DISNEY LAUNDRY TIP- We are a family of 5 and usually stay 9-10 days in Disney and because of that we usually do laundry while we are there! We bring a laundry bag, detergent pods, and fabric softener sheets, all easy to travel with. We also make a room request to be near the laundry room. Every other day or 2 I get up about 6, run down to the laundry room start the loads, go back to the room shower, get the hubby up when I get out, he then runs down swaps loads to the dryer, then he showers, we get the kids up and then at some point go grab the dry clothes and while our kiddos are getting ready we fold the clothes, which loads are so small it doesn't take long and pop them back in the suitcase and pull out what might need to be reworn. We are then ready to hit the parks when they open! Best part when we get home we just have one small bag of laundry from the last day to wash and the rest just gets put away straight from the suitcase! It really doesn't intrude much at all on our enjoyment of our trip!

We don't bring a bath mat, but my family all brings flip flops and we wear them in the shower while we are showering so that our feet don't touch the bath floor or the bathroom floor when we get out. :-) I had some bad experiences in college and started wearing flip flops from then on out! Your bath mat idea is NOT weird at all. :-) - Debbie

Instead of a bath mat we take cheap flip flops because we get them for 90p approx $1 then we throw them away before we go back home

A bath mat is a great idea. My grandmother slipped in a hotel bathroom-so dangerous! She had to have multiple surgeries. Definitely a great item to consider with seniors or anyone else who may be compromised in any way, also!

Shower shoes/bathroom slipper is a must have item in Asian Countries due to moisture and athlete feet fungus... EVEN in community pool, spa and sauna area...

One of the things I would add to the list, that I take with me everywhere, is Tide-To-Go. It is amazing. My daughter spilled chocolate ice cream on her white skort when we were at Hollywood Studios, and it got it out, dried quickly, and one would never know that 10 minutes before there had been an unsightly stain on her clothes. LOL, I keep it in my purse for me as well. It also works well to pre-treat stains if you have to wait a few days to do laundry.

We take a pop up hamper and have since me and my sister were really little! Our dad takes a bigger duffel bag type suitcase that we also load with snacks and such that won’t be brought back. On the way home we load his bag with the laundry that way we have room for souvenirs in our other bags and sometimes have even managed to fold up one or two of the other bags for the drive home. We have one rule with the hamper though, everything gets folded up before it gets put in there. Sounds weird, I know. But that way it will fit in the bag much easier and we don’t have to waste time folding it all at once.

Disney will bring you a laundry basket as many as you would like for your room. Since DVC villas has washing machines and dryers they have laundry basket. 😊 I also bring pump hand soap, so we can use that instead of the bars.

Love all your tips!! You find such awesome little trinkets! Aaah so bummed you got stuck in tropical storm Albert!! Typically they don’t come this early!! Shoe covers- genius. Haha! They look silly but their feet are feelin’ good!!

Love your tips. Being a Disney Travel Agent I look for tips and tricks for my clients! I also send them to your channel. Love your content and look forward to all of your videos!

Terrific ideas! I did Disneyland & Sea World with my young son 25 to 30 years ago. While I didn't have most of the cool gadgets and helpers you young women had, we still enjoyed our trips. I enjoy watching all these advice and "hacks" for traveling with kids videos. I smile, shake my head and think to myself how much less stuff I could have packed & and taken to and from our destinations, just "in case". I'm also happy to see that I wasn't the only mommy who planned ahead!

Shoe covers... lol. I just bring some Chelsea style rain boots with chunky heels. Keeps you from slipping in deep puddles without being uncomfortable, silly-looking, or too obvious.

Something else I always pack, whether I’m flying or driving is a bottle koozie. I usually buy a bottled drink in the airport, and that way I can stick it in my carry on without it getting anything wet from condensation and it stays colder a little longer. Same benefits for theme parks and sticking a bottle of water in my backpack.

Nope I'm the same. Flip flop always for hotel showers.

I usually take a can of Lysol anywhere we go on vacation and spray the bathroom down, waterproof shoes, and don't you have a flashlight on your phone?

I use difecting wipes First day i wipe down all bathroom lol my family thinks im crazy

Thanks for this! I just got back from Disney about 3 weeks ago, we just missed all the rain! Hope you all still had a good trip.

