fpcruiser Posted August 10, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 10, 2019 This will be our first cruise with toddlers. My dd will be bringing 2 carseats. Those of you who bring them, do you put a tag on them and give them to the poeters or do you just arrive after 1 and go straight to your cabin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo here Posted August 10, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 10, 2019 1 hour ago, fpcruiser said: This will be our first cruise with toddlers. My dd will be bringing 2 carseats. Those of you who bring them, do you put a tag on them and give them to the poeters or do you just arrive after 1 and go straight to your cabin? I wouldn't hand over car seats to a porter. Often the luggage isn't handled all that gently during the transit from shoreside to your room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted August 10, 2019 #3 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Good luck finding transportation on the islands where they can be safely anchored in the car or bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnelda Posted August 10, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 10, 2019 For myself, I didn't use them in busses but I brought them for embarkations from Florida (for example) to get between the ship, airport and hotel. I also used booster seats on port stops. I don't think I brought my daughter in taxis in the islands when she was pre-booster seat. Anyway. I wouldn't hand the carseats over to porters (nor would I check them with my luggage on the airplane). As a previous poster noted, they may not be handled with much care. You can get clips to attach car seats to your carry-on luggage (Google for it) and you can also get fold-up luggage carts (e.g. from WalMart) to make the car seats into carry-ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Itchy&Scratchy Posted August 10, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 10, 2019 when we brought our car seat with us, I didn't trust porters with my $300 seat. I am very picky about who gets to handle it. It's a life saving device after all. Car seats are discussed a lot on the Family cruising board. I attached my car seat to a Magna cart with bungee cords and used it to wheel it around the airport and the port. One can also use it as a sort of a stroller. Below are some example, and also a pic of my kid in his Britax Frontier CT on the plane. He was 5 at the time. If they bring a stroller, you can also attach a car seat to a stroller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Itchy&Scratchy Posted August 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 10, 2019 or attach it to a carry on suitcase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpcruiser Posted August 11, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Thank you everyone for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extra Kim Posted August 11, 2019 #8 Share Posted August 11, 2019 So far we have only been using a baby seat and have one that fit on our stroller. When we fly we use a Stokke Prampack to put both the stroller and the baby seat. We will be able to use the baby seat on our next cruise in September, but on the cruise in December we might need to use a bigger car seat and then we will buy another Prampack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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