About Me
My name is Kristin and I am a coupon addict. My coupon addiction feeds my other addiction, all things Disney. How are the two related you ask? Well I have learned how to use the money I save by couponing to pay for my yearly trip to Disney World. Here’s how it all began….
When I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, I started making all these elaborate plans about a fantastic trip to Disney World when she was old enough to enjoy it. Then I saw the price tag of a Disney vacation and compared that to our finances and those dreams diminished. There was no way we could afford a Disney vacation with our current budget.
It wasn’t long after my daughter was born that I started couponing. But I only used a coupon here or there (like normal couponers do). In January 2008, my New Years Resolution was to become more adamant about using coupons. I started learning everything I could about saving money. I learned how to combine coupons and sales, how to stockpile, how to use rebates and eventually how to save my family thousands of dollars a year.
I was a smart shopper for over a year before I realized we could now afford a Disney vacation. So I started planning and by May 2009, we were at Disney World. We had 8 wonderful, magical days at the parks and it was everything I had dreamed of and more. (You can read about that trip here.)
When we returned home, we decided we would start taking a yearly trip to Disney. But we didn’t have the funds to designate to another vacation. We had other things we needed to spend our income on (such as getting out of debt and paying down our mortgage). So I decided to challenge myself to save the entire amount we needed by couponing.
So I started racking my brain to figure out how I could save this money. I had a little less then a year to save.
The first and most obvious way to me was to start saving all our loose change. I withdrawal our weekly budget ($150 for groceries, entertainment, clothing, etc) in cash. Instead of making correct change, I always break a dollar and save the coins. The change goes into the Disney fund. It usually averages out to about $10 a week. That’s $520 a year! That’s 1/5th of the cost of our trip and it’s money we don’t miss!
I also save whatever is left at the end of the week from our grocery budget. This inspires us to eat out less and not buy items we don’t necessarily need. And if I came close to spending money and I resisted, I add that to the Disney fund as well.
Next I save all our found money. Found money can be anything from $1 in the dryer to an unexpected gift from a relative. It could be money earned by having a yard sell or by selling your Aunt Irma’s spoons on Ebay. If we weren’t expecting the money, it gets applied to our trip.
One of the biggest sources of my fund is by using rebates. Prior to saving for Disney, I was not very diligent about using every rebate available to me and there were times that I would forget to mail in my receipt and I would lose out on the rebate. So I became more dedicated and organized about rebates and now they get deposited directly into the Disney fund.
There are also lots of ways to make money online. I participate in about 10 different survey and rewards programs. It adds up over time. I usually do them while I watch TV. And the more surveys you do, the more you can make.
I also have the Disney Visa by Chase. It rewards us with 1 Disney Dollar for every $100 we charge. So we use it to pay as many of our bills as possible. While it isn’t the best rewards card there is, it gives us other Disney perks as well. So it’s worth it to us.
I have successfully couponed to 2 different Disney World Vacations and we are working on our third!
- The 2010 Disney Fund – Saved $3223.32 in 11 months
- The 2011 Disney Fund - Saved $3512.30 in 17 months
- The 2012 Disney Fund – Check for a new update every Monday night
A Disney trip is not out of your reach if you are resourceful. As the great Walt said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.”
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Hey so I just got back from Disney. I am a Florida resident so I get the $99 for 4 parks pass. Not sure if you knew this or not but while you are at Disney you can get a photopass card & when you get to meet the characters they have the photographers take 3 or 4 photos with each character. Not to mention photographers from all around the park. Heres the catch. Each photo is around $13 or more, however you can get ALL your photos on a CD for $150ish and that included ALL copyrights so you can print them on your own. Not to mention say if you go with a friend you can use one card and just get their pictures with yours and you can split the cost of all the photos on the cd :)
They’ll take pictures with your camera too, we never buy their pictures.
You can also pre-purchase the Photo CD prior to your trip and save $50! It’s just $99.95 when you purchase it ahead of time and if you decide once you’ve traveled that you didn’t like your pics enough to actually order the CD, they’ll refund your money! It can’t get any better than that!! We did this for our trip we just took to Disney. It was our son’s 1st visit and we didn’t want to be struggling to hand our camera back and forth to the Photopass person. We got some AMAZING pictures that we never could have gotten with our camera! We’re SO happy we chose this option!
Here’s the link to pre-purchase the CD!
http://www.disneyphotopass.com/previsitoffer.aspx
You can pre- purchase the cd BEFORE your trip for $99!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.disneyphotopass.com/previsitoffer.aspx
You can also edit all your pics and add all the special borders and have all the special cartoon edits added to your cd as well…I did this with the pre purchase back in 2008
Hello:
I LOVE YOUR STORY this is my first time reading your site, its wonderful.
I will continue to read and pick up tips.
YOU ROCK
I married and moved to Florida in 2002
and I did not know my husband the 2nd time we saw each other was our Wedding Day !
We met over the phone. I’m from Michigan and when my best friend told me he lived in Florida I told her GIVE HIM MY NUMBER I’M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!
We had Cinderella Slippers on our cake and bridal table.
Thats exactly what happened he took me to Disney in Feb. 03.
We went back Jan 2010 for his birthday.
We have another trip for April 20th 2010( MY BIRTHDAY AND OUR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
I want to plan a trip each year and I want to come back for Christmas this year your site will make the world of difference. I think I may even be able to save enough for a Disney Cruise.
Do you know if Disney resturants etc. give specials for an Anniversary , and Birthdays!
We have reservations for The Chefs De France on my Birthday April 20th
Joni, I just love your story! My situation was very similar. We knew immediately we were going to be together. We spent very little time together but we knew.
We have had several trips to Disney too and I have had the same emotions and feelings as you.
I just wanted to add a bit of advice I got from a Disney phone operator. She said if you want the park hopper option, but don’t really think you’ll use it a lot, it’s cheaper to buy a longer base ticket. For example, say you’re only going to be in Florida for 7 days and you think you might want to go to two parks in one day (but not EVERY day). You should buy a 10 day ‘base’ ticket and use the extra days admission to get into the second park. You may have to pay a couple dollars since the admission costs vary, but it’s TONS cheaper than buying a park hopper option. I was so pleased to learn that! Also, if you buy your tickets ahead of time, they are good indefinitely. Yes, once you use it the first time, they expire within two weeks; but if you buy them ahead of time as you’re planning your trip, you might save money if they increase the cost of admission (like they seem to do each year!).HTH!
Laurie
Thanks so much Kristin for letting me know I was misinformed! What would we do without your expertise? : )
Hi Laurie, I don’t know if anyone’s responded to your post yet but you cannot use two admissions in one day. I learned that the hard way a few years back. We had to go to guest services and convert our tickets to tickets with park hopper option in order to get into the second park.
