You could have stayed at Disney longer and enjoyed the parks more if you had stayed at a cheaper resort. I'll never understand paying so much for a room you're just bathing and sleeping in.
Not that much of a difference given that only two of them had to pay for tickets. I was just in Orlando for Spring break and even at our usual "cheap" place, it cost us a lot more than the usual. There's nothing cheap in Orlando anymore. Unless, of course, you stay at the likes of Seralago, which I'd pass.
@@MommaDee23 Then you haven't done good research. There are some great deals at fantastic properties. They are there, you just have to do your homework.
I assume they only wanted four days and did everything their little hearts wanted in the parks. Doesn’t this woman have a season pass and goes regularly? I would be she knew what she was doing.
You could take for people to Europe for that price. Disney has lost touch with reality and middle class and working class. People can absolutely not afford it. It’s a shame.
@@spooders8424 just flights to Europe for 4 people would be closer to 1000$ a person.... European hotels are pricey, food is pricey, also most tourism locations have fees for entry and whatnot. This person is really just talking out of their ass. Also Europe isn't as nice as it looks in the movies most European countries are kinda gross outside of the hyper touristy areas
@@slowazzd2165 i live in europe and have traveled to small towns all across Europe and in western Europe i never found a GROSS city or something close to it .... and i visited a lot of beatiful toerist area's for free. And i have Booked a lot of hotels in city centers in city's like bruhl and lille and thee were under 50 euro's per person. So i dont think That expecive
6 years ago I was able to take my Daughter as a surprise for her 6th birthday and it was on a very limited budget. I drove from Oklahoma (Gas cost was 150 to get down there and drive around and coming back it was 120.) to Florida. We stayed at an Airbnb close to the park for Two days (140.) I managed to get us one day passes to One Park (275) for both of us. We brought a Stroller and had Food and Drinks inside it.(25) I did get "Fast Passes" but didn't know I needed to book the rides ahead of time and Cast Members just let us use them on any rides or attractions we wanted due to some rides being shut down.(65) I was able to buy her a small souvenir at the Park(30) and we found a bunch more at the Goodwill down the street for super cheap!(Micky Ears, Pins, Shirt's and Plushies. 22) When we got home our grand total was $865.00. for just the Disney side of the trip for one day. Mind you that's when gas was still closer to 2.00 a gallon and Disney hadn't raised their prices yet. If we were ever to go now (Which is financially impossible) it would cost closer to $2300.00. I'm thankful I took her when I did as a Single Mom I did the best I could and she always reminds me of it.
Yes, Disney is expensive, but they made the trip expensive with the resort they stayed in, food, merch, genie and lighting lane, etc. It can be less pricey
$7K doesn't seem like that much considering they stayed deluxe and did Genie Plus and Individual lightening lanes. That's less than $2K per person. Disney is fine if it's a group of adults and everyone pays for themselves. It's a bitch for families with kids where one person or couple is paying for everyone.
family 4 here! And going to Disney world on Thursday. So far we’ve spent $990 on round trip plane tickets. And $3,700 for a 5 day stay at Animation Resort (includes the 4 day tickets to all Disney parks for 4 people)
You ended up paying about $252 per night for the hotel stay. There are many great hotels in Orlando for $120 and above. I'm just curious why send more for the Disney hotel?
@@beny4300resort transportation alone is way better than driving and parking every day. Then add that you get guaranteed an extra ride or 2 with minimal wait over people that don't stay on property because of early entry
@@beny4300the cost of the hotel included the ticket price for the parks, if you subtract the cost of the park tickets it’s only a bit above the price of the hotel you mentioned
Sad to say but there is no such thing for a Disney trip. The most she could have saved would be genie+/LL, park hop, and merch. The room at a Disney resort compensated for the two Annual passes, if you know what I mean.
