
For international cruises (cruises that visit a foreign port), passports are required for all
passengers and must be valid for a minimum of 6 months beyond the date of the cruise
return. In addition, travel on our cruises will not revalidate an Australian or New Zealand
re-entry visa. For domestic cruises (cruises that do not visit a foreign port), a valid
passport or government issued photo identification is required. For Australian
passengers, a current Medicare card and a copy of their birth certificate can be used for
passengers under 17 years of age. If the child has a different surname to the parent or
guardian then they can use a Medicare card as long as a parent’s name travelling with
the child is included on the same card.
Minors and Children
Infants sailing on a cruise must be at least six (6) months old as of the first day of the
cruise, or twelve (12) months old as of the first day of the cruise for Transatlantic,
Trans-Pacific, Hawaii, selected South American cruises and other selected
cruises/cruisetours. For cruises with 3 or more consecutive ‘sea days’ (where the ship
is not in port, including days spent ‘scenic cruising’) infants must be at least 12 months
of age on the first day of the cruise. In consideration of the limitations of the shipboard
medical facility, equipment and staff, the company cannot accept waivers, releases or
requests for exceptions to this policy.
Stateroom occupation rules
For cruises that commence from departure port in Europe, Asia, South America, New
Zealand or Australia, the minimum age requirement to sail is eighteen (18).
For all other cruise departure countries, the minimum age requirement to sail is twenty-
one (21).
Guests who do not meet the age requirement will not be assigned to a stateroom unless
accompanied in the same stateroom by an adult meeting the age requirement. This age