Originally Posted by
mules
This could be another case of not all pax having passports. With the previous problems on the Triumph (right ship?), hundreds of pax did not have passports.
There are many that don't have passports, and it is an issue Carnival is having to work out with the US authorities (and it will be worked out). That wouldn't have stopped them from actually getting off the ship in St. Maarten - the problem happened after they'd already spent the day there, with people getting off the ship with no issue.