Passports
It is a condition of carriage that all passengers must hold a full and valid passport, the validity of which is dependent upon the destinations visited. Some ports of call will require at least 6 months after your return to the UK. European Id cards will be accepted for visits to EC countries.
It is your responsibility to ensure you hold a valid passport. If you need to renew your passport please allow at least one month for your application to be processed, and more during peak holiday periods.
Please note all youths aged 16 years and over must hold their own valid passport. Children under the age of 16 also need to have their own passports. However, children included on an adult passport, which was issued before 5th October 1998 may still continue to travel providing they are travelling with the adult passport holder.
Please also see: Visas
It is your responsibility to ensure you hold a valid passport. If you need to renew your passport please allow at least one month for your application to be processed, and more during peak holiday periods.
Please note all youths aged 16 years and over must hold their own valid passport. Children under the age of 16 also need to have their own passports. However, children included on an adult passport, which was issued before 5th October 1998 may still continue to travel providing they are travelling with the adult passport holder.
Please also see: Visas
Phoning Home
On Balmoral, Black Watch, Boudicca, and Braemar there are telephones in cabins from which you are able to call home. Dialling codes and instructions for use are detailed in your cabin. Black Prince does not have telephones in cabins (except for Junior Suites) but does have a telephone for general use situated at Reception. All telephone calls made from the ship are via satellite. An alternative and more economical method of calling home would be to purchase a phone card locally in the ports of call and use public landlines ashore.
Additionally, providing you have the international roaming facility activated on your own mobile phone before leaving home, you will be able to make and receive calls whilst at sea.
We will send you a list of contact numbers with your cruise tickets, which you can leave with your friends and relatives should they need to contact you whilst you are on board. Calls to the ships are via Norway, and will therefore cost the same as an international call to Norway.
Additionally, providing you have the international roaming facility activated on your own mobile phone before leaving home, you will be able to make and receive calls whilst at sea.
We will send you a list of contact numbers with your cruise tickets, which you can leave with your friends and relatives should they need to contact you whilst you are on board. Calls to the ships are via Norway, and will therefore cost the same as an international call to Norway.
Photographs / DVDs
Our resident photographers will be on hand throughout your cruise to help capture those special moments. Their photographs are processed on a daily basis and will be displayed for you to purchase if you wish. It is also possible for your own camera films to be processed during the cruise, although we are unable to process Advantix films. Camera film is available to buy in the ship’s shop. All charges will be billed back to your on board account.
It is also now possible to obtain a DVD of your cruise from our on board photographers. This DVD will be shot during your chosen cruise.
It is also now possible to obtain a DVD of your cruise from our on board photographers. This DVD will be shot during your chosen cruise.
Port Talks / Lecturers
On most cruises, we have either a knowledgeable Port Lecturer on board or an experienced member of our tours staff who will give talks on the forthcoming ports of call throughout the cruise. This will enable you to gain an insight into the history and geography of the port of call and find out what the main attractions and local services are, giving you a chance to plan ahead.
Post / Postcards
IIf you wish to send postcards home during the cruise please hand them to Reception on board who will give them to our local port agent for posting in the next port of call. A small charge will be levied to cover postage costs. Obviously, the more remote the port, the longer the postcard will take to reach home! Delivery of mail cannot be guaranteed.
