Spending money

[kate_wdw]

I also tend to think that you'd get more value for your money spending meal credits on lunch rather than breakfast.

 

[MommyRobin]

We always bring stuff to eat in the room. Saves time and a valuable credit Then we do a counter service for lunch and TS for dinner (usually).

Perhaps I'm missing something, but why are you renting a car if your husband is driving his down?

I think that I'm the lowest spender here! We have gone for the past 3 years (4th this summer) and each time I spend maybe $100 max (and that's even pushing it). (This is NOT including any food or tips.) There is sooooo much to do already at Disney that is included in the price of admission that we just don't feel the need to spend $ doing other things. My kids also aren't really into souveniers. We've only ever bought 1 or 2 things per child each trip, with the emphasis on the actual experience of being there as the real treat. My daughter often gets a bit more just because she brings down her bday money to spend, but even then she really thinks through her purchases and has always made really good choices
I just can't even begin to wrap my head around spending even close to $2400 on "extras". Only $600 more and I've got another Disney vacation!

 

[lucyem]

We were just there for 10 days. There was Me, DH, DS14 and DD12. We spent about $1400 and that included all of our meals. So, I think you have plenty of money especially being on the dining plan.

This is comparable to our experiences.

 

[joeswife1109]

We always bring stuff to eat in the room. Saves time and a valuable credit Then we do a counter service for lunch and TS for dinner (usually).

Perhaps I'm missing something, but why are you renting a car if your husband is driving his down?

I think that I'm the lowest spender here! We have gone for the past 3 years (4th this summer) and each time I spend maybe $100 max (and that's even pushing it). (This is NOT including any food or tips.) There is sooooo much to do already at Disney that is included in the price of admission that we just don't feel the need to spend $ doing other things. My kids also aren't really into souveniers. We've only ever bought 1 or 2 things per child each trip, with the emphasis on the actual experience of being there as the real treat. My daughter often gets a bit more just because she brings down her bday money to spend, but even then she really thinks through her purchases and has always made really good choices
I just can't even begin to wrap my head around spending even close to $2400 on "extras". Only $600 more and I've got another Disney vacation!

We are renting a car here at home and DH is driving that down.

 

[joeswife1109]

We think that is is not worth it to use a food credit for breakfast.

We like to bring cereal, disposable bowls etc to have breakfast in the room.

We are doing lunches in our room because we need to come back so out two year old can nap.