Disney primarily for the wealthy? NYT Article

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

So your kid is about 5?

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

So your kid is about 5?

I mean if you're about to tell me that Disney isn't intended for elementary school kids, I'm going to have to ask you who you think Winnie the Pooh ride and Belle's Enchanted Storytime is for.

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

So your kid is about 5?

I mean if you're about to tell me that Disney isn't intended for elementary school kids, I'm going to have to ask you who you think Winnie the Pooh ride and Belle's Enchanted Storytime is for.

If you think it's intended only for elementary kids then you don't know the first thing about it. I don't think it's children flocking to the Food & Wine festival at EPCOT.

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

So your kid is about 5?

I mean if you're about to tell me that Disney isn't intended for elementary school kids, I'm going to have to ask you who you think Winnie the Pooh ride and Belle's Enchanted Storytime is for.

If you think it's intended only for elementary kids then you don't know the first thing about it. I don't think it's children flocking to the Food & Wine festival at EPCOT.

DP here. Of course 5 year olds love Disney! Mine have been going since they were 2. You are the one trying to claim your child doesn't want to go to Disney. Maybe they don't know (or remember) that it even exists.

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

So your kid is about 5?

I mean if you're about to tell me that Disney isn't intended for elementary school kids, I'm going to have to ask you who you think Winnie the Pooh ride and Belle's Enchanted Storytime is for.

If you think it's intended only for elementary kids then you don't know the first thing about it. I don't think it's children flocking to the Food & Wine festival at EPCOT.

Again, I don't get this. You pay to go to Ecpot to pay even more money for extremely overpriced and not good food.

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

So your kid is about 5?

I mean if you're about to tell me that Disney isn't intended for elementary school kids, I'm going to have to ask you who you think Winnie the Pooh ride and Belle's Enchanted Storytime is for.

If you think it's intended only for elementary kids then you don't know the first thing about it. I don't think it's children flocking to the Food & Wine festival at EPCOT.

Again, I don't get this. You pay to go to Ecpot to pay even more money for extremely overpriced and not good food.

What year did you go that you didn't enjoy the food?

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Anonymous wrote:We will never do Disney. If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it. But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride? No way. Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate. There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10.

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.

Not per ride. per day per person.

It doesn't cover all rides, though and they sell separate passes for the most popular rides.

That to me is just the epitome of it. You pay extra and then you still have to pay extra on top of it. Gimme more money for stuff that used to be free. Your park ticket is also more.

The way I look it at is it might be $150 for a ticket but you can go for 10, 12, or more hours depending on how long it's open. That's like $15 an hour for a full day of entertainment. Now try taking your family to a 3 hour baseball game or even a movie and see if you get the same bang for your buck hour by hour.

Uh... injust priced the Nats game on Friday and I can get $23 tickets. And then won't make me pay additional money if I want to actually watch the game. And I can metro there so I don't have to pay for parking. And my hot dog isn't going to cost $20?

Your beer will cost $20. Add up the family food and see what you get. Then ask your kids if it was the best day ever watching from the nosebleeds or bleachers with sun in their face the whole time.

This. You are not getting out of Nats park with a family of 4 for less than $250 assuming you park.

I've taken my kids multiple times and never come close to that. What on earth are you buying?

Are your kids super into baseball? Mine go for the snacks but they aren't really into the game and given a choice would always pick an amusement park. Disney offers a lot and you can stay a full day and not do it all. Baseball games are expensive and not nearly as interesting for kids.

My kid did the slide for ages last time. It's great when the team is terrible because there's no limit on the slides when the park is empty.

When I visit my MIL in Orlando all my kid wants to do is go to the strawberry farm. Giant bubbles, slides, bouncing, hay ride, and it's $5 plus the price of the strawberries.

So your kid is about 5?

I mean if you're about to tell me that Disney isn't intended for elementary school kids, I'm going to have to ask you who you think Winnie the Pooh ride and Belle's Enchanted Storytime is for.

If you think it's intended only for elementary kids then you don't know the first thing about it. I don't think it's children flocking to the Food & Wine festival at EPCOT.

Again, I don't get this. You pay to go to Ecpot to pay even more money for extremely overpriced and not good food.

What year did you go that you didn't enjoy the food?

The food has surprisingly gotten better IMO. There are still some all-time crap like the quick service burgers at MK but I’ve been having some fun with the food lately.

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I'm not a huge Disney fan, but my friend just went to Japan, and while there, they went to Tokyo Disney and said it was super cheap. Tickets were $70. Sure, you have to pay for the flights, but if you are going to Japan anyways, why not? I wouldn't mind doing that but DH wouldn't do it. He loathes Disney parks.

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First off, I know nothing about Disney. At all. I just have a perhaps easy question about this.

Does the fact that Florida residents get discounted tickets impact how much others pay? A lot of people vist family and therefore get discounted tickets so the non-discounted tickets are proportionately higher.

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Anonymous wrote:First off, I know nothing about Disney. At all. I just have a perhaps easy question about this.

Does the fact that Florida residents get discounted tickets impact how much others pay? A lot of people vist family and therefore get discounted tickets so the non-discounted tickets are proportionately higher.

I don't think so. Most of the heavily discounted FL tickets and annual passes are blocked out for the weeks Disney is busiest. So they are just selling off capacity at a discount that would otherwise go unused.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a huge Disney fan, but my friend just went to Japan, and while there, they went to Tokyo Disney and said it was super cheap. Tickets were $70. Sure, you have to pay for the flights, but if you are going to Japan anyways, why not? I wouldn't mind doing that but DH wouldn't do it. He loathes Disney parks.

Then you can split up and do different things in Tokyo...that's the beauty of it.

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Anonymous wrote:First off, I know nothing about Disney. At all. I just have a perhaps easy question about this.

Does the fact that Florida residents get discounted tickets impact how much others pay? A lot of people vist family and therefore get discounted tickets so the non-discounted tickets are proportionately higher.

It absolutely makes the parks more crowded. My family only goes during the school year in the middle of the week and it’s packed.

Visiting family in Florida doesn’t get you discounted tickets.

Crowds are fine for me. It’s the ride line times that we can’t take. Disney needs to do more large shows that can take a lot of people in at once like the beauty and the beast show did at Hollywood studios. They’re phasing shows out.

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Growing up my parents pulled us from school and we went in mid-October (and during the week) and it was dead. Zero lines.

Went back for early November, and same deal - dead.

We went back for Christmas and never went back again.

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Anonymous wrote:Growing up my parents pulled us from school and we went in mid-October (and during the week) and it was dead. Zero lines.

Went back for early November, and same deal - dead.

We went back for Christmas and never went back again.

This works when your kids are very young. I would not pull my kids out of school just for vacation. I guess our priorities are different.