Those intending to board cruise ships on or after May 7, the REAL ID deadline, will need to meet the correct federal requirements to travel to their destinations, but not for the cruises themselves.

Those are questions that many cruise travelers have asked Carnival Cruise Line Brand Ambassador John Heald recently. Apparently, false information was spread on social media about Real ID rules ...

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Real ID air-travel confusion spreads to US cruise ship industry Online claims assert that passengers also need gold stars to board, which is not the case. By Chris Gray , Gulf Coast Reporter May 5 ...

Two decades after legislation requiring enhanced security for driver’s licenses and other forms of identification was signed into law, the Real ID Act finally went into effect on May 7, 2025. In ...