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How Much Do You Usually Spend On Souvenirs At WDW???
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disneygirl1
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I usually spend between $100-$200 myself... There are a few things that I buy every trip, i.e. Christmas ornament, beach towel, magnet, etc... My 8 year old DS on the other hand breaks the banks! Between pins and everything else that he just has to have he can easily spend hundreds of $$$. This year when we go he is using his own $$$, he just doesn't know it yet! :ROFLOL: I'm sure he will be a bit more selective with what he buys then! :animwink:
DiPSU224
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We have somewhat toned it down over the years. When we were younger, we bought more pins, junk, etc....
Now that we're older, we usually can't stop ourselves from buying a cool piece of art or something from the Art of Disney. Usually one of the first things we do when we get there is decide what we're going to spend the money on and buy it at the end of the trip.
We've also leaned more towards spending the money at our resort or dining instead of bringing home tons of stuff we don't need.
I have been physically restrained by my husband though when it comes to buying ornaments. We can't fit another one on our Disney tree.
Now that we're older, we usually can't stop ourselves from buying a cool piece of art or something from the Art of Disney. Usually one of the first things we do when we get there is decide what we're going to spend the money on and buy it at the end of the trip.
We've also leaned more towards spending the money at our resort or dining instead of bringing home tons of stuff we don't need.
I have been physically restrained by my husband though when it comes to buying ornaments. We can't fit another one on our Disney tree.
I try to only buy 1 Christmas ornament each year with the year on it, but always end up getting 3-5. We now have so many disney ornaments this year we are going to have 2 trees with one dedicated to disney.
Tidbit
Active Member
I try not to spend to much when we go. There's 5 of us and it could get out of hand quick!
However, my biggest weakness is all of the scrapbook stuff that they have and until about a month ago you could only get it at the parks, but now it's online. Yeah one less thing to buy while at Disney.
This is our family plan: we all have a collection of the really cute pressed pennies,so we contuine with that collection, and we always get 1 or 2 pins each from the ride that meant the most during the visit or which ever one we don't have yet. I would have to say that the must expensive souvenir is the ride & photopass photos!
However, my biggest weakness is all of the scrapbook stuff that they have and until about a month ago you could only get it at the parks, but now it's online. Yeah one less thing to buy while at Disney.
This is our family plan: we all have a collection of the really cute pressed pennies,so we contuine with that collection, and we always get 1 or 2 pins each from the ride that meant the most during the visit or which ever one we don't have yet. I would have to say that the must expensive souvenir is the ride & photopass photos!
Lisalyn
Well-Known Member
Well, it's just me and my daughter so I tend to "overcompensate" for being a single parent LOL PLUS we have to get souveniers for our room-mate, a friend of my daughters, and I also tend to pick up some Christmas prezzies while I am there. Plus I always get Linds a couple special things (last year it was this huge emerald green stone from Krystal Haus which we got engraved - very cool)...I pick up my "I can only find it at Disney World" T-shirt with a cool Disney design or character - can't find em' anywhere else! So I'm going to say $300 to $400 easy 
MagicMegan
Active Member
Depends on my funds, or if my mom has a card on the room key and gives me charging lol. Lately I don't like many things... thinking about buying the vinylmations, that's about it. Going twice a year doesn't give them much time to make new stuff for me each trip haha. The most I buy are pens for work and school, and shot glasses for friends.
erstwo
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For me? $0
For my kids? $Idon'twanttoknow
All I know is, one princess dress runs around $60. We might have a few of those :lookaroun. We also have the small (10 inch-ish) Minnie, Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Chip & Dale. We get one every trip. Now all we need is Pluto and we're done. They cost about $12 each and are the perfect size/ price point IMO.
My son is fond of all the cra.........I mean.....um..... exciting toys like the "pirate sets" and such that end up in the trash can before we head home (sometimes before the day is over.)
We tend to bring the "light up toys" back with us each time, because we don't need 8 light up toys, and because we're cheap like that.
For my kids? $Idon'twanttoknow
All I know is, one princess dress runs around $60. We might have a few of those :lookaroun. We also have the small (10 inch-ish) Minnie, Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Chip & Dale. We get one every trip. Now all we need is Pluto and we're done. They cost about $12 each and are the perfect size/ price point IMO.
My son is fond of all the cra.........I mean.....um..... exciting toys like the "pirate sets" and such that end up in the trash can before we head home (sometimes before the day is over.)
We tend to bring the "light up toys" back with us each time, because we don't need 8 light up toys, and because we're cheap like that.
ABigBrassBand
Well-Known Member
I've never found a CD that is a soundtrack in any of the shops, but that might just be me. What I do is that I do my trip regularly, and the last day I spend about 20-80$ on shirts and souveniers, depending on if any catch my eye. This plan usually works for me to see everything before I buy it, but now they put mostly everything in every shop so it's starting to become irrelevant :-/
Goofygirl07
Active Member
Everytime I go to Disney and even when I stop into a Disney store around town, I always grab up everything that I can afford that's Goofy. We stopped by DTD on the way home from a cruise last year and I spent 70 bucks on Goofy items to add to my collection. If its any souvenirs there always Goofy :]