fanny pack

[kutchyone]

No one looks good in a fanny pack according to my 16 year old so I finally switched to a sling bag. I love it and now so many of my friends have gotten them too after seeing and borrowing mine. This is the one that I have, in taupe. It is the perfect size. You can carry it over your shoulder in the back but I sometimes have it in the front across my chest. I love it. The Micro-Fiber cleans up so well too and it looks nice.

AmeriBag® Healthy Back Bag®
Microfiber X-Small

Fabric: Micro-Fiber.
6 interior pockets.
4 exterior pockets.
Double zipped opening main compartment.
durable self-repairing nylon coil zippers.
interior key hook
Sizes: 16" x 9" x 5.5"
AmeriBag® guarantees workmanship of every AmeriBag® product.

I tied putting an image of the bag here but I just can't figure out how to do it.

 

[Drizzo67]

Our first trip I "fanny-packed" it. Luckily by our second trip I bought (from disneystore.com) a wonderful sling styled backpack with the old Mickey Mouse club symbol right on it. Perfect. Not too big, not too small, just right....I even placed some of my favorite pins on it too. If you really don't want to use a fanny pack I suggest a sling backpack as opposed to a regular backpack. They are very easy to swing around in front of you to get on rides.

JMO

Dina Marie

 

[Forevryoung]

I love my "Disney" bag. It is a Baggallini sling bag that I have used on 2 separate Disney trips. It is small with a billion pockets for everything and never seems heavy. I fit everything I want in there including my baseball cap at times.

I got mine at ebags.com through the mousesavers site (you get an extra 20% off) and they come in a ton of colors (mine is teal blue)

http://www.ebags.com/baggallini/mes..._nylon/product_detail/index.cfm?modelid=18644 (thats not through the link)

I think you might be able to find it on ebay too but that guy only had black ones. I LOVE this bag!!!

 

[tomerin]

on our first trip my wife bought us both fanny packs to use. i hated wearing it. i didnt like anything about it. my wife on the other hand loves it an will not go to the parks without it. even though it means wating on a security line. i wear a great pair of cargo shorts that have quite a few large pockets that i can carry everything i need.

 

[dizneekim]

Whoa-I hadn't even considered the droopy drawers issue. Don't want to look like the cable guy!

I picked up a sling bag for $5 on the clearance table at ACMoore for our last trip. I really liked it at home-smaller size, very comfortable, held enough. Then when I used it the first day, I realized that wearing it across my chest was not going to be a good thing. Reminded me of the old "lift and separate" bra commercials-without the lift. Not pretty.

So I went back to the fanny pack. We have a bunch of them. I used to use our small brown leather one, about 8x5", because it has a fold down wallet in the front. This trip I used our black nylon one because it matched better. I like it so much better than the sling!

I'm raising a bunch of little fanny packers, too. Each of my kids uses one at the parks. Everybody has a tissue pack and hand wipe packets or gel. (Yes, I am neurotic about germs.) Every morning before the parks they are responsible to grab 2 snacks-fruit snacks, trail mix, pb crackers, whatever-to eat if they get nibbly between meals. We each have a sometimes-needed item, like bandaids. They have been very nice about providing for each other if one needs something the other has; they asscociate fanny packs with Disney.

DH insists on taking his trusty backpack. It's been all over the world with him on missions trips, and he is emotionally attached to it. I did notice on the last trip that he was more willing to put it in a locker rather than lug it all day; wonder what he'll do when it's just the two of us there?!

 

[PinkTink63]

I hate to wear a fanny pack at WDW. I know I am weird, but I do not like the way they look or feel. I do need something to carry tickets, etc. Anyone have any other ideas of what I can bring?

I have something by Ameribag. It is a little kidney shaped bag with a long adjustable thin strap. Mine is microfiber and pink (because I love pink!) They come in all colors, and I believe, even in leather. I chose the microfiber, because it is very light weight and I can throw it in the washing machine. You can wear it across your body or easily adjusts for around your waist but does not look like a fanny pack.
Anyway, I ordered it from their website for about $14.00, because I could not find a retailer in my area.
Stephanie

 

[VernRDH]

I am a fanny pack girl myself. I still have (and use) the one I bought for our honeymoon to the World in 1997. It has been to WDW 3 times and on 4 cruises and a number of other little trips. It has plenty of room for everything I need -I even put our camcorder in it on our last WDW trip (it's a small Canon ZR100 digicam). I feel better knowing that my stuff is on my person and no one is picking my pocket or backpack.

 

[disneychrista]

My last trip I had a lanyard that my CC, ID and passes fit in. Didn't need anything else.

 

[smola09's mom]

I just bought a Travelon bag from QVC. It is designedto sling across your body and rest on the front of your body. It has places for tickets money and is even big enough to hold a water bottle. I feel this is a great alternatve to the fanny pack which I also do not enjoy wearing.

