Tips for my itinerary: family with 2 kids with focus on Disneyland

Hello 🙂

We are a family of four with two kids (one year old and five years old). I'm planning a 15-day trip through Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka in November. The highlights of our trip will be Disneyland for my older child (and us, of course) and the foliage season. We will likely have two large suitcases and two light strollers.

The key points of my itinerary are:

• For Disneyland/DisneySea, I plan to arrive early to take advantage of the Premier Access pass. We will need to return to the hotel for a lunch break and then go back to Disneyland for the rest of the day. This means I need a hotel near Disneyland. The Bay Hotel Urayasu-ekimae is a 30-minute trip using public transport, but I could take a taxi for the early morning visit.
• However, any hotel near Disneyland is far from other attractions, so I’m considering changing hotels on the fourth day.
• Kyoto is pretty straightforward. I’ve planned many attractions, but if we don’t have time for all of them, that’s okay.
• For Osaka, I considered cutting one day and adding it to Tokyo, but I think it might be better to have some slower-paced days in Osaka.

I’d appreciate tips on how to make our trip more manageable:

1. Does anyone have suggestions on how to avoid changing hotels? Lunch breaks are necessary in my opinion.
2. What’s the best way to handle hotel changes and moving luggage around? Our younger baby is quite demanding, so sending all our luggage a day in advance doesn’t seem practical. Do hotels in Tokyo generally allow you to leave luggage for a few hours after checkout?
3. Any suggestions about anything are welcome 😅

Thank you.