twopugs Posted February 14, 2008 #1 Share Posted February 14, 2008 On the Carnival board another person was blasted for saying that they didn't always bring a car seat for a cruise. We are considering getting the Eddie Bauer fold away car seat but while my son will meet the weight/heigh requirement he is not yet 1 so according to the package it is not for him. That is the only thing I really see on the market. He can no longer fit in an infant seat so we would need to bring a convertiable and they are all rather large and I am not quite sure how well it would transport. Most of the excursions that I am looking at are either a bus or boat. For the bus, would/should a car seat be an issue? Would there even be belts? (from doing one too many school field trips I know that some motorcoach lines have them and so do not...I would assume in other countries this holds true) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinmama06 Posted February 14, 2008 #2 Share Posted February 14, 2008 You're exactly right, if the excursion uses a bus, then there are no carseats allowed (no seatbelts). And actually when we tried to bring a carseat on a Disney Cruise excursion bus, the driver asked me to stow it under the bus in storage. So bus - no car seat. Boat - no car seat ;) (just bring a stroller) If you do a taxi, then no doubt you want a car seat. What we did was just sort of avoid using taxis until the girls were heavy/old enough to be able to use the travel car seats. And I take anything I see on the main boards about kid advice with a grain of salt. Most of the vultures that jump in to keep the debate going don't even have kids. :rolleyes: I just always post the link to this board. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grannycb Posted February 15, 2008 #3 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Any suggestions for a 44", 38 lb. almost 5 year old? We might take taxis, might take a bus, who knows? Should we take along a carseat? We'll be in the Caribbean and Bermuda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted February 15, 2008 #4 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Don't bother. You'd be hard pressed to find taxi's with seat belts that work. Tour buses don't have them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinmama06 Posted February 15, 2008 #5 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Any suggestions for a 44", 38 lb. almost 5 year old? We might take taxis, might take a bus, who knows? Should we take along a carseat? We'll be in the Caribbean and Bermuda. Well that child is on the border between using something like the Eddie Bauer travel seat and using a backless booster seat. The rule for a backless turbo seat is 40" AND 40lbs. So it would be better to get the booster. We use this one for our oldest. It travels well. http://www.amazon.com/Graco-Backless-TurboBooster-Seat-Line/dp/B000E0KN94/ref=pd_sim_ba_title_3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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