Tips for packing light!

[Kristamouse]

Leaving on the 27th? WHAT TO PACK? In an effort to mimize our cr*p give me your packing tips. I have 3 kids 5, 4 and 9 months plus my DH and of course me. We are driving form KY and staying at the ASMo. We are getting a fridge for Baby Mouses meds and are seriously considering taking a microwave. Crazy I know espically b/c we have the DDP, but the kids love oatmeal.
So please please give me you packing tips for cutting down on the cr*p!

 

[Disney Daddy]

Here's a tip....

$50-$100 for each piece of luggage you bring aboard the airplane! :ROFLOL::ROFLOL::ROFLOL:

Just couldn't resist. LOL!!!!!

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

A great tip someone mentioned is refrain from packing the 'extras' you probably won't need on your trip.
For example, don't do something dumb like me and pack a hair dryer when there is one in your room :hammer:

Also a tip for packing light to go to the parks...
If you're bringing a camera, pack your wallet and a few other things you may need (chap stick, band aids) in the camera case so you're not fussing with more than one carrying case.
Makes it so much easier!!

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Alternative breakfast food on the go that doesn't need to be heated can be pop tarts (my sons never liked them warm), cereal bars, yogurt (my 2 looove the Gogurt hands-free type or the Trix super-sweet varieties), and the new cereal straws. My boys can eat their weight in those cereal straws!

I've never been on a WDW trip that I haven't had to do laundry at least once. Generally we do it more than that just because we don't like to get down to no more clean clothes and our trips are usually no less than 9 nights/10 days. I sooooo plan to go get some of the new Purex 3-in-1 laundry sheets. Lookit these things! http://www.purex.com/purex-3-in-1/product/ Now THAT will cut down some space! Heck, I think I'll keep them here at home, too. Those would be so much easier for the boys to do laundry with now that I'm trying to teach them to do it. Another thing we do for laundry management is bring our laundry sacks. I bought 3 heavy-duty laundry sacks at Target a couple years ago. We fold them and keep them tucked in the front zipper pocket of our luggage. When someone takes off clothes (or when you're stripping the little ones down to pop into the tub) go ahead and sort the laundry by putting the darks, whites/lights, and colors into the separate bags. It only takes a moment to do and you can readily see how much laundry you're looking at doing. If our sacks start to get full we know it's time to make a run to the laundry room. Where to keep the sacks in the room during the trip? We shove them in the empty space below the sinks in most rooms or find a corner near the bathroom to shove 'em in. It works well for us!

 

[pixiesteno]

I helps to get everything into your suitcases if you roll your clothes. You would not believe how much space you can save by rolling up your clothes. I know you are trying to reduce items taken, but take the spare shoes and an extra pair of socks. Wet feet or sweaty feet and all the walking is when the blisters set in. After several years experience in combat boots in the south, a fresh dry pair of socks on a hot muggy day can be a foot saver. You can roll up socks too.

 

[Kristamouse]

Just Back. I used many of your tips and we did great with all of our packing. I managed to get all of our outfits organized and into one HUGE rolling duffle bag from Cabala's (outdoor outfitter). All tolitries went into another bag, 2 back pack for kids car toys/games and blankets, camera bag, diaper bag, food bag, cooler and stroller. We didn't even use our luggage carrier! I packed one extra outfit for all of us but wish I would have thrown in an extra bathing suit, they do not dry out in thoose rooms. Magnaged to throw in some extra hangers so all of our clothes were hung save drawers for shoes, toys, camera, etc. I HATE clutter in Hotel Rooms espicall since we have a pack in play in a small ASMo room. The ziplock bags worked great for kids outfits. I am OCD about my DD's having matching bows, socks barrets etc. All went in to bag and my DH or In laws could dress them. Only thing I had to buy was extra wips and formula. I totally forgot to put a container of wipes with the diapers and just had my travel case. I under packed formual b/c we poured a lot out worried in the heat that it would go bad. One thing that really came in handy was our clip on highchair seat for the baby. I cliped that on to the table in our room and we could feed her and give her a play area off the floor. Ours folds pretty flat so it was easy to throw in the car.