I have the Disney Visa by Chase. We recently just dug ourselves out of debt so I hesitate to use the card to pay bills. Do you know if you have to wait until they send out a bill to receive points or can I charge one day then on the next pay it off and still get points?
You can charge and pay off and still get points. It doesn’t have to be on the bill to get points. That is what I do. :)
Kristin is absolutely right. My husband and I use our Chase Disney Visa’s to purchase everything and pay bills. We earn enough disney rewards to pay for our dining plans, plus. We are Disney Vacation Club members since 2004 and it was the best decision we ever made. We did a Disney trip every year prior, but being a DVC member has given us so much more.
Thanks so much. I also am addicted to couponing and LOVE Disney. You have inspired me to save towards a trip to Disney. I am involving my 6 year old son and we go to the bank to cash in our change and deposit it into my account. I just wanted to let you know that if you have a Chase bank near you, you can earn rewards on your debit card. I have figured out that I will have about $800 dollars in rewards by this time next year. I use the card to pay bills an purchase pretty much everything.
Hi Carol,
I just read your post regarding the Chase debit card. Unfortunately, after June, 2011, Chase will not be awarding points, flight miles or any other rewards on their debit cards. It has something to do with a bill that passed through congress.
You can always try to apply for the Chase Disney Credit Card. We use them faithfully to get Disney Rewards Points.
Hi! This is a great site-thanks for sharing your couponing know-how with us, as well as all the matchups and freebies too! :) We are also going to Disneyin May/June! We will be there May 23-June 5. We LOVE Disney. I just started couponing a few months ago, and you have inspired me!
Jen
I just found your blog today and I am so glad that I did! My husband’s family and I are going to Florida in June and we will be taking our daughter to Disney for the first time. I have been couponing for awhile now since I decided to take the year off from teaching to be a stay at home mom. I have been saving a bunch of money but I never thought about designating it specifically for vacation. Thanks for some great ideas!
Have an amazing trip!!! Just an FYI…you can get a 33% discount if you book through AAA. We just went in Jan and our 8 day 7 night…full meal plan, park hoppers and several character meals cost just about 2 grand.. (I have a family of 5) they even bumped us up to the moderate resorts for no charge!
Hi Ruth Ann,
I was wondering if I’ve already booked through Disney, if I could go back still go through AAA and get some kind of refund?? This is great to know for another Disney trip or vacation, thanks for the tip!!
You can also use your AAA card at Universal Studios on tickets, parking, food and merchandise. They give you an automatic 10% discount if you show your AAA card.
Rhonda,
You might want to get a quote through AAA first before you cancel anything. We have done both and found the Disney site to book cheaper. But you never know when you can get a better deal. Good Luck!
I have recently become addicted to couponing recently. I have been saving alot of money but I haven’t thought of putting the savings towards anything in particular. My fiance and I want to go to Italy (we wanted to go for a honeymoon but that is less than 2 years away). You have inspired me. I think that I will set aside a seperate bank account as our trip fund. I got a flyer in the mail for opening a chase checking account and you get $100 so this will be my first deposit towards that goal.
Elyse,
Disney has a cruise that goes to Italy. So you may be able to have the best of both worlds.
You are my inspiration. I’m become addicted! :)
I have been inspired by you. I ordered my Sunday edition paper, and am determined to win! My goal is next May! I want to celebrate my baby’s kindergarten graduation in Disney World.
What an inspirational story. Thanks for sharing!!!
Hey Marisa! I have the Disney card also. I am currently paying off a high credit card debt on another card and have disciplined myself to use my Disney card just like my debit card…….If I don’t have the money for it then I don’t buy the item. You can pay on the balance before you get a bill. I set up an account online w/ them and transfer $$ from my checking account to my balance every week. I tried to pay one time within 3 days of another payment & it wouldn’t let me so there must be a 3 day grace period. Paying ahead of time does not affect your disney points. As long as you make the purchase then you receive the points.
You have challenged me to try to save all of our vacation money. I love your site! You do a wonderful job, and I look forward to reading all about your trip to Disney. It gives me motivation. Thanks!
how did you pay for the trip? when you start saving again in june you won’t have enough to book for next years trip right? don’t you have to book in advance?
Yes, I have to agree that coupons & Disney are high one our list, too! I just started using coupons the first week in May, and I can see a savings already! I love your blog & tips :)
Just a quick tip for you – we go to Disney twice a year! Buy annual passes for your family for trip#1 then plan trip#2 within a year of your trip#1. (It’s like FREE admission for your second trip) We usually, stay 5-7 days each trip. So, your second trip you will only need hotel/food! Plus, Disney offers discounts when you renew your annual passes.
Hope you’re having a MAGICAL DAY!
This kinda made me aggrivated to read lol…I wish I would have known this last year when we went to Disney World! I just compared prices and you are very right! That is BY FAR THE BEST TIP I have come across and I have read about 5 books about ways to save money on Disney and I never came across anything like that! Thanks so much for the info!! I will definately be using it!
Hi…can you possibly contact me via email and tell me more about how you did that? I have a family of six and would love to be able to spend less than 3 grand!
Sorry, my email is judahmom7@msn.com.
Sorry again, my replies are regarding the AAA.
We went to Disney over Thanksgiving in 2009. We won’t be able to go this summer unfortunately, but I am going to save like crazy to go next year!
I just quit my job to be a SAHM. This is an inspiration to keep our family vacation dream alive.
Congrats on doing Disney each year! I too always dreamed of going to Disney, but knew it was out of my family’s reach. In 2009, I finally took the dream trip I’d been planning for over 10 years. This past March we returned again, because once we set foot in Disney World, we were hooked. Your site has some wonderful tips.
To Crystal, you need to be a member of AAA to take advantage of their discounts, and the 33% isn’t always what is offered. Often, Disney will have a better offer, and you just have to know how to plan accordingly. Be sure and research as much as you can, and consider using a travel agency that Specializes in Disney travel if you are a first timer.
I am new to the site an i really found alot of things helpful you mention.
Oh! hey, I just found your abbreviation key! :D Sooo glad you have this, I was just about to e-mail you and ask what it all meant. (I was reading the bloggers link bargain and was so confused) Some I was able to figure out but like the SS I had no clue. Anyway thanks for sharing your story. I just started following you and thought I should do this. I got an awesome deal the other day and now im super motivated. Only i’m confused. Please help me, after I save and I know I save should I be putting the money aside like I actually spent it (each transaction) or is this a virtual tally you keep and then just use conventional savings for your trip? and where do I post/share my great savings? (I have no blog/website)
What a great idea about the annual pass! My son and I were lucky enough to make it to Disney last May and we loved it. Being on WDW grounds was great but I don’t foresee being able to make it again anytime soon.. lol, I coupon cuz otherwise I couldn’t pay my bills so there IS no extra :/ With the annual pass, we could afford 2 trips (maybe 11 months apart! yay!) and stay in a hotel once and with family the other…hmmm, maybe next tax time. I never even thought about it…. now if I could only find free airfare :) The 18 1/2 hour drive was killer!
thanks so much for all you do on your website! my husband is NOT a Disney park fan b/c of the cost (he’s extreamly cheap! :)) so the thought of doing this seems out of reach for me, but I’m thinking I may start anyway when you get back from your trip just to see what I can come up with this year!
you can charge and pay off immidiately that is what we do and still receive our points.