@@MommaDee23 They couldve Road tripped NOT have gotten a disney hotel but instead a holiday inn in the property Bring less people Not get lightning lane but instead use DAS (if applicable if not then yeah LL is kinda needed) You can do a more budget friendly disney trip if you play your cards right
@@MommaDee23 also food. $1100 on food is insane. We are going for a second time soon and we saved so much money by packing sandwiches and plenty of snacks. My family are foodies but no way are we spending that amount on food that is not all that.
I live 1 hrs 20 min away from disney every time I got I only have to pay for genie plus food and gas not only we disney and universal pass holders people pay way to much just for disney
Well if you don’t stay at a super expensive hotel and then cut out the genie+ and go during off season, it could be like half that price. still expensive but def not 7k. If you stay just 20 minutes outside of Disney you can find cheaper rooms that aren’t $600 a night!
I've gone to Disney plenty of times, and it was never anywhere near as expensive as this, because I'd stay at a cheap resort, not buy $300 of merch, wait in line like everyone else, and, luckily, I live an hour from Disney World, so no plane or rental car needed either.
Booked our 1 week Disney vacation at Art of Animation 2 kids 2 adults, 4 park pass room and travel and tix $3000. Will probly do genie plus and we have a character dining experience everyday there so atleast another $2,000. That’s why we work hard though, anything for my two little girls.
I live in Florida we usually do a weekend thing go Friday check in to holiday inn or days in go in the pool, pay for tickets online 2 weeks prior for 1 day ticket hopper to jump from park to park for Saturday, and return home Sunday after check out! We pack lunch for park and share food so we don’t spend no where near that much and rental car is about 40 a day for us
Yeah. Me and my family go once a year, and we’re a family of 9 so I understand. Of course it’s not me paying for it, it’s my parents. But I do understand how expensive Disney gotten the past few years. I really hope once I pay for my own vacations it’s not as bad. But that’s unlikely since prices are constantly going up.
My parents are taking my family (5 people in total) to Disneyworld for 10 days and we live across the world! Now I’m wondering how they are going to afford it 😂
Guys! Plan your trip very well! We’re a family of 4. We bought 4 round trip plane tickets. Stayed at a lovely Disney resort 7 day and days 6 nights. Bought tickets to all 4 parks for 4 days, We rented a real nice car for 6 days. Spent $40 in gas in total! Its also very smart to grocery shop! We did 3Xs and took all our super healthy food back to our hotel, bought lots of water, fruits, veggies, salads, plant milks, and other healthy snacks) I also bought 3 super cute extra Disney shirts and other clothes for everyone else. We also enjoyed good food and drinks at the park, we bought our kids several Disney toys at the gift shops. We dined out for dinner for 6 nights straight. We even went to a beautiful beach in Tampa for a whole day! And only spent $5600 in total! Not bad at all! We’ll be going back for sure!❤
Did you use a travel agent? We are trying to plan a vacation for the same time frame 2 kids 3 adults. Trying to save as much as possible.... thank you for sharing!!!!
Coming from the UK We're staying in universal resort for 21 nights while also doing disney and other neaby parks. +halloween horror night and express pass. Flights+ Hotel+transfers= £2250. Park tickets to all theme parks =£1000. Halloween horror night+express=£220 (£3470)= $4409 USD. That is each so double that for both of us. Who knows how much food and drink will cost and how much stuff we'll get. Excited for the trip though
It’s weird to me how many people are saying you could’ve done this or that for that much money like no shit. You wanted to go to Disney so you went? If you wanted to go on a cruise or go to Europe, guess what? You would’ve gone lmfao. People are so stupid and think they’re so much smarter than others. When in reality you wanted to go on a nice trip to Disney with your friends and you didn’t wanna stay in the budget resorts. We’re going in August and 100% could’ve gone basically anywhere in the world for less but we wanted to go to Disney
Staying at any Disney resort is like taking your money and setting it on fire. You won’t be there any time at all. Just long enough to hopefully bathe and sleep. Last time I went to Disney my wife and I and 4 kids stayed at a townhouse 15 minutes away from the parks and 4 nights only cost us $600. And we all had our own rooms.
