Carrying on luggage

[doormaster]

Do they allow you to carry on your own luggage after it has been checked in or do you have to leave it with the porter. Also same question for disembarking, can you take your luggage from your stateroom or must you leave it for them to pickup the night before you leave. We are new to cruising and would like to know what the options are.

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[publicpersona]

Do they allow you to carry on your own luggage after it has been checked in or do you have to leave it with the porter. Also same question for disembarking, can you take your luggage from your stateroom or must you leave it for them to pickup the night before you leave. We are new to cruising and would like to know what the options are.

You can carry on whatever would fit through the scanner, so generally the same size items as you might carry onto a plane .. perhaps longer in one dimension as long as it fits. If you board early (say, before 1 pm, but that depends on departure), you probably will have to schlep all that around with you, to the Windjammer for lunch, etc., before the staterooms are ready.

 

For disembark, you can carry off by yourself whatever you can carry. There's no limit to this other than your abilities to go up and down steps, ramps, escalators without delaying in any way the folks behind you that are doing same because they are rushing to catch a flight.

[TxKroozer]

You can carry on the same smaller carry on type luggage with wheels that you carry on airlines and not the larger bags even with wheels. The bags you can carry on have to fit through the X-ray scanners at security. If they don't you have to give them to a porter.

 

Also remember you will have to cart the luggage around during lunch if you get on board as the rooms don't open until after 1 pm, so you have no whee to store the carried on luggage.

 

They do allow self disembarkation where you can carry off ALL your luggage, but you have to be able to HANDLE easily all your luggage and some say handle by way of down an escalator. Although they have elevators in most ports, they avoid early departures to assume sole reliance on the elevators as it backs up the flow.

 

Others will have other helpful answers posting after this.

[music]

We carried all of our luggage on by mistake...the shuttle dropped us off, we went in and asked where to drop the luggage. They said way out there...you might as well take it with you. They scanned it all, a large, a medium, a small suitcase, and two carry ons. It was almost 1 pm so it worked out well. We were unpacked before anyone else thought about seeing their luggage.

[cb at sea]

Unless you MUST be off the ship 1st thing, there's no reason to carry off (or on) all of your luggage! Keep a bag for your toiletries and whatever you're wearing on the last night....keep clothes to put on to depart the ship, and let the workers handle those bags! Lock them....whenever luggage is not in your possession...but that's common knowledge, right?

It's a total pain to try and lug all of your stuff off the ship...just go and pick it up after you depart...easy peezy!

[Jiffymom]

I agree with the others. Its a pain to carry around. I am always so excited to explore the ship

maybe go check out your table assignment ,reserve spa treatments, reservations at Chops, and of course have that first pina colada on deck. So I say no leave it and let them deliver to your cabin.

Now if you want to disembark early you can get off the ship early but again you must carry all your luggage. That is sometimes nice depends on your flight time.

[Ashland]

You're on "vacation" let someone else handle your luggage...all you need is a small carryon/off...Enjoy !!!

[LBumb]

We are never in hurry to get off.