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Dr. Blue Frog, PhD asked:


So with the economy tanking as it has, we have pushed our original plans to go to Disney for a week this year to next year. Our budget is about $3000 to include gas to & from Orlando (we’re driving from Ohio), lodging, attraction tickets, meals, & spending money. We are well aware that almost a 1/3 of our budget will be spent on attraction tickets.

As it stands right now, we are definitely wanting to go during the “off peak” season (I would prefer the end of Nov/beginning of Dec so we can see all the holiday festivities, however my husband wants sometime in Sept to take advantage of the still warm weather). Our biggest hurdle is deciding between staying at an on-site resort, off-site hotel, or renting a condo/home when there’s just the 3 of us. So I guess I’m looking for advice from people who have gone on a budget and what they chose. Where did you stay? Would you stay there again? What were your likes/dislikes of where you stayed? Is staying on-site and taking advantage of the dining plan really worth it? What is one thing we should definitely splurge on? What should we avoid?

Any and all help is welcome!
kapn, while I agree that visiting national parks is a great way to spend a vacation since we’ve visited Gettysburg, Yellowstone, Acadia, Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, Grand Canyon, Teton, Great Smokey’s & Mt. Rushmore over the past couple of years and we’re looking for something different. My daughter will be 7 when we go and she quite frankly wants a vacation where the fun is thrown at her…..But thank you for your input.

Charity Feist

karkee07 asked:


I want to get a couple things for myslef and my boyfriend and something for my parents and brother and a couple small things for a few other people or myslef lol….any sugguestions on what to get and the best places to shop and how much moey to bring? Thanks!

Gordon