Disney World budget tips: How to save on tickets, hotels and food

A trip to Walt Disney World can really add up. We’re talking thousands of dollars between the basics — park tickets, airfare, hotels, ground transportation and regular meals — and extras like character dining, bubble-blowing machines and line-skipping privileges.

“I often say that Disney is the very best company at getting you to spend money and be happy doing it,” said Don Munsil, who runs the Disney discount site MouseSavers.com with his wife, Sarah Stone. “You’re like, ‘Oh, gosh, I can get this for this amount of money? Well, please, here’s my money, take it.’ ”