How do people afford to stay at the Disney hotels?

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Anonymous wrote:They cost like $1000 per night. I can’t believe they are supposed to be for families. Who on earth can afford this?

1k a night isn't that much. Most include breakfast. And it is literally on the property...no driving involved.

No, they don't. The only ones that include breakfast are the club level rooms, which is a very small percentage of total Disney resort rooms.
But yes, most of the rooms (all?) that are $1000/night will be club level, except for the vacation club villas.

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Anonymous wrote:They cost like $1000 per night. I can’t believe they are supposed to be for families. Who on earth can afford this?

What a weird question. Over a million Americans make over 500K per year.

What a weird statement. 99% of American’s make less than 500k/yr.

Do 99% of Americans go to Disney though?

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While I agree that Disney is pricey once you factor in everything from start to finish, the hotels really aren’t the cost that jump out imho.

We’ve gone to Disney on a whim, stayed at one of the more affordable properties when we saw a good deal, and ultimately paid far less for the hotel than what we’ve paid at crummy beach hotels.

True, you cannot get a cheap room at Poly, Grand Floridian, etc. ever, but you can get a decent rate at Art of Animation, Caribbean Beach, etc.

We know lots of families who take long weekends in Orlando when they see cheap flights/cheap hotels—and they never actually visit the parks.

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Unless you want to spend a lot of time at resort, no need to stay at expensive Disney resort hotels, it used to be that you could visit different resorts but we never did, and we don’t know whether they still allow. We’ve done swan/dolphin, Disney value hotel, universal cabana bay beach resort ( our favorite), and Hyatt house across from universal ( another favorite, love their included hot breakfast). Save the expensive Disney resort money to visit out of country instead.

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Anonymous wrote:They cost like $1000 per night. I can’t believe they are supposed to be for families. Who on earth can afford this?

Not us, HHI $500-625k.

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I stay in hotels that cost that much but I don’t want to go to Disney.

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Anonymous wrote:OP is probably looking right now, for hotels at Disney for xmas break. That's the busiest time of year, and it's too late in the game. Yes, prices are high.

The trick is to book far in advance, not during peak periods, and get discounts like if you book on disney.com, they have package deals that include park tickets. We neve spend more than $300/night and that's for Contemporary or Grand Floridian, boht on the monorail.

How long ago? I haven’t seen prices that low in at least a decade at those hotels, and I’m eligible for tons of discounts (military, pass holder, chase Disney visa, Florida resident)

Shades of green is $237, which is why we never stay there and do a value or moderate.

https://www.shadesofgreen.org/rooms

The price depends on the sponsor’s rank. It is as high as $257

Anyone with an officer or high rank can afford more. As enlisted we never stayed there as Disney value with military discount is cheaper. It’s still way less than what people here consider budget.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They cost like $1000 per night. I can’t believe they are supposed to be for families. Who on earth can afford this?

1k a night isn't that much. Most include breakfast. And it is literally on the property...no driving involved.

Yes it is. I’d rather rent a car for that much to eat off property.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They cost like $1000 per night. I can’t believe they are supposed to be for families. Who on earth can afford this?

1k a night isn't that much. Most include breakfast. And it is literally on the property...no driving involved.

Yes it is. I’d rather rent a car for that much to eat off property.

I stay in property and rent a car, car rental in Florida is cheap and I don’t like Ubers to/from airport. It’s worth the extra $100 or so

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We can afford it, but have no interest in spending $20k+ for standing in lines and going on rides.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is probably looking right now, for hotels at Disney for xmas break. That's the busiest time of year, and it's too late in the game. Yes, prices are high.

The trick is to book far in advance, not during peak periods, and get discounts like if you book on disney.com, they have package deals that include park tickets. We neve spend more than $300/night and that's for Contemporary or Grand Floridian, boht on the monorail.

How long ago? I haven’t seen prices that low in at least a decade at those hotels, and I’m eligible for tons of discounts (military, pass holder, chase Disney visa, Florida resident)

Shades of green is $237, which is why we never stay there and do a value or moderate.

https://www.shadesofgreen.org/rooms

The price depends on the sponsor’s rank. It is as high as $257

Anyone with an officer or high rank can afford more. As enlisted we never stayed there as Disney value with military discount is cheaper. It’s still way less than what people here consider budget.

Well, you are not in the position to know what everyone can afford, regardless of whether or not you know their salary. Plenty of enlisted have non-military spouses who are high earners. Some have "family money" or inheritances.
Many officers or high ranking enlisted have family obligations (like helping to support an aging parent or other relative) that take a hit to their budget. Or student loans.... Maybe 50 years ago it could have been as simple as certain ranks can afford X, but not so much anymore.

Anyway, I was only correcting the poster that stated unequivocally that Shades of Green is $237. The price can be higher OR lower, as there are three categories.

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Anonymous wrote:We can afford it, but have no interest in spending $20k+ for standing in lines and going on rides.

+1 MILLION

And please don’t compare waiting in line for a man-made ride to waiting in line for the Colosseum or pyramids or something.

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Anonymous wrote:We can afford it, but have no interest in spending $20k+ for standing in lines and going on rides.

+1 MILLION

And please don’t compare waiting in line for a man-made ride to waiting in line for the Colosseum or pyramids or something.

The good news is, you don't have to. You are under absolutely no obligation to ever visit Disney, ever. You weren't even obligated to open this thread or comment on it. Yet, you did. It's bizarre.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can afford it, but have no interest in spending $20k+ for standing in lines and going on rides.

+1 MILLION

And please don’t compare waiting in line for a man-made ride to waiting in line for the Colosseum or pyramids or something.

The good news is, you don't have to. You are under absolutely no obligation to ever visit Disney, ever. You weren't even obligated to open this thread or comment on it. Yet, you did. It's bizarre.

You’re not the thread police so I’ll just comment as much as I want, thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:They cost like $1000 per night. I can’t believe they are supposed to be for families. Who on earth can afford this?

Not us, HHI $500-625k.

Of course you can afford it, you might just choose to spend your money elsewhere.