We are flying from CT to FL about 3 hours for a cruise. We will not be using car transport at all once in FL therefore will not need her carseat once there. Would you still bring a carseat solely for the plane? I want to make sure she's safe but also don't want to unnecessarily lug around the seat and find storage on the ship. Any firsthand experience or opinions on CARES harness?
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Re: air travel with almost 4 year old
This.
How are you getting from the airport to the cruise ship? Even in a shuttle I always use a car seat.
This, exactly.
I would never take a carseat on a flight with a child that age unless I knew they'd sleep the whole time - it puts them at the exact right spot to kick the seat in front of them!
I love our CARES harness - it works well, takes up little space - and even if she doesn't wear it the whole time can at least be restrained completely (not just seatbelt) for take off & landing!
You cannot use a booster on a plane, I am pretty sure no real boosters are FAA approved and I know for sure the backless ones are not.
I didn't use the booster on the plane and didn't suggest or recommend it either.
yea your post your suggested you did - but I didn't think you were either
was just clarifying!
We flew to Mexico right after DD turned 4 and didn't take her carseat with us. We took the taxi to the airport and had requested carseats for both kids. She did great without a carseat.
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DS1 sits in the regular seat in the plane with no issues. I have used the CARES for DS2 though because I fly regularly with 3 kids alone and need him strapped down : ) Usually, I fly to my moms house and she has carseats. If I had one kid, nah...not at all would I used a carseat/CARES for just the plane.
We have flown to Disney (MCO-orlando) and the cabs usually have carseats you can barrow one--not the nicest but whatever...it worked to get us to our hotel (we had intended to take magic express but change out mind--plans do change). There really isn't away to put carseats (and no one does) on the Disney vans. The carseat laws are very lax in FL--they have NO rules after age 5.
If you are flying into MCO the cruiseline port are actually quite far away--45 mins to an hour. I did that when I was in college. I would be more comfortable with a booster.
DS is 3 and has flown a few times without his carseat. We check it. When he was younger we used it on the plane. But, like PP said, he's just big enough so that his car seat would put him in great position to kick the seat in front of him. It gave us more room to snuggle from Maine to Florida too.