Best price for a family of 4

[pennyg]

My youngest daughter will be turning 7 in January so we have decided to save up to go between New Year's and school starting back on Jan 8th. The stay looks like it will be less than $2K for a room on site and hopper passes for 5 days (room only is less than $500). The problems is I don't have the money to put down on it if I book now. Can I get the tickets when we get there for the same price I get them online now? We might be able to swing the room better to put money down at the start of September. I know we can save the rest of the money for the trip before we leave in January.

We are planning to arrive at our Disney hotel on Jan 2 due to room rates, but was hoping to stay 1/1 off site if we can get a better rate than Disney's nearly double room price for that one night.

I need ideas on how much it will cost to feed us while there (I haven't been in over 15 years

We have no credit cards and do not intend to open one to pay for the trip. Our motto is if we can't afford it we can't do it.

Also, does Disney make you prove birthday/anniversary dates? The little one's birthday is not until Jan 14th and the other one isn't long after followed by our 20 year anniversary so we hoped to do both of their celebrations and ours while there (we celebrated our 5th there way back).

I apologize for so many questions. Disney w/o kids was so much less expensive than with. Any help or insights are greatly appreciated.

 

[worm761]

You will pay the same price at Disney as you will online for tickets. The cheapest way to get tickets is usually to sign up for the monthly newsletter from Mousesavers. Follow the link to the Undercover Tourist website and get your tickets through them. They are an authorized discount dealer.
http://www.mousesavers.com/

For food prices check out the menus on All Ears. http://allears.net/din/dining.htm

You do not have to prove the dates of your celebrations. You are welcome to celebrate anything you want. The buttons are free and the only thing you might get will be Happy Birthday's and Congratulations on your anniversary.

 

[angierae]

My youngest daughter will be turning 7 in January so we have decided to save up to go between New Year's and school starting back on Jan 8th. The stay looks like it will be less than $2K for a room on site and hopper passes for 5 days (room only is less than $500). The problems is I don't have the money to put down on it if I book now. Can I get the tickets when we get there for the same price I get them online now? We might be able to swing the room better to put money down at the start of September. I know we can save the rest of the money for the trip before we leave in January.

We are planning to arrive at our Disney hotel on Jan 2 due to room rates, but was hoping to stay 1/1 off site if we can get a better rate than Disney's nearly double room price for that one night.

I need ideas on how much it will cost to feed us while there (I haven't been in over 15 years

We have no credit cards and do not intend to open one to pay for the trip. Our motto is if we can't afford it we can't do it.

Also, does Disney make you prove birthday/anniversary dates? The little one's birthday is not until Jan 14th and the other one isn't long after followed by our 20 year anniversary so we hoped to do both of their celebrations and ours while there (we celebrated our 5th there way back).

I apologize for so many questions. Disney w/o kids was so much less expensive than with. Any help or insights are greatly appreciated.

If you book room only, you can buy tickets once you get there. If you book room only you have to put down one night's deposit, the rest is due when you check in. If you do a package, it's $200 at booking, the rest due at 45 days out.

Other have pointed you towards allears.net, that's the best place to get an idea on food.

And no, no one is going to make you prove anything to wear birthday or anniversary buttons.