• Plan to travel during the value season from September through mid-December, excluding Thanksgiving week.
• Decide which Disney attractions you plan to visit before you depart.
• Book your tickets online and include Blizzard Beach in a complete travel package such as Magic Your Way.
• Always ask for discounts! Airline, AAA or other, ask for it!

• Pack a refrigerated cooler with enough for the day, snacks, sandwiches and fruit as well as water and juice.
• Frozen juice may no longer be solid by the end of the day but the ‘slushy’ is a refreshing treat after a hot and sweaty afternoon of sliding, swimming and splashing.
• Alcohol and glass bottles are not allowed inside the park.

• While Disney photographers will be taking pictures of you and your kids throughout the day, they are expensive.
• A camera that is both waterproof and disposable will ensure you don’t cringe when the kids race off to the pool, camera in hand, to take the perfect shot.
• Use your waterproof disposable camera, smile, and save memories and money!

• T-shirts, hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, and even mister fans cost less when purchased outside of the water park.
• Local supermarkets, discount drug stores and shops such as “Everything is $1.99 or Less” sell more than just essentials.

• Whether we like it or not, spending money is part of the fun for the kids.
• Define a daily allowance before you depart and stick to it.
• Let them decide how to spend their allowance, a special treat at one of the Blizzard Beach food or snack stands or a small souvenir.

What’s more, parking at Blizzard Beach is free!

Smiles and an economical day at play are of utmost importance to The Most Miserly Mom.

Copyright © Kelly Goode. All rights reserved. Kelly Goode is the author of the blog Florida Family Vacations and the book A Mom’s Miserly Guide: Orlando, Universal & Disney on $25 a day!