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[quote=Anonymous]We rented a car for our vacation.  The first night we got to the hotel, after the kids went to bed, I took the car out to the 24-hour Walmart (just under 10 minutes drive away) and stocked up on things we'd need.  I got breakfast foods, a case of water bottles, snacks for the parks, additional sunscreen, etc.

The other added bonus of doing this is that you can find a bunch of Disney promotional things there for about 40% cheaper than in the parks.  So I picked up tee shirts and assorted "gifts" for the kids from Walmart and then we doled it out to the kids throughout the week and were able to keep the in-park purchases down.

If your kids are young enough that a full day of walking may be a bit much for them, I would recommend still renting a stroller.  Even though we don't need a stroller 99% of the time, we still got one last year when our twins were 4 and will probably get one next spring when they are 5.5 (probably the last time).  We found that although most of the time they walked and the stroller was just for carrying our junk around, when we wanted to cross the park quickly (like moving from Tomorrowland to Adventureland) it helped so that we were not tied to the speed of 4 year olds.  Plus, giving them a place to sit every hour or two throughout the day meant that they lasted a lot longer and we didn't have the kind of meltdowns that typically happens when they get tired or hungry.  We were able to stay until the fireworks.  They watched the fireworks from the stroller, then we walked back to the monorail and they fell asleep in the stroller.  We got back to the car and just moved them to their carseats.  Much easier than having to carry sleeping children all the way back.  If you rent from the park, you have to return the stroller inside the park and then carry your sleeping child to the monorail and then to the car.  By renting off-site and having the stroller delivered to the hotel, we could use the stroller all the way back to the car.  Definitely worth it.  Without the stroller, we probably would have been headed back to the hotel before dinner.  A side benefit, the stroller company included a mini-cooler which was great to keep fruit and water bottles in while in the park.  We chilled them in the room mini fridge then moved them to the cooler bag and the cool lasted until about mid-afternoon.

Definitely download the Disney app if you have a smart phone.  Also bring both a regular and a USB charging cable.  And spend the money to buy one of those spare batteries.  I found that my smart phone running the Disney app and checking wifi continuously needed about 150% of the typical charge for the full day.  There are charging stations in several places around the park.  But I found the spare battery more useful.    I got one of those and when the battery started running down, plugged it in in my pocket and it recharged the battery to about 50% which lasted just about when we got back to the car and I could plug it into the car charger.

How old are your kids?  That might help tailor the responses for last minute tips.

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