How much do you spend for a Disney vacation

[ont/ohana]

December trip 9 days :
Flights from Buffalo $580 usd
1 bedroom villa at SSR 0$ ( DVC points )
Annual passes with DVC discount $1100 usd
Groceries $80
spending money and MVMCP $1800
total = $3660.

March trip 7 days :
Flights from Buffalo $610 usd
studio at OKW and BCV $0 ( DVC points )
park tickets $0 ( still have annual passes )
spending money and misc $950.00
total = $1560.00

 

[LauraAnn630]

Uh-huh, way more than the $1,600.00 they are advertising! LOL

 

[adamsloco]

Uh-huh, way more than the $1,600.00 they are advertising! LOL

Yep!!

I've been saving up for this trip. I've been working, well, like this guy --> Now it's time for the splurge!

 

[Kazzy1548]

Ok here I go. Our first trip in 2005 cost us 3200$$ without counting souvenirs. We got a deal with visa money at par. We stayed at All Star movies and flew from Montreal and landed at Sanford.
This August we are flying out of Burlington saving 1400 in air fair . We are paying 1200$ for 2 adults and 2 kids although my oldest dd is going to be 13 and she is considered an adult.Plus 1070$ for DDp and 1900$ for Pop Century plus park Hoper and water parks . We have already paid for our flight and the down payement at WDW. We have already saved enough to pay for the difference.
In total we will be paying 4170$ $ for 7 nights and 8 days. That of course is not including souvenirs. The girls have already saved their birthday money to spend there and we buy about 200$ for souvenirs. We have been saving since we came back from our last trip.
Next trip we plan in staying longer but driving down instead and making other stops on the way.

ME
My DH
MY 13 DD
My 7 DD
and Brewsky 5

 

[pkitty]

Just got home last night -
DVC points - 8 nights plus my parents in a studio for 2 nights - No cost
Premium AP (last year ) - 3 adults dd is 13 - 1200.00 LY (Total use 18 days)
This years passes - No cost
Dining plan - 3 adults plus taxes and gratuities included - 957.00
Driving (TDI Jetta Wagon) -175.00 round trip
Hotel stays (one down one back)-140.00
Souvenirs - 505.00

Total - 1777.00

NOte to all: Bought my DVC at SSR three years ago - 160 points at 95.00
Cost 10500.00 US
Useage - 50 year contract

Starting to pay off....for those of you investing 6000-8000 per trip....it's worth it to look at this option!

 

[PBX1]

We went all out for this upcoming trip and have hit the $9700 CDN mark!!

 

[Joann]

We go May 6th to the 16th and this is what we have payed!This is for Me DH DS 11 DD 13

Pop Century for 10 nights 11 days with 10 day park hopper with water parks and more......2043.56 US
SW airlines return for 4 .... 543.20 US

Car Charger ... for 11 days 286.20

4- 7 day passes for Universal Studios....343.96

Food about 100.00 a day aprox. we don't eat Breakfast we do a brunch and dinner so for 11 days..... 1100.00 aprox.

spending money... unlimited... whatever we want we just buy so not sure .....we go to the malls and outlets
GRAND TOTAL SO FAR>>>>>>>>>

4316.92 US not including what we may buy when there

 

[Desamona]

3 Adults, 1 10y, Hallowe'en, 8 days 7 nights

Transportation:$1129
Food: $1089
POFQ: approx $950 Still waiting for good codes!
Tickets: $888
Nouba & MNSSHP: $452

Probably going to spend about $4800 CDN to go.

Can't wait!

Desamona

 

[SplashMom]

The transportation costs are the most variable for us. This time we are using Airmiles so the taxes/fees for 4 were around $700. Other trips, airfare has always been around $2000 out of Halifax. Last time we drove and the cost was $1650 for gas, hotels (3 nights down and 3 nights back), meals, etc.

Once we are there, we have a Disney package (hotel for 11 nights & 10 day tickets including park hopper/water parks) for approx $2100. We have Seaworld tickets that we got through airmiles as well, so the cost was $0 compared to $250. Our meals are usually around $100/day and the souvenirs are around $600, although the kids are a bit older and they do lots of outlet shopping with their own money.

The total budget this time will come in a little under $5000 but in reality, we will probably go a bit over. Other trips have been around $7000. We don't have any other really bad habits so we consider this our escape!

 

[deb123453]

i don't have the breakdown but for me and my dd7, with 6 nights staying at the pop with the dining plan and hopper and a 4 night cruise,and the flight, it is costing $3500. thats not counting what we spend there but at least all the food is paid

 

[laura001]

Our upcoming trip, just DH and I are for 8 nights (CSR, king bed, water view)),9 day park hopper with water park....purchased package with dining

Your Transportation costs? 2 flights out of buffalo $271 return
Your Hotel stay costs? package price with dining and tickets $2747
Your Ticket costs?
Your Food costs? extra for wine/alcohol $200.00
Your Souvenirs cost? $100 plus two tours
(segway and backstagesafari) $254 = $354.00

total for 9 days = $3572.00

 

[A&CsMom]

Transportation Costs - driving down about $450US including gas while there plus $50US for hotel on the way back (driving straight thru on the way there)

Hotel Costs - renting 4 bed/3 bath villa 14 nights $1700US including taxes and pool/hot tub heat

Ticket Costs - still have 3 days on park hoppers, plus bought Orlando 4 Park FlexTickets (2 adults, 2 children) $650US and La Nouba Tickets (these are a surprise) $230US

Food Costs - this could be pretty variable depending how much we eat out, but maybe $600US?

