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Post by zibazinski on Jun 15, 2015 10:23:31 GMT -5
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 15, 2015 10:32:51 GMT -5
If the prices increased dramatically, especially for annual passes, I might go more. I find it's overpriced because of the crowds and lines. $100 is a lot if you only get on four rides. If the crowds were diminished it would be more worth it for us to go. go in the off-season (Jan-Feb). It's not hellishly hot, it's cheaper, and it's less crowded. You couldn't pay me to go during the summer! Well, you COULD pay me but just drop me off at Blizzard Beach.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Jun 15, 2015 10:39:41 GMT -5
I'm going this July with the family....to DisneyLAND (not world). I have a work meeting there, so this will be an add/on to that. Flights will be covered. We're probably getting a 4 day pass for DD and maybe a 3 for each of us. Hotel (off site) will be covered for all but 2 of the days. I'll report back.
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Post by steph08 on Jun 15, 2015 11:11:52 GMT -5
Also that article points out all the high priced item. There are hotel rooms that are less than $100/night and include transportation to the parks. There are a lot of meals for under $10, etc. Where can I buy that hot dog and a small coke at Disney for ten dollars? Does it include fries? That's a meal? If I am going to any theme park, I consider a hot dog and fries a meal. Chicken tenders/burgers/etc. - most are under $10. I just looked up the place that I know we had hot dogs at in the Magic Kingdom. $8 for a hot dog and fries or apple slices. Y'all can bitch about Disney all you want, but it will never change my opinion on it. Sure there are a lot of other cheaper places to go on vacation, but any theme park is going to cost you a pretty penny these days.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 15, 2015 11:39:49 GMT -5
Where can I buy that hot dog and a small coke at Disney for ten dollars? Does it include fries? That's a meal? If I am going to any theme park, I consider a hot dog and fries a meal. Chicken tenders/burgers/etc. - most are under $10. I just looked up the place that I know we had hot dogs at in the Magic Kingdom. $8 for a hot dog and fries or apple slices. Y'all can bitch about Disney all you want, but it will never change my opinion on it. Sure there are a lot of other cheaper places to go on vacation, but any theme park is going to cost you a pretty penny these days. Did the coke or bottled water put it above $10? Now multiply by a family of four...... I am not bitching. I think every family should take the kids there at least twice. Around 6 to 7 years old, and again around 12 yrs.old. We took all the grand kids with our kids there a few years ago, paid for everyone's admission. Only slowed retirement by a year At least we did not pay for everyone's lodging and most of the meals.......
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 11:43:50 GMT -5
If I am going to any theme park, I consider a hot dog and fries a meal. Chicken tenders/burgers/etc. - most are under $10. I just looked up the place that I know we had hot dogs at in the Magic Kingdom. $8 for a hot dog and fries or apple slices. Y'all can bitch about Disney all you want, but it will never change my opinion on it. Sure there are a lot of other cheaper places to go on vacation, but any theme park is going to cost you a pretty penny these days. Did the coke or bottled water put it above $10? Now multiply by a family of four...... I am not bitching. I think every family should take the kids there at least twice.Around 6 to 7 years old, and again around 12 yrs.old. We took all the grand kids with our kids there a few years ago, paid for everyone's admission. Only slowed retirement by a year At least we did not pay for everyone's lodging and most of the meals....... Even if nobody wants to go?
