Families at Walt Disney World on a Tight Budget

FAMILIES GOING TO WALT DISNEY WORLD ON A TIGHT BUDGET

This site has two sets of guidance for families going to Walt Disney World on a tight budget.

WHAT TO BUDGET LINKS

For the basic December trip recommended by this site

  • See this for what to budget during the basic December trip
  • See this if you are on particularly tight budget, for (difficult) ideas to reduce the December trip budget by more than $1,000

If you can’t go the week this site recommends, see Estimating Budgets for Different Trips

For help getting to much lower budget numbers,

 

 

  • For reducing your transportation costs, see this

 

For Walt Disney World price seasons,

  • See this for resort price seasons
  • See this for Disney Dining Plan price seasons
  • See this for Walt Disney World theme park admission tickets

For the Tightwad’s Guideto Walt Disney World, see this

For the Comfortable Guide to Walt Disney World, see this

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5 comments

1 Dave { 10.05.09 at 2:25 pm }

Thanks to LandChildWorldAdult for the mid-week arrival and departure idea!! Dave

2 Vivian { 01.15.12 at 2:45 pm }

Cool blog!

3 Dave { 01.15.12 at 2:50 pm }

Thanks, Vivian!

4 FL Family of 6 { 03.05.12 at 3:54 pm }

Here’s a sugguestion:
We are a family of 6, so budgeting is a MUST with us. Our solution might work for others out there to – so here is goes:
We stay at the Embassy Suites at Lake Buena Vista (family room to fit us all only about 2 miles from Magic Kindgom), using our reward points from our credit card. 4 nights only cost me $270 out of my own pocket which is really nice. Embassy offers a free cook- to -order breakfast which includes omelettes filled with your choice of just about everything you can imagine, muffins, breakfast meats, scrambled eggs, biscuits, hot cereals, grits, you name it, they’ve got it. They also offer a free shuttle schedule, which saves $14 a day on parking at Disney parks.
Before leaving the hotel, we’ll all grab a piece of fruit to snack on and a water bottle, throw it in a back pack and you’ve got your morning snack. Since drinks at Disney are pricey to say the least, we refill the water bottles throughout the day when needed.
By doing just these little things, it cuts the spending tremendously!

5 Dave { 03.05.12 at 4:33 pm }

Thanks for sharing your great plan!

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