re: Only the wealthy can afford Disney World

People complain about the prices and the crowds but it’s simple supply & demand. If you want low crowds the prices must go up. Like, a lot.

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unless they just hate rollercoasters, saying they wouldn't have enjoyed Disney World just as much if not more is you lying to yourself.

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I love rollercoasters, but if that's what I'm after, I'm going to Cedar Point, not Disney.

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Keep putting off a trip because of amounts I see thrown around, but I'd book it if we could keep it at $5k just to scratch that off the kids' wish list.

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Its crazy expensive to stay in a mid tier or better hotel and go for just 2-3 days, or 1 day.

If you get a 4+ day pass and stay off site, you can get a hotel for under $150/ night and house/ condo vacation rental for the same. Theme park tickets can be had for $100/ day. I haven't looked lately, you used to be able to get tickets in the off season for $60/ day but that maybe florida residents and outdated pricing.

Eat breakfast in your room, and moderate meals, Its not THAT terrible.

Travel in general is expensive AF these days.

ETA; I'm a Florida resident with kids and we used to go about 4 days a year. I haven't been in 3-4 years. If I never go back, that would be my preference. But...that's unlikely

First, Disney has a capacity issue, so they’ve raised prices as a way to limit attendance while increasing profitability. This also keeps the trash out.

Second, a large segment of millennials—many without kids, often single, and with disposable income or a greater willingness to take on debt—has become a major part of Disney’s customer base.

The mistake I think they’re making is ignoring a future demographic, specifically younger children who may grow up with little or no nostalgia for Disney.

Especially dudes are aren't married and have no kids.

That video is mind blowing. Another day of thanking the lord I was raised by a Bill O'Reilly fanatic dad and then married someone the same. I don't know how these people live this way. It would stress me to my core.

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Well……we are waiting

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1) you book through renting someone's DVC points at a website like this:

LINK

The vacation packages are great for paying it off over time but they are much more expensive than booking using the DVC points. The cons are that you are limited to DVC properties and you have to pay all at once. But you do get a nicer property for a cheaper price. The other con is that you can't use a meal plan (not really a con) and you can't pay your park tickets over time either. You will need to book your park tickets seperately.

A hack for the tickets is that you buy them one at a time prior to your trip. So if you are going in July, You buy 1 ticket in January, another in February, andother in March, and another in May or whatever works for you. This doesn't bring the price down but it does help you spread the cost.

2) frick the meal plan. Its pure convenience. In order to make it worth your while monetarily, you would have to order the most expensive thing on every menu every day plus get the most expensive snacks. You will spend less money if you just buy food there. They let you bring food in the parks so pack snacks and sandwiches and do your best to not buy breakfast lunch and dinner in the parks. Most rooms at the very least have a Microwave so bring Nuggets or hot dogs or whatever and try to cook a meal or two at the room to also help drive down the price.

3) Try to pick a time of the year when park tickets are at their lowest or when they are running a deal or something. This seems obvious but so many people go during Xmas and wonder why it was $200 per person per day just for the tickets.

4) ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY IT OFF, open a Disney credit card for the trip. These cards are pretty worthless except for a two pros. They give you several hundred dollars back when you spend like $1,000. Book your park tickets or whatever with teh Disney CC and then pay it off. You just made your trip $300-500 cheaper right there. The other pro is that you get in park discounts when you pay with the Disney CC. Again, I'd like to reiterate, only use this as an option if you can pay it off. DO NOT GO INTO DEBT TO GO TO DISNEY!!!

5) Drive don't fly. Parking at the resorts is free.

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Only the wealthy can afford Disney World

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That ain't no shite. I went 7 years ago with my oldest son. Went back this year at Mardi Gras with my youngest. The cost jump from 7 years ago was x2.5, over double. Now, that included one additional kid, but a domestic family vacation shouldn't cost 5 figures. I don't know why the hell some people want to go there every year, much less multiple times a year like I know some people do. There's way more of the world I'd rather see and bring my family to than Orlando, FL. I could spend a week in Europe for far less.

Or some sort of financial human being. He's the only name I know. He could be dead now for all I know

Point being - I've never even had a student loan. These people are insane walking around with $60k of debt on their credit card. Like, for what?! Were they not working? What did they buy?! I don't get it.