Trip with 15 month old

MirandaMoes

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Hi!
Oh my I had no idea ther was so much Disney.. well STUFF! My mom and I are taking my 15 month old for a few days in July and I have not idea what resort to stay in or what to do. What are the best things for a toddler that age? Any help would be great!
Thanks!
Miranda
 
Our son is 15 months right now. He loves playing on slides and swings at our local park. He's also doing swimming lessons. He likes the water. We got him pooh & tigger swim trunks at Walmart. They are huge on him. But he has a swim diaper on underneath anyway.

We are taking him to Disney in September when he is 18 months. We're staying at CBR. They have sand to play in, and quiet pools, and a main pool, and a couple playgrounds. We are hoping to rent a little speedboat and take it for a little spin around the lake. CBR has a lake, but you can't swim in the lake. I'm told they have life vests for toddlers there so I'm not planning to take one along.

As far as entertainment, I picked up some stickers, color wonders, and a little magnidoodle for the plane ride and for something to do while waiting on meals at restaurants. We have a little DVD player, but he's not really into watching movies yet. I thought I'd bring along some dum dum suckers for the plane (and lots of wet wipes). He's not had a sucker yet so this may keep him occupied for a few minues.

I guess we are going to have to pack some toddler food as well. Our son is not taking to table food very well. If it isn't peanut butter, pizza, spaghetti, cake or icecream, then our son won't eat. So I guess we'll be packing a loaf of bread and some peanut butter & applesauce just in case he can't find something he likes to eat. At least he drinks his milk. We are planning to buy some milk at the sundries section of the resort and keep it in our frig in our room so he can have some in his sippy cup before going to bed. I'm not going to carry milk around in the parks though. I don't think I could keep it cold enough. We're just going to carry some icewater and purchase milk for him for all his meals.

We're taking our umbrella stroller. And we purchased a Protect-A-Bub Shade to shield him from some of the sun. It ties right onto the stroller. We got him a little fan that attaches to the stroller too, but so far he just tries to remove it. Silly boy.

I'm pretty sure our son will sit through a show just fine. We took him to our zoo and went to the dolphin show. He sat with us just fine and watched the people until the show started, then he watched the dolphin show just fine. He acted better than he does at church. At church, he wants down to run around, at which point he gets taken to the nursery.

Not sure any of this info helped you. Have fun on your trip.
 
That was great info! We will be going in Dec on the cruise then a short stay at POP and our DS will be about that age. Will you be shipping diapers down or bringing them with you?
 
I'm throwing in a small pack of diapers in each suitcase. Also some swim diapers. I got 3 packs of wipes (one for each suitcase). Pampers refill wipes are resealable so I won't need the plastic tub. I'm only taking 4 or 5 days worth of clothes and planning to run a load or two of laundry at the resort. I may have to borrow a 4th suitcase from my sister. With all these lovely suggestions from the Dis, I'm not exactly sure it will all fit! I picked up a water mister fan, glow things, etc.

You'll have to tell me how it goes cruising with a toddler. My husband and I have taken several cruises, but none since ds was born. We were originally thinking we'd do a New England 1 week cruise in 2007. But we are starting to rethink that. Royal Carib doesn't let children in their pools with swim diapers. They have to be potty trained. I'm not sure how'd they would know anyhow, but we will comply. Also the cabins are so small and add in a pack N play on top of that. We may wait and go when ds is 3 or 4. Maybe by then he can sleep in one of those pullmans. If they don't have netting, it may be me sleeping in the pullman!

It is so nice that our toddlers get in Disney for free. Royal Carib charges $399 which is their normal 3rd passenger fare regardless of age. At least I think that's what it was when I priced it.

Have fun!
 

Our youngest was 15 months the first time he went and he had a ball! He loved the squirting fountains at Epcot and DTD, he liked the characters all except the very first night we were there, really I think he liked everything.
 
We went with our 15 month old and he ended up in the hospital. Wash eveything down, don't rent the strollers. the doctors told us that they admit 2-5 kids a day from walt disney because of Roto virus.
 


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