Okay fellow budget warriors! Chime in! What do you do to prepare for Disneyworld on a shoestring?
We host Walt Disney World Magical Racing Quest game nights at our house. It's a Playstation game (I think there is a version out for sega Dreamcast as well) where players can race through Disneyworld attractions like Dinosaur, Pirates of the Carribbean, the Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, Rock n' Roller Coaster, Test Track, and a couple of the water parks.
It's great fun! And free (aside from the $6 investment we made months ago in the game). 
But last night, here's my report:
Peter Pan Movie Marathon - Darling style!
We both wanted to go out to dinner SOOO badly! Instead, we cashed in our change jar ($50) and decided to save 1/2 of it for a Disneyland day this weekend (using our gift annual passes, so that will cover gasoline and ice cream - we can pack the rest of our food, my folks offered to watch the dog for the day so we don't have to pay the $15 kennel fee). So we spent $10 on a hot air popcorn popper, $1.50 on some kernals (that will last us MONTHS probably), and $3 on candy (that will last us for a couple weeks as well). For dinner, we had some salad left over from a BBQ we went to on Sunday (friends know we're strapped right now so they are trying to help us out by feeding us
even if we do have a full fridge, thankfully, for the rest of the month, I appericiate the help!), and since we didn't feel like cooking, one of the 2 microwaveable pizza's we got on sale ($1.50 Tony's pizza at Albertson's). The movie rental of "Return to Neverland" was free (w/ a coupon I had for 1 non-new-release at Blockbuster). We had some free champagne to drink (from a free bottle my brother gave me as a thank you for helping him clean up after he had a party in our parent's house while they were on vacation 
)
Total cost of the evening:
$16.00
Between movies, we visited our condo complex's jacuzzi (a near nightly activity for us - hey! We're paying for in our HOA fees - might as well make use of it!) for a little break.
It was great!
So what Disney fun do you have on a shoestring? Maybe we can swap some ideas!
We host Walt Disney World Magical Racing Quest game nights at our house. It's a Playstation game (I think there is a version out for sega Dreamcast as well) where players can race through Disneyworld attractions like Dinosaur, Pirates of the Carribbean, the Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, Rock n' Roller Coaster, Test Track, and a couple of the water parks.
It's great fun! And free (aside from the $6 investment we made months ago in the game). But last night, here's my report:
Peter Pan Movie Marathon - Darling style!
We both wanted to go out to dinner SOOO badly! Instead, we cashed in our change jar ($50) and decided to save 1/2 of it for a Disneyland day this weekend (using our gift annual passes, so that will cover gasoline and ice cream - we can pack the rest of our food, my folks offered to watch the dog for the day so we don't have to pay the $15 kennel fee). So we spent $10 on a hot air popcorn popper, $1.50 on some kernals (that will last us MONTHS probably), and $3 on candy (that will last us for a couple weeks as well). For dinner, we had some salad left over from a BBQ we went to on Sunday (friends know we're strapped right now so they are trying to help us out by feeding us
even if we do have a full fridge, thankfully, for the rest of the month, I appericiate the help!), and since we didn't feel like cooking, one of the 2 microwaveable pizza's we got on sale ($1.50 Tony's pizza at Albertson's). The movie rental of "Return to Neverland" was free (w/ a coupon I had for 1 non-new-release at Blockbuster). We had some free champagne to drink (from a free bottle my brother gave me as a thank you for helping him clean up after he had a party in our parent's house while they were on vacation )Total cost of the evening:
$16.00
Between movies, we visited our condo complex's jacuzzi (a near nightly activity for us - hey! We're paying for in our HOA fees - might as well make use of it!) for a little break.
It was great!
So what Disney fun do you have on a shoestring? Maybe we can swap some ideas!
) and the kids usually have candy from whatever holiday was most recent (Easter, Valentine's, Christmas, b.day parties). We each get a few M&Ms or Junior Mints... just enough to make it a treat! 
