# Looking for a cruise between Seattle and Southern California **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227 "2025-03-28T00:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/41 "2025-03-29T01:35:33Z")
WTeverlovingflyingF is he thinking?? According to a law already discussed previously in this thread, if the ships can’t stop off in Canada on the way to Alaska, then they won’t be able to go to Alaska, period. Is he actually trying to kill off a shitload of the tourist trade? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/42 "2025-03-29T01:39:23Z")
I think he’s talking about getting rid of the “must stop in a foreign port” requirement, if the only available foreign port is in Canada. But who knows in MAGA land? The tone of his comments is that “Betcha never thought we’d retaliate, Canucks! Ha!” But part of Trudeau’s pitch, right from the beginning, has been that one of the problems with tariff wards is that it triggers retaliation, then counter-retaliation, and so on. So yes, what you’re doing, Senator, is exactly what the PM predicted, and shows just how disruptive tariffs can be. And now I’ll bow out of this thread. There’s several threads in Politics if anyone wants to continue the discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/43 "2025-03-30T00:58:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > WTeverlovingflyingF is he thinking?? According to a law already discussed previously in this thread, if the ships can’t stop off in Canada on the way to Alaska, then they won’t be able to go to Alaska, period. Is he actually trying to kill off a shitload of the tourist trade? He’s a Republican which means he doesn’t have a real thought in his head. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/44 "2025-03-30T01:43:52Z")
Anything is possible if you know nothing of the world you actually inhabit. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/45 "2025-03-30T01:55:28Z")
I have an Alaska cruise scheduled out of Vancouver with a group. If it doesn’t leave out of Vancouver, we won’t be going to Alaska, hurr, hurr. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/46 "2025-03-31T01:48:50Z")
I was on FB and scrolled past a map that looked exactly like the route that the OP wanted to take. When I scrolled back, I discovered that it was a map of the movement of a pod of orcas. The K-pod. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/47 "2025-03-31T02:32:33Z")
You will not be able to board in the US and disembark at a different US port unless the cruise stops at a “distant foreign port” which does not include any port in North America ,Central America , Bermuda or most of the West Indies. Aruba , Curaçao and Bonaire are distant foreign ports There is only one ship with American crew etc, and it cruises around the Hawaiian Islands . If you find a cruise that has will take you from Seattle to San Diego as part of a longer cruise and you disembark in Seattle, the ship will be fined around $900 per person for violating the PSVA and they will pass that on to the passengers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/48 "2025-03-31T17:03:24Z")
A simple question, followed by a very surprising answer. Very interesting, and I thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/49 "2025-03-31T17:50:29Z")
Actually, US citizens don’t need a passport for a closed loop cruise that leaves from and returns to the same US port. They need proof of citizenship and a photo ID , but that can be an enhanced driver’s license/non driver ID ( issued by about 5 states) or passport card which fits both requirements or a birth certificate/naturalization papers /consular report of birth abroad and government issued photo ID. I would still recommend a passport for other reasons, but they aren’t actually required. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/50 "2025-03-31T18:01:58Z")
I thought about that, then I thought about the very real possibility of that rule changing because of political animosity. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/51 "2025-03-31T18:05:25Z")
But is there any possibility of what I am requesting happening, which would be a Seattle/Southern California cruise, going either way, without the use of a passport? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/52 "2025-03-31T18:12:31Z")
Not what you asked, but does get you 7 days on the water > **[8-Day Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise| American Cruise Lines](https://www.americancruiselines.com/cruises/puget-sound-cruises/puget-sound-and-san-juan-islands-cruise)** > > Cruise the Puget Sound & San Juan Islands on Small Cruise Ships with Top Rated Chefs, Private Balconies & Award Winning Amenities. 8-Day round trip from Seattle. and, it sails by my house every Friday morning around 8:00 a.m. I’ll wave. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/53 "2025-03-31T18:32:53Z")
You might want to ask on the Cruise Critic message board. Using [vacationstogo.com](http://vacationstogo.com), I see no cruises for June-August departing from Seattle and going anywhere in the continental US. I also see none from Seattle to San Diego or San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/54 "2025-03-31T18:59:17Z")
My understanding is that those are the rules for returning to the US - I have never needed to show my passport or other documents in Canada or Mexico or at any other port. Only at embarkation and at the first port in the US after being in a foreign country. But you will not find an ocean cruise between two US ports that doesn’t stop in a foreign country except Hawaii. I wouldn’t know about river cruises ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227/55 "2025-04-01T00:40:00Z")
US river cruises are very expensive. They don’t need to stop at another country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cruise-between-seattle-and-southern-california/1016227.md?page=2)