first visit to florida

[jenny1745]

Hi i am just introducing myself I am visiting florida for the first time on the 27 September to 11 October. There are 2 adults travelling one child and one teenager, we are staying at the vista cay apartments so we are able to have food occasionally at the apartments, but would like to have suggestions as to how much spending money to take with us. We are wanting to enjoy ourselves as well.:wavey:

[shepherdypie]

Hi and welcome to the Dibb. You are going at the same time as us!!!

It is difficult to say how much money you will need as everyone spends differently. We have the free DPP so don't have to worry about food. We are taking about $1500 simply to spend on goodies etc.

[jean genie99]

Hi and welcome to the dibb :wavey: Spending money is a hard question to answer as everybodys needs are different.If you go on search and put in "spending money" you will find some answers.
We always take too much, but too much is better than not enough.

Jean

:tinkani:

[BEC]

Hi welcome to the Dibb, as Jean has said do a search for ideas on spending money you should get plenty help there, happy planning!

[marionmcclung]

Hello Jenny and welcome to the dibb :wave: Last year was our first trip to florida and there was 2 adults and 2 kids (5 and 9). We took £2000 and ate out every morning, lunch and dinner, we bought loads of stuff for me;) and the kids and still came home with about £600. The food over there is very reasonable, we also bought the kids go free card which saved us quite a bit on our food bills.

I suppose everyone has their own budget but a good tip which i got from here was to seperate you spending money into 14 different envelopes and what ever you have left at the end of that day put it into and envelope marked 15. It really does help you keep an eye on what your spending on a day to day basis.

Good luck with your planning:thumbs-up

marion xx

[mrs mtm]

:wave::wave:hi and welcome to the dibb:wave::wave:
it depends on what you are going to spending your money on $200 a day will cover your food & the little bits & pieces you will end up bying
but everybody is different

[lausan]

Welcome
Get all your Tickets then plan spending money

[shellym]

HI! Welcome to the Dibb!
:wave:

[Matts Mom]

:wavey:Hello and welcome to the Dibb :wavey:

[Disney Posse]

Hello and Welcome to the Dibb!!! Enjoy:d:

[xXxArielxXx]

Hi welcome to the dibb!:D

[mrs mickey]

:wave:
welcome to the Dibb!!
this will be our first trip to disney aswell!!! i have used the Dibb for all my planning and all i can say is 'if in doubt...ask!!'
i now have a notebook full of hint's, tip's and ideas that i would never have known about if it wasn't for 'the Dibb':thumbs-up

have fun.....:D

:tiggerbou :mickeybou :stitchbou :chip_boun :ccat

[jenny1745]

thanks for your reply heather i agree with you the dibb has been so helpful jenny

[zdickens]

Hi and welcome

[jenny1745]

hi I see you are going at the same time as us where are you staying, is it a disney hotel was unsure what dpp was

[jenny1745]

Thanks for your reply i have got the kids eat free card for my youngest, and was thinking about taking £1800 - £2000. Jenny

[nmurray]

Hi and welcome to the dibb.

What we do with spending money is work out approximate food and drink expenditure for each day (have a look at some of the menus on here to give you an idea of price etc) and put it in envelopes for each day (plus a little extra just in case!) and then we put extra money away for gifts etc - this depends on what we can afford.

Happy planning.

[buffalo]

:wave: Hi and a warm welcome to the dibb :wave:We are going just after you on th 30th September.

[COOLPAUL]

hello and welcome to the dibb your going about the same time as me well i go on thr fri you on the sat if you have all your park tickets well food is cheap you wornt need to eat in and take as much in $ as you can as they say the more you have the better time your have for me and her in doors about £2000 but we will bring some back with us if you want to know more send an e/mail

[orlandofan]

:wavey:Hi and a very warm welcome to The Dibb:mickey2:

[fantasmic]

hi jenny!
welcome to the dibb! x:)

[Jaydee]

:wave: Welcome to the Dibb!

[Bridget]

Hi Jenny

Some people like to go mad and others budget so it varies with spending money. If you want to do some serious shopping then I'd take an extra few hundred pounds purely for that but this time we're taking $2,500. We have already pre-booked our theme park tickets, car etc so this will mainly be everyday money for food and drink etc. But there's only 2 of us going..

See you there! You picked a great time to go. Are you going to Halloween Horror Nights?? :o:

[WDW-virgin]

:wave::wavey: Welcome Jenny :wavey::wave:

We go Sept 25th to Oct 11th so see you out there

[legin65]

Hello And Welcome. You Will Love Florida

[MattF]

Hi and a warm welcome to the dibb! :wave:

[disneyholic07]

Hi and a very warm welcome to the Dibb:wave:

[ely3857]

Hiya :wavey:

:smile:

Jodie

[chlobo29]

:wavey: Hi and welcome to the DIBB :thumbs-up

[freakyjo114]

Hi Jenny, welcome to the dibb :wave:

[Scarlett95]

:wave:Hello and welcome!:wave:

[Sneezy]

Hi and a very warm welcome :wavey:

[jenny1745]

i have not heard of halloween horror nights, where abouts is that, jenny

[rian217]

:wavey: Hello! Someone mentioned taking notes.........I started with a pad of post-its, but have progressed to an A4 pad! :d: This site is amazing for tips. We are going in Oct for the first time and really appreciate all the help on here.
Can I ask about the DDP.......do you have to be in a Disney hotel to use it?
Also, the kids eat free cards.......where would I get those?

[Christina Dunn]

Hi welcome to the Dibb. It's great you are going to Disney. We took £2000 in 2006 for 2 adults and 2 children. We didn't want to have to budget really as we thought it would be the only time we would go so wanted to go crazy!!! We did as well - mind you we are going again in 2009. Everybody I know who goes to Disney always think it is their only time, but always end up going back again. It is so addictive. Have a great time.:cool2:

[saraj]

Hello Jenny welcome to the Dibb..

Sara

[summertime85]

Hello and a very warm welcome to the DIBB. :wave:

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