Packing Smart for Disney

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:15 Written by lorie Friday, 27 June 2008 09:39

If you ever been to a Disney resort you know that ‘drawer’ space is limited. At the Polynesian Resort there is exactly ‘one’ drawer per person — we’re a family of five. So … I’ve got to pack smart. I hate getting to the resort and needing to spend an hour or more getting organized and having the kids throwing things all around looking for what they want.

This year I decided to try a new packing technique. I am NOT packing a suitcase for each child. Instead, I packed one suitcase of clothing for about half of our stay at Disney — and another for the second half of our stay. For instance, in the kids’ blue suitcase I have clothing for all three kids to last for the first few days of our trip. That bag we will unpack as soon as we arrive in our room. The other ‘red’ suitcase has clothing for the rest of our trip — that one will go in the closet when we first arrive. After a few days we’ll switch out. This helps from having overstuffed drawers — and gives us a place to put our dirty laundry (I refuse to do laundry while on vacation!).

I’ve also recently purchased a nice little carry-on type suitcase which we call our medical bag.  It basically contains all our toiletries and any medical supplies we need while on vacation.  It’s always full to the brim with everything we need.  Our family is too large to pack travel sized items — so I purchase the smaller sized bottles of shampoo, etc. and it works out well.

Do you have any packing secrets?