Disney on a Budget?

JodiM.

Earning My Ears
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We are planning a trip to WDW the end of May.

We found a lovely house for a steal that came highly recommend from friends, so that is taken care of.

My problem is going to be finding the best deal on tickets, and getting a good list of what to do with my kids while there.

My kids range in ages from 13-18mo so we have a variety of interests there.

I definitely want to go to Magic Kingdom and also Universal Studios, since I loved it when I was a kid.

This is the first real vacation we've ever taken (normally our vacations include visiting family, or 'mini-vacations' locally) so we want to get the most out of it.
We are staying for a full wee, and we really don't want to spend more than $2,000. on everything (lodging excluded, since it's paid for) *we have 4 adults, 1 child and the other 2 are free to get in*

For souvegnirs (sp????) I plan on letting the kids each get 1 thing, if they want more, they all have their own money to buy it.

We plan on eating at the house for breakfast, and probably dinner (other than the occasional night out during the week) at the house, or somewhere inexpensive, like a pizza joint.

I wasn't sure if we could take coolers to WDW, but thought about having every other day as sandwhiches, etc for lunch, so we can use our money on more creative things.

Does anyone have any recommendations to help make this possible for us?

I would love to get a ticket that allowed us to go to all the parks (WDW, US, SW, etc) and wasn't sure if they sold something like that.
I know they sell park hopper tickets for WDW, but I'm really thinking my kids will only want to go to MK and maybe MGM (but if we go to US, that's kind of redundant)

Are there any good sites to get discounted tickets?

Thanks so much for any advice you can give.
 
No advice right now, but why don't you post this on the budget board? We are all about saving money over there!
 
At the very least I would get 4 day base tickets for WDW. I can't imagine going and not visiting each park at least once. :crazy2:

My son was 13 during our last trip; his favorites in Epcot were Test Track, Mission Space, Soaring, World Showcase and Illuminations.

MGM Tower of Terror, Rock N Roller Coaster, the new stunt show and Fantasmic

We're both looking forward to EE in Animal Kingdom.

Checkout mousesavers.com, if you sign up for the newsletter, you'll be able to purchase MYW passes for ticketmania for a good price.
 
Because I'm a twit, and didn't even think about that board. LOL

Off to post there, thanks!
 









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