Here's what you need to bring in a Caribbean cruise port

There are just a few things you need to bring, and one you really should leave on the ship.

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00:00Hello cruisers, I am Dan Klein, executive editor of Come Cruise With Me.

00:05That is comecruiswith.com, please sign up for our weekly newsletter.

00:08I am next to Dennis Post, the co-owner of Post Car Travel Planning, and we are on deck

00:1215 of the Norwegian Epic.

00:14It's a port day, we're in St. Thomas, and we thought it might be a good idea to talk

00:19a little bit about what you need to bring with you in a Caribbean port.

00:23Mind you, pay attention on your ship, because there could be different rules, but in most

00:27Caribbean ports, this is what you need to get off and on the ship.

00:30Dennis Post, tell them what they need to bring.

00:33You need to have a good form of government ID and your ship sail sign card, or a passport

00:39and your ship sail and sign ID.

00:42That's what you need in the Caribbean.

00:44You want to pay attention if you're under 16 for what the specific rules are.

00:49If you have a passport, bring it.

00:51If you're sailing with a birth certificate, you're going to want to ask, probably you just

00:55need your ship ID, if you're young enough that you don't actually have a government

00:58ID.

00:59There are some other rules.

01:00When you get back on the ship, they're going to put you through a metal detector.

01:04Here's what they're looking for.

01:05Illegal drugs.

01:06You are not allowed to bring food back on the ship.

01:09That is an environmental hazard, so even if you are halfway through your bottle of Coke,

01:14they're going to make you throw that away.

01:16If you buy alcohol, Dennis, what happens?

01:18They do not let you bring alcohol on the ship.

01:20Well, they take it from you temporarily and keep it until the last night of the cruise.

01:24So I know there are some reasons for that.

01:26Well, I think the reason is obvious.

01:28They don't want you buying a bottle of rum in port and then not buying individual rums

01:32on the ship.

01:33They also want to monitor how much alcohol you're drinking just to be safe.

01:36So have a fun port day, but remember, bring your government ID with you, bring your ship

01:41card with you.

01:42But when you are actually in port, and I'm pointing to my chest here, tuck your ship card

01:47into your shirt.

01:48You don't really want to look like a tourist, I'm sorry, you look like a tourist anyway,

01:51but you don't want to 100% prove that you're a tourist.

01:54I am Dan Klein, he is Dennis Post, come cruise with us soon.