Meditterean Cruise Drama!

So lets first start off by saying that I have been wanting to go on this cruise for 5 years now.. thats right 5 years! I planned it every year and had interested friends/sister to go with and every year they would all back out. I had finally found quite a few people who wanted to go but of course it was so much effort to get everyone on the same deck, doing the same excursions, seeing the same thing etc that most bailed and I was again down to me and one other person- Takara! She jumped at the chance of this trip- I mean who wouldn't! We actually booked the deposit on the cruise back in December and bought plane tickets in January! Since then we have had some major crisis's in regards to going on this trip. First of all, we couldn't decided on where to stay in Rome. We decided to go 4 days early to explore before we leave on our cruise but it took us 8 weeks to pick a hotel because we both wanted such different things. I needed it to not be a hostel, she wanted it near the train station, I wanted it to be nice and she wanted it to be as cheap as possible. We finally booked it! We booked our excursions and some of our other passes. We know everything we need to book but I keep holding off on certain things because everything that can happen to keep us here has happened! Takara went to get her passport sent in 3 months before we were leaving only to find out she had an Abstract Birth Certificate . After a month of hassling with San Diego County and paying 3 times as much as we should have we finally got it. Then she lost her job. Then we both had roommate drama and needed to figure out if we were going to have to move before- luckily the drama was unprecedented and we were able to clear one issue up. Its now 3 weeks before we leave and Takara gets a letter saying her passport might not be issued due to the government not believing who she really is. OMG!! I do not want to have to find someone else with a passport and $3000 to go on this trip in the next few weeks... I want to go with Takara and have an enjoyable time. I do not want to go alone either! I don't know what else to do in regards to making this trip work but you would think that after 5 years of wanting to go on it, I should be able to go! Updates to follow for sure... hopefully they are happy and not full of sadness...