Congratulations! You’re planning a Disney Cruise!

You’ve read all about the food, activities, and fun on a Disney Cruise, but now it’s time to pack!

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So, how much can you pack? How big can the bags be? How will you get your luggage onto the cruise ship? We’re answering all your questions about Disney Cruise Line luggage rules!

Disney Cruise Line Packing Rules

First things first: There are a number of things you can’t take on board a Disney Cruise Line ship. Those items are:

• Agricultural items such as flowers, plants, fruit, etc.
• Air, BB, pellet, paintball pistols, rifles and sling shots
• Archery equipment
• Balloons
• Baseball and cricket bats
• Bicycles
• Blenders
• Boogie boards
• Bottle sterilizers and warmers (a limited number of approved bottle warmers and bottle sterilizers are available upon request through Guest Services on board)
• Candles
• Coffee makers
• Diffusers
• Diving equipment, including air tanks, spears, spear guns, slings, dive knives, pry bars and underwater scooters
• Drug paraphernalia
• Electric blankets
• Electric irons
• Emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRB), communication scanners and wideband receivers
• Explosives components and accessories, including ammunition, detonators, fireworks, pyrotechnics and flares
• Extension cords
• Firearms
• Firearm replicas, including non-firing, imitations, toys and their components (except these toys are allowed on board: Store-bought light sabers, Plastic toy “pirate” swords, Plastic store-bought toy “Mjolnir” hammers — Thor’s hammer)
• Fishing gear
• Footwear with wheels (such as Heelys roller shoes)
• Ham radios
• Hammocks
• Heating elements
• Heating pads
• Highly flammable liquids and combustible substances, including liquid oxygen
• Hockey and lacrosse sticks
• Homemade, precooked or perishable foods or open food containers
• Hookah pipes
• Hot plates
• Hover boards
• Ice chests or coolers (except for Coolers no larger than 12″ x 12″ x 12″ (30.5cm x 30.5cm x 30.5cm), as carry-on luggage only for storing medications, baby food or nonperishable items related to dietary restrictions only)
• Illegal narcotics/drugs
• Incense burners
• Inflatable mattresses
• Inflatable pools, rafts, floats, etc.
• Inline and roller skates
• Kites
• Knives (regardless of blade length)
• Lasers
• Marijuana (including medically prescribed marijuana)
• Metal detectors
• Microwave ovens
• Musical instruments
• Over-the-door hanging organizers
• Over-the-door hooks
• Pepper spray
• Pets
• Pool cues
• Pool noodles
• Power strips
• Power tools, hand tools and toolboxes
• Remote-controlled devices:

• • Airplanes
  • Drones
  • Helicopters
  • Toy vehicles
  • Star Wars droids

• Rice cookers
• Roller or inline skates
• Scissors with blades exceeding 4″ (scissors with blunt ends and no longer than 4 inches are allowed)
• Scooters
• Segways
• Ski poles
• Steamers
• Straight razors
• Stun guns
• Toasters and toaster ovens
• Seasonal and/or strands of celebratory lightbulbs
• Skateboards
• Streaming devices (Amazon Fire Stick, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, etc.)
• Surge protectors
• Surf boards
• Tasers
• Wagons (collapsible wagons are allowed)
• Wave boards

Additionally, there are some items that you can bring on board, but they are subject to inspection:

• Baby monitors
• Humidifiers
• Portable fans
• Sleep machines
• White noise machines

So, what happens if you pack a prohibited item in your luggage? Well, that item will be confiscated, and your luggage will likely be held up in the screening process — which means it may take a lot longer to get to your state room.

Disney Cruise Line Alcohol Rules

As you might imagine, there are rules about bringing alcohol on board your Disney Cruise — but it’s not totally prohibited.

First off, don’t pack alcohol in your checked luggage — it will be confiscated and result in delays on your luggage being delivered to your stateroom. You can, however, bring alcohol on board in your carry-on — up to 2 750-ml bottles of wine or sparkling wine or 6 12-oz. beers. You can enjoy these beverages in your stateroom. If you take a bottle of wine you brought with you into a dining room, that’s fine, too — just note that you will be charged a $26 corkage fee.

Disney Cruise Line Luggage Limits

Packing for a cruise is a lot like packing for a flight — you are allowed a personal item (like a purse, fanny pack or backpack), a carry-on, and two pieces of checked luggage per person. You will receive luggage tags for the two pieces of checked luggage prior to your cruise.

Your carry-on cannot be larger than 22 inches high, 14 inches wide and 9 inches deep.

At the port, you will check your suitcases with porters, and keep your personal item and carry-on with you. Your suitcases will be delivered to your stateroom a few hours after you board. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind:

• It will usually be an hour or two after you board before you can go to your stateroom. Keep this in mind when deciding on carry-ons. Do you need something to roll with you rather than a bag you have to carry around? Does everyone in your party NEED a carry-on, or can you get by with one?
• Pack computers, tablets and anything else fragile in a carry-on. You will also want to keep medications with you. If you are bringing alcohol on board in accordance with the Disney Cruise Line rules, it will need to be in your carry-on.
• Many people pack swimsuits, cover-ups and sunscreen in their carry-on, as the pools usually open shortly after you board, and you may not have your checked luggage yet.

Packing for your Disney Cruise shouldn’t be stressful — but it is important to follow the luggage rules, so that your trip gets off to a great start! One of the best tips we can give you for taking a Disney Cruise is to use a travel-agent who specializes in Disney! They know the ins and outs of every cruise ship, and keep up with all the discounts and deals available for your trip — and their services are free to you. We have used Small World Vacations for years to book our Disney travel, and we recommend you use them, too!

Hope this has been helpful! Share any Disney Cruise Line packing questions you have in the comments below!

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