What Disney Tip Are you really glad you listened to?

[gk90]

A lot of people don't like the taste of tap water in Orlando so regular refillable bottles might not work for you.
An eco-friendly way to have nice tasting water at WDW is a portable filter bottle, the Brita http://www.brita.com/products/filtering-bottle/brita-bottle/ or Rubbermaid
http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-20-Ounce-Filtration-Personal-Bottle/dp/B004RLNE5Q

The Brita worked well for us, lighter to carry than bottled water and you can ask for ice water at any WDW counter service and put it in the bottle.

 

[*love*2*shop]

interesting about the taste of the water there...i for one dont like any water(i know i know) so i will be bringing the crystal light pakcs of lemonade to add to my water.... we are just trying to stay away from having to buy a Soda everytime i get thirsty....

A lot of people don't like the taste of tap water in Orlando so regular refillable bottles might not work for you.
An eco-friendly way to have nice tasting water at WDW is a portable filter bottle, the Brita http://www.brita.com/products/filtering-bottle/brita-bottle/ or Rubbermaid
http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-20-Ounce-Filtration-Personal-Bottle/dp/B004RLNE5Q

The Brita worked well for us, lighter to carry than bottled water and you can ask for ice water at any WDW counter service and put it in the bottle.

 

[MEG&MINNIE]

I have bought water and done re-fillable mugs...really water is FREE at all the parks, just ask for a cup of ice water....that's what we did the last time we visited !

 

[*love*2*shop]

thanks, def leaning towards a re-fillable type bottle( dont want anything with any open top though cause i want to be able to toss it in a back pack, so it needs to have a closing top)

i am going to look into the brita one...

I have bought water and done re-fillable mugs...really water is FREE at all the parks, just ask for a cup of ice water....that's what we did the last time we visited !

 

[blu]

For our first trip DD was 6 and DS was a month shy of 3. DD knew our home phone number but guess what? we werent home. I used a sharpie, wrote my cell number on their belly and taught them both to show it if they got lost. DS for the longest time afterward would lift his shirt if anyone asked his name. DD has always had a bracelet with the number on it but I worried that she would loose it.

 

[lthiesfeld07]

Getting up early! I know many people have posted this already, but it really is the key!
I went in August and it was hot and crowded. I was at rope drop every morning. I rode the "Headliners" in under 2 hours. I was able to spend the rest of day enjoying the parks and riding rides, I may not have rode otherwise.

Bottom line: Be at Rope Drop every morning! If you get tired in the afternoon, go back and rest!

 

[Cinderella's slipper]

I just came across this post and thought it might be helpful to cross post it here. I'd love to know about whether you thought this suggestion worked for you and your party.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2793782

 

[gracer9977]

~ If your child is like mine (DD6), and is afraid to go on rides where she does not know what is going to happen (ie Peter Pan's Flight, Toy Story Mania etc) go on youtube and show them videos of the rides. This will help them be so much less apprehensive and more excited!

We have been doing this for the past few months. We are going to WDW in 12 days!!!! and my kids are tall enough to go on some of the bigger rides so we have been watching youtube vidoes of the rides so they can see what they want to do and what they seem afraid of. Like I know my DD wants to go on TOT but my DS doesn't even want to watch it on youtube so I know he is not going to want to ride it when we are at the park.

 

[burnaroonie]

The best tip I ever got was from a friend that seems to be on an endless trek to WDW. Research everything you can about the cost of your trip before you go, prepare accordingly leaving plenty to spare, then kiss it goodbye about two weeks before you leave. No meltdowns for me halfway through vacations and I am so much more relaxed when I am there.

 

[harding0010]

Best advice I got was to ask for a glass of water. Its free and they have to give it to you. No need to carry your own water into the parks.

 

[SpacedOut]

The best advice I took was to go during Labor Day week when the crowds are the lowest. I know not everyone can do this because of work, kids back at school, etc. But if you can swing it, you can pretty much have the run of the place.



However, you do have to get to the parks early because they close earlier. I'll take that trade...

Now, I'm just a Disney Spoiled Brat (DSB). Can we make an acronym for that?

 

[ZoZo]

I have bought water and done re-fillable mugs...really water is FREE at all the parks, just ask for a cup of ice water....that's what we did the last time we visited !

