a luggage question

[lorij1975]

Probably a silly question, but are hanging garment bags allowed to checked with the rest of your luggage? Is there a luggage limit? What is not allowed? Just wondering, I'm packing tomorrow and I don't want to break any rules. Thanks!

[Meyer2]

Yes, garment bags can be checked. I don't think there is a limit as to how many bags. I know someone will come along with a more for sure answer to that question & the others. I just know we did check our garment bag.

[mousey]

There is a baggage limit, but I'm sorry I don't know what it is. I want to say two bags and a carryon, but I'm just not 100% sure. Hopefully someone else will have a for sure answer. I do know that you can check garment bags for sure.

[SadieN]

http://www.carnival.com/cms/faq/default.aspx?faq=luggage+restrictions

Guests are encouraged to limit their checked luggage to two suitcases per person, with each suitcase not to weigh more than 50 pounds and not exceed 16"H x 24"W (no length restrictions). Please attach your Carnival Cruise Lines luggage tags PRIOR to leaving home and make sure that they are still on your bags when checking in with us. In many ports, guests have the option of carrying luggage on board at embarkation and off the ship at the end of the cruise as long as it does not exceed 16"H x 24"W (no length restrictions). This is an advantage you may want to consider as it will allow for quicker easier access to your bags. Please note that Carnival assumes no responsibility for carry-on luggage. (emphasis mine)

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There is a limited amount of storage in the cabins. So most take much less then the maximum encouraged limitations.

 

Garment bags are allowed. It is usually best to carryon the flimsy-type garment bags.

[CruzinCpl20]

In 8 cruises, #9 in 2 weeks, we have never been denied the amount of luggage we bring. Several times I have had more than the recommended limit. As long as the porters are willing to take it there is no problem. We tip well so they are more than willing. Yes, garment bags can be checked luggage.

Melissa & Kevin

[lillian marie]

You can pack as much as you wish but it's so much easier to pack light, you still have to drag your luggage from the car, cab etc to the ship and home.

[Mesmeralda]

I want to take 2 luggage and a garment bag for check in. Additionally I will have 2 carry ons. Will Carnival allow this? I know they said say 2 checked bags but do they consider a garment bag a checked bag too?

[*Mach*]

Probably a silly question, but are hanging garment bags allowed to checked with the rest of your luggage? Is there a luggage limit? What is not allowed? Just wondering, I'm packing tomorrow and I don't want to break any rules. Thanks!

 

 

You can check them or if they're folded you can carry them aboard. There is no luggage limit, only a recommedation so no worries there...

 

What's not allowed? From Carnival...

 

Confiscated Items

• Alcohol (hard liquor)/sealed, unopened bottles

• Beer/sealed, unopened bottles/cans

• Wine or champagne/sealed, unopened bottles - beyond the allowable limit of one bottle (750 ml. size) per adult 21 years of age (brought on at embarkation time only)

• Clothing irons and steamers (all Carnival ships offer laundry facilities with irons and ironing boards. Fleet-wide valet laundry service is also available for a nominal fee.)

• Electrical and household appliances (i.e. coffee makers, hot plates, toasters, etc.)

• Candles

• Heating Pads

• Incense

• Hookah

Prohibited Items – will be disposed of prior to boarding

• Large coolers

• Alcohol in unsealed containers

• Firearms (Including, non-firing weapons and starter pistols)

• Ammunition (i.e., bullets, shot or missile that can be fired using a propellant)

• Imitation or replica weapons (Including., de-commissioned weapons or those not capable of being fired, toy weapons, or any other item made, intended or adapted to be used as a weapon)

• Explosives or explosive component parts, (Including, detonators)

• Fireworks or pyrotechnics (except those previously approved in connection with a company stage production which have been properly manifested)

• Taser or electronic stun guns

• Pepper or mace sprays

• Telescopic or regular batons

• Martial arts equipment (Including., flails, throwing stars, belt buckle knives, etc.)

• Handcuffs, brass knuckles

• Compressed gas bottles/cylinders

• Knives with blades longer than four (4) inches ( Recreational dive knives are allowed but must be held in the custody of the Guest Services Manager or Chief Security Officer and must be checked out/in by the owner for dive excursions during the cruise.)

• Dive tanks (empty or full), diver spears/slings

• Household goods or tools of trade

• Volatile and highly flammable liquids such as cigarette lighter fluid

• Scissors with blades longer than four (4) inches (Large scissors of the type used by scrapbook and quilting enthusiasts are at times permitted with prior notification from the Security Services Department, but are held onboard in the same manner as dive knives.)

