About Park Day Packing

Park Day Packing is a small site with one job: helping parents get through a Florida theme park or beach day with a toddler, with less stuff and less stress.

We're a Florida family. We've both spent years working in theme parks and on cruise ships, and now we do park, beach and cruise days with a toddler and a baby. These are the lists we actually pack from.

What you'll find here

• Packing lists for theme park days, beach days and family cruises
• Plain advice on heat, sun, storms, naps and getting around
• Gear suggestions, with honest notes on who they're for and who they're not for

How we write

• Plain and practical. No 40-item lists of things you'll never use.
• Honest. If we haven't used something ourselves, we say so. We'll never claim to have tested a product we haven't.
• Safety first. For car seats, water and heat, we point you to official guidance (like NHTSA, the CDC and the National Weather Service) rather than pretending to be experts.
• Our kids stay private. You'll see product images and simple graphics here, not photos of our family. We just call them "our toddler" or "our little one."

How we make money

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you buy through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We also work with other affiliate programs. This never changes what we recommend. Read the full >disclosure.

We don't sell park tickets, tours, cruises or vacation packages, we don't recommend one cruise line over another, and we don't take payment to recommend a product.

Get in touch

Questions or corrections? Email us at [email protected].