First Trip to WDW in 20yrs. I Need Help.

[hazeleyedgal]

Hi all. I plan on going to Florida for Christmas to see my Mom and Dad. I am going with my 3 Girls(11,8 and3) and my Best Friend. We only will be able to stay 2-3 days in Orlando and I really don't have alot of money to spend. I could use all the help I get. I don't really want to spend all that money on memberships to anything since I probably won't be able to go for another 20 yrs.LOL You can post here or e-mail me with suggestions. Please put DISNEY in the subject line.

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[Barb D]

We're going down for a family reunion, and will have 2 days (and very little money) to spend at WDW. We go every year or so, and usually only spend a few days (always in conjunction with visits to relatives to Florida.) We've figured out lots of ways to save.

First of all, check out the discount codes at http://www.mousesavers.com. We were able to get a room at All Star Music for $55 with a discount code. You can only have 4 in a room there, though, so with your group you'd have to get 2 rooms. (We're in the same boat. I'm going with my mom and my 3 kids, 11, 9 and 3.) You can get 5 in a room at Port Orleans. They're booked for when we're going or we'd stay there.
You can also get 5 in a room at some of the offsite places, but I've never stayed at any of them so I hesitate to recommend them.

If you're staying on site you can get Unlimited Magic Passes, which get you into all the parks. We don't have enough time or money for that this year, so we're spending one day in the Magic Kingdom and one day riding monorails, boats, etc. to the differerent resort areas. For your girls, it would be great if you could get multi-day passes so you can go to all the parks. I'd really suggest getting a copy of Birnbaum's Walt Disney World By Kids for Kids. Let them go through it and figure out what their highest priorties are. Your 3yo will definitely have the most fun at Magic Kingdom (MK).

 

[JustcallmeBelle]

Wow..first trip in 20yrs.How wonderful and exciting for you..I bet you're counting down the days til D day!! Did you know that they sell these Keychain Countdown Clocks on http://www.Nutztogo.Com I bought one for myself, and my kids, and we count down our trips to Disney.In between our trips we use it to countdown to some other special event in our lives..Right now we're using it to countdown to MNSSHP in Oct.
They also have some other products that would be nice for the kids to take to Disney..It might make for some inexpensive Christmas gifts for your kids..
There's this other site called http://www.Diznutz.comwhere you can get some money saving ideas about traveling to Disney.How to find cheap hotel rooms, buying passes,booking Priority Seatings for dinner, and a trip planner..Check it out you'll be glad you did..Have a Great Holiday, and a trip filled with Magic...