OMG, I'm packing for our three nights on the Wonder (we leave this Thursday). I'm glad we're not doing 7 nights! I'm following some wonderful DIS advice and some socks, undies, and beach toys are not making the return trip! But that's only so much space. Here's what it looks like we'll have to take; tell me if I'm way out of control.
dd & ds carrying (between them) - a small backpack, a small basket full of sand toys and a few pirate props, a big sand bucket that they can stick in their stuffed Mickey and Minnie - between the two of them, that's nothing heavy, and shouldn't involve too much whining if they have to carry that!
Me: A kinda big duffle-type bag and a big beach bag/purse...both will be stuffed to the brim!!
Dh will have (because I can't talk him out of it) his backpack with the laptop in it and also a small garment bag.
Then, between the two of us, we'll have a large suitcase and a smaller one. We'll be able to check those pretty quick, right? (We're driving over from home, not flying or taking a transfer from WDW.)
The big "PITB" is that those two suitcases is all I want to check. I'm terrified we wont get our luggage in time to get ready for our early dinner so I want to take our clothes and things we'll need to get ready with us. That's not such a big deal, though. It'll all be in that one duffle. It's the little junk that's going to drive me nuts - keeping up with the 3 things the kids have, dh's laptop, my purse. I guess it'll only be a couple hours and I can leave dh and the kids at the pool and take most of this stuff to the room and hopefully have a few minutes to get organized (and put my magnets on the door) without everyone under foot.
...But does this sound like overkill for 3 nights? It seems like so much stuff but I don't see any way to minimize with my over-the-door shoe organizer, a couple bottles of wine, about 14 pair of shoes between us (including beach things), etc. all stuffed in those suitcases.
And I'm glad I've got several more days to finish packing. How I'm ever going to repack all this stuff is going to take a miracle!!
dd & ds carrying (between them) - a small backpack, a small basket full of sand toys and a few pirate props, a big sand bucket that they can stick in their stuffed Mickey and Minnie - between the two of them, that's nothing heavy, and shouldn't involve too much whining if they have to carry that!
Me: A kinda big duffle-type bag and a big beach bag/purse...both will be stuffed to the brim!!
Dh will have (because I can't talk him out of it) his backpack with the laptop in it and also a small garment bag.
Then, between the two of us, we'll have a large suitcase and a smaller one. We'll be able to check those pretty quick, right? (We're driving over from home, not flying or taking a transfer from WDW.)
The big "PITB" is that those two suitcases is all I want to check. I'm terrified we wont get our luggage in time to get ready for our early dinner so I want to take our clothes and things we'll need to get ready with us. That's not such a big deal, though. It'll all be in that one duffle. It's the little junk that's going to drive me nuts - keeping up with the 3 things the kids have, dh's laptop, my purse. I guess it'll only be a couple hours and I can leave dh and the kids at the pool and take most of this stuff to the room and hopefully have a few minutes to get organized (and put my magnets on the door) without everyone under foot.
...But does this sound like overkill for 3 nights? It seems like so much stuff but I don't see any way to minimize with my over-the-door shoe organizer, a couple bottles of wine, about 14 pair of shoes between us (including beach things), etc. all stuffed in those suitcases.
And I'm glad I've got several more days to finish packing. How I'm ever going to repack all this stuff is going to take a miracle!!