Whoa! Walt Disney NEVER intended his resort to cost that much! He wanted a place that the average American family could enjoy AND AFFORD! For shame! For shame!
Wow, I haven't paid the last few times I went. The biggest splurge was when son in law included me on the 7 day family Disney trip. They had 7 kids under 18 and 2 over. He paid for a 2 bdrm suite and 2 single rooms at Wilderness Kingdom. They gave me the Master bedroom! Great kids. They paid for meal plans for everyone and other bells and whistles. I'm assuming that was way over $20k I wish it was more affordable.
And all I want to do is take my family of 4 to Disneyland. I sound bitter and I really shouldn’t be. They had an amazing vacation. That’s awesome. Sincerely.
In Paris we noticed that there is a big difference in quality of the food, the souvenirs, the waiting time in comparison with 6 years ago. We experienced on the whole a set back in quality and Disney magic. It is a shame because it is a lot of money you have to save to go to Disney.
Wife and I drove a 250$ rental car eco/hybrid coast us less than 100 to get to Florida from Iowa AND halfway back. Did an air bnb for 2 nights cheap as hell, went to Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom that was our main costs, we spent well under 1200 for 2 people that's also including our universal studios and Islands of adventure day as well.
My upcoming trip is $5,463.82 before discounted Disney gift cards for two people for 12 nights in a standard room at Pop Century. $1,100 on food in four days? Try $690.95 in 12 days. Half the people, but three times as long. I'm not eating everything just because it looks good. I don't need that much food. I have the money to pay for all of the food that catches my eye. I just choose to limit the amount of weight I put on. You are free to spend your money how you want, but there is no doubt you are overspending.
Me and 2 other adults literally are going for around $2,500 per person for like, 14 nights including Genie Plus, Memory Maker and staying at Art of Animation I cant even comprehend splurging on a Disney hotel only to get a rental car given all the transportation options lol
I went to Disney in 2021 when Covid was still happening and stayed in a Disney vacation club room at animal kingdom. It was hella cheap cause of the timing and so were our flights. You can afford to do this cheap just have a pandemic going on
@ilia_hasan no prob (: yeah we flew from utah to Florida on delta nonstop. Staying at pop century but had a free upgrade to Port Orleans riverside for 3 days. Went to Disney springs first day (only bought food), Epcot second day, animal kingdom. Disney bus to us to the cruise port and we sailed to the Bahamas for a 3 night cruise then bus to us to airport and we flew back on a one-stop southwest flight. Our cruise alone was about $3600.
Disney sure has gotten expensive from its parks to it streaming services. Last time i went when i was 20, im almost 40 now. Glad they enjoy themselves, that’s what really counts
Wow, yes that’s a lot considering it was only 4 days. My husband and I came from the U.K. and spent £4500 for 2 weeks off property/economy BA flights/14 day Disney hopper tickets/3 day Universal tickets/1 night at Loews Royal Pacific/Ubers/Halloween Horror night/ 2 ILL each. Then £3k on food and merch. That’s around $8915 according to today’s conversion figures (we went October 2023) Looks like you had a fab time through.
Doesn't surprise me. My last 7 day at a moderate resort for 4 people with park hopper, with airlines, and food was about 8,000. The Genie plus ripoff didn't exist yet.
That’s much more expensive than it needs to be! We’re staying a 15 min drive from Disney for 2 weeks for $900. A clean modern hotel with a pool and on site IHOP, perfectly good to sleep at. An 8 day hopper+ Disney pass for both of us is $1300, car hire $300, return flights for both from the UK $1400. So $3900 for two whole weeks doesn’t seem too bad…
Honesty, for less than $2K a person (including flights) on a splurge trip (these days) sounds pretty good. Back in 2016, I did a splurge trip with a friend, staying at Grand Floridian, but for 6 days for $1500pp
Like $1900 dollars a person. $500 more and you could go abroad to japan or thailand for like 2 weeks. Disney just isn't worth the price anymore, and the business analytics agree with that people are going less or not at all.
