Monday, January 5, 2009

Kid Friendly Travels

My in-laws deserve a big prize for finding such kid-friendly ways to travel. SOme I think was by accident, but some of it was planned with the kids in mind.

First, we loved Southwest Airlines. Not only do you not have to worry about paying to check bags (which we had a few of since I packed for six people) but they are so ready for kids. They have lids and straws that go on the cups of juice, they had activity books with neat pencils that were a different color on each side of the point, the flight attendants would stop and talk to the kids, and they even let the kids see into the cockpit when the flight was done. All in all it made things really wonderful. (On another note they were great about Michael's peanut and tree nut allergy. They didn't serve peanuts at all, and also let everyone on the plane know about an allergy on board and asked that people not open anything they brought that might have nuts. I know they can't guarantee anything, but it is nice they asked.)
The kids by the cock pit.  Michael especially thought this was very cool.

My in-laws also found a hotel with a free shuttle back and forth to Disneyland that had the cutest rooms.  They were called Kid's Suites and these little rooms connected to a nice large room for Mom and Dad.  
There was a little table with stools . . .

Bunk beds . . . 

A little couch (that pulled out to a bed) and TV with the Disney channel . . . 
And best of all, the doors betweent he two rooms could close so mom and dad could get a bit more sleep (or try at least.)

The kids had a great time in the hotel, and they slept really well too.  Haveing such a nice place to stay and having our travels go so smoothly made the trip a million times better.  Thanks Don and Sue!

1 comment:

Lisa said...

That hotel is amazing! What a great idea.