teddy Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 We’re taking our middle son and his family on a cruise out of Cape Liberty in February 2024. There will be four adults and two young children, one just under a year and the other just under three. We’re doing some preliminary research on transportation since there we’d like to travel together, and car seats will be needed for the two girls. We are curious if anyone has used, or is familiar with a car service that we could use to go from our hotel by Newark International Airport to the port and back. Additionally, how have those of you who have traveled with young children dealt with the car seat issue? We are driving down from Maine and Mass in two vehicles, so we will have car seats with us. Do people bring the seats with them to the ship? An idea we have been floating is to park one car at the hotel (we have booked an extended parking package) and the other at the port, shuttling everyone from the hotel to the port in the one we leave at the port…..but this seems like a lot of extra work as well as being more expensive than the park and stay package at the hotel. Thanks. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 Anthem, February 25th? That's the cruise we are on. teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted July 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 Just now, RCIfan1912 said: Anthem, February 25th? That's the cruise we are on. We’ll be getting off as you get on. We’re boarding the 17th. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 1 minute ago, teddy said: We’ll be getting off as you get on. We’re boarding the 17th. Ah interesting, take care of her for us. Actually I may have asked you that before, sorry if I did. teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted July 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 24 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said: Ah interesting, take care of her for us. Actually I may have asked you that before, sorry if I did. If you did, I can’t remember anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minniemouse27 Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 We used to cruise when my dd (now 22yo) was small and brought our car seat w/ us. Used it in the car to the airport, on the plane, from the airport to the hotel, and then from the hotel to the port...and reverse on the way home. There are great car seat travel belts that we didn't have back then that easily straps the car seat to a rolling carry on, and they are inexpensive (<$15). Once on the ship we just stowed the car seat in the bottom of the closet and forgot about it for the cruise. When dd was little we opted for port excursions that were walkable from the ports or were on buses (no car seat required). That all said, if your young people are a bit older and can do a low back booster, the Bubble Bum is a great option. It is an inflatable booster seat and is super easy to use and travel with (we had one for our now 17yo when we did trips to NYC to use Uber, etc). RCIfan1912 and teddy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEH106 Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 When in the New York City area including Newark, I use Carmelo. It was recommended to me by my brother-in-law in Manhattan. They are always on time and seemed to be the least expensive. Jim RCIfan1912 and teddy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted July 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEH106 Posted July 18, 2023 Report Share Posted July 18, 2023 22 minutes ago, teddy said: Thank you very much! Where in Maine? I went to Colby in Waterville, class of '64. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinK Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/15/2023 at 5:36 PM, teddy said: We’ll be getting off as you get on. We’re boarding the 17th. I am getting off and you will be getting on.. lolz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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