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MORE ON HOW TO BUDGET YOUR WALT DISNEY WORLD TRIP

This page brings together to one place key links on budgeting your Walt Disney World trip and related material on this site. It’s part of a series on navigating this site.

LINKS FOR WHAT TO BUDGET FOR WALT DISNEY WORLD

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

For help getting to much lower budget numbers,

• See this for links to current Walt Disney World deals and discounts
• For basic Disney World budgeting concepts, see Planning Your Walt Disney World Budget
• To design a trip around a specific budget target–e.g., what you can do for $2,500–see this
• For reducing your lodging costs,
  • See The Tightwad’s Guide to Where to Stay at Walt Disney World
  • See this for links to current Walt Disney World deals and discounts
• For reducing your dining costs,
  • For ideas on cutting your dining costs compared to what this site recommends, see this
  • For a period during which dining is sometimes free, see The Tightwad’s Guide to When to Go to Walt Disney World
• 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

THE COMFORTABLE GUIDE TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

• The Most Comfortable Time to Go to Walt Disney World
• The Comfortable Guide to How Long to Stay at Walt Disney World
• The Most Comfortable Place to Stay at Walt Disney World:
  • 1. The Options
  • 2. Recommendations
• The Most Comfortable Way to Travel to Walt Disney World
• The Most Comfortable Way to Tour the Theme Parksat Walt Disney World:
  • 1. Minimizing Planning Time
  • 2. Minimizing Advance Planning
  • 3. Reducing Daily Scheduling
  • 4. Eliminating Early Mornings
• Planning Your Walt Disney World Budget
• Victoria and Albert’s

THE TIGHTWAD’S GUIDE TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

• The Tightwad’s Guide to When to Go to Walt Disney World
• The Tightwad’s Guide to Which Night to Check In
• The Tightwad’s Guide to Where to Stay at Walt Disney World
  • 1. The Tightwad’s Guide to the Best Resort Hotel Bargains
  • 2. The Tightwad’s Guide to Resort Deals and Discounts
  • 3. The Tightwad’s Guide to Getting Deluxe Rooms at Rock Bottom Prices
  • 4. The Tightwad’s Guide to Staying Off-Site
• The Tightwad’s Guide to How Long to Stay at Walt Disney World
• Air Travel 201: The Tightwad’s Guide to Cheap Flights to Walt Disney World
• The Tightwad’s Guide to How to Eat at Walt Disney World
• Planning Your Walt Disney World Budget

HOW FAR IN ADVANCE YOUR WALT DISNEY WORLD PLANS SHOULD BE FIRM

This page brings to one place links to material on this site related to when your Disney World plans should be firm. 

It’s part of a series on navigating this site.

See the links below for more!

When Your Plans Need to Be Firm

Already Too Late?

180 Day Calendar

Using Travel Agents to help with your planning

How Far in Advance You Can Book your Disney World trip

See also, from the Comfortable Guide to Walt Disney World,

• Minimizing Planning Time
• Minimizing Advance Planning

MORE ON WALT DISNEY WORLD DINING

The Disney World itineraries on this site all include suggested dining venues, and assume that you will be using the Disney Dining Plan.

This page brings together to one place linksto Walt Disney World dining issues, including  more on how to eat, where to eat, and Walt Disney World restaurant rankings.

It’s part of a series on navigating this site. 

DISNEY DINING ON THIS SITE

How to Eat

The Disney Dining Plan

What if You Can’t do the Dining Plan?

Where to Eat

Dining Alternatives

The Comprehensive Guide to Walt Disney World Dining

• The Comprehensive Guide to Magic Kingdom-Area Dining
• The Comprehensive Guide to Epcot-Area Dining

Character Meals and Dinner Shows Ranked in Order

Table Service Meals at the Parks Ranked in Order

Table Service Meals at the Resorts Ranked in Order

The Tightwad’s Guide to How to Eat at Walt Disney World

MORE ON WALT DISNEY WORLD ITINERARIES

This page brings to one place links to itineraries for Walt Disney World and other related stuff on this site. 

It’s part of a series on navigating this site.

The site recommends an 8 night itinerary for every week of the year, usually about six months out.

It also provides a few longer and shorter itineraries, guidance on crafting your own itineraries, and other helpful material such as a guide to Disney World rides.

You can find links to all of this below.

PRINCIPAL WALT DISNEY WORLD ITINERARIES AND ITINERARY LINKS [Read more →]

MORE ON GETTING EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE YOUR TRIP TO WALT DISNEY WORLD

This page brings together to one place links to Walt Disney World To-Do Lists and related material on this site. It’s part of a series on navigating this site.

Each of this site’s Disney World Itineraries has its own To-Do List. (For which itineraries are recommended for which weeks, see this.)

If you aren’t using one of this site’s itineraries, but rather are building your own itinerary, these To-Do Lists can serve as a model for you to create your own.

Note that a good travel agent, such as this site’s partner Destinations in Florida, can do almost all of this work for you, for free. [Read more →]