WHAAAT? with the phone holder 😯 awesome

We fly and I still bring a pop up hamper everywhere we travel. I don’t obviously keep it in there at the end of the trip, but it’s still helpful to keep all the dirty laundry in one location so clean and dirty don’t get mixed together by my toddlers. Also just helpful to corral all the junk in the hotel room! Great tips!

Great video, lots of little tips. Think the bathmat a good idea, for me, tubs always slippery. Love the phone holder! Thanks for sharing !!

glow sticks to keep in the hotel rm in case electric goes out. yes it happen once 2 us dollar store b day section take afew as they work well in the bathroom and last 10 hrs or more

Why not wear crocs, chacos, tevas, etc. instead of shoes and socks???

Nothing surprises me after the eraser scrubbings down the shirt 😂 but i totally feel ya on the bathmat!

It’s like if you don’t bring something you always need it and you don’t have it but when you bring something you don’t need it but you have it just in case

That Phone Lanyard was cool! Thanks for sharing that!

Great tips, thanks for sharing. Love the shoe covers. When your feet are wet, it is miserable!

You can bring plastic grocery bags to use as shoe covers. My younger sister used to do this on mornings it rained before school

You are a Disney Pro. Great tips. We too go every year and one trip, like you all, had many days of drenching, pouring rain and it was our worse trip by far. We even had a hurricane trip and were evacuated and it STILL was better than the rain trip. 😂😂😂😂

Flashlight is a great tip. I find the walkways really dark at night

I live in spain and we drive to Disneyland Paris. It’s no where near the size as the Orlando parks so, I am going to recommend this for any theme park but especially Florida goers....a massage pillow. The one I have has 2 hard balls that rotate around and massage your back when you connect it to a chair, your calf or neck when you lay on top of it on a bed. It plugs in to the wall and warms up as you use it. This is great to use, along with aches and pains massage cream to sooth sore feet and legs at the end of the day. When we travel to Paris by plane I don’t take it because it takes up valuable luggage space but when we do a road trip there, I always pack it. Possible option for those of you that drive there. Also, I take kids hangers on all vacations because hotels only have adult hangers and my daughters have dresses or jackets that don’t fit on the hangers.

I have large washable laundry bags from amazon that are different colors I hang them in the closet and sort the dirty laundry as we wear it then at the end of the trip the bags squish into the suitcases. Once you get home I can just dump a bag at a time into the wash.

We were there in May too! It was crazy rainy! We brought hard sole water shoes from amazon (which delivers in 2 hours) and wore them all day in the parks with ponchos (also Amazon). We also had bottled water shipped to the hotel and the Disney staff delivered them to our room.

Me again, we went for a week in January, torrential rain every day. Didn't know bout the show covers. Wish I did !

We have bathroom slipper/ shower shoes in most Asian stores... doesn't matter if you're in Korea Town, Japan Town and/ or China Town...also majority of us, Asian carries these so-call weird thing that you are saying.... own personal towel, bathroom cup, mesh style laundry bag, rain gear, etc... I always thought it just us, Asian way... can find most of these "weird" essentials in Asian stores...

We’re going next year during May. Hopefully we have better weather! lol I’d love if you did a video about your general schedule. Like just a brief overview of each day: what park you went to, did you get there for rope drop/extra magic hours, how long you stayed (did you go back to the hotel for a break and then back to that park or a different park and what times), what you did if it was a down day, and if you stayed fairly close to the plans you made in advance or if things changed during the trip. We will be going with a 5.5 year old and almost 3 year old and have been once (when the oldest was 2) so I’m curious about other people’s schedules as far as how many park days and down days.

TAKE PONCHOS WITH YOU JUST INCASE!!!! If it rains and you don’t have one you will be miserable and even though they do sell them in the park they are $13 each and they’re not reusable and smell like chemicals. Plus they get sold out super fast so even if you are willing to pay $50 for your family to have one use only ponchos, they may be sold out by the time you get to a store to buy them.

I have a flashlight on my phone but never hurts to bring an extra one TFS

You are not bringing weird stuff. I bring a mat. I also have a flashlight or pop up lights. I put the batteries in when we get there. I also take a night light. 😊

Instead of wearing the bottle of water, thinking it might be a little too heavy, we are looking at buying very light weight collapsible cups which come with a hook for belts, side body purses or backpacks. They're only $5 to $9 each depending on what size. There's always places to get water around the parks. Were the plastic shoe covers slippery at all once they were wet?

