This is a common question that many people ask and even a seasoned veteran as myself continues to look for different angles to save money.
Let me cover a few simple areas to get you started!
The travel seasons cheapest to most expensive
- Adventure Season (Jan 1—31, Sep 1—30, Dec 1—14)
- Choice Season (Oct 1—Nov 25, Nov 29—30, Dec 15—23)
- Dream Season (Feb 1—15, May 1—Jun 10, Aug 16—31)
- Magic Season (Feb 16—Apr 12, Apr 27—30, Jun 11—Aug 15, Nov 26—28)
- Premier Season (Apr 13—26, Dec 24—31)
The basic principle is that when kids are off from school, the demand is way up. Summer and holidays are going to be the busy and more expensive. During the less busy seasons, Disney is more opt to offer discounts and special packages such as free dining. The dates noted above are based off of the 2014 dates. Aside from Disney's prices, there can be a hit on your wallet for airfare as well when travelling during holidays.
Saving on food:
Food at Disney isn't cheap by anyone's standards but there are plenty of ways to stretch your dollar.
Breakfast:We personally don't spend much on breakfast. We ship food to our resort. Simple breakfast items like cereal bars, Pop Tarts, Granola\Protein bars. And we take similar sized items (Nuts, crackers, fruit snacks, etc.) as snacks to munch on between our meals.
Beverages in the parks: Again, grabbing a pop\soda in the Park is around a $3 purchase. You'll read a lot of suggestions about filling water bottles at the myriad of water fountains in the Parks. That's great if you enjoy terrible tasting water. No thanks! 2 tips here!
1. At the restaurants, they will gladly bring you an extra water for free. AND the water in the restaurants is filtered so it tastes much better.
2. Flavor packets -We buy these in bulk a the Dollar Store. We dump these in our girls thermoses and everyone is happy.
More money saving tips to come....
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