I go one step further and bring refillable water bottle to the parks, ask for a cup of ice water from any CS restaurant, then pour the ice water into my refillable bottle. Works great, and you can toss the (refillable) water bottle into your backpack.

Here's the bottle I bring: It's called a Rubbermaid "Chug" bottle. BPA-free, and has a great twist-off top that allows you to fill up your own bottle at serve-yourself CS restaurant pop machines (and ice makers!). I filled it every morning at the POR food court, with both ice and water, and threw it in my backpack. It says it's leak-free, but I put it in a ziploc bag just in case. It was fabulous! And it only cost about $4 on sale; found mine @ Target.

http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?Prod_ID=RP091201

 

[angdar2]

what are pinbacks?

 

[bankr63]

what are pinbacks?

The backs of Disney Trading Pins. The stock ones are pretty good, but a sharp tug (on a ride) will a pin free. If you are a pin trader, it is good to always carry spares, and for those special pins that you can't stand to lose, a few locking pin backs.

Warning, pin trading is a highly addictive activity!

 

[ALK$Disney]

A lot of people don't like the taste of tap water in Orlando so regular refillable bottles might not work for you.
An eco-friendly way to have nice tasting water at WDW is a portable filter bottle, the Brita http://www.brita.com/products/filtering-bottle/brita-bottle/ or Rubbermaid
http://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-20-Ounce-Filtration-Personal-Bottle/dp/B004RLNE5Q

The Brita worked well for us, lighter to carry than bottled water and you can ask for ice water at any WDW counter service and put it in the bottle.

I just bought the Brita bottle and I really don't like it. Its so hard to get the water out of the bottle. You have to squeeze really hard to get the water out, and there is last 5 or 6 oz or remainig water in the bottle which is impossible to get out. I also don't like that the cap is not attached to the bottle.

 

[becauseisaid]

I just bought the Brita bottle and I really don't like it. Its so hard to get the water out of the bottle. You have to squeeze really hard to get the water out, and there is last 5 or 6 oz or remainig water in the bottle which is impossible to get out. I also don't like that the cap is not attached to the bottle.

I'm glad to hear you say this. I tried the Bobble and, while it works well, I'm not crazy about the bottle itself. It feels like stiff plastic - for lack of a better way to describe it. So I've been on a hunt for a different filter bottle and was looking at the Brita. Guess I'll keep looking.

 

[amanda0908]

Bring band-aids with you! Even though I had great shoes, when a little moisture from Splash Mountain (or the Florida humidity) got on my feet, my shoes start to rub and cause hot spots- a little band-aid completely fixed it and I would have been miserable without them!

Also, if you want to try a lot of different foods (especially at Epcot), do a food crawl and share with your spouse so you can sample LOTS of different foods!

And if you know its going to rain...eat BEFORE the rain hits! It rained everyday of my last trip and of course I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and get something to eat while we wait for the rain to let up- bad idea! Everyone else was thinking the same thing. The result? NO WHERE to sit and eat, or even set your food indoors out of the rain for that matter- at one point I set my tray on top of the trash can cover and ate on top of that.

 

[sulleydog]

Thanks for all the great ideas!

 

[gracer9977]

We just got back from Disney. Had a GREAT trip. One of the tips I am SOOOOO glad I listened to was to take pictures of the numbers on your Photopass cards. We thought we were doing a good job of keeping track of cards and getting them combined but at some point we lost one. When we got home and I put the photo pass card # in I realized we were missing a lot of pictures. No one could find any other cards but we had taken pictures of the numbers and we found the number we were missing and put it in. If we hadn't taken a picture of that card we would have lost about 50 pictures of our kids with Stitch, Rosetta, Tink, Jasmine and Aladdin. As well as a bunch of random pictures of us in front of the Castle, The Tree of Life, etc.

One of the other tips I appreciated was to wet a washcloth and keep it in the fridge and then bring it with you to the park in a ziplock baggie. It was SO humid while we were there and I really loved being able to wipe my face and neck with that really cold cloth. It obviously didn't last long in the heat but I loved it while it lasted.

 

[bookgirl]

Power Strip, so much easier than looking behind all the furniture when you had multiple things to plug in.

Free Ice Water at counter services in park (I am a water snob, except for one place all the ice water was just fine).

And I also got water at a couple of 'stands' that had fountain drinks. That seemed to be the thing. If they gave you water from a soda machine it tasted fine, tap or the public fountains, not so good.