We opened our Disney box today!!!

[Bingaling]

I just bought a cute little Mickey change holder thingy from the Disney store a couple weeks ago. I put all my loose change in there (minus pennies!) and I'm gonna start putting bills in too!

I get excited just looking at it sometimes.

 

[la79al]

Our official family vacation jar only has about $120 in it and we leave next Friday. DH keeps forgetting about that money when he tries to figure out the budget though so that's cool. I also have a hidden Pringles can that I have been putting quarters only in since last summer. I glued the lid on and I am determined to not take it off until Wednesday. I'm thinking maybe around $75 in there but I am counting it as $0 so whatever it is will be great!

 

[Cass]

I think this is one area where Canadians have an advantage, we have 2 Dollar and 1 Dollar coins, so coin can add up real quick. I have a tin can that has over a 1000.00 coin in it, and another that is half full, I figure there is about 1700.00 so far. Not using it for Disney this time though, it's spending $$ for our Egyptian cruise in Nov. Then I start again for Disney next year

 

[mking624]

That's awesome!!! Unfortunately it wouldn't work for us...only thing we're able to save are pennies...all "silver coins" are used by me for the bus. We looked into getting a bus pass but those are only worth it if I was taking the bus twice a day 5 days a week...which I don't. Neat idea though!!

 

[Ellasgirls]

The kids have been doing this with an Ariel piggy bank and it is getting really heavy...I also noticed when I peeked inside that they have "found" some paper money to stuff in. Who know how much they will have! They know they will split it 50/50 and buy whatever they want!

 

[MissMet]

...Anybody else save their change for Disney trips?

I do. In the cotton candy tub I got while at WDW one year. I also use my reward dollars from the Disney Visa card & I have the keep the change program with Bank of America.

My trip is not until Nov & I already have $210 saved.

 

[Bingaling]

I just put $60 in my money jar! I just wanted to tell someone! haha.

 

[makthompson]

that is awesome!
i had a change jar but hubby and kids keep getting into it, so i left that same jar there and started a new one they didnt know about i hid it and in a month we ended up with 98.00 that i took to the bank today! we leave monday for california and then tuesday we head to Disneyland for 2 nights.

 

[la79al]

that is awesome!
i had a change jar but hubby and kids keep getting into it, so i left that same jar there and started a new one they didnt know about i hid it and in a month we ended up with 98.00 that i took to the bank today! we leave monday for california and then tuesday we head to Disneyland for 2 nights.

This reminds me of what happened the other day with our vacation jar. My DBro came over and noticed our vacation jar sitting in the kitchen. He made a comment about ' I can't believe you let that sit around with kids in the house'. I said are you kidding, the kids are the most worried about it. DH tried to exchange paper money for quarters for the parking meters and one kid started screaming and the other one lunged for him. Needless to say, he waits til they are in bed to get his change now.

 

[Dis-Wiz]

This reminds me of what happened the other day with our vacation jar. My DBro came over and noticed our vacation jar sitting in the kitchen. He made a comment about ' I can't believe you let that sit around with kids in the house'. I said are you kidding, the kids are the most worried about it. DH tried to exchange paper money for quarters for the parking meters and one kid started screaming and the other one lunged for him. Needless to say, he waits til they are in bed to get his change now.

I hope your kids are getting some of the profits from the box, for their great secruity job!

We taped our box shut, and then painted over it, so nobody could get inside without cutting it.

 

[Dis-Wiz]

I thought I would share some pics of our box and the "disney corner" where we keep the box.


(I'm sorry for the blurriness)

The box:



The area:



And the money that was in the box:



(each stack of coins is a dollar)

Anybody else want to share some pics of their disney funds?

 

[solferino]

I use a large yogurt container and put in all single bills, change and "found" money- ie: laundry, assorted denominations of bills found in pockets of out of season coats/bags, etc. I'm also selling a few things on ebay and anything that comes in from those sales will go into the fund too.

 

[candykisses]

We also save our change. We have a piggy bank that we named "Disney".

The money really adds up fast.

 

[mom2mykids]

We have a rocket, LOL Its a container that is probably as tall as my 4 year old, Looks like a rocket. It originally had fireworks in it but the cone had a slot in it to use as a bank. So the past couple of years we have been adding to it. Not as much as I would like and I had the no penny rule but the kids forgot all about that (but still mostly silver change and some dollar bills), its probably a quater way full.....I can't lift it. I can't wait to see how much is in there. We go mid September.

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

Just wondering why people have a no penny rule? I put everything in there. I know it takes a lot to add up but anything helps. We get excited when we find a penny on the ground because we know it is going in our Disney jar.

 

[Dis-Wiz]

We have a rocket, LOL Its a container that is probably as tall as my 4 year old, Looks like a rocket. It originally had fireworks in it but the cone had a slot in it to use as a bank. So the past couple of years we have been adding to it. Not as much as I would like and I had the no penny rule but the kids forgot all about that (but still mostly silver change and some dollar bills), its probably a quater way full.....I can't lift it. I can't wait to see how much is in there. We go mid September.

That sounds so neat! A couple years worth of change is REALLY going to add up! Is there something particular you are going to buy with the money? Or is it just spending money at Disney?
We originally planned on buying all Christmas stuff with the money in our box, but we decided to split it up and just use it for extra spending money.

 

[Dis-Wiz]

Just wondering why people have a no penny rule? I put everything in there. I know it takes a lot to add up but anything helps. We get excited when we find a penny on the ground because we know it is going in our Disney jar.

We said no pennies, because we wanted the big change that added up fast! LOL. It's a lot easier to count too, which comes in handy when you have A LOT of change.

 

[LauraAnn630]

We put the pennies in too! 2 more months till we add up our loot!

We will bet on how much is there. lol The person that wins will get some extra cash!

I won last time! DH and DS were way off. That change ADDS up!

We usually dedicate the money to something special. I need to come up with some ideas.

water mice
4 person bike rentals
???

 

[DisneyBound2007]

I collect every denomination, even the pennies but I put the pennies in a separate fish bowl. I have a water jug that only the bills go in, a coffee can that only the nickels go in an then another bank that dimes and quarters go in. I don't know why, guess its just psychological but i like seeing pennies by themself. Even once the fishbowl fills up it only comes out to about 30 bucks but that isnt bad for only pennies. My trip is coming up in September and I am trying to take in all the change and spare $1 bills I can. CANT WAIT!!!! This will be my first time HOME in 10 years!

 

[mom2mykids]

We said no pennies, because we wanted the big change that added up fast! LOL. It's a lot easier to count too, which comes in handy when you have A LOT of change.

Thats why we also said no pennies. It wasn't anything against the penny We have other banks so I wanted to keep the pennies in there. But its all good!