What is in YOUR "park day bag"?

[CinderellaElla]

Just me and my husband usually, no kids yet. I just bring a crossbag with:
- ID, credit card, and annual pass card
- Phone
- Small makeup bag w/ "touch up" items
- Deodorant
- Small comb

 

[squeezle]

Wow! By some of these lists, I think some might not realize Expedition Everest is just a roller coaster and not a month long journey!

Ha! And I probably look like it, too!

I like a hiking backpack because the structure of these packs puts less stress on my back and shoulders and it easy too stay hydrated with the with a water reservoir.

And I take:
small wallet: ID, cc & a little cash
sunglasses
sunscreen
lip balm
First aid kit: bandaids/moleskin & neosporin spray (I'm a danger to myself)
supplements and vitamins
otc pain reliever
tissues
hand wipes
snacks (I have food allergies and I have been known to get hangry)
cellphone
power pack
extra dry socks (nothing makes me grumpier than soggy socks)
light sweater or rain jacket (if needed)
pins for pin trading

 

[princessjadesmom]

It's just my teen daughter and myself, but I take a backpack with:
1) Bandaids/Moleskin
2) Safety pins
3) Jackets
4) Change of socks
5) Flip flops/crocs in case of rain or wet rides
6) Ponchos
7) Wet wipes
8) Money, gift cards, credit cards
9) Cell phone and portable charger
10) Pain meds, Immodium, Pepto tablets, inhaler
I keep my phone and extra socks in plastic baggies to keep them dry.

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

I used to use a small over-the-shoulder bag as our theme park bag. Note "our"--I'm the designated pack mule in the family. But last month I shifted to my compact Timbuk2 laptop bag (this bag) and it worked really well. Actually, a backpack worked much better on rides than the smaller bag, especially roller coasters. (For the first time ever I finally got to hold onto the lap bar on Space Mountain instead of just trying to keep my little bag from flying away.) I carry the following for myself or for my partner and me if we're together. Meaning, it might be two ponchos, two Chilly Pads, two Rapid Fill mugs, two caps, etc.:

• Portable phone charger
• Frogg Toggs Chilly Pad
• Disney poncho
• Sunblock lotion
• Sunblock lip balm
• A small vial of OTC painkiller
• Eyeglass case with cleaning cloth
• Disney baseball cap
• Classic ear hat
• Stash of napkins
• Stash of ziploc bags
• Guidemaps and Times Guides for the day
• Rapid Fill mug in a sealed ziploc bag
• If I'm rope dropping, a blueberry muffin
• A yarmulke (if it's not already on my head or under my cap or ear hat), and
• A bottle of water in the side sleeve that I refill in the parks

 

[MadMadamMim1]

Cash
Phone
Sunscreen
Hair ties
Band aids
Antibacterial wipes
Clorox wipes
Lip balm
Small brush
Compact
Phone charger
...and now bug repellant patches

I carry a Lesportsac.

 

[drp4video]

Usually it is just me and my adult daughter and we each carry our own bag. Mine has my special small wallet (tinker bell), cell phone and jolly ranchers, maybe some kleenex. My last trip, a year ago last May, was solo and I just wore pants with a lot of pockets. No bag. I felt very free lol (i did carry a raincoat in a shopping bag on days that rain was predicted as insurance that it would not rain, and it didn't)

 

[grandmomhop]

Going solo this trip. Packing sanitizer, sunscreen, hard candy, ibuprofen, bandaids, poncho and camera. Good to go!

 

[tsme]

Lip balm
Ponchos
Water
Snack
Hand sanitizer
Cool packs (that you shake and they get cold)
Sometimes "lady" items
Compact mirror
Ibuprofen

I think that's it. My DH carries the backpack. I carry a small crossbody purse with my phone & ID in it.

 

[kmb584]

I have a waterproof backpack from Vera Bradley that I've been using on our trips as of late. My daughter is 7 now so no need for a diaper bag, but I do still carry an extra outfit for her because if it can be spilled, there's a 100% guarantee that she's going to spill it on herself. When she was a baby I used a backpack too and carried all of the traditional things: diapers, wipes, bottled water, formula packets, binkies, etc. Now I only take the aforementioned extra outfit, my wallet, iPhone, a small cosmetics case (chapstick, blotting paper, powder, and hairbrush), a small first-aid kit (band-aids, Neosporin, Advil), hand sanitizer, and sunscreen.