Do you use the 150$ for gas too?
Does that 150 dollars you deduct go for gas too? Because we use at least 100$ a week in gas. Please advise thanks.
Hi! I am working on a post about actual savings over “appearance savings” of couponing and I am putting a link to your blog in it. I think it is a neat example of how to save and then set it aside for a specific project.
I just attended a couponing class held at our Real Estate office Friday and the lady that taught it said this was one of her favorite sites and shared it with us. I can see why – your story is inspiring. I am brand new to couponing and am looking forward to it. I started a new career – real estate and am trying to help ease the financial burden until I have gotten my business going. I just bought my four Sunday papers this morning, picked up a Krogers card and am going to start registering my new coupon email address. Thanks for all the tips and inspiration!
How awesome is that??? I just sent you an email. :)
Hey Kristin…
LOVE your site!! I look at it everyday, sometimes a couple times a day!! Just wondering…with all this couponing to save for Disney, running this site and having a family that loves Disney…how often is Disney World on your mind each day? Do you try to have Disney inspirations in your home and life as well?
For me, Disney World and future vacations there are probably on my mind about 50-60% of the time (planning the trips and keeping updated on Disney news is half the fun right? So why not think about it half the time!! :)) Also, I am currently redecorating my home, on a budget of course, and every room will either be Disney themed or include some sort of Disney inspiration.
Thanks for your site and sharing your life with us as you travel to the happiest place on earth!!
Oh Andrea you house sounds so neat! I wanna see!!!
This morning little man woke me up telling me he wanted to go to Disney World. Then he started listing all the places he had gone. Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Disney hotel, etc etc. It’s on his mind at least 75% of the time. ;)
Kristin,
I have a question that I did not want posted how do I email you personally?
Thank you,
Teresa
My family and I are devoted Disney fans. Since we are Florida residents, we get annual passes in order to visit for weekend getaways a couple times a year. We have been doing this since we got married 14 years ago. However, our family has grown (3 little Disney-loving girls later). Those weekend trips are getting farther apart, and it is becoming more difficult to experience all of the Disney magic in such a short visit! After reading your story, I am setting a family goal to coupon our way to our first weeklong Disney vacation (believe it or not, we have never stayed that long!) I will be checking in often to keep up with all of the great $ saving tips that you post. Thanks!
PS-Kristin, I have a great website I refer to when planning our trips. It offers great discount codes that you can apply when making reservations for the Disney hotels, and much more. Email me back to let me know if you’d like me to share — it has helped us save a significant amount of money so that we could stay right in the middle of all the Disney magic!
Adrienne, I would love all the tips you have to share. we are a family of 6! we have never been before. I think about how much fun it would be to make a trip to Disneyland with our family. We are in WA state My email address is curtinseuferts@gmail.com
Adrienne – would you mind sharing the website with me too? We just took our first disney vacation a couple of weeks ago and I’m already starting to plan a trip back and how to fund it. Thanks so much! My email is nicoleb.liasophia@gmail.com
Hi! would you mind sharing the website w/ me? we’re planning a trip for next fall and ready to get the ball rolling! Thanks. email: ccook@mayomallette.com
Would you share the site with us too? Planning out 5th trip to Disney for Spring Break ’12 and would LOVE any additional money saving tips! laurasratliff@hotmail.com
I love Disney World and love to share the Disney Magic with my friends who have never been there. I am planning a trip in December. Any tips will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Velma K
I am heading to Disney in Orlando next week. We have saved on accomodations but were wondering if there were any discounts we should know about.
Adrienne,
Could you please forward that website to me. I am always looking for ways to say for our vacation to Disney. Jemi69@ptd.net
We’re taking our daughter in August for the first time for her 8th birthday, and to celebrate our 10 year anniversary! I was wondering if you could send me the discount websites also if anyone knows of anything that we should definitely see/do while we are there? Thanks for any and all the help!!! birdie1235@yahoo.com
Adrianne…..I too would love the site for discounts….nettiepooh1@juno.com thank you!!! this is exciting!!!
i want a tickits to go disnewrold and i want a tickits and it got to bee 8 so i can take my famley and if you want my adrsse here it is 3/87kasey rd pukhokhoe in new zeland and my name is adrienne and cane you send it in a envlope and my adrsse is on here so send it in a envlopoe and it got to bee 8 in there ok thank you.
mickey is my son’s hero. we have the mickey mouse clubhouse cd and when he had double ear infection, he would actually sleep during the song and whimper during the time it took to switch back to replay the song. i cant wait to someday take my son to disney world when he’s old enough to enjoy it by using your tips! :)
I have to tell you how much I love your site! I know we all really appreciate the time you take to do this. Everyone’s advice and comments are very helpful!!!!! I have a question for you – how in heaven’s name do you feed your family on such a small amount a week (other than couponing)? Is your grocery list pretty much the same? Can you send a sample to my email? Granted, I have two teenagers with significant others, a 6 year old, a 2 year old grandson and a 4 month old grandson so my situation is a little different but any advice you can offer would help!!! We want to take our 6 year old to disney for his birthday in January so badly and we need to save (for other reasons too – to get out of debt!!!).
Thanks for all you do!!!!
Cris
Hey Kristin: I just discovered your site through another site. While I do not want to go to Disney I do want an Alaskan cruise next year. As it stands now there is no way we can afford it but you have given me hope that with savvy savings I can be on the high seas next August.
Thanks
Question for you… I am trying to plan a Disneyland Trip for my daughter next year. When I get on Disneys website, just to see prices on there, it tells me that May 2011 is too far in advance to get prices. When do they open up prices for the next year? We have some wiggle room in when we go so I am trying to plan our vacation dates with a good time to go in May. Thanks for this website. I use it all the time for saving money, but since I am planning the trip, I am using all your tips to plan a magical vacation my daughter will never forget.
Hi Kristin, I look forward to getting to know u better and “Couponing my way to Disney!!”
Hi Kristin,
I’m having so much fun with your site. I was the 10,000th person to friend Couponing to Disney on facebook! I came across a couple of freebies today that I’d like to share:
The National Park Service is offering free admission to many of our national parks on August 14 and August 15. Go to nps.org to see if your favorite park is listed.
Also, Total cereal is offering a free download of a chap\ter of Suze Orman’s book Action Plan. You need to enter a code on the inside of the box. Entering the code gives you a chance to win $10,000.
Good Luck!
Wow Patricia it is so nice to meet you! :) Thanks for the deals!
