Lists you make before trips

[PA Princess]

I am a list maker...at one point I literally made a list of my lists LOL I have a red folder that I keep all current Disney trip stuff in and all of the various lists and collected info. I wonder how many keep handwritten lists? I have to say that I really seldom write a list by hand...they are all on the computer. I often simply use a list from last trip to the Beach or Disney for the next trip (though I do rename and save as a new file for that year's lists). This cuts down on always listing the same stuff...I already have the basic list and I simply amend for that particular trip. I think Disney by nature just begs for lists to be made with all of the components that go into a great trip.

 

[PopArtGal]

oh ok, I have never done it

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

i don't want to hijack your thread, but here is a link to where the window decorations are explained more


Window Decoration Ideas

 

[PopArtGal]

I'll take a look.

And don't worry about it

 

[PopArtGal]

cool. Though I'm going with my parents. I don't think they'd go for it hehehe

 

[momof1princess]

is this list-makers anonymous? if so, my DH would say i definitely need to be here, lol.

my lists are growing every day, lol, so far i have:
1. packing list
2. food list
3. itinerary
4. reservation and adr #'s
5. pressed penny list by park & resort (which i typed up myself from the master list)

i've got 4 months, i'll come up with more, lol

 

[BeckWhy]

Oh boy! My pre-vacation routine is crazy. But I make packing lists, then lists of where the stuff goes, who is to bring what, what I have to do before I leave, check and recheck lists (confirmations, have tickets, etc). But I start my packing two weeks before I go.

 

[katedrew94]

My DH thinks I am so crazy. I have 2 lists saved in the computer. One is the list of stuff that we have to take with us, the other is the list of stuff we have to do before we go.

I may be crazy but it works.

 

[Kimi313]

Add me to the list under Pieces. My list consists of:

1) budget
2) reservation and adrs
3) things to do before we leave from 6 months out to 1 month
4) things to do the week before we leave
5) list of what park each day, what rides, etc (DH calls this list 'planning all the fun out of the trip"
6) packing list - medicine, my clothes, DH clothes, DD clothes, Mis, food and snacks
7) packing list for the dogs - what to take with them to my mother's house


Now a question to all list makers - I'm sure you all make a list for other vacations but do you also make weekly lists or daily list if it is going to be a busy day, a christmas list - who to buy for, budget, and ideas, how about can you go to the store without a grocery list? I do, someone once told me it is because when we mark things off then will feel like we are accomplishing something bigger. I don't know I just think I like making list, it makes me feel more organized and less hectic.

 

[slug]

A list of all the pools I want to try out

 

[Melora]

Here is site that caters to list makers!

I know its mostly for cruise passengers but it does give you other ideas for travel...

http://cruisediva.com/pack_it.htm

 

[JuneDisney]

Alright, let me take a look at my Disney Vac. 2006 file and see what it says:
Extra Magic Hour List
Idea List
Map of CBR
To Do List
Disney Joke list
Fastpass List
Disney Dining Reservation List
Itinerary
To Buy List
Ideas 2 (a condensed version of Idea List)

And these are just what I have on the computer. I have several notebooks that I jot things down in when I am away from the computer. If my DH only knew how many lists I had and how often I review them he would have me put away
With only 31 days to go I do feel I am going absolutely bananas with this anticipation

 

[DiznEeyore]

Dizneeyore, I have the same eeyore as the one in your sig. I wasn't an eeyore fan before my last trip, but when I saw it I really had to have it.

Ok, back to lists. I am now starting a list of what I want to look for hehehe Like merchandise wise hehehe

Isn't he the softest thing ever?

And I make merchandise lists, too ... don't want to forget anything!

 

[cdrn1]

I am so bad about my lists that if I pack/do something that I didn't have on the list I add it to the list and cross it off!!!!! My boss thinks I'm O/C but I call it organized. She laughs, but she had to borrow my deodorant at a conference (eeewwwww!!!). My lists for next week at POFQ include our ADR's, which park we plan to go to each day, each days EMH's, the entertainment schedule at Epcot, my packing list, my DGD's list (like her own mom can't take care of that!) and a list of the yummy snacks I want to try for those days we don't have ADR's. Of course, no one knows I do this except my boss, a coworker who does it too, and now, all the thousands of you on the DIS boards.

 

[msgrimm23]

i make a list for clothes like how many pairs of shirts, shorts, ect
a list of places to see and when dw is open late
which resturants we eat at each night
what rides i want to do
all the toletries i am bringing and electronics

 

[Mellie0119]

I have a mulitpage Excel Spreadsheet set up for our trips. Different pages for different weather, if we are driving vs. flying, ADR's, daily iteneraries (with options for meals), things I don't want to miss while I'm there, pictures I need to remember to take... I have another set of lists for things that need to happen around the house. All those get printed (along with my TGM printouts) and taken with us in a folder in my laptop case. Each day's info is reviewed the night before and transfered to an index card to carry with us to the parks.

That's just for vacation- I have many lists for my everyday stuff. I really do have a "Master List" with all my other lists on it.
And yes, I know I have issues.

 

[Kristina]

I am a Virgo and I make lists ! We have been to WDW twice now and I've gotten better at it, the organisation it takes to pull off a two week trip to the World that is. But since it's almost a whole 24 hours from when we wake until when we are actually sitting in our beloved Pop room I needed a bit more help after check in on our last trip. So what did I pull out from my big ol Disney planning folder? A list of what to put in the room safe! That sure helped because we really wanted to get down to Everything Pop! and for the 'buying the Disney reusable mug' tradition and on our first trip I was a bit dizzy in the head and could barely think!

 

[Eeyore4me764]

Well its good to know that I am not the only list maker. My DH thinks I am nuts. But like everyone else...just keeps things organized. The couple of times I didn't use my lists...there were forgotten things...not fun! So I stick to my lists and my lists of lists.....Going to be in Disney in 7 days!!! Working on the packing list now....lol!!!

 

[disney fiend]

Another Virgo, listmaker here. I make packing lists, which park which day lists, and of course grocery lists when I go to the grocery store.

 

[UP Disney]

I have lots of lists as well. Most of them were mentioned but I didn't see these:

Character list for autographs (who we have & who we still need)
Mr. Potato Head parts list (what we have already & what we are looking for)
Pressed Penny list (what we have & what I'm looking for)