Anonymous wrote:there is so much culture and history you could experience as a family thru travel, and to drop that kind of money on disney?? unreal.

You can go to Disney for $1500 a week (not including airfare) and stay inside the park. If people choose to spend more money that is their issues. As far as culture and history, not every vacation needs to be about that. If I want to have fun with young kids, Disney is the place to be.

Anonymous wrote:there is so much culture and history you could experience as a family thru travel, and to drop that kind of money on disney?? unreal.

This is OP. Seems to me that at age 3-8, culture and history will be lost on a kid and Disney is going to be lots of fun for everyone.

We're going to be in Florida anyhow for a family activity and it seems like a good time to have an extended disney vacation (we went for a weekend in February). That said, am I prepared to drop $7500 on a Disney trip?? Probably not... which was why I posted the message originally. Fact of the matter is, me being me I'm going to do the research myself to find the best value and probably won't end up booking through an agent in the end. I'm guessing we can probably get it below $3k-$3500, which, while still pretty expensive, feels pretty reasonable for a fun week long vacation.

Anonymous wrote:there is so much culture and history you could experience as a family thru travel, and to drop that kind of money on disney?? unreal.

It depends on how you look at it. We saw culture and history and many other things.

there is so much culture and history you could experience as a family thru travel, and to drop that kind of money on disney?? unreal.

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Anonymous wrote:We're going with or family of 6 - need tickets only for 5 as one is young. All in, easily $7500 with airfare, hotel, tickets, food. Disney will be one of our more expensive vacations. We too are Mariott/not Ritz/not Holiday Inn, but Disney is just not going to be cheap.

it astounds me that ppl spend this kind of money on disney. so sad.

Me too I cannot imagine that as we spent more than half that. I would have to be going first class all the way.

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Anonymous wrote:PP here. To clarify, Bay Lake Towers is the condo Disney Vacation Club (DVC) portion of the Contemporary Resort. It is super expensive.

Hi this is OP. in the travel agents defense - I asked about Bay Lake Towers because I know two people that stayed there recently and recommended it. I did not realize quite how expensive it was.

Also, I equate Disney Deluxe with Marriott, not Ritz. Perhaps it's more like Marriott style at Ritz prices.

Now i'm thinking about the Wyndham Bonnet anyhow - $700 for a 2 br condo...

Fwiw, if you choose Bonnet Creek (any non Disney hotel), you will not get to use the parks' (extra magic hours.) We've always found them to help tremendously, especially the morning ones.

I get it... but I am ok to miss an hour in the park to save $2000. We will still be there at rope drop.
I am even ok to spend $15/day to park if need be. We'll probably make that up with eating every breakfast in the condo, as well as a couple dinners I would imagine.