We have done that with our kids when they were younger, I worked out so great! But I do miss those days, we don't really do that anymore. The boys are older so they aren't into buying as much "stuff" anymore.Each of my kids get a $200 GC and when it’s gone it’s gone. My DH never buys anything and I buy whatever I feel like, usually one “big” thing like a new purse or pandora jewelry or something and maybe a tee shirt or spirit jersey.
Zero for me and DH. (We've just never been into souvenir shopping at Disney or anywhere.) But lol our adult kids make up for us and just love all things Disney (always have to go to Disney Springs) -- like to get matching shirts, like cute Disney backpacks, like hats or mouse headbands to wear in the parks. And one year (Dec. 2019) I had to take my niece to the dress shop on Cherry Tree Lane. I don't normally get Christmas presents or nieces or nephews, but wanted to get her a cute Disney dress there which she loved. And OMG it's the first Disney thing I actually knew about that she didn't. She's my 30 year old Disney princess who is a 5th grade math teacher. They even have Disney days at her school, so this was super fun for her to wear it to school (Her students just loved it and she got so many compliments). Cute A line flowered dress with hidden Mickeys and Minnies. They have super cute men's shirts with hidden characters too in tropic prints that DS loves and look really good on him. He wears those a lot when going out in the summer. Lots of fun stuff.I'm just curious what everyone averages. We're really not souvenir people when it comes to WDW, but I feel like the outlier. On other trips I might buy something unique from the place I'm visiting, but when it comes to Disney we are very minimal. We always buy a Christmas ornament, and the kids are given their own spending money to manage themselves. So that might be $100 for both of the kids combined and $30 for the ornament. Last trip I bought myself a spirit jersey and it felt like a really big indulgence because I almost never buy anything for myself while on vacation in WDW. This trip all I want is a coffee mug and extra Gideon's cookies to bring home
Ahhh, my people! I am VERY enthusiastic about browsing every single shop... but I rarely ever buy anything!