Flying Southwest. Second bag or ship items

[mandas08]

We have a trip planned for February. This will be our first trip with lo. He is going to be 6.5 months at the time of our 12 days in Disney so we are going to need a TON of diapers . Ive been trying to think of the best way to get them to WDW. I have played with the idea of amazon or diapers.com.

I know it would be cheaper to just take them ourselves, and since SW allows two checked bags per person we could take them for free. We wouldn't have to fuss with the luggage too much since we are going to take advantage of ME.

What are your thoughts on this. Buy online and ship or just take another piece of luggage?

 

[LWQuestie]

Are you planning to check three suitcases of clothes plus the suitcase of diapers? If so, how will you manage all of that luggage at your home airport on either end of the trip? Plus whatever carry-on stuff you'll have, with baby and stroller (and carseat?)

 

[bumbershoot]

If a bag was lost or delayed, what would that do to your plans?

What if the box you ship is damaged or lost?

What about just having a grocery delivery through one of the grocery delivery places (wegoshop and garden grocer)? I believe that one of them will go wherever you need them to be.



could always switch to cloth in the meantime! pack half of what you would need, and just plan a day or so to wash 'em during that time. easy peasy!

 

[nkereina]

Not sure about wegoshop but Garden Grocer has a pretty high markup, I think that could get costly. Amazon delivers water so I would guess they could deliver diapers as well, if you can find some for cheap. If you didn't want to bring them in an extra suitcase, you could also take a taxi to a Publix or some place nearby that might have them for a more reasonable price.

 

[gmeh1]

They do sell diapers in Orlando and in the Disney area. We also have WalMart, Target among other stores.

 

[mandas08]

They do sell diapers in Orlando and in the Disney area. We also have WalMart, Target among other stores.

Ya, if we had a car that would be a great option..maybe we will rent a car next time...

 

[backyardponder]

I would definately ship them as baggage. "Bags fly free".

 

[puffkin]

Just take them with. We always use a valet service and curbside at our home airport (it is basically the same cost as long term parking) or your DH can drop you off at the curb and you can wait with bags/baby while he parks the car. Then just do curbside check in. ME will move your bags on the Disney side so you really shouldn't have too much hassle at all!

I am assuming you aren't taking a car seat and you can gate check your stroller so all you will have to worry about schlepping around the airport is whatever carryons you need. With a baby, I usually had a backpack and then my purse and DH had a laptop bag. It really wasn't bad at all!

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Take them with you. Since you will use the diapers while you are there, you will have an empty suitcase to fill with stuff you buy at Disney.
One thing I would highly suggest. Don't pack all the diapers in one suit case. Pack a little in each suitcase that way if one of the suitcases get lost by the airline you will have diapers on hand.

 

[mandas08]

If a bag was lost or delayed, what would that do to your plans?

What if the box you ship is damaged or lost?

What about just having a grocery delivery through one of the grocery delivery places (wegoshop and garden grocer)? I believe that one of them will go wherever you need them to be.





could always switch to cloth in the meantime! pack half of what you would need, and just plan a day or so to wash 'em during that time. easy peasy!

I looked into garden grocer. There markups are pretty steep since we need 100+ diapers. I get amazing deals on diapers with coupons and promotions, so I've decided to pack them. I also have no argument about cloth diapers..that's awesome you use them!

 

[mandas08]

Take them with you. Since you will use the diapers while you are there, you will have an empty suitcase to fill with stuff you buy at Disney.
One thing I would highly suggest. Don't pack all the diapers in one suit case. Pack a little in each suitcase that way if one of the suitcases get lost by the airline you will have diapers on hand.

We have decided to do just as you said. I buy most of my diapers on clearance with doublecoupons, so the online prices I found were really intimidating...lol. now to figure out how many diapers we go through a day

 

[NotUrsula]

Your baby won't be going through nearly as many diapers daily at 6 months as at 3-4 months, especially if he's exclusively nursing now and will be getting some other food sources at that age. IME by age 6 mos most kids drop down by about 30% from the number they used as newborns.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I would take Shelly's advice. In August we had Costco ship a case of water to the Poly based on so many ppl's advice about how easy it is. It should have arrived the day before our arrival. The shipping address included our arrival date & res # & name exactly as on reservation as instructed.

The Poly refused it but front desk had no idea. After an early morning flight and a long day in the parks, we were exhausted while the front desk searched everywhere for it. It wouldn't have been so aggravating if this was communicated to the front desk staff & we could have promptly been told it was already on its way back to Costco. It wasn't that big of a deal to buy water but if this was my baby's diapers I would have been very upset!

How ever many you think you'll need for your flight, double that & same for wipes, to keep in your carry on.
It's always better to have it & not need it than to need it and not have it.

 

[mandas08]

I would take Shelly's advice. In August we had Costco ship a case of water to the Poly based on so many ppl's advice about how easy it is. It should have arrived the day before our arrival. The shipping address included our arrival date & res # & name exactly as on reservation as instructed.

The Poly refused it but front desk had no idea. After an early morning flight and a long day in the parks, we were exhausted while the front desk searched everywhere for it. It wouldn't have been so aggravating if this was communicated to the front desk staff & we could have promptly been told it was already on its way back to Costco. It wasn't that big of a deal to buy water but if this was my baby's diapers I would have been very upset!

How ever many you think you'll need for your flight, double that & same for wipes, to keep in your carry on.
It's always better to have it & not need it than to need it and not have it.

Ya that situation wouldnt be very fun with diapers. We have decided to pack them. It is a bit intimidating to think about three suitcases and a baby, but I'm sure we will do just fine.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Do you have a Snugli or something so you can wear you baby and be hands free? If you have luggage on wheels that's very doable.

 

[dancin Disney style]

We have decided to pack them. It is a bit intimidating to think about three suitcases and a baby, but I'm sure we will do just fine.

We usually stay for between 9-14 days. We pack what we think we will need for half the number of days and then plan to do laundry half way through the trip. You can hang out at the pool while doing laundry. It will only take a little over an hour to do a few loads....remember that they have several machines that you can use at the same time. Pack some Purex laundry sheets and you will be all set.

Doing this will most likely allow you to bring only 2 bags instead on 3.

 

[mandas08]

Do you have a Snugli or something so you can wear you baby and be hands free? If you have luggage on wheels that's very doable.

I do and was planning on packing it, but I was thinking about having lo in stroller at airport.