Must Haves

SodaPopMGK;2509740 wrote: Wow, I wish I could just run and go with just my magicband but I always have asthma inhaler and Epi-pen along with a bunch of various meds such as sudafed, benadryl, advil. Also, license, credit card, cash, purell, bandaids and moleskin. I am able to get it into a small bag, my kids call me Mary Poppins because I always seem to have what everyone else needs.

I usually have the "mom' bag everywhere else. When I am at conferences and seminars people lilke to sit next to me since I always have licorice and altoids to share :secret:

Nanc

Until our last visit I kept it very simple: hat, sunglasses, water, some money. I never used to take my cellphone, partly because it's a UK phone so would cost a lot of money to send phone calls or texts, partly because I had no real use for it when on vacation. In the 2010 trip when I was 20 I left it in the car at Manchester Airport as I saw no need to take it!

In my most recent visit I took my phone as it was useful to have access to the WDW App, double checking fastpasses and directions and booking extra fastpasses or changing fastpass times when we were running late - aided by the free Wifi! I try to avoid over-using my phone when in WDW though - in some ways I quite liked the simplicity of earlier visits where it was just us and a park map! I guess it was useful though if we had split up for any reason (such as Mum not doing a few rides) to then meet up afterwards.

Other than that we carry one backpack between us with water and a few snacks to mid-morning so we can wait a little later in the day before getting a meal, plus plenty of sun block!

We don't take much but what we do is in a stylish Disney Vera Bradley back pack...
*Disney Ponchos (if they rip they replace them for free)
*Water bottle
*Phone and small charger and cords (we don't go back to the room during the day usually, so between pictures, videos and MDE it can drain the batteries after 12+ hours.
*Chap stick
*Band-Aids
*Packets of Spark and Rehydrate
*Hand cream
*Tissue
*DVC Umbrella
*DVC Membership Card (for discounts and lounge entrance)
*Sunglasses and case for after dark(again stylish Arribas Brothers Mickey glasses)
*Aleve
*Cash and Credit Cards
*Magic Band
*Snacks (usually nuts or granola or protein bar)
*Cough Drops

So I assume cell phone, sunglasses, that sort of stuff is a given (like shoes and underwear).

So outside of that:
Mole skin
Ibuprofen
croakies for my sunglasses
boonie
D ring
lanyard (sometimes put my magicband on it when too sweaty)
clip on flashlight
sanwich ziploc bag (for wallet)

I take too too much (a boyscout prepared for everything), but at least since the advent of modern smartphones with great cameras, I no longer carry a separate camera and a video camera. That really lightened my load!

My must haves
I phone(FP+)
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Water
Visor

Visor or hat
ibuprofin in case I get a headache

Story about ibuprofen-years ago, I got a splitting headache in the park. That's when I learned that if you go to first aid, they have ibuprofen (or at least they did). However, it took me so long that I always make sure I bring some now.

Hat
Sunglasses
Phone
Wife

I've done some parks without my wife, and it's just not as fun!

As well as the usual sunblock, hat, money, chapstick, magicband etc , we also bring tissues, wet wipes, mini Maglite as I have poor night vision so need to see where pushing hubby in wheelchair in dark rides and at night and wheelchair toolkit! It's a small pouch with spanner and allen keys as having a part come loose in middle of park not fun!
We check it every morning and night and sometimes when having "bench time" but it did happen to us before and I'm a no chances girl!

merciantinkerbell;2510849 wrote: As well as the usual sunblock, hat, money, chapstick, magicband etc , we also bring tissues, wet wipes, mini Maglite as I have poor night vision so need to see where pushing hubby in wheelchair in dark rides and at night and wheelchair toolkit! It's a small pouch with spanner and allen keys as having a part come loose in middle of park not fun!
We check it every morning and night and sometimes when having "bench time" but it did happen to us before and I'm a no chances girl!

I'm not the only one who brings a miniflash light. I have on that is part of a D clip, i can clip onto my lanyard. Wish my night vision goggles would work there.

Must haves:

Sunglasses
Water Bottle
Phone
And of course whatever is needed to get in the parks...Or wherever we're vacationing.