It probably isn’t a huge surprise that Walt Disney World is often called The Souvenir Capital of the World. So planning for all of the imploring looks (and potential meltdowns) is hugely important on a Disney vacation with kids. With this in mind, I asked some frequent Disney World visitors if they had suggestions on how to avoid this problem. Following are 10 great tips for dealing with the souvenir madness, appropriate for various ages.
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We LOVE going to Walt Disney World, it really is our MAGICAL vacation spot!! We also love to save money on our trips any way we can. One of our favorite ways to save is to use our Disney VISA Credit Card (debit Cards work too). We like to use our card during the year to save up the Rewards Dollars to use for the souvenirs or snacks we KNOW we are going to buy each trip. About a month before we leave, we go online and order our Disney Rewards Redemption Cards so they will arrive in the mail in plenty of time (they are re-loadable for future rewards). All the Rewards Dollars we accrue can be used to pay for just about anything on our Disney vacation! Read more
I have heard so many people say that you can’t save money and have a good time at Walt Disney World, that it is an expensive vacation and you will have to pay top dollar for everything. Well – yes, a Disney vacation can be expensive but with some pre-planning and thought you can actually save quite a bit of money and still have the best vacation yet! Read more
Halloween was two days ago (hope you had a blast!) which means it is now Christmas. That’s just kind of how it works. We get a few precious weeks of pumpkins, skeletons, bats, and ghouls, and then just like Cinderella’s magic spell, at midnight it all changes. Only this time, the pumpkin goes away rather than coming back. Wake up the next morning and everything is jingle bells and bright red hats and goodwill toward men. Read more
When planning your Walt Disney World be sure to include a budget for souvenirs! As many times as we have visited, I still cannot resist coming home with some kind of memento of our wonderful Disney vacation. Budgeting for souvenirs can get challenging though, especially with children, but I have a few money-saving tips that will help make the souvenir dollars stretch a bit further – for kids as well as grownups! Read more