How to Plan The CHEAPEST Disney World Trip EVER

Family of 4, staying on property, going to MNSS, arrive on a friday leave monday, 2 park hopper days.... around 3K total.. It can be done on a decent budget.. We love to visit as much as possible.

1) airfares never drop - 20 years in revenue management here, I can tell you unless there has been a serious disaster, airfares are never lowered. I am not going to reopen one of my lower bucket fare classes to sell more seats, this means there is no demand and by lowering fares I am not going to create that demand, instead I will just adjust my booking curve for future flights. So always buy early.

2) Uber can be a great option for up to 4 people - we Uber all the time and it has always been reasonable. The benefit of Uber is that the price is per car which reduces the price per person

3) Uber Eats and Amazon are also great options for food delivery - we have done this while staying on property and stocked the fridge with soda and had coffee for the am and breakfast/snacks

Step 1: consider going to disney
Step 2: decide not to go to Disney
Money saved, mission success

2019 drove from NC. Started at 2am. Brought food for the road. Bathroom breaks and rotating drivers every 2 hours. Drove my Prius. $100 in gas round trip. Stopped at Walmart to stock up on food. Backpacked REAL food into the parks.
Stayed at a close by VRBO with a full kitchen, 3 bedrooms, close to the parks.

Prefer staying on site especially since they removed the extra parking fee. Just have to watch months ahead because prices do go up the closer you get. Sports was $143 inc tax in Jan when I booked for March and was $190 w/o tax in late February
2023 we’ve been getting better pricing than Airbnb because of all the add on fees they have.
I have seen good prices for hotels off site just remember the parking fee daily unless you have the incredi- pass.

OK, NOW how am I going to get rid of my money?! 💸

Alternate option: buy VR glasses and edibles.

Being friends with a cast member or being one ! Free entry to all 4 parks and 2 water parks .Resort discounts are very good!also on top additional discounts

im lucky i can drive thear

Step 1 Don’t go

Disney dfb .
Needs to go back to. 1985. Where fass passes were included . There park hopping was free!? I remember when my wife and I went to Disney in 1995. Walt would be so disgusted

Ever since Disney had the get more greedy .pricing us family staying on there resorts. We’ve been renting homes. So much more cheaper then Disney resort! We have our own private pool. It’s cheaper . That’s it

Magic kingdom used to be my favorite park. Ever since Disney is changing my favorite ride. Splash mountain! Really! They shouldn’t took away! I’m glad I have a splash mountain hat. Ring tone.

On-site perks?? There aren’t any. Nothing is worth the ridiculous overpriced rates being charged.

I laughed when AJ said that Disney restaurants are as expensive as New York. I went to Manhattan this summer and I told my husband that WDW restaurants were cheaper than Manhattan’s.

Honestly, never thought about modifying days for multiday tickets to get cheaper prices. In the past, if we arrived on say Mon May 1st...we started our tickets on Tues May 2nd......But now, we will look for a couple days prior as it just makes sense! Thank you for the advice!

Do you fly at all?

Disney parks have lost their way. It was formerly about the kids...now it is confusion and picking parents pockets. Throw away the current corporate goals and fire the employed society misfits and twisted management and return to a grounded American family entertainment experience.

It was cheaper taking Uber rather than a taxi at the airport in my opinion for the ones with no car

Value Resorts are sold out October 6th, 2023 for February 7, 2024. I tried so hard to get one through our agent. Frustrating. I thought we were booking early enough.

As long as you don't mind going off Disney property it's usually pretty easy to find rooms for under $75 a night and many also include breakfast, which is another nice way to save a little more money. And if you pack lunch and snacks for the park or just generally don't eat at their high priced restaurants it's very easy to enjoy the parks on a budget. As AP's we go often and use this strategy to keep our costs low. We drive so we don't have car rental or ride share fees to worry about, but even if you did it's still a cheaper way to go. Also, even many if the less expensive hotels have free shuttle service to the popular theme parks-not as frequent as Disney Transportation, of course. But we've taken their transportation to the parks before and then just taken a Lyft back to the hotel before as many do stop before park closing. Which did work out cheaper than renting a car for one of our trips. The most important thing is to research what the hotel has to offer and weigh it against your needs. There are several clean, decent hotels near Old Towne in Kissimmee which is very near Disney but also makes for a very fun day/night in itself too. On the weekends they have antique cars aplenty in addition to games, Carnival style rides, quaint shops and restaurants-free parking and you can get unlimited rides with a 20ish dollar fee. Makes for a fun and relatively cheap date night.

