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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I noticed when planning our Disney vacation years ago that for a lot of Disney people, the planning is almost as exciting as the actual going to the parks. As soon as they come home, they start planning the next trip. 
I don’t mind planning for a trip. I enjoy it. But with Disney, it takes extra coordination during the trip.  I don’t want to have to be on my phone still planning the day during the trip. [/quote]

This is me. I enjoy trip planning but not for Disney. There should be a version of Disney that is like going to a mid-priced carribean all inclusive resort. It doesn't have to be luxury but I want to be able to go for 2 days, ride the main things and see the main things and stay in reasonably ok accommodations and eat okay food, but without paying 10k per day. That's where the disconnect is. If you could find a way to make Disney about as affordable as a trip to a mid-level resort in Puerto Rico, I could get on board. The minute people start talking about logging onto the app first thing in the morning to get my lightening pass booked, I zone out and start thinking about other vacations.[/quote]
This is bascially Disneyland[/quote]

Yes but hotels are more expensive and you have to fly cross-country. Which is why people on the East Coast who don't want to get super involved in gaming out Disney World wind up just doing the Puerto Rico resort or going to Europe instead. Disney World is just not a good value or investment of time when you compare it to other family-friendly trips. I know people who have chosen to do Manhattan over Disney as well -- kids get to see this iconic NYC stuff, there's a ton of kid-friendly stuff to do, but it's easier to plan and costs about the same amount, with the bonus of being a bit more fun for an adult who likes cities but doesn't care about Disney.[/quote]
You can actually get very inexpensive hotels walking distance to Disney land[/quote]
+1 We stayed at the Anaheim Westin (although we definitely could have gone cheaper - lots of Courtyard type places) - could see the Incredicoaster from our room. We used Marriott points but cash would've been about $300/night - cheaper than a moderate resort at DW, probably as nice or nicer, and access to the parks was as easy or easier. Very possible to come back to the hotel in the middle of the day for a nap/swim. And - I cannot stress this enough - no gross central Florida weather! I think I would rather launch myself off the top of the Tower of Terror than spend a week in Orlando at the end of August, but we went to DL August 21-26 last year (kids school doesn't start until after Labor Day) and it was a gorgeous 77-79 every day. We did three park days and felt that was the perfect amount of time. We rode and did just about everything - whereas DW you need at a minimum of four to go to all of the parks, and probably 5 or 6 if you really want to "deep dive" or go at a leisurely pace. We didn't get Lightning Lane for a single thing. Seriously. I think the longest we waited was 45 minutes for Rise of the Resistance. I leisurely made dining reservations when they opened (60 days in advance - but didn't get up in the middle of the night or anything!) but that was about the extent of having to plan ahead (besides the obvious flights/hotel booking, which you'd have to do for any vacation).

Yes, longer flight time (although if we are comparing it to a flight from DC to Puerto Rico, it is only an hour longer...). And Disneyland is not as immersive as DW- DW is a world unto itself whereas Disneyland you definitely realize you are in the middle of a city that is its own thing outside of a theme park. It's missing some of the headliner rides that are at DW (although it has some headliners of its own that DW does not have). But otherwise, it is similar to what PP is looking for. [/quote]

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