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e. What to Budget

OVERVIEW

For the recommended week in December 2009, assuming you are a family of 4 with one child younger than 10 and one older, budget

  • $6,950 if you are staying at the Polynesian, or

  • $4,475 if you are staying at the Pop Century, and

  • add to this budget the costs of getting your family to and from Orlando.

 Add 7.5% per year for Decembers in later years.  See Special Circumstances if you are on particularly tight budget, for (difficult) ideas to reduce the budget by more than $1,000. 

If you can’t go the week I recommend, see Estimating Budgets for Different Trips.

WHAT THIS INCLUDES

The budget figures shown include Walt Disney World Resort hotel accommodations, food, park tickets, and several separately priced meals and special events. 

Transportation between your hotel and other Disney destinations, which is free, is also included. 

If you are flying into Orlando International Airport (MCO), transportation between your Disney resort and the airport is also free, although you must sign up for it. Signing up is included in your To-Do List.

DIFFERENT FAMILIES

If your family is a different size or your children have different ages than the above, but you can still go during the recommended week, then use use the approach on Estimating Budgets for Different Trips.

DIFFERENT WEEKS

If you can’t go the week I recommend, then see Estimating Budgets for Different Trips.

NOTES

Budget figures always (unless noted otherwise)

  • Exclude transportation to and from your home to Orlando  
  • Assume December 5, 2009 as your arrival date
  • Assume your family needs only one room
  • Assume that you reserve the least expensive room offered in the resort you pick,  and
  • Assume that you select the basic 7 day park ticket option without any add-ons

WHAT TO BUDGET LINKS 

  • See this for what to budget during the basic December trip
  • See Special Circumstances if for the basic December trip you are on particularly tight budget, for (difficult) ideas to reduce the budget by more than $1,000
  • If you can’t go the week I recommend, see Estimating Budgets for Different Trips
  • To design a trip around a specific budget target, see this

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