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 15, 2015 11:53:58 GMT -5
Did the coke or bottled water put it above $10? Now multiply by a family of four...... I am not bitching. I think every family should take the kids there at least twice.Around 6 to 7 years old, and again around 12 yrs.old. We took all the grand kids with our kids there a few years ago, paid for everyone's admission. Only slowed retirement by a year At least we did not pay for everyone's lodging and most of the meals....... Even if nobody wants to go? No one in my family of children and grand children ever said, "I do not want to go to Disney World". I have had most of them say, when will we come back? If one said I do not want to go, I am sure we could accomadate that child by leaving them with another relative, and do something with just that person at a latter date.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 15, 2015 11:54:53 GMT -5
Did the coke or bottled water put it above $10? Now multiply by a family of four...... I am not bitching. I think every family should take the kids there at least twice.Around 6 to 7 years old, and again around 12 yrs.old. We took all the grand kids with our kids there a few years ago, paid for everyone's admission. Only slowed retirement by a year At least we did not pay for everyone's lodging and most of the meals....... Even if nobody wants to go? Come to think of it, there were two that I wished had not gone. Way too much drama.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 15, 2015 12:00:40 GMT -5
If I am going to any theme park, I consider a hot dog and fries a meal. Chicken tenders/burgers/etc. - most are under $10. I just looked up the place that I know we had hot dogs at in the Magic Kingdom. $8 for a hot dog and fries or apple slices. Y'all can bitch about Disney all you want, but it will never change my opinion on it. Sure there are a lot of other cheaper places to go on vacation, but any theme park is going to cost you a pretty penny these days. Did the coke or bottled water put it above $10? Now multiply by a family of four...... I am not bitching. I think every family should take the kids there at least twice. Around 6 to 7 years old, and again around 12 yrs.old. We took all the grand kids with our kids there a few years ago, paid for everyone's admission. Only slowed retirement by a year At least we did not pay for everyone's lodging and most of the meals....... Why?
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 15, 2015 12:01:01 GMT -5
Cedar Point!!! We did that every summer when I was young Can't wait till DS is old enough to do that day trip! I went to Cedar Point with the Girl Scouts- it would probably have been 1967. Tickets were $4.50.I just checked the current price and it's $50 on-line. That's 5% inflation; not bad considering they probably have more to see and do, and more elaborate roller coasters now. "Fast Lane" tickets are $115. As I noted in my earlier post, you can save money but there will be definite tradeoffs. Every Fast Lane ticket they sell means the people with regular ticket have to wait longer. (Before Disney caught on, families were hiring people with physical disabilities that they didn't even know to accompany them so they could all go to the head of the line.) I haven't been to Cedar Point in over ten years (DH and I were dating, lol). I don't think they had the fast pass then but I would consider getting that when we do go again. Hiring someone with a disability to get on rides faster seems like bad karma coming down the line! People suck
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2015 12:02:19 GMT -5
Even if nobody wants to go? No one in my family of children and grand children ever said, "I do not want to go to Disney World". I have had most of them say, when will we come back? If one said I do not want to go, I am sure we could accomadate that child by leaving them with another relative, and do something with just that person at a latter date. Well, I don't want to go and my 12 year old just groaned when I asked him. He's so much like me.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 15, 2015 12:16:28 GMT -5
Did the coke or bottled water put it above $10? Now multiply by a family of four...... I am not bitching. I think every family should take the kids there at least twice. Around 6 to 7 years old, and again around 12 yrs.old. We took all the grand kids with our kids there a few years ago, paid for everyone's admission. Only slowed retirement by a year At least we did not pay for everyone's lodging and most of the meals....... Why? you appreciate different things as you get older. I've gone to WDW 4 times - the first time when I was around 5 and the last time I was 26.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jun 15, 2015 12:17:58 GMT -5
I think you can make it reasonable. Not go every year reasonable, but manageable. Let's put it in perspective. It was going to cost us over $2000 for our family of 4 to go to our niece's graduation. We didn't go because we moved and we couldn't swing it. We can do cheap. Disney will be managable in a few years, and I think we'll go when the kids are about 6 and 9.
There are cheap things to do with the kids. A theme park isn't one of them and that goes for any theme park. I've had more problems with lines at 6 Flags yhan on my trips to Disney.
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Post by steph08 on Jun 15, 2015 12:26:01 GMT -5
If I am going to any theme park, I consider a hot dog and fries a meal. Chicken tenders/burgers/etc. - most are under $10. I just looked up the place that I know we had hot dogs at in the Magic Kingdom. $8 for a hot dog and fries or apple slices. Y'all can bitch about Disney all you want, but it will never change my opinion on it. Sure there are a lot of other cheaper places to go on vacation, but any theme park is going to cost you a pretty penny these days. Did the coke or bottled water put it above $10? Now multiply by a family of four...... I am not bitching. I think every family should take the kids there at least twice. Around 6 to 7 years old, and again around 12 yrs.old. We took all the grand kids with our kids there a few years ago, paid for everyone's admission. Only slowed retirement by a year At least we did not pay for everyone's lodging and most of the meals....... Again, how is that price any different than other parks or places you eat while on vacation? Unless you are eating off the dollar menu at McDonald's for every meal, disney is priced about the same as everywhere else. You can cut costs there like everywhere else too. Buy/pack cereal, granola bars, fruit for breakfast. Eat a large, late lunch, and then a light snack type meal for dinner. I went at 11, 16, and 27. And you know what, they were all magical. I wish I could go more!
