Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
• In pet stores you can have name tags printed for a very reasonable price. These
are great to add to necklaces and bracelets, or attach to your child's shoelaces or a
belt loop.
• When you check into the hotel, take a business card of the hotel for each member
in your party, especially those old enough to carry wallets and purses.
• Always agree on a meeting point before you see a parade, fireworks, and night-
time spectacles. Make sure the meeting place is in the park (as opposed to the car
or some place outside the front gate).
• If you have a digital camera or camera phone, you may elect to take a picture of
your kids every morning. If they get lost, the picture will show what they look like
and what they are wearing.
• If all members of your party have cell phones, it's easy to locate each other.
However, the noise in the parks is so loud that you probably won't hear your cell
phone ring. Carry your phone in a front pants pocket and program the phone to
vibrate. Or communicate via text message. If any of your younger kids carry cell
phones, secure the phones with a strap.
• Save key tags and luggage tags for use on items you bring to the parks, including
your stroller, diaper bag, and backpack or hip pack.
• Don't underestimate the power of the permanent marker, such as a Sharpie. They
are great for labeling pretty much anything. Mini-Sharpies are great for collecting
character autographs.
2. THE HIDDEN EXIT
Sometimes parents wait on the sidelines while allowing two or
more young children to experience a ride together. As it usually happens, the parents
expect the kids to exit the attraction in one place, and, lo and behold, the young ones
pop out somewhere else. The exits of some Disney attractions are considerably dis-
tant from the entrances. Make sure that you know exactly where your children will
emerge before letting them ride by themselves.
3. AFTER THE SHOW
At the completion of many shows and rides, a Disney staffer
will announce, “Check for personal belongings and take small children by the hand.”
When dozens, if not hundreds, ofpeople leave an attraction at the same time, it is easy
for parents to temporarily lose contact with their children unless they have them dir-
ectly in tow.
