Post your best organizational, space saving and trip making secrets here!!

[LydiaAch]

Also, not sure if this was already posted but I am going to buy the temporary tatto paper you can run through the printer and make tattoos for my kids to wear. I'll use Disney characters and then put my husband and my cell phone numbers on them in case they get separated from us.

 

[LydiaAch]

One last thing...I bought large button pins at AC Moore that were blank-you can put a picture in them. I made little buttons that said "My first Disney Trip" and my kids will wear them during our trip!

 

[hanutedmansionmomma]

fyi Lydia - ask for "my first trip" buttons while you're checking in or get to the park - we got a lot of fun little perks when we wore ours! I think yours sound cool too - but didn't want you to miss out on anything

My tips - bring a couple large garbage bags for dirty clothes, carry your touring plan in your pocket, don't bother with carrying a lot of stuff thru parks, only need wallet! Keep your hands free for wiping away tears of joy when you see the castle

 

[Carol23]

The one tip that I used and was THE best is to get an index card "book" and list EVERYthing important in it.

Mine was a bunch of index cards with a binder ring that can open so if I wanted to take some cards out easily I could. I listed all of our ADR's (with times, confirmation #'s and locations), things we wanted to do for each specific park (in order of importance, ie. soarin at epcot), the extra magic hours by park, the normal hours by park, where to find specific characters/things, (ie. Dole whips, and Eeyore in England), special photo pass magic shots locations (and what they were), Where Key Lime pie was sold, etc.

I was CONSTANTLY checking it for one thing or another, but boy did it help when we couldn't remember what time the ressie was. (Mind you we were ALWAYS! late for our ressie!!! This being our first time, I had no idea how much easier it was to lose track of time and how long it took to get from one place to the other!!!)

 

[LydiaAch]

I just ordered blank white lanyards from Oriental Trading Company online (had a coupon code for 10.00 off 10.00 or more!) and we will decorate them before we go. I also got "scrap-your-own" luggage tags.

 

[taylor5]

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[LydiaAch]

I had water and juice shipped to the resort from Staples.com...free shipping over 50.00 (easy to reach with 11 people). Yay! One less thing to pack!

 

[tinkermom23]

* (Mind you we were ALWAYS! late for our ressie!!! This being our first time, I had no idea how much easier it was to lose track of time and how long it took to get from one place to the other!!!)

We should have been together! We were always an hour early! DH doesn't wear a watch and my watch went dead the first day and I refuse to pay big bucks for a new battery at Disney, so we just used our cell phone clock. It took us 3 days to realize that the clock in our room was 1 hour off too!* At 3 different Ressies they said "We'll get you in as close to your ADR time as possible." and I kept thinking, why do we alwasys have to wait when we are on time!* We live in a different time zone and we both had the hardest time with the concept of what time it really was!

 

[aliyasmomma2003]

I am terrified of loosing my luggage in the sea of black in the airport, so I have been trying to find a quick, cheap, and easy method of identification. I picked up lime green duct tape at Walmart...in the same place as the regular duct tape. They have about 50 different colors to choose from. I just put small pieces on the backs of the luggage tags, wrapped the handles, and put a strip all around the edge. You can't miss my lime green and black luggage now.

 

[java]

If you have one nearby, try IKEA -- they have some affordable ones in various sizes and materials. We just got the least expensive one ... it's works well for lightweight shoes like crocs and flip flops.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20123458
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40123457
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50116499

Hey I LOVE that idea for our clothes in the room- there is never enough drawer space- but two of those could cover a couple of kids! I"m getting them THANKS!

 

[pilotwife_02]

What a great thread! Thanks for all the amazing ideas!

 

[bootleg89]

Great advice.

 

[bootleg89]

Also, not sure if this was already posted but I am going to buy the temporary tatto paper you can run through the printer and make tattoos for my kids to wear. I'll use Disney characters and then put my husband and my cell phone numbers on them in case they get separated from us.

Where can I get some of this paper? Was planning on buying the tatto safety tags but would probably be cheaper to do this.

 

[bootleg89]

Where do you find ponchos in the Dollar Tree? I must have gone up and down every aisle 3 times a could not find one? Found lots of other stuff though

Went through the same thing. I finally found the ponchos at the register. Sorta like an impulse item, but that's just where they had them. They were there along with the umbrellas.

 

[FancyO'Nancy]

I found ponchos today at the Dollar Tree on the aisle with socks & stuff. There were two in the package.

 

[MickeyMouse'sBFF]

Dont forget to bring a bath mat for in the tub. Some of those bathtubs are slick and easy to fall in. They have some with tinker bell and princess ones at walmart for $11.00. (In the baby section) You just bring em home to use at home then. It decorates the resort bathroom to disney theme then too. Im sure you can get some cheap plain ones as well. The dollar tree prob even has em.

 

[MickeyMouse'sBFF]

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[MickeyMouse'sBFF]

Ok, just thought of another one today while at Bush Gardens. Wish we would have taken some kind of container for funnel cakes. They only offer paper plates there. I know Disney doesnt do funnel cakes, but there are a lot.. and I do mean LOT... of treats out there that everyone wants to take back to the room for later. Glad makes the disposable containers that come in all sorts of sizes. Take one along to downtown Disney while shopping at goofys candy co. Or take it with you for that schoolbread in Norway. The stuff would last a lot longer in those than in a paper bag they give you. Just a thought.
Ok,who has more????????????? Keep em commin!!!!!!
Lets hear those ideas

 

[MickeyMouse'sBFF]

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[JerseyMamaBear]

Ok, just thought of another one today while at Bush Gardens. Wish we would have taken some kind of container for funnel cakes. They only offer paper plates there. I know Disney doesnt do funnel cakes, but there are a lot.. and I do mean LOT... of treats out there that everyone wants to take back to the room for later. Glad makes the disposable containers that come in all sorts of sizes. Take one along to downtown Disney while shopping at goofys candy co. Or take it with you for that schoolbread in Norway. The stuff would last a lot longer in those than in a paper bag they give you. Just a thought.
Ok,who has more????????????? Keep em commin!!!!!!
Lets hear those ideas

Im pretty sure, well at least as of March, the MK offers funnel cakes. We dident finish all of ours so a small, compact container would have been great.