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So we have a short trip of just 4 nights planned this October to squeeze one more trip out of our APs. We decided not to do MNSSHP this year since DD was overtired and passed out by 7:30pm last year and we ended up leaving by 8. BUT, I'm thinking we can still have her dress up during the day. She really doesn't get the concept of trick or treating yet so she won't miss that. But now, I can't decide... do we just bring one dress, two, three, one for every day? LOL
We do have a late lunch ADR at Akershus one day as well...
I *WAS* trying to pack lightly but then I got to thinking that all these dresses are most likely not going to fit her next year.
Here are the option based on what we own:
Cinderella (we bought this on our Feb 2011 trip for our dinner at 1900 Park Fare with her Nana and Grumpa)
Snow White (daddy found in the bottom of the closet this morning - hence all the wrinkles) - I bought this and the next two from the little dressup shop
I don't have pics of her in them but they all fit perfect right now, these are the other two:
Sleeping Beauty and Belle:
We are trying to keep the luggage down to one checked luggage and one carry on plus our backpack and diaper bag since our trip to Orlando is on Delta who charges for checked bags. We could pack a second carry-on if need be (we are entitled 3 since it's one each) but I'm trying not to.
Also, I only have shoes for the Cinderella dress but she does have sparkly black ones from last xmas that still fit (I bought them way too big)
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I'd just take one, maybe 2. Most of the girls I see in those dresses throughout the day seem to complain about being hot and itchy. If you took all 4, you'd be changing her clothing constantly - making it a not so great time for you, and maybe even your DD.
Shoes that fit well, and are comfortable are more important to me than rather they're the appropriate ones for the outfit.
Yeah, I was initially thinking of leaving the Cinderella one at home since although the authentic Disney dresses are gorgeous they are definitely an itchier fabric. The other ones I got are actually super lightweight and not itchy... and machine washable
But then she put the cinderella dress on last night and it fits so perfectly I got so wishy washy again.
I'll probably just leave her in her crocs most of the time and maybe bring the one pair of cinderella shoes and she can wear them with her dress(es) for short periods of time.
I just realized in the pictures above how much she has changed/grown in just 6 months! She looks like a baby in the top picture but looks so grown up in the one from this morning.
No, she's not quite 2.5 and she hasn't really shown a preference thus far. I think I'm leaning towards bringing two... then if the Cinderella one is too itchy, we have a back up. Though now I'm wondering... I don't think Cinderella is usually at Akershus.
I love her in the Snow White one, mostly because of her coloring. She looks exactly like a mini-Snow!
That's sort of what I was thinking as well. Snow or Belle for the darker hair since Cinderella and Aurora are so obviously blonde and she's definitely not... but I love that Cinderella dress too, argh, lol
The only dress I'm not overly fond of is the Sleeping Beauty one. It's super plain IMO. but of course it's the one she wears most often too. It also has long sleeves incase it gets chilly at night, but I don't think it should in early October.
I would pack them all, especially if she isnt going to be able to wear them again! She may have a preference that day, and they are small they can't take up too much space, as for shoes I would stick with comfy shoes!
I am trying to decide the same thing. How many dresses to bring for our October trip. The last 2 trips my daughter had one on almost all the time, but it was not hot, we were there in Feb and Dec. My daughter turned 3 while there in Feb. She wears the dresses a lot at home.
I folded them in put them in a ziplock bag while packing for our last trip(those sparkles can get everywhere!)? I think I got 4 in one bag. I just hung them in the bathroom with the steam to get the wrinkles out.
I am looking at our plans and making my choices that way....she is going to BBB and 1900 PF one day, so I think Cinderella. We also have breakfast in Norway and last time we were there Belle was there to take the picture before we were seated so I am going to bring her Belle dress. Then she has a few that are not from the Disney Store which seem lighter and not was so uncomfortable that I am going to bring. If I ask her she will want to bring them all and no regular clothes!
We don't bring any of her princess shoes because hers aren't good for walking. I found a pair of silver sparkle shoes from Stride Rite. They were not a dress shoe but nice rubber soles, good for running and walking but still looked cute with the dresses!
Okay, now I think I'm leaning towards taking three and leaving the one I'm not as fond of at home, LOL
MY DD LOVES shoes so I fear if I don't bring one pair of dress up shoes we may end up purchasing some while we are there and I really don't want to do that so I may bring her black sparkly xmas shoes or check for a gold pair affordably since those would match both Belle and Snow White.
We were there in February as well and it rained the entire week! We even had to order a stroller cover overnighted to our hotel (Thank goodness for Amazon Prime shipping!)
Hopefully it will be comfortable when we go in October but not raining
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I do have a slip/petticoat thing that she wears under them now (we didn't have it back in February) so as long as it isn't too hot she may not be itchy... so many variables, LOL
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