[dixie]

Hi Opticalhazer and welcome! I am English too, and if this is any help we usually budget for around $100.00 a day, sometimes its more (depending if we are going to the malls) and maybe sometimes its less. our daughter is 15 now, and brings her own 'pocket money' but I know when she was your children's ages she seemed to want anything and everything. The thing we find with the USA is although things are much cheaper than here, there is so much to buy that we dont have in England, and for such excellent value. Tink is correct too, in saying that we drive out to the 24 hr Wal Mart and buy things like a huge Coolbox for the room (which are around 4 dollars,) and buy pop, biscuits,crisps all those extras that add up. there are ice machines in every hotel and it takes two secs to fill up with fresh ice, we have bought bagels, fresh fruit all sorts and put them in our coolbox.keep an eye on these forums though for excellent advice and tips, and feel free to ask me anything on WDW from an 'English' perspective!!! :)