Going to DisneyWorld...how much can I save? (Part 4)
Posted 05-04-2009 at 06:03:35 PM by imhzgrlnotu
Well I've gotten gas savings and room savings started, now it's about time for the other savings. This includes stuff we need to bring with us, and souvenirs!
I'm sure everyone knows how expensive park souvenirs are, especially at DW. So again, after reading the budget board on a Disney forum, I've taken a bunch of other peoples' ideas and I'm using them for us!
1. At the hotel we're staying at, there's a $10/day charge for a mini fridge. But ice is free
Since I'm taking our cooler anyway so we can have cold drinks on the way down, I'll just bring some gallon sized Ziplocs, fill them with ice, and put them in the cooler with the drinks or whatever else we end up having in there. Don't have to worry about the watery mess since the ice is in Ziplocs, and I save the $10/day fridge rental fee.
2. My kids love surprises, as I'm sure most kids do. So each night when they go to bed, "Tinkerbell" will leave a little something at the end of their bed for them. I plan on buying them some Disney stuff (they have an adorable sunhat, tote bag, and flipflops, all matching, at disneyshopping.com) and Disney shirts. Also I plan on making them autograph books so they can get all the characters' autographs and then when we get home I'll print their pictures to put on the opposite page. I saw a tip that said to get the fat pens so the characters can hold them easier. Makes sense but how many people think of that? LOL They have the big pens (3pk), and I believe autograph books, at the $1 store and they're Disney themed also. This will cut down on them asking for stuff in the parks, because they got something in the morning :)
3. Pressed pennies! I have ALWAYS wanted pressed pennies but for whatever reason I've never gotten one. EVER! But there are literally hundreds of pressed pennies you can get at the DW parks and resorts, and they're only .51 total (2 quarters plus the penny to press). SUPER CHEAP souvenirs! And honestly, they have so many toys now, I won't even let them LOOK at a toy lol.
4. Of course they'll want to pick out their own stuff anyway, so that's why we're going to the Disney outlet store Same stuff as the parks, but much cheaper. And we plan on going to Downtown Disney the first day and possibly the last day so we'll have plenty of time to do that.
5. I actually have $63 in RRs for Wags that I have no clue what to use on, so I'll be buying the extra stuff I need for the trip such as sunscreen and stuff like that. Save a bunch of cash and since I really didn't pay anything OOP for the stuff that GAVE me the RR, I'll be saving a bunch there too :)
I'm sure everyone knows how expensive park souvenirs are, especially at DW. So again, after reading the budget board on a Disney forum, I've taken a bunch of other peoples' ideas and I'm using them for us!
1. At the hotel we're staying at, there's a $10/day charge for a mini fridge. But ice is free
Since I'm taking our cooler anyway so we can have cold drinks on the way down, I'll just bring some gallon sized Ziplocs, fill them with ice, and put them in the cooler with the drinks or whatever else we end up having in there. Don't have to worry about the watery mess since the ice is in Ziplocs, and I save the $10/day fridge rental fee.2. My kids love surprises, as I'm sure most kids do. So each night when they go to bed, "Tinkerbell" will leave a little something at the end of their bed for them. I plan on buying them some Disney stuff (they have an adorable sunhat, tote bag, and flipflops, all matching, at disneyshopping.com) and Disney shirts. Also I plan on making them autograph books so they can get all the characters' autographs and then when we get home I'll print their pictures to put on the opposite page. I saw a tip that said to get the fat pens so the characters can hold them easier. Makes sense but how many people think of that? LOL They have the big pens (3pk), and I believe autograph books, at the $1 store and they're Disney themed also. This will cut down on them asking for stuff in the parks, because they got something in the morning :)
3. Pressed pennies! I have ALWAYS wanted pressed pennies but for whatever reason I've never gotten one. EVER! But there are literally hundreds of pressed pennies you can get at the DW parks and resorts, and they're only .51 total (2 quarters plus the penny to press). SUPER CHEAP souvenirs! And honestly, they have so many toys now, I won't even let them LOOK at a toy lol.
4. Of course they'll want to pick out their own stuff anyway, so that's why we're going to the Disney outlet store
Same stuff as the parks, but much cheaper. And we plan on going to Downtown Disney the first day and possibly the last day so we'll have plenty of time to do that.5. I actually have $63 in RRs for Wags that I have no clue what to use on, so I'll be buying the extra stuff I need for the trip such as sunscreen and stuff like that. Save a bunch of cash and since I really didn't pay anything OOP for the stuff that GAVE me the RR, I'll be saving a bunch there too :)
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We just took a trip to DW this past Spring Break. One more fun thing for the kids is pin trading. If you are driving to the park, part of the parking admission is a coupon for a free pin. You have to take the coupon to a store inside the park (these are listed on the back). Give the coupon to the cashier and she lets you select from a group of pins. Now for the fun part, anytime you see an employee with pins on you can ask them to trade if they have something you like. By the end of our 4 days at the parks we had 4 pins that we really like on my backpack. Someone saw my pins on my backpack at the airport and asked me if I wanted their High School Musical 3 pin, they were 20 somethings that weren't collecting. Hope y'all have as much fun as we did.
Posted 05-04-2009 at 07:24:36 PM by tambro
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I saw some stuff about pin trading, just not sure if the kids would be into it. I looked on ebay for them and there's actually some people who sell lots of them on ebay for about 1.25 - 1.50 each. I was thinking about possibly doing that so it won't be so expensive if the kids DON'T like trading.Posted 05-05-2009 at 07:44:47 AM by imhzgrlnotu -
pin trading is fun...all the cast members have pins and they can't refuse a trade with youPosted 05-05-2009 at 07:55:19 PM by JANE4girls
