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  1. #1
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    Default So thankful that you packed...

    What is the one (or two) thing that you packed for you WDW trip that turned out to be a real life-saver? I am always adding to my packing list

    We are going in September with DDs 3 and 6 and DS 20 months.

    THANKS!

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    Band-aids for blisters and Pepcid as I eat much more junk food at WDW than in a normal week!
    Contemporary 10/82
    Polynesian 12/89
    Off-Site 2/02
    Port Orleans Riverside 5/02
    WL 2/03
    WL Concierge 10/03
    AKL 10/04
    WL 11/05
    WL Concierge 12/07
    WL- 11/08

    Next trips
    WL - 11/11

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    Extra socks! Our socks got wet and dried really stiff. We had extra, so many extra pairs, but we still ran out and had to do laundry. Never enough clean, dry socks for us.

    Plus, camera batteries. Really expensive to buy in parks. And, most especially, the cheap rain ponchos, less than a dollar each and easy enough to just throw away as needed (ours were eighty-eight cents at Wal*Mart).
    Sherri
    Next: Aulani Celebration 10/2018 (50th)
    Past Stays: Contemporary, GF, Poly, BC, POP, POR, Dolphin, AKL Kidani, BLT
    1990 August Honeymoon- GF
    Delighted Disney Return Guest since 1981, DVC (BLT) since 2014


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    Disposable bibs and disposable sippy cups. Not carrying dirty bibs around and cleaning cups at the end of the night and worrying about the kids favorite cups getting lost.
    November 2010 Disneyland
    December 2009 Disneyland
    March 2008 Disneyland
    December 2007 Disneyland
    September 2007 All Star Music
    August 2007 Disneyland
    October 2006 Offsite
    December 2003 POR
    June 2001 All Star Music

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    Snacks! Me and my mom will be going this time without Disney dad, and he always insists that we eat those nasty fat hotdogs! Snacks were our lifesaver last time!

    12 days, 4 hours and 40 minutes til we leave for WDW!
    "When hinges creak in doorless chambers... and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.. whenever candlelights flicker... where the air is deathly still... that is the time when ghosts are present... practicing their terror with ghoulish delight."

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    Pipe cleaners and bubbles. The pipe cleaners for TS when the kids need to be occupied and quiet. The girls made crowns. Bubbles for standing in line or fixing melt downs.

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    Extra socks, extra shoes and foot cooling spray.

    For my BF, he's grateful I made him pack two baseball hats when he lost his first one.
    Next trip DLR in February 2014

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    A power supply strip to keep all the recharging items grouped together (much easier to remember to take home that way too)
    Rhonda

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    I would have to second (or third) the following

    extra socks
    batteries
    power strip - with cell phones and rechargeable camera and camcorder batteries there never would have been enough
    pepcid - my stomach was a mess
    cheap rain ponchos
    moleskin and little scissors(with blunt tips) to cut them into the right shapes
    sunbock sticks - for faces and ears these work so much better and don't run into the little ones eyes
    the cheap over the door shoe holder from the dollar store to hang inthe bathroom. it kept the tooth brushes and hairbrushes ect ect all neat and in one place without them being all over the sink so that the cleaning people could clean.
    kool aid and lemonade drink mixes to mix with bottled water
    extra camcorder battery. you can't really get them charged anywhere and the one we had only lasted for about 20 mins.

    a small notebook that I made with tips from intercot on where to watch the fireworks, great photo spots, menus for the CS places so that we could decide before leaving an area if we wanted to eat there so we didn't have to backtrack. I also had in there a small calendar of what parks we were going to on each day, what parades on what day, park times, ADR's fireworks ect ect ect. It really REALLY came in handy.

    Disneyfan328
    Pittsburgh PA
    3/97 - All Star Music
    9/07 Port Orleans Riverside
    May 2009All Star Movie~Wedding Anniversary!
    January 2012 All Star Movies
    December 2013 - All Star Movies to celebrate birthdays!
    Planning our December 2015 "Paige's Sweet 16" Birthday Trip -Art of Animation!!!

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    Chip clips to keep wayward cutains closed!
    Linda aka: Faline
    INTERCOT Staff: Vacation Planning,Trip Reports and Disney Camping
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    Sorry I just thought of another one

    rolls of quarters and shiny new pennies - for all of those pressed penny machines. We never really had "change" on us as we charged everythng to the room - I was glad that I thought about it and remembered to bring it so that we had them when the kids started asking for them.

    Disneyfan328
    Pittsburgh PA
    3/97 - All Star Music
    9/07 Port Orleans Riverside
    May 2009All Star Movie~Wedding Anniversary!
    January 2012 All Star Movies
    December 2013 - All Star Movies to celebrate birthdays!
    Planning our December 2015 "Paige's Sweet 16" Birthday Trip -Art of Animation!!!

