When do you start packing?

[EarthSong]

I have quite some time ahead of me but i already find myself packing . I toss in anything that can be used for our trip. I packed dd's princess pajamas,socks,undies,swim shoes , disposable cameras,my underwear etc. LOL I just cant help it. This trip seems like it is taking forever and a day to arrive and sometimes just putting my stuff in my suitcase makes it seem that much closer and real . I have to buy dd's princess outfit for her BBB appointment next month and our summer clothes etc. I know that when March arrives and spring season officially start . Im going to absolutely FREAK with excitement....as soon as March hit ill probaly jump out of my skin with giddiness.

 

[disneymeces]

We have 7 mon and I'm already packing, sorta! I keep a plastic box in the laundry room, and when I'm at the store and c something that we might need for Disney I pick it up, example: beach towels, found some on sale $4 each! Hand held misters $2! That way I don't have to run to the store 2weeks before hand and buy everything...saves me time and money!

 

[mstinson14]

We have 7 days, that's right 7 DAYS and we have not started packing!! I think something is wrong with me, I need to start packing

 

[EarthSong]

We have 7 days, that's right 7 DAYS and we have not started packing!! I think something is wrong with me, I need to start packing

Holy crap my bags would be packed and at the door by than ...LOL my bags will probaly be packed and at the door by the end of next month

 

[honeybee8200]

I have over 7 months until our trip and I'm packing as well.

I do the same thing as a pp ^. If I find something on sale or have an extra few bucks laying around, I will buy it and pop it in a box or suitcase in my closet.

 

[china mom]

About two weeks before the trip, I put up a folding table and lists and start laying out what I am going to take. I usually pack the suitcaes the night before the trip, once I know what/how much I am taking.

I am leaving one week from today and I have not put out even 1/4 of the stuff yet. We will be gone for a 9 days (driving/Disney Parks/Disney Cruise/Disney parks/driving back) and I don't even know if we have any clothes that fit.

And to top it off, I thought I was taking next Thursday off to pack and I just got scheduled for meetings all morning.

 

[Poohbear123]

I have 75 days to go....and I am PACKED already! I just re-pack from the prior trip, just add or delete jackets/pants/capri's.

 

[LMO429]

I usually pack about a week before. No matter how much I try I always over pack. It seems I always buy stuff to wear at wdw and I wind up having too many tops that I never use.

 

[LeahA]

I've got 1 month to go and started to pull out stuff for myself. I like to plan out my clothes. A couple weeks ago I went through the kids stuff just to see if they needed anything new.

 

[Sadie22]

I always keep a bag packed with toothpaste sample tubes and other things for business trips or vacation trips. I have started packing for our summer Disney vacation. I have a designed spot and I'm assembling items that I know I want to take.

 

[fireman1]

I started tonite.

 

[bitohoney]

I wanna start now! But I don't want my huge suitcase laying on my bedroom floor for 2 months. I'll start a week before.

 

[LaurenT]

We have 7 days, that's right 7 DAYS and we have not started packing!! I think something is wrong with me, I need to start packing

WE'RE GOING ON TUESDAY!!! And we're packing today..can't take the back and forth with the weather forecasts anymore, I'm just gonna pack for mid 60's and be done with it!!

 

[marymac123]

After we got home from our previous WDW vacation 9/09-I washed DD4's little sundresses & packed them right back up again! I like the sundresses for her because they are cooler & I get them alittle bigger so that I can just pack them back up!

 

[Henlady]

We have 83 days to go and I was just fighting a terrible urge to start packing some things a couple of days ago. I also have a bag that I keep the basic miscellaneous stuff in that never gets unpacked. I just add a few things to it as needed. I actually laid in bed the other night (loosing much needed sleep) figuring out what clothes I'll need as we're doing 5 nights at WDW and then a 3 night cruise. I think its called "OCD", and the only time I "have" it is when it comes to our WDW trips!

 

[jharrowell]

I started packing about 2 weeks ago. So about a month out is when I start to worry.

My packing does tend to invlove more buying than getting things out of the wardrobe though...

 

[AmazingDWRacer]

I leave Sunday and haven't started!!! But I have all day Saturday to do errands and gather things up...I thought I'd be at least partially packed, but that hasn't happened!

 

[slowtalken]

I almost always pack at the last minute. I usually forget somthing but that is part of the fun.

 

[Noel22]

I write lists of what I have to pack a month before. But I start packing 2 days before the trip; then realize that I can't find most of the clothes that I want to put in my suitcase. Then, I get a panic attack and try to find my clothes (once I even bought new shirts) and finally my bag is packed one hour before we leave

 

[Oz-kateer]

We're leaving in September so..... any day now!

Actually, because we're coming from half way round the world and staying for a few weeks, I have already made a pretty comprehensive list of everything the 4 kids and I will need, and have already started shopping - every time I go to the supermarket or the pharmacy I pick up a few bits and pieces and put it in our Disney basket in the cupboard.

I have put some summmer clothes on lay away at Target as they will all be a size bigger by the time we are ready to go and the end of season sales are on. When we are ready to go there won't be a great selection of summer clothes in the stores yet. Plus, what will be available will all be new season and full priced. Our seasons are reversed - learned my lesson the hard way last year.

Probably about a month out I will revisit the list and see what's still required and then a week before we fly I will get out the suitcases and start the packing.

The older kids will have responsibility for getting their own stuff but I'll still check they have everything they need.

It all adds to the excitement!!!!