I just ran across some Disney items and wanted to share the link. I believe some of these items are cheap! http://www.abcdistributing.com/home/catalog/showsearch.asp
How inspiring!!! I must say. I love this! Its great!!! I am a SAHM and you have inspired me to start doing this for my vacation. I love Disney, but I don’t see me going with the new baby at least not for a couple more years, but I do see me taking a week long trip to the beach next year. All with money I have saved using your methods. I can’t wait to start saving for my vacation next year, this way.
Thanks
Tracy
Hi Kristin.
I have been following your site for about a year now. I love it. My husband and I bought into the Disney Vacation Club in 2000. It has been the best thing we have ever done. Although many people think you can only go to Disney Resorts, there are different collections that can take you all over the USA and even across the world. And now tha Disney has joined with RCI there are even more places to go. I am presently saving for a trip to Disney’s newest resort, Aulani, in Hawaii. We were hopeing to go for our 30th anniversary this year, but since it won’t be completed until 2011, we’re planning to go next Sept. for our 31st anniversary. I also have the Disney Chase credit card and I’m saving my points to take our family, our son and daughter and their spouses and our 5 grandchildren, on a wonderful Disney vacation in FL in 2012. After that we are planning to take a large Disney family reunion/vacation every other year. One year it will be a cruise, another year it will be at Vero Beach, etc. We enjoyed Disney with our children when they were kids, and now we get to enjoy it with our grandchildren. Thank you for showing people that they CAN afford a great vacation, or anything for that matter, as long as you plan ahead and make it a saving priority.
Glad to hear that your past your morning sickness hump, and I hope the rest of your pregnancy goes smoothly.
Sincerely,
Theresa
Hi,
I was thinking about starting a blog/website and have no idea how to do it?? It is complicated? And could you advise me on how/where to start…My son usually does all my computer stuff, so I really have no clue..
Love your site! Check it at least twice a day..
Thanks,
Debra
I love your story! I too am a huge Disney fan! I also wish I could afford to go to Disney EVERY year (every month even)! We also live on a tight budget and a Disney vacation is a little much for our family of 4! We took our daughter for her 5th birthday in 2008. We stayed for 9 nights at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and did the Deluxe dining plan. We saved for 2 years, but it was a dream come true! We went at the beginning of December so it was all decorated for Christmas and beautiful. One thing I did for the kids, was during the two years prior to the trip, every time I found a Disney toy on sale for a great deal, I bought it. I found some great deals, such as, stuffed Disney animals for $2 and $3 regularly $30. I bought enough so both kids had a toy to unwrap every morning of the trip. The kids LOVED it! This cut down on them wanting toys in the parks! I also bought Disney shirts, beach towels, sunglasses, etc on clearance and saved them for the trip. We had some wonderful Disney stuff to pack by the time of our trip that really did not cost that much. You have given me some great ideas to save towards a future trip.
So glad to hear I am not the only frugal mom that prepurchases themed souveniers! Even if it is a trip to the zoo I have an animal board book from the dollar store in my diaper bag! Have been collecting disney themed gifts for 9 years anticipating our trip of a lifetime- added to the stack on black Friday last week with Walmart $4 Mickey and Princess hoodies and PJ’s.
Hi, I just found you website. I plan to go to Disney in 2012 with my son’s family. I was very appreciative of your advice. The coupon sites are outstanding. He will certainly be very surprised (I have three grandkids) when I can pay for all of the airfare with coupon money!!!!
Now, I have to find a way to save additionally for my husband to go on his dream Alaskan cruise. Thank you, Grateful Nana
I finally figured out how to do this. Maybe one day ill learn how to save like you. Love your site and will keep reading to get more helpful tips. I love ya.
Christy Osborn
Just found your site on my sister-in-laws Facebook homepage. I have tried couponing but never get organized enough to keep going. Your site is awesome! Any suggestions for a newbie? We would love to go to Disney again. Our daughters were very little when we went the last time. I would love to save enough to take our family on a vacation period. We haven’t been anywhere for over a few days in over 5 years. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I just found your site and I am intrigued,,, I have another friend with a Coupon site (Thrifty and Thriving) and I just get so overwhelmed. :( We are a HUGE Disney Family, My 5 year old is taking her 8th trip to Disneyland in Dec and she has been on a Disney Cruise and to Disneyworld twice. My husband and I grew up in California so it was part of our life, and though we live in Washington right now, we don’t want our Daughter to miss a minute of the Disney Magic that shaped our lives. It is a bit harder now though, being farther away!!
We just bought into the DVC which helps with Hotel, and affords a few other trips as well. As far as Disney goes, I consider myself to be pretty savy with savings with, but I hope to follow your site and try to learn more how to be Savy at home so these trips aren’t quit as painful finacially even WITH the deals I pull to get there :) We would thoroughly enjoy being able to visit Florida a little more often than every 3 years or so. :)
I am new to your site but no stranger to couponing or Disney (we have been 3 times just within the last 30 months)! I really haven’t learned anything Disney from your site but I absolutely love to see someone that shares my passion for the “World” and saving money! Thanks for the great advice on freebies and deals! We have been fortunate enough to take several trips with my parents but our own budget is very limited so I am excited to coupon and save for a trip of our own :)
Kristin
I pray the peace of God, like a river; flood your soul and your husband and family. I will keep you in my prayers. It’s good to know the Lord and to know that your sweet, precious son is with him.
God bless you all.
Jean
Hi Kristin ! Love your couponing to Disney site! I live a 20 minute drive from Disney world. My Daughter is a pastry chef there in Tony’s Restaurant. She gets us in free several times a year! My name is Dale, a mans name I know but I am a woman. I was named after my Dad. Since I am Dale my Hubby has the nick name of Chip. Some people don’t even know his real name. We have Chip & Dale chip monks of different types all over the house! My Daughter started and continues to ad to a huge collection of Chip & Dale pins. We posed with Chip & Dale, and have a picture of it. Last year we got an autographed picture of Chip & Dale in our anniversary card. I have Dale on my car antenna. Even though Chip & Dale dominate our lives I am still loyal to my favorite Disney character, Tinker Bell. My prayers are with you! Dale
Hello! Your story really inspired me to show my husband we CAN make a trip to Disneyland possible! I am soo excited to get started! I cant wait to take this journey and watch you on yours! Thank you for sharing!!!
I just found your website and i love it! We took our 2 boys on their first Disney trip last December 2009. We have been wanting to take them for a while and in July of 09 after looking around the house at all the toys and planning for Christmas we decided to ask the boys if they wanted to go to Disney World for their Christmas present and of course they said YES! so the planning began (btw Santa still came, but had a lighter load to bring down the chimney lol) We treated our trip like it was a once in a lifetime trip, now almost a year since we went, we desperately want to go back. We are hoping maybe fall ’11, keeping fingers crossed!
