Staying Organized on long Disney Road Trip: Is it Possible?

[FLBound11]

After reading this blog post (by the 5 Minutes for Mom blogger!) I'm wondering, has anyone here actually had success in keeping the family car reasonably clean/organized throughout the entire road trip to Disney & back??

5 Minutes for Mom - Clean Kids, Clean Car – Road Trip Checklist

 

[hearts8701]

keep a bag in the car for trash and wet wipes you be in the car a long time to clean up we drive 18 hours by the time i get there i've started cleaning windows!!!

 

[ParrotBill]

great question!

We use a variety of cloth bags to organize things into.

One for daughter's books and DVDs and toys.
One for food and snacks.
One for trip materials - maps, reservations, books, magazines and music players for the adults.
A small cooler for drinks, fruit, etc.
2 Pillows, one for back seat one for front passenger.

A roll of paper towels plus wipes.

Several plastic grocery bags for trash, as each fills up it gets thrown out along the way.

During an overnight stop, I typically go out to the car to reorganize before we hit the road again.

 

[UltimateWDWFan]

I'd add to what Bill said by using differentlty-colored cloth bags. The nice thing now is that so many chain grocery stores offer cloth bags for next to nothing, pricewise. Have DS's bag from one store and DD's from another (maybe let them pick, as long as they don't both pick the same).

 

[FLBound11]

I'd add to what Bill said by using differentlty-colored cloth bags...Have DS's bag from one store and DD's from another.

I have never thought of having a different colored cloth bag for each road tripper--we are always going along smoothly until someone says "where is that book/drink/hat that I packed? And then someone has to reach over the back seat and sift through all sorts of bags to find the item in question.

I'd submit it as a comment on that blog post myself, but you should take credit for the idea! (ParrotBill) Would definitely be worth letting others know about.

 

[ROEDISNEY]

Yes we have. We drove down with 7 ppl for years in a van. 5boys very close in age. Everybody had a job in the car . It worked well. Nothing's perfect .

 

[FLBound11]

Everybody had a job in the car.

I like this way of thinking!!

Is one of you "horseshowmom" ? That comment on the post also made me think twice...

she recommends getting the "mini" juice boxes/waters instead of full-size ones for the kids, so that you won't have to make a rest-stop break every hour. I think we've all been on a car trip where that happened.

Plus...nothing makes a SO happier than "making good time" and getting there early!