How many lists do you make?

[Carolina_Ggirl]

I have a couple of lists:
- List of things to pack, with a column to mark things that I need to buy.
- Park Schedule List (List with park hours & EMH for when we're there, crowd calendar info by day with parks to avoid/ideally visit & our tenative park schedule)
- List of our family's 'To Do' priorities for each park attractions etc. (Will eventually use to create our own Touring Plans on Touringplans.com)
- List Dining Reservations
- List of random tips I like when surfing disboards etc. so I don't forget!!

 

[Sharron379]

OMG I can't believe I forgot my other list. I have travel plan sheet, ADR sheet, and our itinerary with park hours and shows (thank you steve soares), and of course our must hit list in the parks! I think Disney needs to pay my therapist for fueling my Type A, Compulsive Obsessive behavior!

I love how their are other people out there like me!

Sharron

 

[KingdomHearts]

Umm can one of y'all make a list on where to get a laminate-r? I'd have absolutely NO IDEA how to laminate my lists! Mine are all still on the pc...My date is getting closer T - 11 and counting!! My rides list and things to do keeps changing periodically...I keep plugging different scenarios into the ridemax planner thingamajig...



What is a ridemax planner? how do I get one?

 

[KingdomHearts]

I have my what to pack list that is broken down into carry on and checked luggage and then what has been packed already, my what to buy before I leave list, my what needs to be done before leaving list, my what to buy while I'm there list, my dining list, my park hours list, and of course my plans for the days lists. So that's nine lists all contained in a Disney notebook written with a Disney pen because Disney plans can't be written any other way!

OMG I do the same thing... I love Disney pens... I accidentally left my Disney pen on the cubby at work and my co-worker one day, grabbed it and started to write information down. I actually started to breath heavy and was like Thats my Disney pen.. and had to take it back. She knows im a nut so she just laughed at me.

 

[shalom]

I also have a packing list, which I separate into "carry-on" or "checked."

I have individual lists for each thing I put in the van (suitcase, stained glass back for my on-the-road stuff, picnic basket, cooler, etc.), and then another list of things that go in the van to make sure they all come along. I was sick once the day we were leaving (we knew what was going on but I was supposed to be taking it easy), and hubby insisted that he and the kids would pack; they didn't bring the toiletries bag, meaning none of us had swimsuits.

Before we go I have a list of things to print out. For Disney I'm doing bunches of maps I've found on the Internet - WDW, the Magic Kingdom, Tom Sawyer's Island, bunches of Robo's maps, some resort maps, etc. - along with "hidden" things to look for and the like. And of course Steve Soare's Live Events schedule. Of course there's no possible way we're going to see and do everything, but it's fun to dream.

 

[hlkeck]

I can't believe I'm going to admit this...

I create a list for everything that's packed in my carry-on and where in the carry-on to find it.

There. I did it. I admitted probably my most obsessively crazy list that I create for Disney. And I create a bunch of them, this one just takes the cake!

And I'm sooooo glad I found you crazy people too - otherwise, I'd just sit around wondering if I should be committed or not.

 

[disneyworldaddict]

OMG I do the same thing... I love Disney pens... I accidentally left my Disney pen on the cubby at work and my co-worker one day, grabbed it and started to write information down. I actually started to breath heavy and was like Thats my Disney pen.. and had to take it back. She knows im a nut so she just laughed at me.

I love it, just love it!!!


I don't make numerous lists, but I did make one long list. I brought it to work, photocopied it, and stapled all the copies together. It will now be kept in my carry-on. Each trip I will cross off each thing as I pack it and throw away the list used on each vacation. If I think of anything I left off the list I'll just write it in on each copy.

 

[noahdove]

I have a list here by my computer, and after a while, I will take that list and put it in my Disney bag. Then, I will start another one or two. After several lists are in my bag, I will condense and put them where they need to be in my Disney binder, with dividers... plus, in that binder, I will have a list of other things that I need to do or double check on what I have done. I also make a list of what is in my suitcase, color style and approx. cost Just a little side, I usually go NO where without some type of list. I just went away for 2 days, and I had a large list of items IF I saw them I should buy....amazing what lists do for us huh??? If I didn't have the big list this past weekend, I would have missed a great sale in the Disney outlet.....so, keep those lists and enjoy the time in planning and then finally able to reap our plans....

 

[cmcinc]

Lists are a good thing, my wife thinks I am OCD, which I probaly am.

 

[KingdomHearts]

Lists are a good thing, my wife thinks I am OCD, which I probaly am.

But they are so much fun!!!

 

[clanmcculloch]

I have a spreadsheet with many, many tabs. Using a spreadsheet allows me to easily carry information forward from trip to trip. I just copy the last spreadsheet and rename the new one for our next trip. I have separate spreadsheets per trip. It's a great reminder/souvenir of each trip.

