How much is your 2013 WDW vacation going to cost you?

[CHIPSTER]

Going /1-2/10 and staying at Pop Century, 2 adults.

Room (poolside preferred for 9 nights) $854
Tickets 8 day Park Hopper $624
Airfare $$376

Total: $1854

No dining plan - we opted for the military discount and ill get our passes at Shades of Green.

Made 6 table service ressies - the others will be quick service.

 

[DonaldDuckFamily]

I am confused - how did you get free dining in 2012 Easter week. No offeres were ever opened up in 2012. It was the first Easter week in a long time that no deals were offered.

We got free dining because our arrival date was Thursday March 29th. The Free dining went through the 30th. Since we arrived on the 29th, Free Dining was for our entire stay .

 

[CarrieR]

I need to find my budget sheet, but I figured out that I need to make $5300 for Disney vacations in 2013.

January: 4 nights, Half Marathon, purchase AP + TIW
April: 8 nights, Pop
August: 7 nights, AoA LM rooms
Sept:4 nights at DLR, AP upgrade, half marathon
December: 6 nights at BLT on rented points (if all goes as planned)

There are 3-4 of us in the room each time, except DLR, so that helps with the cost. I have a two-day base I am upgrading to the AP and am able to pay for appx 50% of my flights with Southwest points. Obviously it helps a lot that I am a single who travels with friends!

We eat for about 50% of the dining plan... TS two out of every three days, lots of snacky eating. Everything is paid for with gift cards, which garner fuelperks, so that a portion of my gas budget can be funneled into the WDW fund

We are adding an impromptu stay in Feb, that is outside of this budget. My bosses told me to pick a three-day weekend to take off and my BFF had the opportunity to stay at YC for a mega-discount... so okay! That will add several hundred to the overall budget.

 

[Belle83]

We just booked ours with the spring discount! For 2 Adults, April 18-April 23 (5 nights, 6 days), ours is:

5 Nights @ Pop Century (Standard Room): $589.50
4-Day MYW Tickets: $495.76
Total: $1,085.26

Obviously this excludes airfare, food, etc. The discount saved us about $163.50 compared to paying rack rate for Pop Century and buying tickets on Undercover Tourist.

 

[tylerzmommy]

This might make me throw up because I haven't been brave enough to actually total anything up yet. However, I have been as diligent as I possibly could about finding every possible discount that I could and being as frugal as possible.

7 nights at FW campground: $397.13
(2) adult & (1) child 6 day MYW tickets (no hoppers): $822.25
food budget for in-camper eating/necessities: $350.00
rough budget for in-park eating (eating out dinner every night-YIKES!): $500
rough idea for gas from VA to FL (driving a truck & camper): $400 round-trip
dogsitter for 4 legged baby not traveling to WDW: $200.00
Souveniers in WDW: $50 (my son will use a gift card)

Grand Total: $2984.38


So far, we have the following in gift cards to (hopefully) offset the costs a bit:

Disney Gift Cards: $265.00
Wal-Mart Gift Cards (to buy groceries/necessities for the camper): $380.00
Visa/American Express gift cards: $350.00

Possible End total after using gift cards: $1989.38 <-- not too horribly bad in the grand scheme of things, I guess

We also have some random restaurant gift cards that I'm hoping we can use to eat dinner on our travels down and possibly back. That would be nice!

 

[2012bella13]

Play,stay & dine
3-adults & 1 4yr old dd- FEB. 24-MAR 2
A.O.A. SUITE

room,quick service & 6 day tickets: $3250.00
cinderella' table $187.00
mousekeeping tips $25.00
car rental (driving down) $446.00
boarding dog $225.00
gas d&b $344.00
1 nights lodging? $150.00
food o-w-d $30.00
extras $100.00
total $4757.00

 

[mommyrants]

Going on Stay, Play & Dine for 2 A, DS5 and DD9
CSR from 2/9 - 2/15 (inc 5 day MYW and DDP)
$2765
Rental Car National - $167
Air - $480 one way ord to MCO (Used Miles to fly home)
Souvenirs $150
Wishes Dessert Party $78
Groceries and Adult Beverages $100

Total - $3740

 

[Mousemommy1]

Travel Dates: 4/18/13 - 4/28/13 (10 nights/11 days)
Travel Party: 2 Adults, 2 Children (8 and 6 at time of travel)
Resort: Yacht Club, Garden View Room = $2925.48 (with 40% military discount)
Airfare: RT from Boston via Jet Blue = $1181.40 (this includes travel insurance)
Food and souvenirs: $1750 (we'll be using TiW card)
Tickets: $0 (we have annual passes from this year that I've already included the entire purchase of on our last 11 day trip)
Grand Total: $5856.88

And, tomorrow, it will be PAID IN FULL!!!!

