Flying into Miami with toddler - car seat question?

[hamburglar]

Hi there, we have cruised many times in the past but this will be our first cruise with our son, who is 15 months old. He has been in a bigger car seat for a few months now (not the easy-to-carry infant ones) as he is 30 lbs and 30 inches tall. I am really hesitant to bring our big carseat along (we're flying in from Toronto.) It's time consuming to install in a car and would take quite some time.

The only car trips needed are: airport to hotel (day before cruise), hotel to miami cruise port, and cruise port back to airport. I just don't love the idea of bringing the car seat along because then we'll have to drag it along on the ship, and it seems like such a giant pain.

Our hotel also doesn't appear to have a shuttle service to/from the airport.

Can anyone recommend a specific company they may be aware of in miami that will come pick you up from the airport or for the cruise port that would provide a carseat? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!!! :)

[Marie51]

We used http://www.johnscarservice.com and he provided a carseat at no extra cost. This was in Ft Lauderdale but I'm pretty sure he services Miami too.

[Sooner-Cruisers]

It's worth considering this: Cosco Scenera, it's cheap, super light and can be used on planes!

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cosco-Scen...Print/41126739

 

For $39, it's hard to beat! We took it off the ship to use in the taxi in Cozumel too.