Spreadsheet tabs:

• packing list, one column per person plus one column for items used by everybody
• wegoshop grocery list
• pricing options (all my different Mickey Math for the trip)
• park schedules including park colours (it's a TourGuide Mike thing)
• Daily itinerary (column headers are date, am, pm, hours, ADR info, notes)
• a tab per park containing daily touring plans; each day at a park gets a different column)
• Epcot World Showcase time chart
• Allergy food (a list of safe foods and where in each park I can find them; both my kids have multiple food allergies)
• QS locations by park where we can get allergy safe food including which foods are available at each location

I laminate the ones that I bring to parks or will be looking over frequently. I just use packing tape for the laminating since I have a boatload of it at home.

To the person who asked about laminating your tickets, I'd be careful about that. I'm not sure if that'll affect the ticket's scanning ability. You don't want to have headaches at the gate every day.

 

[smithmom]

I have self diagnosed DOCD - Dysfunctional Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

I make so many lists and they have really good information, except I can never remember to carry my lists with me, so I just start a new one. So now I have around 20 lists with 2 or 3 things on them scattered everywhere. In my house, car, office, near the TV or computer. I once made a list on my hand cause I couldn't find paper - completely dysfunctional.

I had a dream just last night that I was leaving for my Disney trip in a few hours and had not packed a thing for me or my children. I was in a panic because I could not find my list of things to pack and I was forgetting everything important. But I remember vividly running throught the house frantic cause I couldn't find my zip loc bags - HA!!!! I woke up at 5:30 and started compiling the lists and put them next to my computer...

Did I mention I'm not leaving until September??

 

[honeydiane1953]

I have to make a list of the list files I make. Then can't find a doggone thing when I need it.

 

[disneydreamertoo]

Those of us that make lists on the computer....it's fun to color code them! You type your whole list in red, Waltograph font of course. As you finish or are ready to cross an item off--you can highligt the text and change the font to green. If an item is in progress you can highlight and change the font to bold. I of course got this idea from another DIS-er!

 

[We_love_WDW]

Office max will lamitate a piece of paper or card for under $1

 

[We_love_WDW]

What is a ridemax planner? how do I get one?

There is a whole thread about this in the theme park attrations and strategies section. It's a program you download for 90 days for about $19 that lets you imput which rides you want to do on a certain day and it gives you an itenerary for the day..ride order, etc. I used it last summer and I am using it this summer

 

[We_love_WDW]

I love making lists for everything, especially my disney trip and of course the disney ones are in the waltograph font. My whole computer screen has sticky notes on the wallpaper (14 to be exact ) about disney stuff. I also have packing lists, adrs, ridemax list, etc. I also keep to do lists for my everyday things as well...

 

[clanmcculloch]

Those of us that make lists on the computer....it's fun to color code them! You type your whole list in red, Waltograph font of course. As you finish or are ready to cross an item off--you can highligt the text and change the font to green. If an item is in progress you can highlight and change the font to bold. I of course got this idea from another DIS-er!

I colour code some things but not in the way you're saying (though great idea; I think I'll colour the tabs like this indicating the progress of the planning of that sheet as well as what's been printed).

My daily touring plans are colour coded by activity type (show, ride, character greeting, dining, break). My list of WS attraction times is colour coded by type as well (attraction (movie or ride), holiday storyteller (obviously only over Christmas), character greeting, performance). Planning using TGM I obviously have my park hours worksheet colour coded based on TGM defined colours.

Where do I download Waltograph? I'd LOVE to have that font. I suppose I could just google it. I didn't know the name of font before. I think I'll do that tonight.

 

[torianne31]

What is a ridemax planner? how do I get one?

Sorry, I didn't see your question earlier! Ridemax is an itinerary planner. You enter what day and time you are going to be at which park (start time and finish time). It populates a list of all the rides and shows at that particular park. You pick only the ones you want to do. Hit enter and it gives you an itinerary of what rides to hit at what times, what fast passes to get, how long it will take to walk to the attraction and how long the wait is expected to be. You can even plan break times which is GREAT because my husband is diabetic and eats every three hours. It's 18.95 for a 3 month subscription. I kept tweaking my itinerary by little bits until it was "perfect". I also have an alternate itinerary for if we miss rope drop and sleep late. I'm DYING to see if it works.... I'll keep you posted!

 

[disneydreamertoo]

Where do I download Waltograph? I'd LOVE to have that font. I suppose I could just google it. I didn't know the name of font before. I think I'll do that tonight.

http://www.dafont.com/walt-disney.font

This website also has a very good "help" section that explains how to download it to your "fonts" folder.