Do Not Pay for Bottled Water 💦 at the Parks. All of the Quick Service Locations give you Free Filtered Water. As Florida water is Not awesome I would recommend bringing in the flavored drink packets. We like a school bread and a Dole whip or maybe a soft baked 🥨 on occasion, but we tend to not eat much at the parks anymore. For momentos go to the Character Warehouse. There is one on Vine and another on International Drive.

We drove twice to Disney and didn’t stop at hotels. Just stopped at rest stops for a few. Then kept driving.

The real answer is...just don't.

Growing up our Florida trips were a 23 hour drive and we never booked a hotel along the way!

I live a 2 hour flight from Disney world. It's like $55 roundtrip 💀

I live 2 hours from Disney ! But I never go lol

NO SUCH THING!!!!!

Disney and Cheap simply do not go together, period!

Do you have to make reservations at every restaurant in the park? Also do you pay ahead of time or on the day you eat

$200 a night ain't cheap!

Another cheap way to do Disney food: get the kiddie meals! Still a full meal at a fraction of the cost of an adult one!

This was in no way an affordable vacation I have a trip planned for June 2024 with airfare a 3 night stay meal plan for 3 days (no choice) a Cinderella castle lunch2 other restaurants car rental Disney Magic bands no shopping added weight going back I'm in around 3700$ everything is beyond a premium price and is designed to take every last dime from your account if it could god Forbid you come with a massive family just tickets hotel stay and just the meal plan was 1968.34 by itself its def. A 1 and done for me mind you all this was a basic package

Not possible. Sorry. Disney has become a scam. A scam. The minute you had to start using YOUR PHONE in the park, the magic was lost. When I worked at Disneyland in the 80s, no planes flew over the park. Why? Walt asked. It would RUIN the experience. He was right. Now it’s all a money grab.

Why did they cancel the bus to an from the airport to your room?

Fly southwest! They don’t charge baggage fees and I’ve always had pleasant experience with them. We paid $617 for round trip flights to Orlando and back to Los Angeles. Gotta buy tickets when they are having big sales

Is there a video dedicated to explaining early entry and evening hours for resort guests?

The Real Guide for absolute cheapest option👇

Rent a car - Drive to Orlando, it’s wayyyy cheaper then flying and then renting when you land OR flying and then taking Uber to and from parks every single day

Book at Hotel room in KISSIMMEE.. NOT ORLANDO. Very very very important. Find hotel with LOW / NO RESORT FEE. I usually stay at Wyndham for $43/night + $12/daily resort fee. 10 nights = $615 after taxes & fees

The way to spend 0 on hotel is to waste 1 day for a presentation for some company because they will actually pay for everything even though they don’t get you with there presentation.

I work for an airline, so I fly for free 😊 and been to all parks across the World. Yes all 5 Disneyland's and the one and only Disney World

I absolutely hate the idea of going to a theme park as a vacation let alone one disney themed… but ig u gotta do what u gotta do to keep the wife happy so here i am

Me and my wife and son are about to drive 8 hours next month. Pray for us lol 😂

You left off the least expensive on property option.
I love the campsites at Ft. Wilderness. Not only is it the least expensive place to stay (if you have the gear), but it's a good break from the blaring Disney everywhere stuff without feeling like you left the bubble.

Love AJ... thanks!!!

We went to Disney for under 2500$. Flight we used jet blue card points. No cost. We stayed at holiday in water park in Orlando. This was paid for with ihg card points and my wife’s discount as she is an IHG regional executive. Universal park passes cost under 600$ which we went to one day. Disney cost with genie pass was about 900$. Our hotel was a 3 bedroom suite with a kitchenette. We ordered groceries from insta cart. We cooked breakfast at the hotel daily. We had sandwiches for lunch on the days that we were hanging out at the hotel water park. The rest was spent on dinners. We went to a pirate show dinner which was awesome. It was fun and done on a budget. So for less than one weeks take home pay from my wife and I we were able to give our children an awesome vacation.

🧡🧡 great suggestions!

I love reading about how many people found ways to make disney a possibility for their budget ❤

Cheapest would be not going! 😆

Why dont you talk about the water parks at all? They still have blizzard beach and typhoon lagoon?