Best unusual packed item?

[xipotec]

Ok! List time!
What item did you pack for the FIRST time last trip, that you will now pack EVERYTIME??

Mine is a pop up laundry bag! It was great to have a place for our "used clothes to go!

 

[ZoZo]

A power strip to charge electronics. It's always hard to find enough empty outlets, especially since they are often located in inconvenient places!

I especially like the "power squid" type that's not a rectangular bar, but has separate little legs with a plug on each end. You can plug in more things especially if you have large plugs that might block some of the outlets on a traditional power strip.

 

[xipotec]

A power strip to charge electronics. It's always hard to find enough empty outlets, especially since they are often located in inconvenient places!

I especially like the "power squid" type that's not a rectangular bar, but has separate little legs with a lug on each end. You can plug in more things especially if you have large plugs that might block some of the outlets on a traditional power strip.

Great one!

 

[nansmama]

Ok! List time!
What item did you pack for the FIRST time last trip, that you will now pack EVERYTIME??

Scissors. Extremely useful.

 

[TreeSapp]

Don't know for sure yet... But I just spent an hour and a half with YouTube tutorials to make a duct tape wallet with enough slots to hold our 6 KTTW cards, park tickets and a DAS for my FIL.

I'm hoping having everything in this wallet will cut down on his FOG (fear of germs) since we won't all be touching all over our own wallets and purses each time we want fastpass. Plus no risk of losing IDs or credit cards when all we need is a fastpass

AND if Myself or DH has to run to grab FPs there's no risk of getting there a card short

 

[curemyreed]

I had read the suggestion to spray antiperspirant on your feet to decrease moisture, thus decrease risk of blisters. We wear socks and tennis shoes and walk many miles daily while at Disney. I found this tip really did help!

And on another gross note...Body Glide is a must-pack item in case anyone in the family develops chafing.

 

[AliceandAriel]

Ok! List time!
What item did you pack for the FIRST time last trip, that you will now pack EVERYTIME??

Mine is a pop up laundry bag! It was great to have a place for our "used clothes to go!

Back-up medication like aspirin, advil, tylenol, etc. I know that's considered a staple for most, but on at least one occasion we would need something I hadn't thought to pack, and it ended up burning us. Me especially with exlax, because for some (weird) reason, I can never seem to use the restrooms to 'clean house', if you know what I mean.

 

[Dawna]

Body glide for feet/toes for when I wear sneakers in Disney summer! No blisters!!

 

[2Tiggies]

The pop up laundry hamper and clothes pegs have been among our must-takes for a few years now.

last year I ended up with a set of tiny screwdrivers in our suitcase. I'd actually used it and it was thrown in by accident but a screw came out of DD's sunglasses while we were away and they came in useful for putting it back, so I'll probably be taking them again since they are so small

 

[RedHeadedFairy]

Collapsable storage containers for the hotel room.

They are AWESOME! Easy to pack all folded up & then I put it on the top of the dresser in our room & they are the perfect "catch-all" for loose change, extra maps, mementos, etc. All those odds & ends (we call it pocket debris) that gets spread all over the room & drives me nuts.

I've heard from others that they also use them to hold socks, bathing suits, etc. above the hanging rack in their rooms. I thought that was a great idea - they make them in a bunch of different sizes, with & without inserts that divide them into sections.

We got ours at the Dollar Tree so for $1 each, I picked up every size they had for future trips.

 

[binkyj826]

Baby/Toddler wipes!

besides being good for obvious reasons, lol

they are awesome for freshening up if you are making a quick pit stop...they dont make your face and hands feel dried out, removes make up, cleans up sticky messes.

Just find them a lot nicer feeling than the regular handy-wipes

 

[jaiminee krikit]

I bring toilet paper from home. I hate WDW toilet paper and might even start carrying a roll around with me in the parks! And it also frees up a little luggage storage space which came in handy on our last trip!

 

[vlproud]

I brought an extension cord with me so I could plug in my phone and keep it close by the bed. It ended up being very convenient.

 

[xipotec]

I bring toilet paper from home. I hate WDW toilet paper and might even start carrying a roll around with me in the parks! And it also frees up a little luggage storage space which came in handy on our last trip!

A toilet paper snob! I love it. I guess i am one too, although I haven't reached your level....yet.

 

[ZoZo]

Thought of something else!

I use empty Altoids tins for several different things! I use the mini-tins for things like OTC meds or a couple of pairs of foam earplugs. I use the larger, regular-size Altoid tins to hold things like band-aids, cut-up pieces of moleskin, a mini-dental floss, etc. You could also use them to corral earbuds and other small items.

 

[RainbowWit]

An actual bath mat. I like to step on something less slippy when getting out of the shower

 

[wendybeth75]

An over the door shoe holder to hang in the bathroom. We used it to hold everyone's deodorant, makeup, lotions, meds, toothbrushes, razors etc etc. kept the bathroom much more organized.

 

[js]

For any vacation I take, including Disney, I save all my DD large ice coffee cups I purchase throughout the year along with asking for extra straws.
When I go on vacation, I make my ice coffee (I drink it all during the year, not just in the summer), put in the DD cup and then able to throw it away.
I made frozen strawberry margarittas and pina coladas in August at BLT and also put them in my DD cup to walk around and it looked like I was drinking a DD Coolada

 

[Hisgirl]

Extension cord to keep the phone near the bed while charging, bag of quarters for the toll roads, sweat jacket for unexpected chilly weather (I needed it), and best of all....an external charger for my cell phone for when it dies at about 3 pm.

 

[Dudetrue]

I bought a card that had several rows of little girls metal hair clips in different colors. I bought them initially because we were going kayaking in canals and marshes and I clipped them onto plants so that we wouldn't get lost.

Later I found out they are super useful for all kinds of things. Clipping papers together like travel documents or directions. On cups to know who had what to drink. To clip credit cards and cash into a smaller bundle like a money clip. even to clip small things like socks together to hang over the shower rod.