We took our first daughter to Disney World when she was 10 months. That was our first trip with her. We took our 2nd daughter to Disney World at 5 months, 7 months and 9 months (that was our AP year).
I’m going to provide a dissenting opinion from some and recommend you consider waiting a bit on travel. Adding a newborn will affect numerous things in your life, at times it may try your marriage and certainly will test your patience. This is your first child, so there is so much unknown at this point regarding how they will behave and how you will react. When you do travel, you also may not want to attempt something “new” and expensive as your first trip. I felt very confident taking my 10 month old to Disney because it was a trip we knew how to do. There was no pressure to accomplish anything, we really let her dictate our pace, and most importantly we avoided stress and arguments because we knew exactly what to expect going in to the trip. While a cruise might be new to you guys, I guess it could also fit the bill since it’s largely a controlled environment (perhaps I’d keep my shore excursions light or nonexistent though). At any rate, I felt I’d share this - I’m sure others could see it differently. It also is hard as a parent of 2 to rewind my mind and remember what it felt like to be a brand new parent of our first child...
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@Lain corrected you lol. I’m CHEAP - we got some Kohl’s luggage from my parents for Christmas a couple years ago which replaced our decade old luggage prior to that, ain’t got no time for sinking $$$ into bags