Souvenirs - $150US

Total approx. $3830US or $4500Canadian (ouch, that conversion hurts!)

 

[SnowWhite]

Our upcoming trip in may we did a package deal with DDP and is costing for the 4 of us 10 nights at the POP $2900.00

10 nights POP
7 day w/hopper and extras
DDP
---------------------------
$2900.00
$340.00 Gas cost
$500.00 Souvies
---------------------------
$3740.00 Approx total cost.

Rob (Snowwhites DH)

 

[walkena]

$400 US for 3 people return from Buffallo to Orlando (love Southwest)
$60 to park the car at the airport for 12 days (coupon from Buffallo airport website)
$220 CAD for a mini-van for a weekend - heading down to Vero Beach
$340 for two nights @ Vero Beach (Studio with DVC 25% discount)
10 days split b/w Beach Club Villas and Wilderness Lodge Villas (using DVC points)
Using the last two weeks on our annual passes (purchased for last years trip - covers two trips)
$2000 for food and souvies - we always end up spending less, but we will see....

Total $3020

 

[NikP]

These are my estimated costs.
4 of us. 2 Adults, 2 Children

POFQ Oct 3 - 13, 2007
Park hopper tickets for ten days and dining plan.
$3316.70 US converted at 1.15 $3814.21 CDN (I bought my US when rate was down).
Transportation Costs: Not sure waiting for Southwest to open up, but I have allocated $1200.00 CDN for transportation costs. This includes 1 night in Buffalo and parking.
Spending Money: $1200.00 CDN
Grand total $6214.21 CDN approx.

I am also looking at tickets for MNSSHP, and Hoop Dee Do. These costs will come out of our spending money. My kids are also taking some spending money. For Easter instead of hunting for candy eggs, my Grandmother is using US$. My sons peanut allergy is actually working to our favor here.

I hope I haven't forgotten anything. I have not shared this with my husband. All he needs to know is that we have the money saved and when he needs to get time off of work. I am not going to bogg him down with the details.

 

[bgula]

Camping at DW is the way to go. We usually stay about a month in the summer and it breaks down like this:

~30 days accommodations : $1250

Gas there and back + Misc. : $1200

Annual passes for 3 (2 Ad. 1 Ch) : $1200

Food ($25/day) : $750

Total: $4400 U.S. or a little over $5000 Cdn

Extra spending we use money we've built up on our Paypal credit card from Ebay sales, but we've been so many times now that we don't buy many souveniers.

 

[Jaime]

On our first trip in 2001 for me & DH is cost us $3931US for everything including outlet shopping but that worked out to be $6290CN. The exchange rate was horrible! We did 2 weeks offsite went to Disney, Sea World, Universal & St.Pete's. Our 10 day trip in 2004 cost us $1500CN for everything...and this time we had our dd...we used airmiles...left over passes...points to get free seaworld tickets...stayed across the street for Universal for 6 nights for $336CN and at the Boardwalk Villas for for nights renting points $400CN(rent 2 bedroom split the cost 3 ways). Our 7 day trip 2005 trip cost us $3500CN for 2 adults/2 children...we flew with Air Transat from Newfoundland...used ME for transportation...stayed at POP on free dining plan passes and food included...used points to go to Sea World...and rented car for $50CN for the day.

 

[MomtoEmIs&Ow]

I really just don't get how people can drive to FL from Ontario, on $175 gas round trip You can seriously drive for 48hrs on that much gas???

 

[RainbowsMist]

I really just don't get how people can drive to FL from Ontario, on $175 gas round trip You can seriously drive for 48hrs on that much gas???

We just drove from Boston to Nova Scotia last night on $58 US dollars. It was 1070 km and 11 hours. We drive a 2002 Pontiac Montana.

 

[RainbowsMist]

We LOVED our trip and really want to go back next year. Our costs seem really high compared to others. Perhaps experts can help us cut back or offer some saving tips?

Flights $1400 CAD (5 ppl, Delta, BOS to MCO)
Gas $150 (we drove from Nova Scotia to Boston...flights were MUCH cheaper)
Park, Sleep & Fly Boston $200 (inc. 14 days parking, 1 night accomodations)
Attraction Tickets $2000 (5 - 7 Day MYW tickets (4 adult, 1 child), 5 US/IOA ($89 US per person for both parks - website special), 4 Sea World (got childs with airmiles)
Villa $1280 US ($1600 CAD) 4 bedroom pool home, 14 nights
Mini Van Rental $500 CAD 2 weeks ($418 USD)
Gas $100
Groceries $300
Attraction Parking $100
Double Stroller Rentals $120
Spending Money $1500 (5 people)

Total: $7970