Thanks!
I just wanted to let you know that I L-O-V-E your site!! Thank you so much for opening a new world of couponing to me & my family. Before I thought that couponing was boring, But now I cannot wait until I get home from work to start ‘The Wonderful Couponing!!.’
Kristen,
First my sincere thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time. I had been referred to your site by a fellow coupon loving friend and read your blog tonight. The loss of your baby and your daughters illness (coupled with the regular everyday stressors) is a difficult journey.
I am a pennypinching deal- loving mom like you. We have had 13 pregnancies. The loss of each one has been sad but diminshes in time, and I am thankful for being given the opportunity to parent so many times. I had my 6th child last month.You have to imagine our costs of living. But through faith and watching every dime we are still able to do lots of fun things, travel, eat out and basically have a fun life!
You rock lady- I am so glad I have found your site and look forward to checking in often.
I am currently looking at going to Orlando next fall. Pretty brave with just my husband and I for the 9, 5,4,3,2,and 2month old. They will all be about a year older though so it will be okay:) Would love more info about accommodations on property for a family of 8-10. We do have access to a time share in Orlando as well.
Take care of yourself!!!!!
I got my 8 year old daughter craft supplies like scratch & draw paper, new markers, and the posters that have the black velvet on them. ;)
Awesome idea! We’re coupon shoppers as well. I love the loose change idea. We used to save for weekend trips using loose change before we got married. We have a nearly full huge jar of change and are planning on a trip to Disney in August for our family of 6. We’re planning on staying at the campground in our motorhome for 10 days with a Park Hopper this time. I’m going to follow your journey and maybe we can all help each other save and realize the Disney dream!!!
What website do you all use for reservations..
i have a family of 6 and would love to go this summer…
i would love to find somethign under 3K..
Please email me or post on here.. i am a reguler on this blog..LOL
merima22@yahoo.com
Hi Merima,
We have a 3 bedroom townhouse with a pool in Windsor Hills Resort, only 1.5 miles away from Disney. It’s much cheaper than staying onsite at Disney. Windsor Hills is a great resort with a very large pool with waterslide, a movie theater, playgrounds, fitness center, basketball/volleyball/tennis courts. You’ll never want to stay in a hotel again! Please contact me for a quote and visit our website for pictures and a virtual tour.
http://www.mickeymacresorts.com
OK I have never been on a site like this so I posted something similiar earlier, but I can’t find what I put it under??? So here goes again! I have challenged myself to save money in 2011. I found your site yesterday and it held my new favorite topic, saving money and my all-time favorite topic…. DISNEY WORLD! I was so excited to read your story! My family, husband and two sons, have been taking an annual trip to Disney world for the last 5 years and we feel so blessed to have those memories. Our goal for 2011 is to go after Christmas! We have never been at this time and we think it would be awesome to suprise the boys, just like you did with your family this year! I can not wait to learn from you guys everything I need to know to cut cost. In one day I already have alot of great ideas! ( i did my first 5 a day yesterday adn got a great e-mail back form Domino-they are sending me a recipe book and coupons because of my positive comment, Thanks!)Have a great trip and I look forward to putting your website to good use to add to my 2011 Disney Fund! I’ll keep you posted if I can figure out how to Blog!!!!
Love your site!!! I found this free giveaway for a EA Sports Active 2 game. Just thought it might be something you would like!
http://www.digitalsportsdaily.com/nfl/news/5160-heart-pumping-moments-win-a-copy-of-ea-sports-active-2.html
Thanks for all the good tips! Have fun in Disney
Looks like you are having fun at Disney. It’s great to see you smiling.
Have fun,
Shari
We took a family of eight for 10 days and stayed at the beach club villas and had deluxe dining for 7250. before spending money. Air fare included round trip.
We use our tax return to go!!
I am so impressed with your plan. I am such a frivelous shopper. I am goingto give this all a try. I use coupons that are in the weekly store ads,but goingto take it further. At least try! We are driving down to Disney land this year to visit family and friends.
I am so inspired!
thank you!
Meta
Hey,
I was at target the other day and they had mickey plates and cups on clearance…they were cute! Also I was on abcdistributing.com and they had a bunch of disney in the clearance catalog. One of the coolest things was a little thing that made treats into disney caracters….it reminded me of the donut or cupcake things that were popular this past Christmas.
Hi Kristin,
I LOVE your site. You have helped me so much with learning to coupon. I have a question and was wondering if you could help. If I am purchasing 2 items and I have a coupon that is for say 1.00 wyb 2. Can I use 2 coupons on that? Or when can I use 2 manufacturers coupons on the same products? If that makes sense. Thanks if you can help. Just a little confused. :)
Just found your site and I LOVE it!!!!! We are going on our first Disney trip in 40 days!!!! :) I wish I could have paid for it with all the money I saved but alas that is not the case. I will start trying for next years trip! :) We do not have the Disney Rewards Visa, BUT WE DO HAVE a Chase Bank Checking account and our DEBIT card is a Disney Rewards card. We get 1 point for every $200 we spend as long as we run the charge as credit. (basically as long as we do not have to enter our pin number it counts) We have had that account for a little over a year and pay for everything with it. We have approximately $155 in Disney bucks because of it. :-)
How exciting! You don’t have long to wait! :)
Hello Kristin,
I have adopted 4 children in the last 5 years and now our family is complete I dream of giving them an amazing Disney Holiday. We can’t afford it right now as having a large family so quickly it has really put a strain on our finances but after reading your story I have hope! So thank you for sharing.
Just found your site on Circle of Moms! I love the way you save for your Disney Vacation. We live in Utah so we travel to Disneyland every year with our kids. I’m looking forward to following your site and hopefully picking up some tips that will work in California. One thing we do is try to plan our trips within a year of each other. By doing this we purchase a season pass and use it for 2 Disney Vacations within 12 months. This gives us discounts on items we buy at the park and on dining. I don’t have any small babies any more, but at Disneyland with the Chase card I think you can up to 2 free stroller rentals a day.
I just wanted to let you know you just opened a whole new ballpark for me!! LOL! We were supposed to go to Disney this year at the end of March but we were unable to save any money and I very recently started couponing and I was just looking up some couponing stuff and came across your site and now I am super excited to try this! It will definately be a challenge since I usually just waste away the money I save but I am going to study this and get a good start hopefully! I am also going to show your site to my husband and Im hoping it will make him get a lil more serious about couponing as well since he was sooo heartbroken when I told him we would not be going to Disney World this year! Maybe if I plan things right and do some major saving I might be able to get us there by Christmas! It would completely blow away my whole family including myself if I can pull this off!! Thanks so much for being so frugal and creative to think of doing this and giving all of us the idea as well!! I will be back often!
Hey, just a quick tip. Chase now offers a Disney DEBET card. You only get 1/2 a % back in points but its a great way to save for disney and also not get in over your head in CC debt.
