I am actually a little weepy today

[annie1995]

How do you afford disney???
Cheap airfare, codes for rooms (or a value or even off site priceline), and the fact that I have a job that I can get extra time (translation overtime) to pay for everything before we go. That's how I like it;

That's the ticket! Overtime to pay for everything before you go! We will not go If we have to charge any of it. The only thing I came back to was a huge pile of laundry and luggage, no vacation bills!!! If you can't afford to go without charging it, then it's not the right time to go. We went for 10 days, and the money we saved aside for food and souvies, was just "fun money". To top it off , we came back with just over half of it, so we stuck it into a savings account to earn interest for our next time we are able to go! Who knows, hopefully we'll be lucky and Disney will do the free dining thing again!

 

[back2disney]

You have to have your priorities in check .
FOOD
SHELTER
DISNEY
ALL ELSE

How do you afford disney???
Cheap airfare, codes for rooms (or a value or even off site priceline), and the fact that I have a job that I can get extra time (translation overtime) to pay for everything before we go. That's how I like it; I set my own schedule and my paycheck is determined by how much I work. I'm very fortunate that way.
Also, since I have had gastric bypass my food bill has decreased tremendously!

How do you afford disney???
Cheap airfare, codes for rooms (or a value or even off site priceline), and the fact that I have a job that I can get extra time (translation overtime) to pay for everything before we go. That's how I like it;[\QUOTE]

That's the ticket! Overtime to pay for everything before you go! We will not go If we have to charge any of it. The only thing I came back to was a huge pile of laundry and luggage, no vacation bills!!! If you can't afford to go without charging it, then it's not the right time to go. We went for 10 days, and the money we saved aside for food and souvies, was just "fun money". To top it off , we came back with just over half of it, so we stuck it into a savings account to earn interest for our next time we are able to go! Who knows, hopefully we'll be lucky and Disney will do the free dining thing again!

Thanks for the tips!
I already have made plans for 2 more trips, 1 in 7 years and 1-4 years after that.. This will be my wifes 1st trip ever and I bet she will want to go back sooner so with this blueprint maybe I will be able to convince her to give up her knitting & scrapbooking(which incidently drives me crazy)