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 15, 2015 12:34:28 GMT -5
you appreciate different things as you get older. I've gone to WDW 4 times - the first time when I was around 5 and the last time I was 26. I want my kid to appreciate more than a giant rodent and his expensive habitat, and long lines of overfed people. When we had the money, I'd take him travelling so he could see more of the world.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 15, 2015 12:37:54 GMT -5
you appreciate different things as you get older. I've gone to WDW 4 times - the first time when I was around 5 and the last time I was 26. I want my kid to appreciate more than a giant rodent and his expensive habitat, and long lines of overfed people. When we had the money, I'd take him travelling so he could see more of the world.
good for you - you are entitled to your opinion. Doesn't mean others have to agree with you.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 15, 2015 12:49:41 GMT -5
I want my kid to appreciate more than a giant rodent and his expensive habitat, and long lines of overfed people. When we had the money, I'd take him travelling so he could see more of the world.
good for you - you are entitled to your opinion. Doesn't mean others have to agree with you. And I don't agree with the edict that all families should go at least twice. It's ridiculous.
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Post by techguy on Jun 15, 2015 12:53:49 GMT -5
you appreciate different things as you get older. I've gone to WDW 4 times - the first time when I was around 5 and the last time I was 26. I want my kid to appreciate more than a giant rodent and his expensive habitat, and long lines of overfed people. When we had the money, I'd take him travelling so he could see more of the world.
Maybe 'those Disney' kids also have traveled around the world too. You seem a little judgmental and pissy that people love Disneyland/World. I don't love Disneyland/World so it doesn't matter to me what people do with their time or money. And whether Disney is too expensive or not, let me tell you, it's freaking BUSY there. So people are paying the price of admission. Let's give Disney some credit for being able to keep their parks in demand.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 15, 2015 12:57:16 GMT -5
I want my kid to appreciate more than a giant rodent and his expensive habitat, and long lines of overfed people. When we had the money, I'd take him travelling so he could see more of the world.
Maybe 'those Disney' kids also have traveled around the world too. You seem a little judgmental and pissy that people love Disneyland/World. I don't love Disneyland/World so it doesn't matter to me what people do with their time or money. And whether Disney is too expensive or not, let me tell you, it's freaking BUSY there. So people are paying the price of admission. Let's give Disney some credit for being able to keep their parks in demand. I really don't give a crap if other people want to go. I took umbrage with being told I SHOULD go. Twice, no less!
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 15, 2015 13:03:12 GMT -5
good for you - you are entitled to your opinion. Doesn't mean others have to agree with you. And I don't agree with the edict that all families should go at least twice. It's ridiculous. I'm just saying that I see the appeal of going more than once - I don't think it's necessary. I do believe you can overdo it though. X has gone about 10-15 times in his life... no thank you. Do you feel that way about all destinations, that you don't need to go more than once? There are TONS of places that I haven't seen that I'd love to visit, but there are ones that I've been to and would like to return.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 15, 2015 13:03:48 GMT -5
I didn't tell anyone what they must do, unlike the other poster. I was just saying what I do. If you want to call that "pissy", be my guest.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jun 15, 2015 13:13:52 GMT -5
I wish to never go again, but sometimes we don't get our wishes fulfilled
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jun 15, 2015 13:21:41 GMT -5
I wish to never go again, but sometimes we don't get our wishes fulfilled 1. tell the wife you don't have the money to go to WDW this year. 2. repeat next year and every year after
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Post by steph08 on Jun 15, 2015 13:23:01 GMT -5
Maybe 'those Disney' kids also have traveled around the world too. You seem a little judgmental and pissy that people love Disneyland/World. I don't love Disneyland/World so it doesn't matter to me what people do with their time or money. And whether Disney is too expensive or not, let me tell you, it's freaking BUSY there. So people are paying the price of admission. Let's give Disney some credit for being able to keep their parks in demand. I really don't give a crap if other people want to go. I took umbrage with being told I SHOULD go. Twice, no less! Actually, Value Buy's exact words were "I THINK every family should take their kids there at least twice." So, he wasn't telling you to go twice, he was just stating his opinion, just like everyone else on this thread. I don't know, to me, Disney isn't about Mickey Mouse. I don't know how to describe Disney World to someone who obviously doesn't care about it and won't even give it a chance. But it's about happiness and learning and accepting others. I could go there and not ride a single ride or buy a single souvenir.
