Free and New Hidden tricks to save money while visiting Disney
After getting good response from my readers on saves more money and water (Water efficient house) blog, I want write another blog in which you can save more while visiting Disney-World. These are all simple common sense ideas which you can use in any other entertainment park.
Here are some Practical Ideas to save money while visiting Disney-World:
Avoid Hotels Name Starts with Disney
Disney-run hotels—the ones with “Disney” before their name—are more expensive, but they come with extra perks. Only benefit with them is you get access to park before and after general public. We saved about more than a $200 by booking the hotel Disney’s property line. So if you want save some money books hotels in outer skirts of Disney’s park.
Visit in Low season (Late Aug-Sept and Jan)
We visit in January and a save good money. There are 8,640 rooms in the lowest-priced category of hotel rooms on Disney property, called Value, start at $82 a night in low season. Prices soar as high as $150for a concrete-block room when the kids are out of school. Only problem with them is that they are worst-situated on Disney World resort property, their buses are among the most crowded.
Leave your Car At Home
If you want to leave the car at home, you can rely on the buses of the free Disney Transportation System (DTS), and if you’re staying at a Disney-run hotel, the resort’s Magical Express coaches will shuttle you to and from Orlando International Airport for free. Only problem with buses is they are slow and crowded.
Avoid Disney Dress-up
We brought our own dresses and save about $50. As in Disney’s kiddie salons, (the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, the Pirates League) charge upward of $50 to make over your daughter or son as a princess or a mini Jack Sparrow.
Rent a nearby Non-Disney house
Another way to save money is by renting least expensive Disney rooms have a four-person limit, so families of five or more must pay double to rent two. But a few miles away, the whole family can have the run of one of hundreds of dedicated vacation McMansions complete with pools, grills, and big-screen TVs. Three-bedroom rentals cost as little as $140 a night through companies such as All-Star Vacation Homes and IPG Florida Vacation Homes.
Save Money with a Multiday Disney Pass
Heavily discounted Disney theme park tickets simply aren’t available, no matter who tells you otherwise. Consider those as a fixed cost. However, the longer you stay, the less you pay per day for your theme park tickets. An adult would pay $84 for a single day, but the equivalent of $35.60 per day for a seven-day pass. Four days is usually enough to see the four major Disney theme parks, but that’s when per-day prices sharply decline. Plus, staying longer means you’re likely to ignore Central Florida’s other worthy attractions, including Universal Orlando, SeaWorld, and the Kennedy Space Center.
Check Disney sites for Deals
We save about 40% on our stay. Disney World used to avoid discounting, but these days it’s aggressive about marketing packages that give you freebies, such as free park tickets or free food during your stay. Look at disneyworld.disney.go.com/special-offers. Only problem with Disney package freebies usually require stays of at least four days.
Avoid Buying any Meals
We save about $25 everyday by cooking our own meal. As you see famously huge turkey legs sold around the grounds for $8. Another trick save money is make two $3.75 burgers out of a double cheeseburger at the counter restaurants by buying an extra bun for 80 cents. Making your own food is healthy and cheap.
Cheap to buy Disney Dining Plan
One day we tried this option, in this option we get gets you two full meals and two snacks a day for $30 and $9 for kids. This is good for big eaters who never skip a meal. you prepay all your meals with a Disney Dining Plan, you’ll be less likely to strike out into Orlando to try anything else, which is a shame when you consider that Orlando has one of America’s most vibrant districts for Vietnamese cuisine.
Enjoy Free Attractions
We visit following places which cost us nothing-the monorail through the Contemporary Resort or over Epcot, the ferry across the water to the gates of the Magic Kingdom, and the illuminated water-borne floats of the Electrical Light Parade between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. nightly on Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake. Only problem with this is if you driving you have to pay $14.
