Tips about Epcot, Kids, Laundry and Mousecellaneous
Just wanted to add a laundry tip. Our family has skin allergies and can't use the Wisk tabs. I found that buying a 16 oz. container of Woolite and taking it with us is a great idea. It is relatively small and lays flat. The 16 oz. does eight washes. I also like the fact that it is liquid (has a cap), which makes it less messy than the powder detergent. - Keri DeFrancesco
Would like to add some advice to the laundry article. Make sure you pack your baggies of powdered detergent in your checked luggage. We rushed our packing to return home and put the left over Tide in my husband's carry on -- needless to say, when the bag went through the scanner at the airport, it was mistaken for a much more expensive powder!!! The officer made a beeline to where it was packed in the bag. We had to do some quick explaining and of course it smelled like Tide when the officer opened the baggie...whew!!!! - Mary Kay Reis of Pittsburgh, PA
Here's another laundry tip -- I purchased those new tablet laundry detergents. They come in individual packets that are great for packing into small areas of your suitcase. You save money as well as space because laundry detergent at the resorts are $1 per tiny box, which adds up fast if you have more than one load. - Priscilla Piacente
In one large Zip-Loc bag I put the following: a garbage bag, quarters for the washer and dryer in a snack-size Zip-Loc bag, two dryer sheets in another snack-size Zip-Loc bag, and measured laundry detergent in a medium Zip-Loc bag. Then I label the bag (just in case). Once we unpack, all I have to do is get the garbage bag out for our dirty clothes. Once the bag is full of dirty clothes, it is off to the washing machines. Pre-planning makes it so easy. No more hunting for quarters or detergent. It's all there. There is nothing like doing wash while sipping a tropical drink poolside in the bright sunshine!!!! - Heather from New York
The only really important advice I would add to this [bringing other people's children] is to make a copy of the other child's health insurance information and also have a signed or even notarized letter from the child's parents stating they will be traveling with you, to where, and on what dates. Hopefully you will never need to use it, but you never know! - Tara Felicio
EPCOT - On every trip to Epcot we try to collect different things from each country, but I'm beginning to run out of space. So this year we decided to collect candy from each country. We usually picked up two different candies at each country. The only country that did not have candy was Morocco, so we bought a pastry. It's a tasty treat that you can enjoy at the park and later at home. I took some to my family and we had a contest to see what country they thought the candy came from. So, in essence it's a treat, collection, and later a game, but only needing short-term storage space. What a fun, tasty thing to do -- my family enjoyed it! - Kelly Adkins
EPCOT - On every trip to Epcot we try to collect different things from each country, but I'm beginning to run out of space. So this year we decided to collect candy from each country. We usually picked up two different candies at each country. The only country that did not have candy was Morocco, so we bought a pastry. It's a tasty treat that you can enjoy at the park and later at home. I took some to my family and we had a contest to see what country they thought the candy came from. So, in essence it's a treat, collection, and later a game, but only needing short-term storage space. What a fun, tasty thing to do -- my family enjoyed it! - Kelly Adkins
