The One Amazon Item That Saved Me $5 (And My Sanity) at Disney World

Saving money at Disney World IS possible, even though many people think it can’t be done.

FuelRod Max 10

The key is that you’re not saving a HUGE chunk of money all in one go (unless you’re taking advantage of Disney hotel or park ticket deals and discounts, which we always recommend!). It’s often saving a few dollars here and there that all add up at the end of the day. For example, you use free cups of water throughout the day to fill up the water bottle you brought from home instead of buying water for $4-$5 each time you’re thirsty. While saving $5 on this Disney World tool may not seem like a lot, not only is that $5 you can save on something else, but this also saves our SANITY in the parks each day, which is invaluable.

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The ULTIMATE FuelRod

FuelRod Max 10

You’ve heard us talk about FuelRods in Disney World time and time again. There are FuelRod stations located all around Disney World (and you can check your My Disney Experience App to see where the closest one is near you; it’s very helpful), which allow you to purchase a FuelRod one time, then trade it out whenever yours dies for no extra cost. It’s a pretty great deal, especially when you can buy FuelRods on Amazon ahead of your trip for a little cheaper, but we still got a little frustrated with how soon the regular FuelRods would run out of charge. Then, Disney introduced the FuelRod Max 10, and EVERYTHING changed.

FuelRod MAX10

This is a larger portable charger, but as we’ve learned time and time again, larger chargers don’t ALWAYS mean that they work better. However, in this case, the FuelRod Max 10 works like a charm. It’s more expensive than regular FuelRods in the park by a good bit — the whole kit with its chargers will cost you $80 in the parks, but you can snag the same thing on Amazon ahead of your trip for $75 instead.

Multiple charging ports

It comes with multiple charging ports for you to charge more than one device as needed, and one of the coolest parts? If your device allows for wireless/magnetic charging (which often requires a special case), you can attach it magnetically to your phone to charge without the need for a charging cord! We even used it magnetically when it was raining without the fear of ruining the charging port or an expensive cord — and it rains in Disney World A LOT. It does charge slower magnetically than with a cord, but that’s pretty standard for any magnetic charger.

Charging magnetically

What’s really impressed us about this is its battery capacity. It’s got 10,000 milliamps of power, which is fantastic, especially for a busy day taking photos and videos, booking Lightning Lanes, checking the My Disney Experience app, mobile ordering, and everything in between in Disney World. It is a bit bulky, we’ll admit it, but we think the charge capacity AND the way you can swap it out in the parks whenever you need, so you never have to worry about being without a charge, is completely worth it.

Comes with charging pieces

In fact, this has the same milliamps as a few of the others we’ve tried, like the INIU chargers that our reporter typically uses when they’re out in the parks every day, but after using this, they said they’ll likely switch over, because this has the same capability and charge AND they don’t have to worry about plugging up to charge after a long day in the parks. We’ve also seen it go on sale online before, too, which makes it an even BETTER deal, so if you see it on sale, it’s especially worth snagging.

Grab it online ahead of your trip here!

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