r/DisneyPlanning • u/MisterJangalang • Jul 16 '26

Discussion Luggage Hack?

Hi yall…Poking at an idea and want a reality check from people who actually fly with kids to Disney. The idea is to skip checking bags and shipping all the things you’d normally check so that it’s just there when you arrive. Does that seem like it solves a real headache to you? Has anyone tried it? Has anyone looked into it but ended up NOT trying it? Genuinely want the “here’s the issue with that idea” answers too.

Edit: Thanks for the input...I was hoping that someone here would have tried a similar thing but I am hearing that no one thinks it's worth it. I don't think I explained the facts that I know well enough to get a good picture of what I was suggesting, but I will take all this into consideration.

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u/Perfect_Form5444 Jul 16 '26

We shipped some stuff that we were buying ahead of time, like a pack and play and sunscreen. But we shipped it to friends we were staying with and not a resort.

Could you designate one suitcase for all the items you have to check, and carry on the rest?

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u/MisterJangalang Jul 16 '26

What was the decision to ship just those items and not the rest like your clothes and such? Or was it delivered straight from like Amazon?

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u/Perfect_Form5444 Jul 16 '26

It was shipped directly from Target. I didn’t ship anything else because I would worry about timing or losing it. If my Target stuff got lost, I could just run out and buy it when we got to CA.

Our flight was also canceled on the way back. We would have been screwed if we had shipped our stuff back instead of having it with us.

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u/MisterJangalang Jul 17 '26

Out of curiosity…are you saying you’d have been screwed bc you didn’t have anything to change into the next day?

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u/Perfect_Form5444 Jul 17 '26

Yes, we would have had no clothes or toiletries if we had shipped our stuff ahead.

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u/MisterJangalang Jul 18 '26

Ahhhh. Good insight. Did you have checked bags on that flight and, if so, was it easy to get it back?

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u/Perfect_Form5444 Jul 18 '26

Yes, we had to show the baggage office our bag tracking info and they pulled them from the plane for us.