 

[mousiemom]

to see what everyone is paying!!! i guess this is why we get the question how do yall do disney every year, well this is how:
-we drive down(7 hrs)
-3 adults for AOA (LM) for 8 nights 11/29-12/7
-we never do the parkhoppers, we only do the 2 day base to get the free dining package(that we are hoping for again) the we upgrade our tickets to a 6 day when we check in.
-we never get trip insurance(all 30 trips) i understand why people get it.
grand total - $1,741

 

[twoplustwins]

room (6 nights), tickets (7 day), food, gas (driving 16 hours each way), souvenirs

$3500

 

[Tasha228]

Haven't officially booked it yet but have already checked what rates will be...

Dates of travel: April 21 thru April 28
Resort: AKL
Room type: Pool view
Our group: Just me and DFi (going for our honeymoon! )
Tickets: 7 days with Park Hoppers
Dining plan: Disney dining plan

$3,451

Plus, roundtrip airfare: $467

This is if the best offer we use is the 30% off spring deal...which is still saving us nearly $1000 so I'm not complaining!!

 

[angelmom27]

Got the official amount today after applying the spring discount it will be $990.22. That is with 1 day passes only. Waiting for the new FL resident Discover Disney passes to come out. Then I will use the cost of the onday ticket and upgrade at check in to the 4 day passes. Should only be around $80 +tax. This is for our May trip. Still have to book our Christmas trip and pay for me and my dds trip to night of joy weekend.

 

[smellyia]

Just changed from Swan to BC for our May/June trip with the 30% discount. 2 adults, 1 3yo

BC- 9 nights standard view with 10 day park hopper package- $3932.16
Dining (no plan)/Grocers/Alcohol- $1400
Fun Money- $500
Photopass (pre-buy)- $120
Dog Sitter- $300
Airfare x3- $760
**1 free from SWA

Total: $7012.16

 

[johny3]

nearly set now. with the promotion we decided to pay the upgrade for water view at coronado
so it looks like

buffalo to mco flights 2 adults, 1 5 year old 1 11 month old - $600
8 days 7 nights coronado water view
+ 5 day base ticket- $2091

$2691 not including food and dog sitting fee. With the promotion it ended up motivating me to stay onsite for the first time.

 

[mhartel1]

2 adults 2 kids POFQ Easter week, 8 nights with 8 day park hoppers, disney dining plan is $4700.

Priced airfare at $1200 so we are going to drive instead ( about 10 hours).

We could have saved a couple hundred more by going to POR, but wanted to stay in the smaller resort.

 

[Coyotesweat]

Feb 1-7 pop century. Play stay dine with quick service. Standard room, magic your way 7 day tickets.
$1425 for package
$486 RT airfare southwest from Austin.

Plus a bit for tips, two table service meals, meals while on long layover in Atlanta (perk of cheap tickets) glowing drinks and souvenirs. Maybe $300?

Very happy with pricing.

 

[squee!! disney!!]

I've booked and already paid for my trip in March.

Just me, all by my disney lonesome (have others meeting me throughout the trip.)
6 days, 5 nights at PO Riverside with a river view (thinking of upgrading to royal suite.)
6 Day pass with park hopper
Quick service dining plan
roundtrip airfare from chicago midway to orlando.

$1702.40

i'm sooo excited!!

 

[Dawson's Mom]

Here it is, this may hurt me:

February 7-17, 2013- 10 nights/11 days
2Adults and 1 child-(3) and 1 child (2)
AKV-Studio Standard View-Rented Points $1860
Basic Dining Plan $1283
Tickets-Basic 6 day-$816.00
R/T Flights from Detroit to Orlando-$1130- This hurt the most!

Grand Total-$5,089

This is more than last year, but DS was 2 and Free, wish he was still free, atleast we have one more year to have to pay for DD
All in all not too bad, this is our only vacation of the year so I guess its not so bad, okay just trying to justify to myself!

 

[Jenmia]

Mid September
5 nights and 6 days

2 adults 1 child

1 Bedroom at the Kidani Villa AKL Savannah View

5 day Hopper Passes
I had a PIN CODE for 30% off our stay

$3500
Airfare $500 Roundtrip (I have airline points)
Total$4000

 

[Coyotesweat]

Feb 1-7 pop century. Play stay dine with quick service. Standard room, magic your way 7 day tickets.
$1425 for package
$486 RT airfare southwest from Austin.

Plus a bit for tips, two table service meals, meals while on long layover in Atlanta (perk of cheap tickets) glowing drinks and souvenirs. Maybe $300?

Very happy with pricing.

Now added:
2 tickets to Behind the Seeds tour $37
1 ticket Magic Behind the Steam Trains tour for hubby. $51. Decided to shower him with pixie dust! Worth it though. Rather get tours than a resort with a water slide in February! So total is somewhere around $2100 for two plus some spending money and cab fare to MK for the early am steam train tour.

Whee! It feels great to know all the important stuff is now paid for. Meals, room, tickets, tours, flights, park transportation. As a relatively low earner, I can relax more knowing that.

Wdw here we come at last! It will be totally worth selling my scooter and all that overtime on the holidays!!

Katie