Good luck everyone!
Hey Kristen, I just have to say a HUGE thank you! We did our first coupon based shopping trip today. We saves over $113!!! I couldn’t believe it! We are a single income family and we don’t use credit cards, so usually about 4 days before pay day we are scrounging for gas money and milk money. So we agreed to stash half of our savings for our October 2011 WDW trip (though we just returned from Disney Land 2 weeks ago) that way we don’t end up in that position anymore. But I wanted to tell you how you are changing our lives. With your advice and our restraint, we may actually be able to spend money on our vacation this time. YEAY! We usually pack our lunches for the parks and bring our own glow sticks for my little one to avoid spending money on “money eaters”. Maybe this time we can get some actual souviniers!!! Thank you SO MUCH!
Glad to hear that someone else buys cheap things to “satisfy” the kids instead of spending a fortune.I think you and I are smart! The last time we took our 5 kids to Disneyland was 9 years ago, when my youngest was 4 months old. Now I have 2 in college (money is sooooo tight) and we want to go again for the younger 2 that don’t remember Disney at all. So any tips for me- package vacation with hotel/airfare or drive from Washington state? Trying to stay under $3000, also my daughter works sometimes at Disneyworld so we get 3 free park passes a day (which saves up about $450). Wish we could afford Disneyworld, but not now, Disneyland will do. Thanks in advance for any tips!!
Hey,
So, I have started doing what Kristen does, the couponing and rebates and budgeting. I really recommend going to the dollar store and getting your kids some glow sticks. Wal-Mart has light spinners (similar to the ones they have at the parks) for about $5. You can go to the dollar store and get some Disney Stickers and spruce them up a bit. And TA-DA…you just saved yourself at least $10 per child on souvineres. Also, instead of buying sweatshirts or t-shirts in the parks, buy blank shirts and get some iron on patches from the craft stores (in total this will cost about $8) you just saved yourself $26-$30 per shirt per person. So those are just money savers for your trip (Make sure to not whip these things out until you are actually there, though.) Also, Rainforest Cafe has these Accomplishment Reward Charts. If you print them and keep track of the accomplishments that your child is working toward, and they meet their goal, you can take them to the Rainforest Cafe and get them a meal for only $.99!!! We’ve also figured out a few ways to save at home. For instance, my husband and I are smokers (trying to quit) and just by changing from our regular brands to “Cigar Style” cigarettes, we will save $1101.10 by the time we leave for Disney Land. (we will actually save twice that, but we are only stashing half of our daily savings for this trip.) Also, we found a local recycling plant that still pays for recycled cans, and since we drink soda, we will be bringing our cans there at the end of every month. (We drink a lot of soda, between my husband myself and all of our guests so we should get a good return from that.) We also eliminated out trash pick up service. We live about 20 minutes from the local transfer station, so we store our trash in a home made wooden “dumpster” and once every month my husband takes the trash to the transfer station and it only costs us $10. So that saves us about $30 a month. It’s just little things that you can do. We are having a yard sale in June and that should take care of about $200-300 of our trip. (I have A LOT of useless stuff in my home)
We drove to DisneyLand last time, which was cheaper than flying 3 people. (technically it was 9 cause my friend and her husband and kids went with us.)
Anything else I can do to help, just let me know. Just so you know, we usually plan 3 meals out and then just do quick stuff back at the hotel. (We stay in the villas cause my parents are DVC members.) If you are going to DisneyLand and plan on doing any grocery shopping go to El Super!!! Their products are HALF the price of a regular store.
Another idea to cut back on the price of soveniers in the park. I shop at the Disney Store in the mall several months prior to our trip to Disney. I only buy items on sale and I put them away for our trip. Once we arrive at Disney, I put a different item on my son’ pilow before he wakes up. This is his gift from Mickey for the day. He will take this gift to the park, play with it all day and know that tomorrow he will get something new from Mickey to enjoy for the day. This has worked well for us through 8 trips to Disney. My son never asks for anything at the park because he got his gift through “Special Delivery” from Mickey. You can sometimes pick up plush characters at the Disney Store through a BOGO sale.
Charbaby,
Email me directly and I will give you a website to save significantly on your tickets. YOu are buying them directly through disney, not a scam!
What do you have to offer??? :)
Your story is great! We too would love to go to Disney! Hopefully, the journey is in our future, but first I have to learn the coupon tricks of the trade.
I just found your website today. I’m so excited to read your story and the comments of other visitors. Next year in 2012 my husband and I will celebrate of 20th wedding anniversary, we spent our honeymoon at Disney World and would love to spend our 20th anniversary there too. I’m going to try your ideas to save money and hopefully we can afford this magical vacation for our 20th anniversary.
That is so awesome Janet…. good luck. I know you can do it. I LOVE this website as well.
Dear Kristin, I’m not sure if you’ll ever get to read this because your blog is so huge, but I just must thank you for how you have helped my family save. I discovered your blog about a year ago and thought it was a cool idea to use your savings for a family trip, but I thought it was more important for my family just to pay down debt. (I know, boring!) Coupons have completely changed how I think and buy now. I had my second baby this past Christmas Eve and it was really a lot fun following your family’s visit thru the park, but a Disney trip for me was not in the forefront until… my little sister decided to work at Disney thru a college program recruitment from Jan2011-Apr2011!!! Have you heard of the deals cast members can get for their family and friends??? AWESOME!!! So, with a combination of savings from couponing, our tax return, and my sister’s cast member discount we decided to go to Disney!!! We went from April 2nd thru April 9th and LOVED IT!!! (Spoiler alert: Our total OOP with 7 nights Disney Resort, Dining Plan with 1 snack, 1 counter and 1 full service each day for 2 adults and 1 child (my daughter is 5 and my baby boy was free), Admission into ONE park per day and too many “extras” bc it was our 1st trip was TOTAL $2000… SERIOUSLY!!!) I scoured your blog for ideas and tips and I am so glad I took your advice! Pop Century and Ohana’s for breakfast were AMAZING!!! And my whole family totally got into the pin trading and had so sO SO much fun! I would love to be one of those fun pin trading ladies, it’s really addicting! Now I really want to plan fun family trips every year and see if I can get my family back to Disney for sure! (and even do some other parks like Harry Potter at Universal, or Busch Gardens, or SeaWorld, or Disneyland would be a dream since I live in NC, but I can dream!) So, THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping my family make memories!!! (sometimes you just have to prioritize where the money goes, and making memories with your family is priceless!) LOTS of LOVE to you and your family, from a dedicated follower and DISNEY LOVER NOW, Tiffany
I love this. We go to Disney about 2 times a year, but I am now hooked on the cruises. We just took our 2nd one and it was on the Dream. We immediately booked 2 more cruises for 2012 and you have inspired me. I now know how I am going to pay for it :)
Thanks,
Just sending you rather large package of helpful items for your church to pass out. You might want to tell people to send all there sample packages that the have been hoarding. Those little packs can be used as fillers in there packages and can help one more person. I have been couponing and refunding since the early 70s. It has been wonderful to see how the internet has given so many the opportunity to save big money. Many Christmas’s had stocking stuffers that I got through sending in box tops. I raised 5 children by myself and we never went without. Keep up the great work.
