we are not renting a car. i looked into the delivery stores but it costs the same to just have a checked bag and filled with a variety of foods that she is used to. She is 2 but had a late start accepting textures and lumps in the food, and only recently has she really been able to eat a full meal without it having baby food involved. She eats super slow and takes 1 hour to eat a meal of chewing foods/normal foods, which she is still accepting a limited variety.. not enough to 'eat off my plate.' So I want to bring her baby food as her main food and then let her also eat whatever she is willing to. I also wanted to bring juice boxes. I am having a case of water delivered.
I thought on our first trip with her that it is a very common thing to see people dealing with lots of luggage, so we'd figure it out. Wrong! It was very hard to try to get all the bags from the car lot to the bus, then from where the bus drops you off is a far walk to get to the terminal, then once we drop that checked bag off at the counter we would have it a little easier. I told Dh to make trips from our car at the car lot to the bus shelter but he insisted he could do it. This time we can try to get a space next to a bus shelter! Then the next step of where the bus drops you off is a VERY long walk to the terminal building. I did not see any luggage carts or any ports, it just you and all your bags. That is why the full size stroller worked well on our last trip... oh yeah.. on our first trip we were driving to the airport when we realized we left it behind. That trip with our DD1 was just fine without the stroller, we were glad we left it! well besides the luggage part of it. So on our next trip we remembered the stroller and used it for putting the luggage on rather than for DD1. It worked so much better than trying to drag all the bags at once. I am going to try to find out how you can attach bags so that they roll together.. genius idea.. i was picturing something like that but did know if it existed.. but what doesn't these days. Anyway, the full size stroller we have it a gorgeous Disney Princess one, but the flaw is that it steers terribly..which is why i wanted to bring the umbrella style stroller "THE FIRST YEARS IGNITE STROLLER" which does recline the same as the full size, but the full size has more leg room. I would just take the full size one but the steering is so bad. It is so frustrating to get it to turn how you need it to. The Ignite stroller is SO much better, but there is no way to use it to help with the luggage.
We did buy a luggage cart for the $5 on our first trip but it was barely of any help. We could not get the bags to stack and stay, it was more trouble than it was worth. After our cruise we saw porters and got one to help us with our bags.. yes that is perfect.
A shirt for each day, 3 shorts, socks/underwear and flip flops filled DH's carry-on bag. My carry-on is 1/2 full with the same things but i still need to pack in diapers. DD2's rolling carry on is full with her clothes, and spare clothes, diapers, wipes, table toppers, potty books.. so condensing into just two wouldn't work. Then our 3 personal items are my disney purse (large travel one), DD2's is filled with her carry on baby food and snacks and dvd player, and the 3rd one is the carry on diaper bag. The checked bag is juice, baby food, sunblock, play yard frame.. i am having the play yard mattress shipped to our resort but i would rest easier using my own. That is our bags.
We are going for the week and staying on site. I could
rent a stroller but that is a lot of money, so i would just like to know if we can bring two and check them at the gate or will they tell us no, only one. I will call the airline and ask them, just thought someone with actual experience would be of help.
