swimming at the resorts

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someone remind me...i guess when we only had two kids we just held them? now i can't remember haha.... but now we have 4 kiddos...do they have designated life vests you're supposed to use? are we allowed to bring the ones we own and our kids are used to? 

[lala]

I know the resorts have them, but I can't remember if you can bring your own.

Where are you staying? The specific pool would color my view, but 1. we don't use life jackets anyway and 2. I don't know what it's like to have 2 babies of the same age logistically. Somewhere there should be a "multiples at Disney" boards.

[ilikedonuts]

You could bring a puddle jumper or they provide life jackets.

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Jan 13, 2017 14:14:21 GMT -5 lala said:

I know the resorts have them, but I can't remember if you can bring your own.

Where are you staying? The specific pool would color my view, but 1. we don't use life jackets anyway and 2. I don't know what it's like to have 2 babies of the same age logistically. Somewhere there should be a "multiples at Disney" boards.

we'll be at riverside...we have tried to use life jackets as little as possible...but with 2 one year olds and 2 five year olds (who can move across water once they get going, but not really float independently yet), we'll need something!! i'm not even sure if the babies will swim...we might just have DH take the big kids during nap time...but....trying to decide if we should take their floaties or not...i guess if disney has some...we can do that...less to pack hahaSaveSave

[bronxgirl]

When we stayed at PORiverside they gave us a lifevest for DD (3 at the time) to wear to go down the waterslide. Unfortunately I didn't catch her in time and with the lifevest she shot across the pool like a cannonball. Yikes!

[lala]

If you are flying, I definitely would use theirs! I've seen what happened to bronxgirl 's DD, too, it's pretty funny but scary, too.

As long as there is a baby area, you might be able to keep the babies happy there. It will be challenging!

[miss1180]

they'll have them there, so you can just use those. ALSO I'm pretty sure you'll be able to use the kid's splash area thats over at Port orleans- french quarter...so that might be a good option, too and maybe less stressful than the pool

[ilikedonuts]

We saw lots of kids using them at our resorts in October/November when we were there.

[bronxgirl]

Jan 13, 2017 14:50:48 GMT -5 lala said:

If you are flying, I definitely would use theirs! I've seen what happened to bronxgirl 's DD, too, it's pretty funny but scary, too.

As long as there is a baby area, you might be able to keep the babies happy there. It will be challenging!

. I'm so glad to hear it wasn't just me!

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Yes they had them at both the quiet pool and the main pool at CBR. Lots of sizes too but you can also bring your own.

[georgeglass]

Jan 13, 2017 14:39:15 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

When we stayed at PORiverside they gave us a lifevest for DD (3 at the time) to wear to go down the waterslide. Unfortunately I didn't catch her in time and with the lifevest she shot across the pool like a cannonball. Yikes!

On our first trip, when the twins were 3, H went to catch our son at the end of the slide. Our son had chickened out at the top of the stairs, so H caught the next person in line - an adult man....

[jeaniebueller]

I wouldn't bring your own. They have life vests for the kids to wear that are pretty nice. My DS wore one the entire time.