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Old 5 Nov 18, 07:18 PM  
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Hubby thinks I’ve under estimated our budget.
Below is a rough idea of what we would be doing each day and what I think we would spend.
We are staying on I drive so going to be eating there most of time. Some chips,burgers nuggets snacks etc in Disney parks but we won’t be eating much else.
We are two adults and two kids (3&4)

Day 1- flying.
Have v room for breakfast.
Plane for lunch and will be doing Panda Express dinner(hubbys favorite) $35

Day 2
Breakfast hotel = 0
Lunch/snack $50
Disney Springs shopping $100
Magic bands $100
Dinner $50
Walmart $100
I drive $50
Tip $20

Day 3
Breakfast hotel 0
magic kingdom parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Day 4
Breakfast ihop/Denny $45
I drive(mini golf/shopping etc) $100
Lunch/snack $20
Dinner Bahama Breeze $65
Tip $25

Day 5
Breakfast hotel 0
Blizzard beach
Lunch/snack $25
Dinner T. rex $110
Tip $30
Ghiridella $30
Shopping $50

Day 6
Breakfast hotel 0
Animal kingdom parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Day 7
Breakfast hotel 0
Hollywood Studios parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Petrol $50

Day 8
Breakfast hotel 0
Wonderworks
Lunch/snack $50
Dinner $50
Tip $20
I trolley $12
I drive $50

Day 9
Breakfast hotel 0
Epcot parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Day 10
Breakfast ihop/Denny’s $45
Lunch/snack $20
Dinner $65
Tip $30
Disney Springs $45 (port Orleans)
Shopping $100

Day 11
Breakfast hotel 0
magic kingdom parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Day 12
Breakfast hotel 0
Typhoon lagoon
Lunch/snack $50
Dinner $50
Tip $20
I drive $100

Day 13
Breakfast hotel 0
Animal kingdom parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Day 14
Breakfast hotel 0
Madame Tussaud’s
Shopping $50
Lunch/snack $20
Dinner rainforest cafe $110
Tip $40
Ghiridelli $30

Day 15
Breakfast hotel 0
Hollywood Studios parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Petrol $50

Day 16
Breakfast ihop/Denny $45
Sea life/Orlando eye
Lunch/snack $20
Dinner $65
Tip $30
I drive $100

Day 17
Breakfast hotel 0
Lunch/snack $50
Dinner $50
Tip $20
I drive/shopping $100

Day 18
Breakfast hotel 0
Epcot parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Day 19
Breakfast hotel 0
Lunch/snack $50
Dinner $50
Tip $20
I drive/shopping $100

Day 20
Breakfast hotel 0
magic kingdom parking $25
Lunch/snack $70
Dinner $70
Tip $30

Day 21
Breakfast hotel 0
Lunch/snack $50
Dinner $50
Tip $20
I drive/shopping $100

Day 22
Breakfast $45
Disney Springs check out
Lunch/snack $30
Dinner plane home
Tip $15
Shopping $100

So in total I’m thinking $4927 basically rounded that up to even $5000 as a rough budget.
Hubby thinks that I should add an extra $100 a day ish to my estimate.

When I have put I drive it’s basically dollars for if we want any souvenirs,crazy golf going to mall or outlets. Just spending money really that’s not for food.

I don’t think we will spend this on most of our days and we will hopefully be using a credit card for most of it if we can.

Sorry it’s a long read.
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I think that’s loads. Your tip value seems high.

If Dinner is $50, tip would be no more than $10 (ie 20%)
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Hey,
Last summer we took 4000 dollars for 3 of us. Staying in a villa quite far out and obviously self catering. We couldn’t spend it! We spend over 1500 dollars on souvenirs and shopping and bought 200 dollars home. We didn’t skimp on anything and had 4 character meals. Plus in the
parks you’ll easily share 2 x meals between 4 of you.

Petrol is super cheap. We had a mid size and filled up twice. Each fill up from empty to full was 20 dollars! At the end when we returned the car we had done over 700 miles on 40 dollars of fuel!

Have a great time.
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Old 5 Nov 18, 09:21 PM  
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I also think it’s loads.
IHOP/Denny’s breakfast won’t be $45.
I would keep the park food allowances as a couple of qs and drinks soon add up.
I also found our children didn’t want to eat as much with the heat. DS has been when he was 16 months 3 1/2 and 5.
He still didn’t eat that much in April when he was 5.
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I also think it’s loads.
IHOP/Denny’s breakfast won’t be $45.
I would keep the park food allowances as a couple of qs and drinks soon add up.
I also found our children didn’t want to eat as much with the heat. DS has been when he was 16 months 3 1/2 and 5.
He still didn’t eat that much in April when he was 5.
I think it’s loads too. Tried to over estimate so that I’m not too shocked when I get home and see how much I’ve spent but with things like the food I’ve tried to think if hubby will have a few coffees etc at ihop but my two kids generally share a meal when we go out over here and they possibly will be doing the same over there but I wanted to budget for both them in case. I thought I’d really over estimated and I can deal with the $5k figure as that seems about right and if I come back spending less that will be great but for some reason “he that shall not be named” thinks he’s right all the time and that we need an extra $2k on top of that.
Would have liked to try and Stick to some sort of budget but don’t think that will happen with him.

Tips I think I have over estimated think I’ve got for about 20% but will depend on service and where we actually eat.
My hubby would eat at Panda Express every night if I allowed it
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You could easily spend less so you’re definitely over budgeting however I agree better to think you have more than worry that you’ve not enough.
Eating on I.drive will enable you to sign up for restaurants before you go for freebies or money off. Lots of places do Kids eat free or special deals on certain nights; you could even buy the Kids eat free card.
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We, ok only me n wifey, have just rtn'd from a month out there and we only did 2k and we bought,ate and did loads.
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For us, me, dh, DS 5 dd 2 in April we had a week on site then a week in a villa.
Ok mainly did the water parks the second week so not much park eating did but eat out every night, some gift shopping and petrol, we spent about $900
And dh somehow always manages to pick the most expensive item on the menu and drink a few cocktails
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Sounds like more than enough. Your tip predictions are very high too.
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You could probably save money by doing a throwaway booking at Fort wilderness campsite, depending on the dates. We just did it for $88 and it gives us free magic bands, two days free parking, extra magic hours for those two days and 60 day FP+ booking. So saves us about $80 plus the bonus of 60 day FP+.
There's a big thread all about it that I got the idea from.
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