When we STOP bringing my Sons Stroller, we r gonna use Basket on my Moms scooter for some things we bring in parks like water misters etc.

The bath mat is a good idea. I actually slipped & fell out of the shower on my last Disney world trip

Great idea about the bath mat. I am currently using a cast cover when I shower to keep my surgery site sterile. I am going to buy a bath mat just incase.

I bring a bath mat too! Thought I was the only one! I think of things that most people don’t. It is the germaphobe in me. 😂

That's A good idea about the bath mat bc our tub was slippery at the beach this year, I think I will take one next year and maybe even A bath rug to step out on after bc that's slippery as well

Great video. I just ordered the phone doojey holder thingy... Thank you.... 📱🏰❤🐊

These are great tips, thank you!

Why don’t you use the bath towel for the floor use it for a bath mat they will be replaced everyday

Instead of bringing a dirty bathmat home in your luggage (that you will be putting your clean clothes in) bring a spray bottle of lysol...clean the shower and bathroom floor before you use it. I also bring Clorox wipes to clean before I allow anyone in the room. Havent come down sick on vacation since...oh and I clean the plane armrest/tray table too. I bring a large mesh laundry bag to hang on the hook on the bathroom door. (where everyone changes).

I am rewatching this as I gear up for my February trip. I totally get the dirty feet in the shower thing. I have such a weird fear of my bare feet touching the floor in a hotel room. Forget water parks. I can't even! Ewwww!

Wait... Were we at Disney around the same time?! 😱 we were there from May 11th to May 17th. The rain was terrible! I should of brought my umberella! 😞 we had cheap ponchos... But it would of been better if we had an umberella.

Love the video. Sorry this isn't question about about the video but the ear rings you are wearing are so lovely where did you get them?

Tips actually start at 2:25, you're welcome

Loved this lady! Did you find the water bottles heavy hanging that way? We do the Pop Up Hampers & Bag hampers even when flying! We just get them from Dollar Tree & do laundry on the trip *or* re pack at end of trip.

3min later....still talking about the bath mat😒

I always take swimming shoes to the parks. Just got back from DW and took them to every park. Fortunately we only had to use them one day but the kids loved splashing in the puddles and us not yelling at them 😄.

I always talk disinfect wipes to clean on vacation

Can you do your own laundry in the Disney resorts ?

I take a bath mat on holiday too!

I totally agree I do not let to step in showers with my bare feet only mine and it's funny when I move into a new apartment I use shower shoes for the first two weeks and then I can take my shoes off

Iv seen shoe covers that don’t go so hight up the leg. When I went on holiday the owner showed us around and made us put the shoe covers over our shoes before we looked round the pool area.i think they were disposable?

Those cel phone holders how secure are they with the phone do they slip off or something like that Just Asking

Omg I love it!!

I once saw mold in the bathtub.

How did your first trip without using a stroller go? We won’t be taking the stroller on our next trip for the first time and to be honest I’m nervous! We use the stroller so much, especially to carry all our goodies but our just turned 6 year old says she’s “too big” for a stroller now 😢☹️

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You stayed for 9 nights did you have to buy the 14 day park ticket or 7

Shoe covers are the weirdest thing I've ever seen! Don't you have wellies in America? 😛

This is why I wear crocs lol! I must have been there same time you.. rained the whole time!!! Sucked lol

I don't blame you! And urine is NOT sterile!!!!!

They clean the bathrooms

I wouldn't risk the phone holder It could snap

You do no they bleach clean bathrooms? Just incase that's not enough take flip-flops in shower :) x

Y'all talkin about the shower... But don't you get in the pool? That's even worse

Hello! I love your tips! I love Disney too and honestly pulling my phone out at the parks always annoyed me!!! So I actually started and an Etsy shop called Earchantments and I sell these Mickey themed iPhone cases that come with a lanyard to solve the problem! I’d love it if you could check it out!!!

Oh I am so with you, I am defiantly a "germaphobe" lol if that is a word OTT, tho not saying you are as bad as I am 😁 but I like your ideas❤

That intro tho

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