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Post by Value Buy on Jun 15, 2015 13:23:31 GMT -5
I didn't tell anyone what they must do, unlike the other poster. I was just saying what I do. If you want to call that "pissy", be my guest. Wow. I said that was what I thought. It worked for our family. Take them in grade school for the younger attractions. Take them pre-16 yrs old for the older kid's attractions. Those were our expensive vacations. Mostly we, traded summer vacations of going out west one year, hitting the big National parks, and then going to the Smokies and surrounding states the following year. Heck, I never knew, or at least remembered, there was a gold rush in Georgia until we took the kids there one year. Myself the most boring vacations were traveling to see relations out of state. Not much in common, except older relatives still living in the area we lived in. Incidently the thread is about the cost of Disney World and pricing out the middle class, not whether you want to go there and everyone else is an idiot that does. My grand daughter called just the other day. She asked how the heck is she going to ever be able to take their child to Disney? Between getting there, and ticket prices, it has become out of their range. They do not believe in maxing the credit cards for their trips, not being able to pay it off within a reasonable time. He makes a decent living, but quite frankly, it is out of their pocketbook range now.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 15, 2015 13:24:43 GMT -5
I really don't give a crap if other people want to go. I took umbrage with being told I SHOULD go. Twice, no less! Actually, Value Buy's exact words were "I THINK every family should take their kids there at least twice." So, he wasn't telling you to go twice, he was just stating his opinion, just like everyone else on this thread. I don't know, to me, Disney isn't about Mickey Mouse. I don't know how to describe Disney World to someone who obviously doesn't care about it and won't even give it a chance. But it's about happiness and learning and accepting others. I could go there and not ride a single ride or buy a single souvenir. Won't even give it a chance? I've been there.
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Post by lexxy703 on Jun 15, 2015 13:50:42 GMT -5
I find it odd that so many of you have been to WDW. Nobody I grew up with has ever been. None of my friends or relatives took their kids. I know 1 person IRL who took her kids on a Disney cruise.
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Post by hoops902 on Jun 15, 2015 14:34:16 GMT -5
If you can't afford to take your kids to WDW twice in their life, then you can't afford to have kids and should probably have your kids taken away by the state...preferably the state of Florida, which will send your kids to work at WDW.
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Post by tractor on Jun 15, 2015 14:42:28 GMT -5
I've waited as long as I could before jumping in here. For the record, my kids hate Disney, and they are 14-17, but that's them. We have taken them three times and I doubt they will go back until they have kids of their own. On the other hand, my wife and I love Disney and we have been there multiple times (as many as four times in one year, and we live in Michigan).
Is it expensive? Yes, but so is just about any all-inclusive resort out there. We like it because once we're there, we don't have to worry about any details, we just go and have fun. Disneyworld brings us great joy and relaxation during a vacation, just as much as spending a week on the beach, which I find incredibly boring...
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Post by tractor on Jun 15, 2015 14:44:19 GMT -5
If you can't afford to take your kids to WDW twice in their life, then you can't afford to have kids and should probably have your kids taken away by the state...preferably the state of Florida, which will send your kids to work at WDW. This seems a little harsh, and I assume your joking. Not everyone loves the Mouse, and I'm glad they don't because that leaves more of him for me to enjoy.
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