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Arriving in Brazil by cruise ship
I'll be on the Royal Princess from FLL to Manaus leaving March 25. Since we
don't arrive in Brazil by air, does anyone know where the Brazilians are likely to do the photo/fingerprint process? The first stop in Brazil is Santarem. From Manaus, everyone goes home. Princess told me that the fingerprint stuff would be done at the Manaus airport on leaving... but that doesn't make a lot of sense. Anyone know what to expect? Thanks. Joan |
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Harry wrote:
The other interesting question will be whether Brazil will require cruise ship pax to have a Brazilian visa to enter the country. Said visa costs over $100 for a tourist arriving in Brazil by air. When I procured one last fall thru a visa agency, it cost me $159.50 including the basic visa, processing fees, and return shipping of my passport. Paraguay was only $117. ****************** Absolutely Brazil requires a visa of cruise ship pax and everyone from the US. That hasn't changed. And although the country doesn't REQUIRE a yellow fever shot if you come from the US (I flew into Sao Paulo and went all over the country without one last June), the cruise lines do, maybe because they don't know where everyone has come from. Brazil requires a visa of US citizens because we require one of them and charges $100 for it because we charge them $100. The same turnabout is happening with the pictures and fingerprints. It's annoying, but seems only fair. Cruises that stop in Belem have fingerprinting done there, but the RP doesn't, so I'm still curious how they'll handle it. Joan "LJ" wrote in message news:99dZb.2930$4K3.796@fed1read06... I'll be on the Royal Princess from FLL to Manaus leaving March 25. Since we don't arrive in Brazil by air, does anyone know where the Brazilians are likely to do the photo/fingerprint process? The first stop in Brazil is Santarem. From Manaus, everyone goes home. Princess told me that the fingerprint stuff would be done at the Manaus airport on leaving... but that doesn't make a lot of sense. Anyone know what to expect? Thanks. Joan |
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..We were on the last sailing to Amazon of the Olympic Voyager ending
12/17.Visas are required--check for prices as there is a large variance $50-$200 ea).Passports are collected when you embark and kept til Brazil customs clears ship--they come on board to clear customs.On our particulare cruise it took much longer than usual--4 hours or more parked(they had a nice time dining drinking etc--while their employees went though each passport)..Due to delay(captain not happy) we missed a short port stop at a native village(we stopped but were not allowed off-to deliver much needed-used clothing food cash etc--that crew and passengers were donating)..After they got off we collected our passports. We have been through Brazil customs before and had to pay a small bribe--they tend to be difficult The other interesting question will be whether Brazil will require cruise ship pax to have a Brazilian visa to enter the country. Said visa costs over $100 for a tourist arriving in Brazil by air. When I procured one last fall thru a visa agency, it cost me $159.50 including the basic visa, processing fees, and return shipping of my passport. Paraguay was only $117. ****************** Absolutely Brazil requires a visa of cruise ship pax and everyone from the US. That hasn't changed. And although the country doesn't REQUIRE a yellow fever shot if you come from the US (I flew into Sao Paulo and went all over the country without one last June), the cruise lines do, maybe because they don't know where everyone has come from. Brazil requires a visa of US citizens because we require one of them and charges $100 for it because we charge them $100. The same turnabout is happening with the pictures and fingerprints. It's annoying, but seems only fair. Cruises that stop in Belem have fingerprinting done there, but the RP doesn't, so I'm still curious how they'll handle it. Joan "LJ" wrote in message news:99dZb.2930$4K3.796@fed1read06... I'll be on the Royal Princess from FLL to Manaus leaving March 25. Since we don't arrive in Brazil by air, does anyone know where the Brazilians are likely to do the photo/fingerprint process? The first stop in Brazil is Santarem. From Manaus, everyone goes home. Princess told me that the fingerprint stuff would be done at the Manaus airport on leaving... but that doesn't make a lot of sense. Anyone know what to expect? Thanks. Joan |
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Nan--
I was on the Dec. 17 sailing of the Olympia voyager which you probably know got caught in the bankruptcy and spent the two weeks of the scheduled cruise in St. Thomas. I'm trying again to get to Manaus, this time on the Royal Princess leaving March 24. This is a one-way cruise (ship goes on to Rome) and disembarks everyone in Manaus starting Tuesday morning. Ship arrives the previous day. I want to get off the ship Monday night in Manaus and go spend a couple of days at a river lodge. So I've been trying to find out how the Brazilians are handling the photo/fingerprint thing to try to anticipate how much hassle/delay might be involved. You came back before Jan 1, so I guess that didn't apply to you. Where did the Brazilians board to check passports... at the entrance to the Amazon? How was the OV trip? St. Thomas was fine, but we really wanted to go to the Amazon! Joan And I've been to Brazil before and had no problem with customs. wrote in message m... .We were on the last sailing to Amazon of the Olympic Voyager ending 12/17.Visas are required--check for prices as there is a large variance $50-$200 ea).Passports are collected when you embark and kept til Brazil customs clears ship--they come on board to clear customs.On our particulare cruise it took much longer than usual--4 hours or more parked(they had a nice time dining drinking etc--while their employees went though each passport)..Due to delay(captain not happy) we missed a short port stop at a native village(we stopped but were not allowed off-to deliver much needed-used clothing food cash etc--that crew and passengers were donating)..After they got off we collected our passports. We have been through Brazil customs before and had to pay a small bribe--they tend to be difficult |
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Here's the latest on Brazil entry procedures for U.S. citizens:
http://www.cleveland.com/living/plai...living/1077461 732141380.xml Subject: Arriving in Brazil by cruise ship From: "LJ" Nan-- I was on the Dec. 17 sailing of the Olympia voyager which you probably know got caught in the bankruptcy and spent the two weeks of the scheduled cruise in St. Thomas. I'm trying again to get to Manaus, this time on the Royal Princess leaving March 24. This is a one-way cruise (ship goes on to Rome) and disembarks everyone in Manaus starting Tuesday morning. Ship arrives the previous day. I want to get off the ship Monday night in Manaus and go spend a couple of days at a river lodge. So I've been trying to find out how the Brazilians are handling the photo/fingerprint thing to try to anticipate how much hassle/delay might be involved. You came back before Jan 1, so I guess that didn't apply to you. Where did the Brazilians board to check passports... at the entrance to the Amazon? How was the OV trip? St. Thomas was fine, but we really wanted to go to the Amazon! Joan And I've been to Brazil before and had no problem with customs |
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DDupin wrote:
Why did you feel you needed to pay a bribe? My husband and I have been through Brazilian customs six or seven times and have never been asked for or felt we needed to pay a bribe. I have visited a few cities in Northern Brazil and a couple of cities in Southern Brazil. I never saw the need to pay a bribe to anyone. They were kind and courteous and they treated me with respect. I hope that customs in America treats visitors equally as well. Becca -----would retire in Brazil if I spoke Portuguese... Mariner of the Seas 3/04 Norwegian Dawn http://www.cruisemaster.com/dawn.htm Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ |
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We were on a Princess cruise extension at Igwasau(expcuse
spelling)Fall (4 years or so ago)crossingthe border(2 bus loads of Princess passenger).They took all passports and held them(while tour guide negotiated for 2+ hours)and and would not return or allow us entry.After several hours the tour guide informed us the only way we would be allowed to cross was to give $1 each(I know not much--just the idea)--which we did. On the Olympic Voyager they spent hours going through each passport--while their officiers dined drank and toured ship.This was not the normal way they cleared ship--usually quite speedy.From what we heard they were also concerned about sanitation. |
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