 

[bobcat]

I use a combination of my Ameribag small healthy back bag as some of the others mentioned and a small fanny pack. Depends on what I want to carry that day and how long we will be in the parks. My kids also have their own bags they carry if they want anything in the parks. I'm mom not a mule so if they want it they carry it. Both kids use them less as they get older, DS still uses his fanny pack or just carries what he needs in his pockets, 13 yo DD has a small drawstring back sling type backpack she carry sometimes.

 

[pepperw23]

Makes me miss the "stroller" days. At lease I always had somewhere to stick stuff. . Kohls and Target always have a nice selection of bags, often Disney themed.

Here is some "fanny pack" trivia for ya: One of my best friends is from Ireland and she told me that the word "fanny" is one of the worse (worst..whatever) swear words you can use there. My boss went to Ireland and I asked him to go to the gift shop and ask for a "fanny Pack" Ha ha ha. It was true!!! ha ha ha. he said the look the lady gave him was priceless...LOL

 

[sandiegosusie]

Makes me miss the "stroller" days. At lease I always had somewhere to stick stuff. . Kohls and Target always have a nice selection of bags, often Disney themed.

Here is some "fanny pack" trivia for ya: One of my best friends is from Ireland and she told me that the word "fanny" is one of the worse (worst..whatever) swear words you can use there. My boss went to Ireland and I asked him to go to the gift shop and ask for a "fanny Pack" Ha ha ha. It was true!!! ha ha ha. he said the look the lady gave him was priceless...LOL

That cracks me up!!!!! I would have loved to see and hear that one go off!

Another option that I came across is a mini backpack from Jansport. It is the perfect size and super light weight...I would check ebags for it...

 

[duffy's wife]

I use a neck pouch L L Bean has them.

 

[sb4k]

I just bought a back pack that has one strap that goes across the chest. I hate back packs so I'm hoping this will be a bit of an improvement. I want to have my hands free and I too hate fanny packs. The strap has a cell phone pouch on it, I thought that was cool. Leaving Saturday, so we'll see how it goes.

 

[kutchyone]

Try different positions in front of the mirror. I hate wearing my sling bag diagnolly because it does look like a very poor fitting cross your heart bra. I have found severeral comfortable positions and it does look way better then the old fanny pack.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I just bought a back pack that has one strap that goes across the chest. I hate back packs so I'm hoping this will be a bit of an improvement. I want to have my hands free and I too hate fanny packs. The strap has a cell phone pouch on it, I thought that was cool. Leaving Saturday, so we'll see how it goes.

Is it the Nike mesh one? We bought one of those! I also bought 2 traditional fanny packs today at Target for $5 each. I figure if DS wants to wear one he can, and if I want to stay in the parks while DH goes back for a nap I might want a fanny pack instead of the big Nike bag.

 

[brer rabbit 28]

Makes me miss the "stroller" days. At lease I always had somewhere to stick stuff. . Kohls and Target always have a nice selection of bags, often Disney themed.

Here is some "fanny pack" trivia for ya: One of my best friends is from Ireland and she told me that the word "fanny" is one of the worse (worst..whatever) swear words you can use there. My boss went to Ireland and I asked him to go to the gift shop and ask for a "fanny Pack" Ha ha ha. It was true!!! ha ha ha. he said the look the lady gave him was priceless...LOL

this is so true!!!on my first trip to florida from the UK,my friends and i were hysterical at the name fanny pack-we call them bum bags over here.My friend was so embarrased when he went into a store to buy one-we stood outside for fear of laughing hysterically when he asked the assistant for a fanny pack.

 

[ZoZo]

Makes me miss the "stroller" days. At lease I always had somewhere to stick stuff. . Kohls and Target always have a nice selection of bags, often Disney themed.

Here is some "fanny pack" trivia for ya: One of my best friends is from Ireland and she told me that the word "fanny" is one of the worse (worst..whatever) swear words you can use there. My boss went to Ireland and I asked him to go to the gift shop and ask for a "fanny Pack" Ha ha ha. It was true!!! ha ha ha. he said the look the lady gave him was priceless...LOL

I also heard that in England, "fanny" is a slang term for a certain part of a woman's anatomy . . . yikes!

 

[kutchyone]

In England? What do you think it means here? Fanny means the same thing here as it does there, hence the name fanny pack. Duh!

 

[jmminarik]

this is so true!!!on my first trip to florida from the UK,my friends and i were hysterical at the name fanny pack-we call them bum bags over here.My friend was so embarrased when he went into a store to buy one-we stood outside for fear of laughing hysterically when he asked the assistant for a fanny pack.

Imagine your embarrassment if on your first trip to the US a clothing sales clerk kept commenting on how nice a piece of clothing made your fanny look...or asked if it were too tight in the fanny...as happened to a Welsh colleague of mine years ago. She eventually figured it out since the clerk was otherwise a nice, polite older woman.

3 countries, bound by a common history, seperated by a common language. I'd guess the fanny pack/bum bag is originally derived from the military butt pack but marketing weenies figured that wasn't exactly appealing to certain demographic populations, hence the marketing of 'fanny pack' since the former word has a "cute" association in the North American English Lexicon.

Joe