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    I think someone else said this, but I don't want it to get lost in the shuffle...small scissors! You can buy the moleskin for blisters on property, but they don't have any small scissors...and trust me, its hard to try to use fingernail clippers to cut that stuff.

    And don't listen to your DH if he tells you not be bring an extra pair of comfortable shoes...if I hadn't listened to my DH telling one pair of sneakers was enough, maybe I wouldnt' know about the moleskin
    September 2004: CBR...dodging Hurricanes successfully!
    September 2005: CBR again and again dodging Hurricanes with success!
    September 2006: AKL, our honeymoon, just awesome!
    September 2007: POR, anniversary celebration! was awesome:)
    December 2012: First trip with the 4 year old, yay:)

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    Blister-block stick(made by Band-aid)--I took some along on my last trip, and I can honestly say it was my first DW vacation with absolutely NO blisters on my feet!!! Awesome product It's purse-sized, so now I take it with me everywhere I go, just in case
    1984-1989:Florida resident pass holder
    January 1991 & 1993: off-site
    April 1996: ASM
    April 1998: ASM
    December 2001: off-site
    May 2004: off-site
    December 2006: Pop
    January 2008: Pop
    November 2008: POFQ
    May 2009: POR
    October 2009: POFQ
    February 2010: Poly

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    Plastic bags, we use them to seperate dirty clothes from the clean clothes when we're leaving and the day we left our bathing suites were still wet so it was nice to have a bag to keep the dry clothes dry.
    Carribean Beach '95
    Wilderness Lodge '96 '97 '98
    All Star Music '00 '01 '04
    Off-site '03
    All Star Movie '05 '06
    All Star Music 07'
    Pop Century with DBF Sep 08'
    Pop Century with family March 09'

    Next trip: Disney and Universal Studios April 2015!

    PINK!

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    Aspirin
    Backpack
    Sunblock
    Ziplock Bags (to Bring Possible Leaking Things Home In Shampoo, Deodarant Toothpaste Etc)
    Extra Sd Cards, Batteries Etc
    Postcard Stamps
    Itinerary So I Know Exactly When Emh Days Are And All My Ressies So I Know Where Im Heading Each Day So Im Not Wasting Time During My Trip Figuring Stuff Out
    Next trip sept 23- thru oct 1 2013 for my sons first trip ever at 28 months.
    Carribean beach. Mnsshp, hhn, seaworld 4 disney parks 2 waterparks rented a car got photopass plus. Im ready

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    Last time I was desperate for a nail file. Had a jagged nail that was driving me nuts and there were no nail files to be found. I looked EVERYWHERE at all the parks and finally found those real flimsy cheapos (but overpriced of course) in the hotel's shop. Bring one!
    February 4-11 AoA
    October 13-20 2012 CBR
    November 7-13 2010 Pop
    November 3-10 2009 Polynesian
    September 19-26 2008, CBR Honeymoon
    May 11-18 2007, CBR engaged <3
    April/May 2006, OKW
    July 2004, All Star Movies
    June 1981, Sheraton World
    June 1976 somwhere offsite[/CENTER]

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    Default Dishsoap and Tape

    We brought a small container of dishsoap for our toddler's sippy cups and the Disney refill mugs. Instead of using disposable cups, we just gave them a quick clean in the sink at night. Also, crazy idea, but we brought tape last time too...we used it to keep our toddler out of the fridge and away from the air conditioner controls.
    1983 Offsite
    1999 Offsite
    2004 POR
    2008 POFQ
    2008 Coronado Springs
    2010 Caribbean Beach Resort

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    Zip lock bags.You just never know when you'll need them! I also bought a pair of Disney Crocs down there and I wear them everywhere,no blisters,and if they get wet,they dry very quickly.Your feet don't sweat in them either.
    Disneyland 1969-1988
    ASM 2000
    ASM 2002
    ASM 2003
    ASM 2004
    Pop 2004 (50's)
    Pop Oct.2006(70's)
    Pop May 2007(50's)
    Pop Dec.2007(60's)
    Pop Oct.2008
    PORS May 2010
    Wilderness Lodge 2013

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    Quote Originally Posted by ISLE39 View Post
    Aspirin
    Postcard Stamps
    Itinerary So I Know Exactly When Emh Days Are And All My Ressies So I Know Where Im Heading Each Day So Im Not Wasting Time During My Trip Figuring Stuff Out
    Amen!!! Two of my personal faves

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    I don't go anywhere without my electric heating pad for my aching joints after walking. Also, my beautiful cane I bought a couple trips back at EPCOT's Mexico. Those get me through the vacation.
    Life is always better when you mix in a little MOUSE
    1981 1986 1990 2000 2003 off site
    1994 1998 All Star Music,
    2002 All Star Movies,
    2004 2005x2 2012 2013 2019 POR
    2007 2012 2014 2016 2019 Pop
    2008 ASMu Suites
    2014 2017 CBR
    2015 AoA Cars
    2017 AKLx2
    2018 Grand Canyon

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