Good day.

My money saving tips are:
-Buy stuff from The Disney Store on sale prior to going, they have the same stuff in the park. My kids arrive wearing the latest mickey mouse and Disney character shirts,bags and hats feeling very much “in the spirit” of things. Right now Disney store on line has $8 shirts, and I bring $1 glow sticks/gadgets from Target they hold during the electric light parade. Kids don’t care where you get it, as long as they have what everyone else has at that exact moment. My friend bought several princess outfits for her daughter to wear. Her little girl never once complained because she already had her gown on.
-Do Bring own snack foods/bottled water to park, fruit snacks and chips-those are worth it. Kids can munch on them while waiting in line. This is a time and money saver.
-Strollers– you can buy an umbrella stroller in the park for $25 to $30 dollars, still less than renting everyday. I always see them in shops right at the entrance of every park.

Thanks Ninja, good site!

Also, I don’t know if this happens all over WDW, but our boat captain gave the kids several Disney “trading cards”. The ones our kids got were about transportation and included some boats, the monorail and the Electric Water Pageant. They have trivia and fun facts on the back.

When I went with my oldest as a toddler, I bought some Disney character washcloths from the dollar store (the kind that are packed up in a little brick the size of a half dollar). Each night his “souvenir” was to see what character popped open in his bath and it was all he needed

Let’s try that out. I’ll pick, randomly, Pecos Bills. 4 meals. Using the menus at Touringplans.com: I’ll have the taco salad ($8.59). The wife the burger ($9.39). Kid one will have the chicken sandwich ($9.19), and kid two the pork ($9.59). One basket of onion rings to split ($3.79). 4 sodas ($2.99×4). = $52.51

2) If you buy cheap pin lots on eBay you are literally destroying Pin Trading. I’m the last person to ever defend the mouse’s prices or profit margins, but the pins you get from 95% of eBay sellers are cheap Chinese factory seconds and knockoffs, most of which are of low quality. Most cast lanyards are now full of these garbage pins, most of which are of the “hidden mickey” variety. Hidden Mickey pins used to be special and sometimes hard to find. Now it’s rare to see a lanyard that doesn’t have a half dozen or more of the “fake” lanyard pins on them. If all the cast members have bad and or low quality pins, there is no incentive to trade. Why woud your kids want to trade their cheap garbage pins for other cheap garbage pins? This is why I no longer trade in the parks at all.

3) Cheap beverages. If you want to get sodas, beer, etc to have in the room or take into the parks, consider going to Downtown Disney and walking to the Hess gas station across from the old Pleasure Island. It’s a short walk, they have decent prices and beats $3 for a pop or $6.75 for a beer!