re: Only the wealthy can afford Disney World

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Just booked a trip to Universal Orlando for 4 days, 5 nights. Six people staying at one of their cheapest places. All in just over $5K

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Damn. It really does pay to stay on the campuses.

Last time we went to Disney, we also went to Universal for 2 days, but still stayed at Disney for those 2 days.

Those 2 days at Universal without staying on campus while also staying at Disney were expensive as frick.

Don't be like me. Don't do that

Meh, we spent 2 weeks there summer of ‘23 … it’s wasn’t that terrible. It wasn’t cheap but it’s doable.

Also we didn’t spend two weeks in the park. We were there for dance nationals.. So for a week of it my youngest was in classes and competition.. My oldest and I played golf for a week.

It can definitely be done for a reasonable amount.. You just gotta know to do it

Ok, that’s good. I haven’t heard the classic names in so long. Usually when Disney comes up it’s bc of its awful modern movies.

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Disney World

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Needs to go under like the USPS

I booked 2 rooms at universal (for the fast pass) for 1 night. one day was universal / overnight / next day was epic universe... total was $5200

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for a trip for a family of four

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My wife and I have brought our kids to Disney and Universal on both coasts multiple times. We both went there as kids and loved it and we enjoy experiencing that joy with our kids as parents.

I'm obsessed with credit card points so our flights are always on points and with Universal our hotel is one of their premier resorts on points. That gives us 2 days of unlimited express pass for a 1 night stay. For Disney we have a family friend that owns DVC and she rents us her points very cheap. The last time we went in 2022 we stayed at Copper Creek and paid $160/night. That's really what helps us keep the costs down. Even if you don't know someone who owns DVC you can still rent points and it'll be much cheaper to stay in a deluxe resort if that's what you want. Also throughout the year I get discounted Disney gift cards. With a little work you can pretty easily get 10-15% off. We then use those for our tickets and food.

There is an upside to not being wealthy then?

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Edit - yeah I get the demographic on this board doesn’t find Disney interesting. No shite. It’s not about what you like. If you have kids, vacations are for them until they are old enough to enjoy things you want to do. It’s irrelevant what you prefer or think of Disney.

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I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment yet the number of kids NOT having a good time, as evidenced by the tantrums and crying that goes on at the happiest place on earth is not insignificant. A lot of that has to do with parents trying way to hard to buy memories when the kid only wants some attention from the most important people in their lives which can be done at the house if the parents would take the time to do it. I went to Disney in the 70s as a kid and have taken our kids and our niece's daughter a couple of times each and all of the preferred Universal and even ratty old 6 Flags Over Georgia to Disney. They all much prefer going camping and just sitting around playing cards and staring at a fire and laughing and eating. What they all really enjoyed most was 20 minutes of undivided attention when they were the center of their parents universe. Parents misread the "wants" of their kids by not paying attention to their kids.

We took our niece to Disney when she was 8 and had lost both of her parents by the age of 5 to cancer. She is more or less our daughter and we thought we had to make her losing her parents up to her. Her most memorable memory of that trip was our sitting around the pool at Shades of Green (military "resort" on Disney property and watching her swim and she and I sneaking into some of the ponds around Disney and fishing every evening. I don't know if she has ever mentioned going to the parks on that trip but she has mentioned the fishing a BUNCH.