Here we go again May 2019 21 days - Family of 4, $100 a day, 11 days in ...

[Gemski]

Thank you, this is very interesting. We have booked for August and doing a "cheapish" trip. I'm also interested about watching the fireworks at the poly. Can anyone do this?

[JessBlu]

Originally Posted by Gemski

Thank you, this is very interesting. We have booked for August and doing a "cheapish" trip. I'm also interested about watching the fireworks at the poly. Can anyone do this?

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Yes
We parked at Disney springs took the bus to poly had Ride on the monorail and back for fireworks.
I took cheese and wine in my bag and sat on the sun beds with cheese and wine and watched the fireworks in comfort.

Then bus back to the car.

All of this with no Disney tickets.

[JessBlu]

Bumped! Enjoy

[Potterer]

This has been really helpful thank you.

We are doing Universal only and we are wondering how much offsite dining to do with having to factor in Uber charges.

[Barney Bear]

Interesting reading - we're taking a friend this year so trying to keep costs down as much as possible. Not tried Steak n Shake before, so it's now definitely on the list!

[Wonder]

Great Post just to understand it can be done on a budget!

[offtoseemickey]

This is really helpful for people on a budget. You can 100% go to FL and not spend a fortune!

[JessBlu]

So we are here again,
2 a 2 c (13/10)

21 days this time and doing Disney, universal and seaworld.

Day 1
Supermarket, $120
All usual bits including big cooler as there isn’t one in the villa.

$120

Day 2
Animal kingdom
Took in little bottles of squirty juice and got free iced water all day.
Breakfast in the villa
Stayed in the park until about 15:00 then went to Buffalo Wild Wings $60 inc 6 pints ! Happy hour is really good here.
Chilled by the pool with some wine in the evening.

$60
$180

Day 2
Magic Kingdom
9-15:00
Then we went to Golden Corral $60. Lots of nice fruit and veg.

Chill out by the pool with wine and beer (bought in first day)

$60
$240

Day 3
Typhoon lagoon
Took in a lovely picnic to the water park bought from stuff on the first day.
Epcot for fireworks
$30 henna tattoo
$15 Mickey ears
McDonald’s on the way home
$42.

$87
$327
Day 4
Holly wood studios
Breakfast in the villa, took in snacks,

Out of park about 16:00 and home for lasagne, bought a big frozen one and garlic bread and salad with the first day shopping.

Had to top up wine and beer
$40 from Walmart.
$12 Mickey balloon ❤️❤️

$62
$389

Day 5
Magic kingdom came out about 19:00 and went to sonny’s for supper.

Took snacks into magic kingdom and kids had a beef Nachos.

Ice creams $12
Nachos $13
Sonnys $72

$100
$489

Sunscreen $6:98 for a two pack of spray one.

Day 6
Blizzard beach today

We called at Walmart and picked up the meat, cheese and cracker platter, 4 muffins, 4 apples and 4 bananas $19

Refill mug $8;50 ( we already have the mug)

BWW $42 wing Thursday !

Going to Buffalo Wild Wings for Tea then over to watch the shuttle launch.

Shuttle launch was amazing, watched from a little area in tutsville.


$69:50
£557.50.

Day 7

All day dining seaworld, we bought 2 adults it was plenty, you can now upgrade to $10 for beer and wine !

Had a 9-9.30 theme park day loved it, I think SeaWorld’s fireworks are the best in any park 😱😱😱

Food and drinks great love all day dining !

$78 with out annual pass discount.
$50 fuel

$128
$685

Day 8
DC day then old town for car cruise

$10 parking at old town
$10 drinks at old town

Love DC and we still got metal beer bottles in basic package.

$20
$715

Day 9

Trip to Clearwater for the day.
Was not a good idea with the bank holiday, 4 hours to get there!

We came back and went Into pandora land.

$50 fuel
$60 meal forget the name a smoke house in Clearwater
$10 drinks and snacks

$120
$835

Day 10
Early universal and ended the day with magic kingdom

$9 x 2 cinabun
$32 Panda Express
$33 macdonals at midnight
Long but fun park day !

$74
$ 909

Day 11
Netflix and chill day!
Out for Golden Corral breakfast
Pool afternoon and manny for dinner.

$32 GC breakfast
$82 Manny’s

$114
$1023

Day 12
Aquatica and animal kingdom
We bought one all day dine for the drinks and snacks

We had a big breakfast before we left and called to outback on the way to Ak for a beer and a blooming onion ❤️

$38 aquatica ADD
$35 Outback Steakhouse 3 beers, 2 pop and an onion
$65 banshee toy in AK

$138
$1161

Day 13
Chill out pool day and birthday meal at outback then back for a pool party with the 22 people in the party.
Also did some Walmart shopping

$70 Walmart supplies
$83 outback
$153

$1364

Day 14

Chill out morning by the pool and lunch, we were given everyone’s left overs so we have so much stuff !

Evening in MK
15:00 - 23:00

Magical

$13 nachos and toppings bar

We are a it fed up of food now, so having few simple Meata and salad in the house.

$13
$1374

Day 15
Seaworld all day dining, there is a deal for annual pass holders 4 for a$100 my parents had two. We get really fooded out now so eat very little.
$50
$1427

Day 16

Morning in universal
8-14:00

Nice and quiet and so much cooler than the last two weeks.

$4 water
$22 beer flights a doughnuts on cvs grill

Came home for Pork and salad and now chilling by the pool.

$26
$1456

So still under budget, could spend more could spend less .

Parking is in a separate budget as that’s part of the holiday cost imo.

[3disneykids]

Hope you have a great time . I think it is good to show how far budget can stretch without trying too hard. This is great especially for those who panic about if they have enough money each day.

[Disney Planning]

It’s easy to overspend especially with kids, drinks and snacks. You’re doing well.