Doing Disney Dirt Cheap!

If you are a person who likes to get a bang for yourThe park hours are shorter than in the busier
buck, especially while traveling, planning a vacation tomonths, but that will allow you to get a good night's
Disneyland may not be something that you canrest and be ready and raring to go bright and early
achieve; however, doing some research and followingthe next morning.
some easy steps, you will find that not only will youYour food budget can be blown within days of
pay much lower prices than anticipated, planning avisiting Disneyland if you are not careful. Dining inside
cheap Disney vacation will be just your cup of tea!of the park is definitely more expensive than
While it is very easy to pay a huge price for flights,anywhere outside of the park. There are a couple of
accommodations, admission tickets and food for arestaurants (the Blue Bayou and Rainforest
vacation to Disneyland, if you are budget friendly,Café) that you should splurge on, but other
keeping your price in the low-range is not onlythan that, try eating at restaurants elsewhere. If you
possible, but fun too!would like to eat at least one meal a day inside of
Choosing a slower time of the year, tourist-wise, willDisneyland or California Adventure, take full
help keep you within your budget. The times whenadvantage of the continental breakfast that most
children are normally in school is considered thehotels offer, fill up on some good carbohydrates and
"off-season" and therefore, the park is not attractingfresh fruit in the morning that will tide you over until
as many visitors as in the busier "on-season", solunchtime. Eat a hearty snack (perhaps a corn dog
discounts and specials are often advertised duringand an ice cream) that will fill you up enough to
these times. The weather may be a bit chillierperhaps skip lunch and then splurge on a dinner inside
(requiring a lightweight coat, and occasionally anof Disneyland.
umbrella) and you may have to take your kids out ofFollowing these two simple steps will easily give you
school, but the upsides are that you will not have tothe cheap Disney vacation that your budget will allow
worry about big lines to attractions, with an averagewhile still giving you the dream vacation that you
wait time of one hour and the crowds will be muchdesire.
smaller at parades, shows and character greetings.