I can beat you all …..I can get 4 parks / including water parks all for $150.00 total. Only thing I would’ve to pay for is …….transportation and food . :)
I have you all beat , 4 parks including waterparks all for $150.00 this is the total , I only have to pay …. for 1 person each .
Hey Kristen, have you guys looked into the DVC? We are members for 20 years now, and it is well worth it. Especially if you go at least once a year. Let me know if you’d like some info. ;)
We use this same principle to afford our 2nd home that is close to the beach
Hi!!
I just wanted to say that you have totally inspired me to plan and start saving for a trip!! We wanted to take our kids to Disney, and next year seems like the right ages for it. I started couponing last month, but so far God has blessed us so much with it.
After reading through your site, I have been doing some investigating and had a question for you: Do you purchase the Disney packages from their site, or do you put together your own pieces of the trip separately? I am trying to figure out which way is most cost effective so that I can start budgeting and making a plan for saving.
Thank you so much for your time and devotion to this! I am inspired!
Sincerely and God Bless,
Trish Tolliver
Hi Everyone,
I’m really interested after reading all of the posts about couponing and saving for Disney. I know how difficult it is for a family to afford a trip to Disney. If you would like to save money, consider staying offsite from Disney. We have a 3 bedroom townhouse with a pool in Windsor HIlls Resort, only 1.5 miles away from Disney, for a fraction of the cost of staying onsite. It’s great to have your own pool to relax in after a long day at the parks, and to have your own kitchen can also save you a lot of money. Please visit our website and let me know if I can answer any questions for you.
http://www.mickeymacresorts.com
Hi Kristen, I started getting freebies in the mail this week that I found on your site! Fun! Thanks for the easy approach to saving money on the things I have been buying. :)
I can’t wait to get to Disney again!
I’m new to this whole cuponing thing. Any tips advice or help would
be greatly appreciated. Never been to Disney but a Disney cruise sounds
Awesome. We just booked our first cruise for Aug and we need to save as much money as possible so we have enough for bills and enough for the cruise and still in everyday life and be able to not be in a bind when we get back!
thanks in advance!
Oh my goodness! I just realized who you are! My son, Carson, is on Jacob’s soccer team! We just returned from Disney on Friday! It was our second trip with the kids. I have been couponing for over a year, but not necessarily saving specifically for Disney. I ran across your site TODAY and thought, “What a wonderful idea”. Little did I know, we see each other every week! I can’t wait to talk to you at practice Thursday!
Paige Mitchell
Wow….What a great site!!!!! After raising 4 children, my goal is to take my 3 grandbabies to Disney World!! I am more motivated than ever after reading all these ways to save for it!!! Thanks….!!
Hi ! I love your blog and I just wanted to let you know something. I work at a Disney Store in WV and right now our kids flip flops are $6.50 a piece or 2 for $6… So you save $0.50 if you get two. Thought I’d share. I’m pretty sure its all over, if not sorry !
I just wanted to tell you that I LOVE your site. I’m new to couponing but an old friend of Walt Disney World. I worked there at the Grand Floridian from 1998-2000. The time of my life. Every day off I was in the parks. I love Disney so much that my son has the same middle name as Walt Disney himself.
A little tip to share: the Walmart in Kissimmee FL has an AMAZING selection of Disney merchandise. It’s a great place to pick up gifts for relatives or even yourself. They’ve got a great selection of picture frames and other odds and ends: keychains, tshirts, towels, flipflops and the usual Walmart stuff.
I took my son there for the first time in January and am planning again this winter too. We vacation cheap as it is and I just thought I’d pass this info along. It gets difficult when it comes to $ on souvenirs, and the stuff is great.
Chrystie
I’ve been couponing for almost 2 years now. The first year I saved over $3000 on groceries alone. I haven’t been as avid this year but we did manage to take our first trip to Disney World and I am hooked. We all are. It has been a dream of mine to go there since I was little and I finally got to take my 2 kids plus my husband. The trip was PERFECT. We drove from Wisconsin and brought a lot of our own food (plus a mini fridge). We stayed at Pop Century but I’ve been looking into Bonnet Creek for the next visit.
My husband doesn’t want to go for another 3 years (he loved it but is not too keen on how much it costs or the amount of time he had to take off of work for it all…) Personally, I would love to go every year. I’m going to try to save enough money (under the radar) for us to be able to go and then surprise him. He can’t do anything about it then, right? lol… thanks for the site & the tips :)
Hi Kristen!
First of all, I LOVE your site. I’m new to couponing & have learned so much here. I do have a question or maybe a better way to put is I need a few more pointers to really start saving for future Disney trips. I’m matching the coupons with the sales & I’m getting MORE for my money. But, I’m still spending the same amount. I don’t expect to start getting $2000 worth of stuff for $5, but I’d like to start cutting my weekly grocery costs. Any hints/tips. I’m going through a divorce and kind of starting over so any savings I can learn are important. I’m taking my kids to Disney in August before the belt tightening really starts. I really do appreciate any advice.
We are aiming for Disney next year. I love your inspiration!!!
Hello, some how I must have agreed to have post under my name to appear on facebook.Not sure how this happened,But I ask that this be taken off. And why would anyonewant to post something under another name? They pop up as Debra Dalton Dobbs Via couponing to Disney.Thank you. I don want credit for a post i dint do or look like a lier to my Fb friends…example…one read today….Today i my birthday said I turned 38 ….Im 50 and My B-day is 6-24.
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Disney’s new pricing on park passes and New Dining plan. The dining plan changes are a real kick in the butt for us and our trip in August. We may go back to doing our own meals or go out of the park to eat. I don’t thinks these changes are for the better. I am very disappointed, we now have to cancel all our reservations because the dining plan we normally get only includes 2 quick service meals, no more table service. Make sure you look at the changes! Prices have gone up for both passes and dining plan also.
Kristen, did you make the tie-dye shirt you are wearing in the picture of you and Pluto?
Becky
Have sat at my computer for one hour trying to figure out how to enter my magic code to receive the Bonus Charm & Bracelet after I purchased the DVD “TANGLED.” Why do you make it SO hard that the average person cannot locate the address? I’m somewhat angry with Walt Disney Company. I feel that it’s very difficult to keep Walt Disney from following up on what they advertise.
I just found this website and I am thrilled! Today, using coupons from the Under $1 at Walmart list, I bought $16 worth of items for $4.50! What I love most about it is they are items that I use everyday! Thanks for putting so much work into this and helping others like myself save so much money. You rock!
