A big chunk

A big chunk of our Disney money is coming from signing up for a new bank! This idea came from the Disney within Reach book, at the time that it was written she said you can do this as many times as you want. I'm thinking that is no longer the case but there are a lot of banks out there...

We chose a nationwide bank that has a location near us and is offering $400 to open a checking account with them and connect your direct deposit totaling more than $1000 blah blah blah.

The only thing is, I wish I had jumped on this sooner, the money will be credited within 30 days of the qualifying deposit, that will be after our stay needs to be paid off. So we plan to use this as our dining money since we won't need it until we leave and the trip has to be paid off 30 days prior.

We are taking these earnings to purchase Disney Gift Cards at a discount! We have a BJ's Wholesale Club membership where we can purchase a $500 card for $479.99! They have other amounts as well but this has the deepest discount.

You can use Disney gift cards to pay for virtually anything! Your resort stay, tickets, food, souvenirs. Personally this has been a great way to save money specifically for Disney.

*you can combine Disney gift cards to one card virtually to make one large payment. But don't toss the card you combine it all to! If for any reason you need to cancel the money will go back to the physical card!*