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[quote=Anonymous]I think that disney IS very very expensive but I also think disney is grappling with a tough problem with over crowding where there is not an obvious non money related solution.

I also think that in an attempt to 'do everything' people end up overspending and under enjoying disney.

For example, people who save up and spend 10k to do a full like week in park with their fam in July. End up completely exhausted, totally burned out and feeling like they spent maybe like six months rent on an experience they kind of regret.

I love disney, went a lot as a kid (dad was a florida resident, i would not say i am a disney adult) and I think the one lesson people really need to intake when going to disney is that you can strategically get a pretty full disney experience for a lot less money.

I for example have a family of five. The last time we did disney we had a family wedding in florida so we were going anyway but still flight shopped a lot and got us all down there using a regional airline for about $1100 round trip (into Sanford Orlando).

I price shopped for deals on property and I got a combo deal of four nights and two days of park tickets at the Caribbean resort for about $2700. We did a couple pool days, a couple park days, hit up downtown Disney and had what I thought was a really great Disney experience (even better that it was late September so the park was basically empty).

We spent a little extra to stay on property because the benefits of transportation/no rental car were valuable but that was a great 5 days at disney as a family of 5 for under 5k including flights (but not including food/souvenirs obviously).

This isn't negligible of course but it also doesn't seem insane to be measured against the value we got.

Anyway long story short I think people need to be more strategic about how they spend money at disney and they can maximize those dollars more.[/quote]

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