here thanks for visiting my Lauriepop channel where ideas pop today we're
popping into a Disney Cruise Line trip it is going to be the trip of a lifetime
the cruise of a lifetime I'm so happy for you that you got to do this it's
going to be so fun here are five things I wish I would have taken on my Disney
cruise ship trip okay the first thing I want you to know is that the main level
is totally safe for kids I thought there's no way I would bring a
three-year-old or four-year-old or two-year-old on a cruise ship that
everything is windowed in there's no escaping there's no drowning all the
pools are shallow for kids on that main level the ice that you get on
that main level is watery ice it so it melts really fast it's not like these
hard blocks of ice it's great for to it but the ice will melt really fast so I
recommend bringing a swell bottle these thin stainless steel bottles and I'll
link information below um it will keep your cold items really really cold and
with ice it will - but it the ice will not melt in a few hours being on that
main level and if you have coffee this is another great thing it won't spill if
it tips over um putting hot liquids in this and also when you go off on to
excursions or the island the Castaway Cay you need to pay like five dollars
for just a bottle of water and it's nice to have free water that you've gotten
from the main level of the ship because they will make you pay no I used to
think that I would just bring like my Tervis tumbler but it spills it does
not keep it super hot and you can't just toss it in your bag I like the shape
it's like throwing in a bottle of water into my bag um when you are planning
your excursions near all in the theater and they're telling you where to go what
to do you can buy these Disney soft coolers
to take you can buy water bottles that's like five dollars for just one bottle of
water so I recommend taking this also no one can tell what you actually have in
your bottle if you know what I'm saying another thing that I recommend bringing
on your Disney cruise ship is a lanyard to carry your Disney card because your
Disney card is going to be used to get off the ship and you have to show it
with your passport to get on the ship okay if you go to a foreign island like
the Bahamas you will have to show your passport and everything but you also
need this and you also need your key card to do excursions sometimes um in
with some excursions they you prepay for a meal but you're there all day so
you're going to want to drink you're going to want some more snacks your kids
will want more snacks especially so you have to bring your credit card and you
have to bring that Disney card and you want to bring your cell phone okay and
so I recommend bringing a lanyard and they have those lanyards with pockets um
that will hold that kind of stuff so that you can swim with your key cards in
that little pouch okay I will link below this great one that I saw somebody had
and these are things that I wish I would have taken okay I will definitely be
getting these things if we take another Disney cruise it's so fun and magical
just like Disney World or Disneyland so a lanyard and if you can even find the
lanyards that have the pockets that will actually hold your cell phone and the
cell phones can get wet because it's completely zipa below those I highly
recommend because Disney nail their boats out in the middle of the ocean
with no radar they have this app that you download before right before you
take off and it is a way to communicate to your friends so let's say my brother
is in another different part of the ship and I need to know something so Disney
provides in your room these little walkie talkies
okay but the walkie-talkies are only chargeable inside the stateroom and the
only way you turn the power on to charge those self those walkie-talkies is by
putting your key card in the front of your door like hotels do to keep the
electricity on and then save electricity so you need to those walkie-talkies will
not be usable because the power always the battery always always runs dead on
them okay so use the app that they let you download for free on your cell phone
and it you will be able to use it out in the middle of the ocean when there is no
radar internet or whatever it's called I highly recommend bringing the lanyard
that has the simple pocket okay so you know that Disney is so magical for kids
all right they have Rapunzel they have other
princesses they have the mascot Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse
they have several other ones around at dinner time when you're going to your
restaurant so you're coming back when everybody's dressed up fun and theme
night ish bring something that you can have autographed okay some Disney gear
that you can have autographed we my son who is like in middle school almost
bought stitch all right stitch is all over Castaway Cay for some reason he is
still they have an itch for stitch I recommend bringing stuff that you can
have autographed gear that you have at home you don't have to buy so much stuff
I know you want to buy something special or a couple of things from the gift shop
that is conveniently located by all the characters that are there for signing
autographs but bring some gear so that you would have um so you don't have to
buy so much stuff and don't forget a pen to let them sign their autograph with
okay alright number four for you to go in your excursions off the island you
have to bring all this stuff in you want to bring water bottles or animals or
swimsuits or change of clothes so I recommend bringing some kind of
loose knapsack that you can go off the boat with but keep it all together I
mean I was never worried that stuff was gonna get stolen that our key card was
gonna get stolen our credit card it's gonna get stolen
it's just it's Disney hey Nathan um anyway so um but having that backpack is
very helpful say hello say hello and good morning and happy trails
telling bon voyage y'all are gonna have such a fabulous time oh if I could have
taken my cat I would have all right in the last thing that I recommend bringing
don't forget it is magnets you can decorate the doors you can decorate the
walls inside the staterooms you can decorate the hallway walls outside the
stateroom like right beside your door and around the rim of your door
people had decorated for birthdays for anniversary um it is so party atmosphere
it's so magical it doesn't have to be Disney Mack magnets you know a Mickey
Mouse magnet just magnets that you want to decorate your stateroom with even
bring a roll of tape but magnets are so much easier and you can find them and
reuse them also thanks for popping over to my Laurie pop channel and I hope you
have a fabulous trip on your cruise ship with family and friends making tons of
memories and I'll see you real soon