Tell me your budget yet splurge DW trip.

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I will start, DH decided we should go back this year and do Christmas decorations with our kids. So the hunt was on.

No limo to the airport this time. A bus ride (a new service) is $2 a person each way.

Flights $49 return $129 there x 4.

First nite dvc studio someone's holding points, reduced.
Finally scored 3 nights studio our points
Last four nites one bedroom 2 nites our points, two nights someone's points that wanted a reduced quick sale.

Tickets 2 adult 10 day tickets from undercover, after announced being discounted, and someone retuned them.

2 adult tickets 3 days paid disney rewards.

No memory maker this trip 2 cameras, one waterproof.

MVMCP tickets paid disney rewards.

Rental cars stalked it. Feel decent price $234 SUV type thanksgiving time.

Have 3 $50 visa type gift cards for food, got free from purchasing other items needed.

Typhoon lagoon, we have lots of plus days left old tickets. Getting cabana (splurge)

Wild animal trek (I was asking to work full time last month only, so I paid for tickets.)
Same for desert party tickets.

DD is bringing back Minnie Mouse ears that someone gifted her with.
We bring 2 snacks for kids into the parks with DS cargo short pockets. Each person brings a drink in and normally drinks that with early lunch from QS.

We made our own autograph books. Bringing breakfast with us for first morning and DS is bringing his cereal for whole trip. Using Normal budget money for groceries here and will buy groceries there.

Have almost 400 in disney rewards for food. Planned meals. The plaza. Bomas breakfast. LTT. Not sure if we will keep LTT. Not sure if the kids will desert us at Bomas.

I love reading DISers creative disney math. What is your savings? I forgot my DS is moving in to our house while we are gone, she likes to chill out here and she does our dogs for free. I stocked the fridge with some one her favorite foods. And have lots of new books for her to read.

 

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We have always planned $50.00 per day for food for DD (now DGS), DW, and me, even before DVC. We often bring breakfast or DW will make a one-pot meal (soup, stew, etc) to use for lunch/dinners so that the $50.00 will go further now a days.

We then schedule events/things to do outside the parks based on what we want to do, that particular stay.

As for park passes, from 1993 till 2011, we never paid for an entrance into the parks due to the free passes given to us by DVC from 1993 till 2000 and a family member who is a CM getting us into the parks at no charge. We have purchased APs for the past three years due to taking DGS so often. These will be the last APs for WDW for awhile, we are getting US/IoA passes next year.