Carry On Bag Size

BigredNole

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I stopped buying luggage after a set was ruined. I now buy the tall rolling dufflebags that go on sale on Black Friday for $10 each. They are about 30" long and not too wide, no wider than a normal carry on. My question is if this is too big as a carryon for the cruise?

The reason I ask is I can use this instead of having 3 smaller carryons (1 each). This way I am managing a single bag instead of 3. I also know I have all medications, electronics, and important stuff in 1 place.
 
If it can fit through airport scanners (which are basically what they have at the port), then you're fine. You'll have to drag it around until your room is ready at 1:30, but one carry on is definitely better than three!
 

I shot a film one of the boats and you can't imagine how much equipment got put on board. It is NOT limited to 22x14x9 like mentioned above.
 
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I shot a film one of the boats and you can't imagine how much equipment got put on board. It is NOT limited to 22x14x9 like mentioned above.
I wouldn't count on it. At one time DCL did specify 22X14X9 inches as being the max size for carry ons. But that exact wording has been eliminated. No telling if it will be reinstated.

Personally, I don't think that a full size bag is a "carry on". But it certainly can BE carried on.
 
At Port Canaveral there's only one security screening point, ground level before going up the escalator to the check in lobby. Everyone goes through the same line.

Unless things have changed, there are actually 3 checkpoints: the main one at the front (with two stations IIRC), then a VIP/Concierge one accessed through a side door which is also sometimes used for regular guests arriving on a DCL bus, and then a third one on the skybridge from the parking structure (parking structure guests don't ever go to the ground level where the other checkpoints are).
 
DCL specifies [or at one point specified] carryons should not exceed 22" wide, 14" high and 9" deep; apparently that is the maximum size their x-ray machines can process.

Well, those match what many airlines use as a limit, and those dimensions are based on what will fit in an overhead compartment on most aircraft. Consider how an x-ray machine operates: if the limits were based on that, then only two of the three dimensions would be limited, as the third dimension has no practical length for something that can be carried.
 
Unless things have changed, there are actually 3 checkpoints: the main one at the front (with two stations IIRC), then a VIP/Concierge one accessed through a side door which is also sometimes used for regular guests arriving on a DCL bus, and then a third one on the skybridge from the parking structure (parking structure guests don't ever go to the ground level where the other checkpoints are).
Every time we've arrived via DCL bus, and every time we've been told to go around to the front of the building and use the main door to get in and go through security. Never saw a side door.

And, you're right, I forgot about the skybridge entrance. Sorry.
 

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