• Medical Marijuana

• Bicycles

• Surfboards

• Scooters (only permitted if used for mobility – must be stored in guest’s stateroom)

• Boats/canoes

• Segways

• Any footwear with wheels, i.e. Heely’s type shoes

Miscellaneous Concerns:

• Personal grooming devices such as hair dryers, flat and curling irons, shavers, etc., are allowed on board when used with proper caution. These devices should not be used when other electrical appliances are plugged in. However, if such devices are determined to pose a hazard, they will be removed and returned the last day of the cruise prior to debark.

• Electronics such as laptops, cameras, cellular phones, etc. are allowed on board when used with proper caution.

• Electrical devices such as fans, power strips, multi plug box outlets/adaptors, and extension cords will be removed if determined to pose a hazard and returned the last day of the cruise prior to debark.

• Medical gas bottles/oxygen cylinders: Allowed in connection with a certified medical condition but cannot be packed in baggage. Oxygen cylinders must be delivered to guest services and stored in a designated safe area.

• Coolers: Small, personal-sized coolers no larger than 12” x 12” x 12” for the purpose of housing small quantities of non-alcoholic beverages and/or medications are permitted as carry-on luggage.

• Live Animals: Only qualified service animals once approved by Guest Access Services at time of booking.

• Flowers and Plants: May be brought on board in the port of embarkation but are not permitted to be taken off the ship in the United States, per the U.S Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Agricultural Division.

• Musical Instruments: We will allow musical instruments onboard, however, if a noise complaint is received it will be confiscated by shipboard security and returned to the guest on the morning of debarkation.

• Radios/Boom Boxes: For the comfort of all our guests, radios and boom boxes can be used with headphones or earpieces when used in public areas.

• Floatation Devices: For the comfort of all our guests, rafts, tubes and floatation devices other than those used as life preservers (water wings) cannot be used in the swimming pools on board.

• Wrapped Gifts: Guests may bring wrapped gifts on board; however, due to heightened security, the gift may have to be unwrapped, upon request.

• DVDs/VCRs/Nintendo/Play Units: Due to compatibility issues with stateroom televisions, these items can only be utilized in suites and guests must provide their own RCA cables.

• Fish Caught on Fishing Expeditions: The fish cannot be brought on board; it must be shipped home.

• Items for In Port Use only: Snorkel gear, skateboards, golf clubs, fishing rods (packed), tennis rackets, kites (packed), roller blades/skates, metal detectors.

 

http://www.carnival.com/cms/faq/default.aspx?icid=CC_Header_466

 

 

:)

[BOSN]

Just to add to Host Mach's reply. Try to have luggage that will fit into other pieces. There is limited space in your cabin. When you arrive, there will be a big brown luggage mat on the bed to put your suitcases on. The room steward will remove this after you have unpacked. Most cruisers put their luggage under the bed(s). Easier if some of the suit cases fit inside of other pieces.

When packing, I understand you are on vacation, but there is a laundry service (for a fee, until platinum) and also self service machines. We have found we overpack, even after taking stuff out and leaving it at home. But I usually do some self service wash and dries half way thru.

[bunchesofun]

We had three very large suitcases and a smaller one and they all fit just find under the bed.

[jennmaybe]

I want to take 2 luggage and a garment bag for check in. Additionally I will have 2 carry ons. Will Carnival allow this? I know they said say 2 checked bags but do they consider a garment bag a checked bag too?

 

Is this your 1st cruise? I'm only asking because most experienced cruisers do not take but half of this amount. We have learned what we actually need vs. what we think we will need.:)

[Mesmeralda]

Is this your 1st cruise? I'm only asking because most experienced cruisers do not take but half of this amount. We have learned what we actually need vs. what we think we will need.:)

 

Yes this is our 1st cruise. I trying to plan ahead by making room for our souveniers. But I think I've got all the angles covered just in case.

[redlef]

I want to take 2 luggage and a garment bag for check in. Additionally I will have 2 carry ons. Will Carnival allow this? I know they said say 2 checked bags but do they consider a garment bag a checked bag too?

 

At the terminal, a porter is going to have a huge cart with a zillion bags on it and throw yours on top. Although I'm sure someone will come along and disagree, I don't think anybody keeps count of your luggage. Their major concern is weapons and the booze you're hiding in it, because that costs them in lost sales.

[Mesmeralda]

Thanks for all the input. I am soooo looking forward to our vacation.

[jennmaybe]

Yes this is our 1st cruise. I trying to plan ahead by making room for our souveniers. But I think I've got all the angles covered just in case.

 

Ok.....have a wonderful time!! Be prepared to join the "cruise addict" group when you return.:D:)!

[Mesmeralda]

Like any other hobbie I hope the intial cost is the most expensive...We probably spent close to $6 G's getting ready for this trip between paying ahead on bills, OBC, clothing, and the trip it's self.