terpcruiser Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Please! Looking for advice on how to get from Port Everglades (terminal 18) to Fort Lauderdale airport with our one year old. I have the whole vacation figured out until literally getting from the cruise to the airport on the way home. All advice appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Can you request an Uber with a car seat? A taxi with one? In advance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpcruiser Posted April 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, Pooch said: Can you request an Uber with a car seat? A taxi with one? In advance? just doing a mock booking on Uber, it's not showing the carseat option. If anyone knows of a specific taxi company that offers car seats, that'd be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 How are you getting to the port from the airport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpcruiser Posted April 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 getting dropped off on the way to the cruise. don't have that option for the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 Check with Royal to see if they have a shuttle? Bus would not require a car seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 I found a lot of options through google. You could contact them to see which offer car seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DznyRnr Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 We did the RC Shuttle ($35/pp) in February to FLL and car seats were not required. We will not do that again from Port Everglades, though. All of the Shuttle guests going to MIA and FLL were released from the ship at the same time and there was only one woman on the sidewalk with a printed list of all 5 buses worth of passengers on it. There was no designated place to check in for the shuttles and it was just her alone on the sidewalk with 100's of us. It was chaotic. Some people had tickets for the shuttle, some of us didn't. There was just no system in place for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXcruzer Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 I know this won’t be a popular opinion, but take an Uber and hold the child in the backseat; it’s like a 4-5 minute ride Colombia20102018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 You’re right, probably not option #1. It is a dilemma. Only did car trips when my kids were little. With the grands, if we fly, we take FAA approved car seats & use them on the plane so we have them for any vehicle we ride in. It’s a pain though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willowberry88 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 I agree it’s a pain but I took our own car seat when we went on a cruise last week and gate checked the car seat before I got on the plane, at least you know you are using a clean, safe and non-expired car seat ! KWong and Pooch 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpcruiser Posted April 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, willowberry88 said: I agree it’s a pain but I took our own car seat when we went on a cruise last week and gate checked the car seat before I got on the plane, at least you know you are using a clean, safe and non-expired car seat ! will the porters take it at the port like any other luggage when you arrive for the cruise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willowberry88 Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 31 minutes ago, terpcruiser said: will the porters take it at the port like any other luggage when you arrive for the cruise? We actually carried everything on to the ship ourselves, left it by the pool while we headed to lunch and waited for our room to be ready - but yes in the past we have checked in our car seats and they took it as long as you tag it like a piece of luggage (but this was pre-Covid) does anyone know if this has changed or have had a different experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley89 Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 We had a similar issue in another city. I ended up looking online for taxi companies that offered car seats and called one ahead to schedule pickup with a car seat. Now that she is a little older, we use a travel booster for Uber rides https://travelcarseatmom.com/best-travel-booster-seat-portable/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWong Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 Ran into this same issue when the kids were smaller. I was overly paranoid and rented a car for us because I really didn't trust the other options. I also didn't trust the baggage folk to treat the car seat with any sense of care so I carried that thing around with me during embarkation day and debarkation day, where we took a taxi to the airport and the driver was NOT happy with me setting that thing up in his car. Understandable, since time = money for them but you gotta keep the kids safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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