VandVsmama
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2011
Going to buy our tickets next month! Getting our Honda Civic fixed this weekend. Was supposed to happen last weekend but other life stuff sort of got in the way.
Because our kids are getting older & bigger, for this trip, we have to graduate from 1 suitcase for both kids to 1 suitcase per child. My babies are growing up! When did this happen?
However, Santa is smart and he thinks ahead, so ODD got a new suitcase for Christmas. YDD got a small rolling suitcase for her birthday this past year.
What do I bring into the parks each day?
On prior trips, I was almost a pack animal. 1 sweatshirt per person. 1 heavy water bottle per person. full changes of clothes for each kid. A ton of first aid supplies. It was kind of ridiculous. This time around, here's what I'll carry with me in the morning:
Usually when we've gone to DL in late May/early June, we are not cold at all, so IF we need sweatshirts, it's not until the evening, so we bring those with us when we head back to the parks after our afternoon break.
- wallet
- cell phone, charger, + battery pack - the battery pack has 2 USB ports, so we can charge both my phone & DH's phone at the same time and it'll charge both phones 2x before you have to recharge the battery pack.
- small container of sunscreen - the kind that's meant to go in your pocket or something like that.
- 2 blister band aids + 2 reg band aids
- sunglasses
- 2 purse packs of ibuprofen - for sore muscles or headaches
- park tickets
- pin lanyard (but I usually wear mine)
- a print out of our Ridemax itinerary for the day
- a pen
- 2 disposable plastic water bottles - 1 for DH & I to share and 1 for the kids to share. Why not 1 per person? It's too many to keep track of. Why doesn't each person carry their own? Doesn't make sense for us. And besides, we all share germs with each other anyway. Heck, my kids lick each other on a regular basis to gross each other (and their mother) out.
- a sarong - it's super lightweight. It folds down to a really small size. And I can use it to save our spots for a parade. The girls & I will wear it if 1 of us is cold. Doubles as sort of a towel to dry off after Splash Mtn.
- 1 spare pr of shorts & undies for YDD - only because even at age 8, she sometimes still tends to wait until the last possible minute to go to the bathroom. Mostly because she doesn't want to miss out on anything. This is really lightweight, though, and I can fit it inside a quart-sized ziploc bag.
- If we're going to go on GRR, 1 Dollar Store poncho per person.
Wow...that's an awesome split stay. Hojo in itself looks great with the water area, and then to end at a Disney hotel. How exciting!