So we decided that after 5 years it was time to go back to the mouse in 2018. This may be our last family vacation together as our son will be headed off to college next year, and our daughter only has a few more years before she is off to college herself. (*sigh) So we decided to give it one last hurrah and go all out. I know we have to be crazy to spend this amount, but the memories will last us much longer. (and probably the credit card bills too!)
18 days at the mouse late August - First part of September (5 people total... me, DH and our two kids, and then my brother will join us a week later)
Airfare - had enough sky miles for 3 first class tickets (the kids might as well experience 1st class once in their lifetime - heck, I've only done it once and I still remember it.) We ended up having to purchase 1 FC ticket - $800 (broken down for all of us $200 each for airfare)
Car Rental - 18 days - minivan - $1000.00 (hope this will come down a tad more)
Hotel - 6 days Club level at AKL = $4000 (before any discounts - hoping we are lucky enough to nab one before our trip of some kind of discount!)
Hotel - remaining 12 days at the DoubleTree in Disney Springs - $3000
Park Tickets - 1 AP / 3, 10 day park tickets = $2300
Food - $3000 (this includes food, snacks, etc) but does not cover special meals like Hoop
Dee Doo, Chef Mickey, Via Napoli, etc. - We get a light breakfast at AKL and at the DoubleTree each morning so that helps our food budget out a ton!
We were also planning on doing some outside activities as well (Blue Man Group @ Universal, Horseback riding at Ft. Wilderness, and maybe a few of the WDW park tours,
MNSSHP?) = $2000 (aprox)
Disney Meals - O'Hana, House of Blues, Hoop Dee Doo, and others - $2500
So roughly, not including any spending money, we are at about $20K for this trip.
I know that seems like a ton, but broken down per day that's about $200 a day for everything for everyone.
Now, when the Minnesota winters are as crappy as they are today (see photo below...) yep, we are supposed to get 11+" of heavy, wet snow today into tonight that is what keeps me going for the next 200+ days as well. So if you account that into the mix, that comes down to only $'s a day. And to me, that's all a part of it.
~D
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