Basic Pre-Cruise Details

For United States Citizens: StarVista LIVE requires a passport book for all travel outside of the United States. Passports must not expire within six months after your date of travel in order to be considered valid. For further information and passport requirements, please visit www.state.gov

We understand that some “closed-loop” cruises, as well as Customs and Border Patrol, may not require a U.S. passport to sail, but we require all guests bring theirs in case of an extremely uncommon emergency. Therefore, passport cards are not acceptable for this charter. 

For Non-United States Citizens: You must have a valid passport and any necessary visas for travel. Please carefully verify the existing identification requirements for your particular travel situation with your local consulate. In addition, non-U.S. citizens who have previously been admitted to the United States for permanent residence must carry their Permanent Residence Card (Form I-551), commonly known as a Green Card. Resident aliens not in possession of this must obtain one at the nearest office of the United States Immigration Service. 

Visas: Visa requirements vary depending on the passport under which you are traveling and the countries being visited. Guests traveling under non-U.S., non-Canadian and non-European passports must check with the Consulate of every country visited during the cruise for specific Visa requirements. When contacting the Consulate for the country being visited, be sure to provide the complete itinerary of the cruise so the Consulate can provide the correct information as your Schengen Visa requirements. Guests may also contact a Visa service agency in their country for assistance. 

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You should always have your passport book on your person at all times for embarkation and disembarkation. 

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Once you are issued your CEL Booking Number (approximately 45 days prior to sailing) and check-in online, there will be a button to print your boarding pass and luggage tags. Please note, you cannot print your boarding passes until you check-in online through CEL. 

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You will be issued a Celebrity Cruise Line (CEL) Booking Number approximately 45 days prior to sailing. Once you have checked-in on the Celebrity Cruise Line website, you may purchase drink packages, excursions, specialty dining, and many more amenities offered by CEL. For beverage package details and current pricing, refer to Celebrity Cruise Line’s website . 

StarVista LIVE does not sell these products, so they must be purchased directly from the cruise line. 

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Alcohol: StarVista LIVE abodes by the applicable cruise line’s alcohol policy. Please refer to Celebrity Cruise Line’s website for the details.  

Soda & Water: StarVista LIVE abodes by the applicable cruise line’s soda and water policy. Please refer to Celebrity Cruise Line’s website for the details.  

These policies are subject to change at any time without notification. For more information, please contact Celebrity Cruise Line directly. 

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Our programming team carefully chooses costume parties and theme nights considering the cruise’s schedule, artists, and customer surveys from previous years. They will be chosen and posted in the Booked Guests section approximately 45-60 days prior to sailing. They will also be sent via email at that time. 

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We highly recommend coming in a night prior to the cruise and staying in a hotel in the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami area. If you cannot make it in the day prior to the cruise, we suggest you arrive to the ship by 2:00 PM. Please select a flight that allows plenty of time to de-plane, gather luggage, drive to the ship terminal and check-in at the ship terminal. At the conclusion of the cruise, we suggest you select a flight that leaves no earlier than 12:00 pm from Ft. Lauderdale International Airport and 12:30 pm from Miami International Airport. 

It is your responsibility to arrive at the ship in time for the departure and to secure your transportation at the end of your cruise. 

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We recommend that guests arrive a day earlier than the cruise departs, if at all possible, as there may be weather-related travel delays. We typically secure a limited number of rooms as a special group rate for guests on the nights leading up to the cruise. More info on our pre-cruise hotel available here.

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StarVista LIVE does not provide transportation from the airport to the hotel or directly to the Pier, nor from the pier to the airport after the cruise. Suggested ground transportation options to get you to/from the Port of Miami and the airport: 

• Celebrity Cruise Line shuttle service from Miami Airport 
• Celebrity Cruise Line shuttle Service from Ft. Lauderdale Airport 
• Taxi from Ft. Lauderdale/Miami airport 
• Rideshares like Uber or Lyft are also available (check your apps for details) 

It is your responsibility to arrive at the ship in time for the departure and to secure your transportation at the end of your cruise. 

For those Guests staying the night before the cruise in our pre-cruise hotel, StarVista LIVE offers luggage service and motor coach transportation on the day of the cruise from the hotel to the seaport for a small fee. Simply bring your luggage down to the lobby and transportation helpers will assist you loading your luggage into our ground transportation and deliver it to the terminal. That’s it! Your luggage will be delivered to your stateroom on the ship. More information and pricing available here.

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For our 2025 cruise, Port Everglades offers on-site covered parking for $20 per day. Please follow the signs to the midport garage.

Handicap parking is complimentary only if there are ADA modifications done to the vehicle such as: hand controls, extended pedals, wheelchair ramp, etc. Also, 100% Disabled Veterans with ADA license placard will receive complimentary parking.

For more information go to: https://www.porteverglades.net/cruise/parking/parking-rates/

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