 

[thelittlemermaid2]

I am in my 20's, so for just me I had;

Poncho
Umbrella (I needed both during Hurricane Hermine)
Granola Bar
portable charger

That was all I needed! It was nice to have the bag though for times when I got tired of wearing my Ears and Pins, I could just throw them in there as well

 

[GaryDis]

A yarmulke

Yarmulke and Doyle? Reminds me of a very old joke about a small business named O'Brian and Rabinowitz. I'm not sure where in the park I'd want both a yarmulke and a hat. Is there a shul in the parks I don't know about?

In any event, I'm looking at:

• Ponchos
• Precut moleskin
• Travel tubes of naproxen (Alleve) and bismuth salicylate (Pepto-Bismol)
• Ginger candies
• Zippered plastic bags (unsure what size)
• Power pack and cables
• Camera batteries, lens tissue. Camera will usually be on my wrist or in a pocket.
• Gorillapod
• Snack crackers
• Hand sanitizer
• Water container
• Eye drops
• Change of socks
• Sandals and change of other clothes if we're planning a raft ride (Kali or similar at IOA)

I wouldn't mind bringing a rent-a-kid to help maintain our inner child, but my niece-in-law isn't due until after our trip, and I doubt a baby would fit in my backpack. That will have to wait a few years.

 

[rmm7e]

For those of a certain age, don't forget your reading glasses!

 

[Hikergirl]

I don't carry anything for my kids or my dh, I just carry my stuff. Cash/debit card, ID, Burt's Bees, phone and on some days my DSLR.

 

[TristiK]

My must haves:

Hand sanitizer
Band aids
Moleskin
Sunscreen
Aspirin
Portable phone charger
Mio (Orlando water is nasty)
Camera
Baggie or crackers for the kids
Tide pen

 

[chicagogrl]

Kipling backpack.
I like to take my raincoat.
Hand sanitizer or hand wipes
Sunblock
Brush
Lip balm

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

Yarmulke and Doyle? Reminds me of a very old joke about a small business named O'Brian and Rabinowitz. I'm not sure where in the park I'd want both a yarmulke and a hat. Is there a shul in the parks I don't know about?

I tend to wear my kippah full-time except at Disney, where it starts out on my head alone on day one, gets covered by a Disney cap or ear hat on day two, and then by day three ends up in my bag since Disney caps and ear hats cover my head just as "legally" as a kippah. But when the sun's down, I often switch back from a cap to my kippah.

 

[Ariel on Land]

I wouldn't mind bringing a rent-a-kid to help maintain our inner child, but my niece-in-law isn't due until after our trip, and I doubt a baby would fit in my backpack. That will have to wait a few years.

 

[richmo]

Back in the day, we kept a bunch of stuff in the bottom of the stroller (diapers, drinks, sunscreen, wipes, etc.) and never had any problem. Obviously, do not leave anything valuable in there (cameras, phones, etc.) and no exposed or unwrapped food. The other thing I'd recommend is tying something to the handle of the stroller so that you can easily recognize it (could be a balloon, a ribbon, a piece of colored string/rope/shoelace, etc.), even if you bring your own stroller. A couple reasons for this: stroller parking can sometimes look like the Magic Kingdom parking lot...over a hundred strollers parked in one place can happen. The other: on some rides, CM's will move strollers so that where you park it is not where you pick it up.

 

[Brittni__duh]

My DH and I are childless so for now we carry:

- Brita water bottle(s) to refill at any drinking fountain
- A small first aid kit with band aids, neosporin, moleskin, and ibuprofen
- Camera
- Power bank to charge our phones
- Phone chargers if we decide to eat somewhere and there's an outlet handy
- Sunscreen
- Chapstick
- Ponchos
- Wallets
- A few small snacks

We use a Jansport backpack and this leaves a lot of room in the backpack for us to put any small purchases in. It's usually a pretty full bag by the time we make it back to the resort

 

[ashleyr409]

I was thinking about taking my Ipad so I can use the Disney App. Do I leave this in the stroller? Or can I take a small backpack on the rides with me to keep my Ipad with me?