How much money do we need

[Ian_g_01]

Hi guys

We're planning for our first trip in May and have no idea how much money we need to bring with us.

We're staying in a hotel on I-drive, have booked our car and we've got our park entry tickets for the three weeks that we'll be there. It'll be me, my wife and the kids - 12 and 9 years old.

I'm thinking of about $200 per day for eating, drinking, parking, petrol - normal everyday stuff along with about $2500 on CC for shopping.

Does that seem a reasonable amount? or should I rob a bank and get some more?

Cheers Guys

[Keith]

Welcome to the forum!!!!

It sounds like a reasonable amount to me yep given the stuff you've paid for already

[kradatz87]

sounds about right, when I went, I just had myself to pay for and one meal a day for 5 days, I also bought a LOT of suviners and spent about $500 total while there.

[phoohbaby2]

$200 sounds good, this past December my family of four had a budget of $160 a day, and it was plenty. whatever you have left over can go to more souvenirs!

[Ian_g_01]

Thanks everyone

I can relax a bit now - roll on May

Cheers

[Babymischief]

There were three of us and we stayed onsite at Disney and believe me we had the same daily budget as you and that also paid for $800 spent on various days at Walmart, so If you`re staying off site you can eat cheaper so you will be fine. We bought alot of our presents from walmarts because they have loads of Disney stuff but it`s half the price than at the Disney shops.. ie; a big lollipop at Disney cost about $3 in Walmarts the exact same one cost $1 which is a huge saving if you`re bringing back souveniers and gifts for people or yourselves even, Disney t shirts were sometimes $20 in walmarts they were $10 some were even $5. So buy here before the Disney park shops.

[Melfuzz]

Where abouts is a good Walmart?

I am on the I-drive so am hoping there will be one on the bus route. Is there better ones off the I-drive?

[BevW]

Ok, guys the key words here are "first trip"..do you remember your first trip? I wanted to buy EVERYTHING! :lmao:

You're budget sounds good though....hope you can stick to it! I know it's hard for me.

[phoohbaby2]

There is a wal-mart near I-drive, the one we always go to is on south Kirkman rd, don't know if a bus runs that way though.