So I have went and did it.

[Tiggerlovinggrandma]

After reading about the various ways of keeping Disney materials in order on the forums and being the OC of organization person that I am. I decided to put together a binder today. Though I can't show you any pictures of it as I am not that computer savvy - yet. I am learning alot from you all so maybe one day.
Anyway thought you might like to hear how I put mine together. I hope it helps.

I purchased a 1 1/2 inch white view binder. After making my cover sheet and binding cover with Disney clip art, I placed an inside front page, table of contents, zipper pouch and 12 poly folders inside.

In the zipper pouch I have a note pad, post its, LGMH's, Disney pen and Disney stickers. You can also put in planning DVD's, stamps, luggage tags, etc.

My folders are seperated and hold materials as follows:

Itinerary: Spreadsheet, Daily Itineraries[/B]

Calendar: Monthly Calendar pages with To Do, Purchase, Call and Prioject lists

Invoices & Receipts

Plannning: Budget Worksheet, Packing List, Addresses for Post Cards, Important Phone Numbers

Directions: Driving Directions, Maps

Resort Information: Resort info, Maps, Fun Things To Do, Photos of Resort

Park Information: Info on each park, Maps, Hours, EMH Schedule, Parade & Fireworks Schedule, Crowd Calender, Park Touring Itineraries, Water Park info

Dining: Meal Chart, ADR List, Dining Plan Brochure, Resteraunt Menus

Special Shows or Events: Cirgue de Soeil, Luau, Hoop de Doo, Grand Gatherings, etc

Photo pass: Basic info, Tips, Pre purchased CD certificate

Fun Stuff: What to do with all those Mickey Heads, Resort Room decor ideas, Matching T-shirts ideas, Autograph book ideas, Scrapbook ideas, etc

Tips & Advice: of course only coming from the #1 Disney site on the planet - DISBOARDS


Everything fits in perfectly with room to spare.

The front cover reads Planning a Disney Vacation: It's a tough job but someone has to do it with two clip arts. One of Minnie making a list and one of Minnie at computer. Both found on the net under Disney Clipart. I got the front cover quote from somewhere on the dis in the creatrive forum.

The inside front page is a clipart of the whole gang:Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Donald and Daisy with the heading:
Disney World Vacation: January 4-10, 2009

I now have everything organized and contained so am prepared to move along with the planning.

I thank everyone who has given me advice thus far. This is a wonderful place. I think I am becoming hooked.

See you around the boards.

 

[Minnie M6]

Wow, your binder sounds really organized! I may have to use your ideas about what sections to put in my new binder. After reading the thread on this board about binders, I went to Wal Mart this past weekend and bought a flexible binder, page protectors, and separators. I used scrapbook stickers for the cover and printed off my itinerary/ ADRs for the inside. I had a list of fun things to do in Epcot I put in too. But I love all of the ideas you had- addresses for post cards is great, my kids will want to send them to their friends and I would not have thought of that. We also just decided to drive so I'll put the driving directions in too. Also, every time I find a great post with tips/ info I can print it off and put it in the binder instead of trying to commit things to memory. Thanks for the ideas! Have a great trip

 

[fnkyyellow]

That's excellent! It's alot of work putting a WDW vacation together.
Now that summer is here we have a few weekend trips camping planned, so I've put the disney planning on hold.

 

[mommytoone]

WOW!! My binder is just a bunch of hand written papers with chicken scratch. I sure hope I am able to read the important stuff. I have all my info, in the original evelope that was mailed to be and I was on the phone with a CM the other day making ressies and my whole folder fell and everything is all messed up and I don't know which way is up I have some time to organize it. I am not that organized, my cover sheet is a hand written paper that says "Disney planning notebook" I know it's original. I guess after reading all the tips from here I better get in gear and get my notebook under control.

Great Job though

 

[Tiggerlovinggrandma]

It was a lot of fun and yes, work putting the binder together but it was worth it. I even learned all about clipart. Now for all of you who are computer masters out there you are probably rolling on the floor right now. As for me, DD loves to remind me every so often that I must have grown up in the stone age where computers never exisited as I am learning everything from scratch - literally. But who says you can't teach a grandma (I'm only 49) a new treat or two?

The binder I made for myself works well for me but there are a ton of wonderful ideas on the boards on how to keep all of our Disney materials together. That is what is so great about the DIS. Sharing ideas and expierences together. Whether you do a binder, folder or an envelope, it is whatever works best for you.

I am enjoying getting ideas as well as information and help for my family's upcoming trip from all of you. Thanks to everybody.