Budgeting?

[Tynxuk]

If you haven't already booked accommodation it may be worth considering a Disney resort, we are a family of 5 staying at POR costing £190 a night (excluding park tickets) including free QSDP, Disney parking and free buses to/from Disney Parks/MCO.
Our original plan was only Disney and no car for this year but due to no availability to extend our Disney stay (due to flight change) we will have a car on our first day and two bed apartment close to Disney, we don't mind being all in one room for a couple of weeks as it's a small price to pay for the perks.

[Moorlandman]

Originally Posted by Grimdogg

Also - if dining offsite - what are your plans for budgeting for dining? We are a family of 4!

Mark

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As a family of four, we budget $200 a day for food.

Lunch ( in parks) $60
Snacks $30
Dinner $100 + tips

Breakfast in villa not included in above

[mushumadness]

depends where your eating you can buy kids eat free cards for the likes of cicis pizza ponderosa etc in the uk,
we are a family of six the kids are 6/6/8/9 we take snacks into the parks generally and drinks as it really adds up then eat meals outsid ethe parks

[Picklepuppy]

We are a family of 4 (the kids will be 3 and 8 when we go) we are staying onsite with no ddp. We are allowing $250 a day for eating, shopping and whatever we want to do. It’s not a strict budget and it doesn’t matter if we go over. But that’s roughly what we are allowing.

[cornishfrogboy]

We are a family of 2 plus boys of 15 and 11.

We generally stay in a Villa and have continental style breakfast or alternatively, always seek hotels with complimentary breakfast.

We generally snack for lunch, having packed it in a daybag and taken it into the park. Occasionally it will be a park meal.

We almost invariably eat out at night, 2 courses and a cocktail or similar.. typically a mix of Longhorn, Bahama Breeze, Olive Garden, Golden Coral, Cheesecake Factory , NYPD Pizza and similar.

Petrol is not included as whilst, staying local to Orlando costs very little, we typically drive 600-1100 miles in a fortnight, covering both coasts, keys and as far round as Mobile Alabama on various trips.

Our budget is around $140 a day including tips at 18% or so, on average throughout the vacation. Apart from the odd bottle of wine bought at Walmart, we are very light drinkers and that saves a great deal.