southern_redhead
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Our trip pricing so far:
* 7 nights (off site, 3 bed/2 bath condo) $1177
* 5 day PH/WP&M tix for 5 ppl just under $1000 if I get off my buns and book the YES program
* Food - MOST meals in the condo (we aren't huge on eating out) BUT we have ADRs for Chef Mickey (supper), 1900 PF (supper), Ohana (breakfast), and TREX (lunch) From what I found on the allears dining information I can expect to pay about $188 per dinner and $114 for breakfast for a total of about $500 for those meals. Lunch at TREX is free with giftcards I earned through MP at Christmas
Other meals I'm not budgeting because we will just buy groceries for them and we would have to do that anyway LOL
* "Souvinears" Each kid will have about $100 to spend. We are doing the "$200 free giftcard" promo with the Disney Visa. So $100 OOP for the third kid - may cash in the rest of MP for $100 in WalMart cards and use for groceries then buy a $100 DGC with the money I would have spent.......so could be $0 OOP We will buy their ears and maybe one tee for them so the $100 is strictly other things.
* Driving down/home - I'll alot $300 for that but it could go $100 over I guess depending on gas prices. Again, though, 2 tanks will be what we'd use anyway so basically we'd only be "over" on half the gas cost I think.
* We had planned to do Universal and a day at the beach but now I think we'll skip Universal this trip. We could always go back next Fall for WWOHP
I think crowds will be WILD there the last week of June with the movie coming out the middle of July.
Now, all this is tentative at this date and time (except the condo, ADRs, and rewards $) because DSS says "I'm not going, I can't leave in the summer due to football." I will believe that when we arrive in Orlando w/o him Still, if we do YES I'll have to buy the tix ahead of time and I guess I'll buy for 5 and if he goes DH will have to purchase DSS his at the gate. Such is life - I've learned not to sweat that, DSS is one of those people who can't decide ANYTHING ahead of time LOL and I just tell DH as long as he can swing those "last minute decision" costs then it doesn't affect me. I did make the ressies for six and can call to "delete" DSS on the way down (I hope) if I need to do that.
So........Our budget total (right now) is approx $3200 for five people/one week in Orlando......
Not super cheap BUT we are doing more character meals than I would if we'd been before or knew we'd be back next year. I just think the cost is justified by the fact that we have never been, the kids will "meet" a wide variety of characters without searching the parks and waiting in line vs waiting in ride lines, and we have to eat anyway so why not combine them LOL If we go back we'd probably choose to do only one character meal and then another "experience" like BBB for DD or a fireworks cruise.....
Hmm..I didn't put in our snack budget. I'm thinking (as we will break mid day most days) one snack per person/per day at $4 or so a snack. So $20 p day x 5 days = $100. Also, we all drink water vs cokes for any in between meal (and most meals) drinking so we will bring water bottles and refill. That'll go into the groceries money. What else? Parking?! I'm not sure on that but I have a $500 cushion and I'll deduct out of that for parking. The cost will far outweigh waiting on buses multiple times for an in park resort (for us, probably wouldn't for others) and we have a shuttle available from the condo (free) but it runs 2x TO Disney in the am and 2x FROM Disney in the pm. Unless you can plan your trip to exactly match those times you could end up walking........um, NO!!! LOL I'll just pay to park the car! And.....PhotoPass. I am asking DH for a preordered PP and a preordered Family Photo session for my bday. I'd rather those than flowers/dinner out/movie/weekend away or whatever gifts we usually exchange. So, I'm not budgeting that in because it's less than he would've spent anyway.
* 7 nights (off site, 3 bed/2 bath condo) $1177
* 5 day PH/WP&M tix for 5 ppl just under $1000 if I get off my buns and book the YES program
* Food - MOST meals in the condo (we aren't huge on eating out) BUT we have ADRs for Chef Mickey (supper), 1900 PF (supper), Ohana (breakfast), and TREX (lunch) From what I found on the allears dining information I can expect to pay about $188 per dinner and $114 for breakfast for a total of about $500 for those meals. Lunch at TREX is free with giftcards I earned through MP at Christmas
Other meals I'm not budgeting because we will just buy groceries for them and we would have to do that anyway LOL* "Souvinears" Each kid will have about $100 to spend. We are doing the "$200 free giftcard" promo with the Disney Visa. So $100 OOP for the third kid - may cash in the rest of MP for $100 in WalMart cards and use for groceries then buy a $100 DGC with the money I would have spent.......so could be $0 OOP We will buy their ears and maybe one tee for them so the $100 is strictly other things.
* Driving down/home - I'll alot $300 for that but it could go $100 over I guess depending on gas prices. Again, though, 2 tanks will be what we'd use anyway so basically we'd only be "over" on half the gas cost I think.
* We had planned to do Universal and a day at the beach but now I think we'll skip Universal this trip. We could always go back next Fall for WWOHP
I think crowds will be WILD there the last week of June with the movie coming out the middle of July.Now, all this is tentative at this date and time (except the condo, ADRs, and rewards $) because DSS says "I'm not going, I can't leave in the summer due to football." I will believe that when we arrive in Orlando w/o him
Still, if we do YES I'll have to buy the tix ahead of time and I guess I'll buy for 5 and if he goes DH will have to purchase DSS his at the gate. Such is life - I've learned not to sweat that, DSS is one of those people who can't decide ANYTHING ahead of time LOL and I just tell DH as long as he can swing those "last minute decision" costs then it doesn't affect me. I did make the ressies for six and can call to "delete" DSS on the way down (I hope) if I need to do that. So........Our budget total (right now) is approx $3200 for five people/one week in Orlando......
Not super cheap BUT we are doing more character meals than I would if we'd been before or knew we'd be back next year. I just think the cost is justified by the fact that we have never been, the kids will "meet" a wide variety of characters without searching the parks and waiting in line vs waiting in ride lines
, and we have to eat anyway so why not combine them LOL If we go back we'd probably choose to do only one character meal and then another "experience" like BBB for DD or a fireworks cruise.....Hmm..I didn't put in our snack budget. I'm thinking (as we will break mid day most days) one snack per person/per day at $4 or so a snack. So $20 p day x 5 days = $100. Also, we all drink water vs cokes for any in between meal (and most meals) drinking so we will bring water bottles and refill. That'll go into the groceries money. What else? Parking?! I'm not sure on that but I have a $500 cushion and I'll deduct out of that for parking. The cost will far outweigh waiting on buses multiple times for an in park resort (for us, probably wouldn't for others) and we have a shuttle available from the condo (free) but it runs 2x TO Disney in the am and 2x FROM Disney in the pm. Unless you can plan your trip to exactly match those times you could end up walking........um, NO!!! LOL I'll just pay to park the car! And.....PhotoPass. I am asking DH for a preordered PP and a preordered Family Photo session for my bday. I'd rather those than flowers/dinner out/movie/weekend away or whatever gifts we usually exchange. So, I'm not budgeting that in because it's less than he would've spent anyway.
Then we would be going to AK and HS in addition to the 
