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Carnival Cruise Lines is now allowing cruisers to speed up the embarkation process for all its cruises by allowing guests to register for the line’s shipboard credit card system and to electronically accept the Terms and Conditions of Passage prior to their cruise. The “Fun Pass” on-line embarkation portal on Carnival’s website is open for cruise guests to eliminate many of the pierside requirements for boarding, thus further expediting the embarkation process. They join a number of other cruise lines already trying to streamline the arduous process of pre-cruise information fulfillment. This will be a great help in getting passengers on the ships quicker, and definitely happier about not having to wait.

Through the enhanced system, guests sailing with Carnival are now able to submit credit card information for their on-board “Sail & Sign” accounts via a secure encryption method and review/acknowledge the line’s ticket contract, both of which previously had to be completed manually during the check-in process at the cruise terminal. Another new feature enables Carnival’s guests to designate a responsible party and pre-register up to three cabins at the same time in one session.

Carnival’s on-line embarkation portal, located at carnival.com/mycruise, was launched in 2003 to comply with the data-gathering requirements of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). With “FunPass,” guests can register up to the day prior to sailing and are provided with a printable document allowing them to “fast track” through embarkation when they arrive at the cruise terminal.
“Currently, nearly 90 percent of all Carnival guests take advantage of the convenient on-line ‘Fun Pass’ system and these new enhancements will serve to further expedite the boarding process for embarking on their ‘Fun Ship’ cruise,” said Vicky Rey, Carnival’s vice president of reservations administration.

Carnival’s “FunPass” system is available in conjunction with departures on all 22 of the line’s ships which operate three- to 18-day voyages to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, and South America.
For additional information on the enhanced “FunPass” system or on Carnival vacations, contact any travel agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit carnival.com.