As it also gets you a merchandise discount, some restaurant discounts and a chance of discounted rooms if you want to stay on site, an Annual Pass can easily save you money – but you obviously have to number crunch it.

For drinks, as there is usually a little freezer compartment in our fridge, we’ll freeze (or part freeze if not planning on being there the whole day) a bottle of water to take into the park with us. It melts slowly throughout the day and so stays nice and cold.

That said, you can get a ice water for free from any counter service place in all the Disney parks. It’s the same filtered water they use for the soda fountains – you just have to ask

I find the prepaid Mastercard really useful – I have one from the Post Office, but did also find that it wouldn’t work for some reason at a lot of places. I loved that someone from home could either top it up at the Post Office or online for you if you ran out of money. It’s a bit risky taking a lot of cash!

My favourite eating out place I’d always recommend is Sweet Tomato – the all-you-can-eat buffet costs little more than $10 depending on age/time of day, and has a huge selection of genuinely healthy, wonderful food, eg. tons of salads, pastas, soups, baked potatoes, cakes and soft serve ice cream!