Hi I was wondering if you had heard anything about the new value resort that should be opening in may 2012? It says the location is near Hollywood Studios, is this a good location to be near? Thanks.
Any advice, helpful hints to getting my family of 6 to Disneyland without it costing a fortune? I would like to go either summer 2012 or @ Christmas 2012. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you so very much for your site!!! You make it so easy to understand! I am 36 and have never been to Disney and of course as a little girl I have always dreamed of going, so now that I am a mother of two, I do not want to deprive them of this dream!! I am going to follow your advice for the Disney Vacation Fund, as well as all of your great couponing advice!! Again thank you for your time and everything you do!!
your story has inspired me to start saving more, not necessarily to go to Disney (but that’s always a hope) but we only live 5 hours from my family (I’m in WI and they are in MI) and I haven’t seen them since December of 2009. So with my Microsoft Word coming with templates I’m starting to track how much out of my check (which isn’t much since I don’t work much) I’m spending (we get foodstamps since we don’t make enough i don’t have to worry about the food) but I’ve been the one paying for diapers and gas so I want to track and see when I can get stuff cheaper :) I did get the diaper sample you have here but now i just have to wait for it in the mail. I’m hoping these coupons i’m going to use will help a lot especially the Michael’s ones since I’m going to make the kids birthday cakes myself that way it will save me money in the long run :)
I forgot to put that I also take surveys to get money or even to get the dvd’s, books, and CD’s that we want all free :)
I am so excited. I shopped at Office Depot and Walgreens today for school supplies. Look at all the supplies I got for $9.70. 10 folders, 4 mini highlighters, 10 ink pens, 4 boxes crayola crayons, 2 rulers, 5 filler paper, 10 1 subject notebooks and 100 push pins. Savings of $25.78. Supper happy!!!
Enjoying the site. I am a single mom of a disney fanatic. She has some medical issues so going to Disney was a far away dream I thought I would never be able to do. Thanks to my mother I was able to give her the trip in Aug. 2010. Now she wants to go for her graduation next year with this we might actually make it. Due to her issues she spent this summer on the couch with an injury. Hopefully we can do this together for a liife lesson on saving.
One of my favorite posts.
OMG!!! I totally blew it, I was so engrossed in holding my garage sale for the last two days, and its 10:00 PM Sunday night and I just remembered my WAGS RR’s expired today and they are closed now!!! Any suggestions on what to do…I am so upset…they need to make those dates longer!
Nice post. I was checking continuously this blog and I’m impressed! Very helpful information specifically the last part :) I care for such information much. I was seeking this particular info for a very long time. Thank you and best of luck.
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What a wonderful find today! I was searching for disney forever stamps and instead found YOU! It was eyeopening. I also love couponing and disney. 7o + days til our trip.
I absolutely love your site and have been visiting it daily. Ive told many of my Disney fan friends about it as well. We are getting ready for our second trip to disney world we will be leaving in 23 days and can’t wait! I love all the amazing ideas you give to help save towards the trip!
Hi Kristen! What a great concept and i love the website! Two of my co-workers urged me to check you out and I am completely motivated to start doing this for our family trip to Kauai next year! I’ve been a serious coupon shopper since mid-April of this year, and just today realized that I should start saving whatever doesn’t get spent from the budget. Today’s deposit is $11.49! This is just the discipline I needed to get me on track. Thanks so much and keep up the good work!
Thanks for all the hard work you do to help stretch our dollars. The money saved is giving us the opportunity to help our children with college finances.Keep up the great work.
I love this website and you are an inspiration…not only are we saving and living frugally because we’re a 5 person household on one income (my dear husband’s) but the dream of a Disney trip while my kids are small has become a reality, thanks in part to you! We’re planning a trip to DW in October 2011 with my in-laws and I have a 5 year old girl, 4 year old girl and little boy who is almost 2 yrs. I can’t wait to see their faces when their favorite characters greet them and we ride the rides…just looking at the DW# websitye gets them excited!! It’ll be so magical to them. Thank you for this site!
Hi Kristen!! I just found your site and I have only gotten through the About Me section .. but I absolutely love it! When I was pregnant with our first child I started the big dream of Disney vacations every year, but like you, after I started the planning I felt a litte devistated because it just didn’t seem to be realistic with our budget. I just recently started couponing myself and am trying to get a little better at picking out the great deals from the okay ones. You have really inspired me to work at it and hopefully make our Disney dreams our memories!! Thanks for creating such a great site!!
I am slowly getting started. I find that I’m spending so much time on looking for deals and coupons that by the time I get to the store I am overwelmed. How can I spend half an hour a day and still have the steam to go get the deals? Any ideas or suggestion would be great! Thanks for your time! Susan
I just found your site and it is the best thing ever. I do couponing and we LOVE Disneyland. We went to Disneyland first time ever in summer 2009, went back December 0f 2010, and are getting ready to go back july 2012. I will be on this site a lot. Thanks!
Are we having another Christmas Card Exchange this year? If so count me in I had so much fun last year :)
Hi Kristen!
I found your website the same week that I unexpectedly lost my job. Gaining the knowledge of coupons and rebates is alleviating the fear and giving me the power to make ends meet until I find another job. Then I will keep going to save for trip #9 to disney!!!
Thank you!
Lorie
After just reading your intro, you are my new best friend!!!
I can’t wait to dive more into your site and learn your tricks, I already do alot of couponing but was blown away by the deals w/ the Cars 2 movie!
Thank you for your time into this site, it’s impressive and I’ve only just started! :)
Just returned from DisneyWorld/Seaworld vacation Oct 29th thru Nov 3rd. Had a great time. would luv some money saving websites or tips emailed to me. Plan to return in 2012. Thanks, luv ur blog :)
My email is sdgc65@gmail.com
Kristin,
I am wondering about a pin I saw on pinterest that linked back to your site. It stated that by writing a letter we could receive an autographed picture of a Disney character. I’m wondering if this is true and how I could get a picture for my daughter. She is in love with the Disney princesses and would be so excited to receive an autograph. Thanks so much!
Kristin,
what websites do you participate in for the surveys? Also have you seen the Black Friday Ads online yet? If you have what are your takes on what they are offering and will the prices that are being offered be able to have a coupon used with them? Like for the Cars 2 movie just for an example.
If you haven’t seen the ads yet email me and I will forward you a copy of the emails that i have the copies for the Black friday specials offered in.
Thanks for your wonderful website and the hard work and dedication you put in t
Sincerely,
Jennifer Williford
Hello Kristin!
I have just discovered Couponing To Disney. I love the idea of this! I am a Disney-obsessed junior in college who loves to find a good deal, and this website is definitely going to help me arrange my finances for the Disneyworld trip I am hoping to take in Spring 2012 with my boyfriend. Thanks so much, I’m a fan of this site!
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