AboutMichael Corbo Expertise I was a moderator and chat host for the Walt Disney Boards on America Online and currently with www.themouseforless.com Have been to Disneyworld 25 times in the last 10 years and stayed on sight at many of the resorts, eaten in a lot of the restaurants and cruised on the Disney Magic and Wonder several times. I specialize in getting the most for your money and trying to get the best discounts on airfare, rooms, tickets and restaurants for vacations to Disneyworld. If you're looking to find the best bargains on a trip to disney while getting the most out of the "disney experience", I can help. My main concentration is in on-site hotels and restaurants, but I will try and help with off-site info also.
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Experience Former Chat Host of the Disney Hour on America Online (Sundays at 10PM EST, KEYWORD-> Travel). Moderator on the America On Line Walt Disney Message Boards (Keyword->TRAVEL-Travelers opinions->Theme Parks). Frequent reader of the internet newsgroup rec.arts.disney.parks.
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Expert: Michael Corbo Date: 6/13/2008 Subject: Walt Disney Spending Money
Question Hi. My husband and I are traveling to WDW in August of 08. I am trying to save money now to have then. We have the dinning plan, one full service meal, one fast service meal and one snack. Do you think $100 a day for spending money will be good. My daughter is two years old. Or what would be a more reasonable figure? My mother is traveling with us with her two younger children 11 and 5 with the same meal plan. Would spending for her be more?
Answer Nichole
Since you both already have the dining plan, I would up that $100 figure to $125 in spending for each day for the 3 of you. When my family of 3 go (mine is 19 now), I usually allocate about $250 per day and that would be without the meal plan. You must remember, that gratuities are not included in the plan and that you will receive a bill for them at the end of the table service meals.
Keep in mind that you will need to drink lots of fluids and that does get expensive $2.00 for a bottle of water and you should drink plenty.
For your mother and the 2 older children, I think the $150 would be sufficent also. You may want to allocate spending money for each child so that unexpected souveniers do not blow the budget. We used to give my daughter $100 for the week to spend on whatever she liked.
Better to plan on the high side and have money left over than to be caught short.
