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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.[/quote]

Not per ride. per day per person. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

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

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

So your kid is about 5?[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

What year did you go that you didn't enjoy the food?[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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