Me and my wife r going in October of this year and it’s 4800. We paid for a dinning plan and memory maker. And we r staying at all star sports. It’s her first trip.. but I still think it’s outrageous that we have to pay that much just for two people
When i was a kid i would go with my dad after work. Do a roller coaster or 3, get ice cream, look around the glass shop, then go home. Lived in irvine so we were close. Blows my find that a $20 trip has turned into realistically a $2000 to revisit my childhood.
Since my sister works at one of the Disney hotels, we get 4 free passes, free parking, and 50% discounts off food and items. We either stay at a hotel (not often) or stay at her place. At most we spend like 200 bucks max We usually spend 100 dollars though. We don’t usually get lightning or genie+ not yet at least. But we still have the best time and go on a lot of rides
If I had 8000$ to spend on a 4 day vacation, I’m 10000000% not spending it on a touristy place. I’m going somewhere for a change of scenery, getting a nice hotel room and spending most of my money on food and buying stuff.
I went to Disney World on a dime. I drive , we used the dining package when they had it And bought small souvenirs. One trip Cast members Dakota and Ashley made my son and my trip AMAZING. I will NEVER forget them. We weren't having a Good time Cast Members were RUDE to us and one even called me son a Retard. But Dakota and Ashley turned that day around. I NEVER want to go back but my son wants to try again. So maybe someday
People say Genie isn't worth it, but i totally disagree. For $380 including ILL's you more than likely double the rides you would have without it and waited a lot less for only a small portion of the overall trip value and in my opinion, that's probably the investment in the trip that's the most fun!
Depends on when you go. And if you watch the waiting times in the app. I was able to do Big Thunder Mountain with a 25 min wait time because it was temporarily closed before. The rest of the day it was 70-80 min wait time. Even the most popular rides will sometimes go down during for example lunch and dinner time. With some planning and flexibility you can save a lot of waiting
So that's roughly 2,000 per person. Last time I went to Disney World, it cost me a family of 3 $3,700.00 for 10 days flew from the West Coast. My airline ticket was $300.00 round trip on American Airlines. I got a deal at the grocery store. Buy 150.00 worth of food, get a round trip ticket for 300.00 to go anywhere in the US. Stayed at the Sports and Music resort. That's insanely overpriced compared to when I went.
No, it doesn’t surprise me. But it does sadly because Disney is no longer available to everyone. Before the pandemic we were annual passholders living in Arkansas and will go at least twice a year and now we can only one time every two years.
I live 1 hrs 20 min away from disney every time I got I only have to pay for genie plus food and gas not only we disney and universal pass holders people pay way to much just for disney
this is all unnecessary. For me and my wife and baby we got 700$ for the round trip tickets. Add the 677$ for the hotel at international drive. About 600$ in tickets and 200$ in car rental. We'll probably be spending 3k
Not surprising just not very interesting. It’s just a theme park (although the hotels are sweet). In some ways there is a lot of entertainment for $150 a day. Else it also is very sterile, corporate. Just toured Savannah, Columbia, Macon, and Charleston with a family of four. The venues were more varied and not as polished as Disney but it was new and the opportunities to find something inspiring were more likely. We spent about $400 a day on entertainment so a little cheaper than Disney.
So glad I get the resident discount and SoCal teachers discount. Your school or county has to sign up for the teachers/ staff discount . It’s so you get I think 40% off all SoCal amusement parks including certain aquariums. Shout out to my cousin who was a teacher in Moreno Valley for the last 25 years ! Been paying $90 for year and when it was actually $90 before tax . I would pay $55 after tax for a two day park hopper plus free parking . Now that’s a steal !
that is sooooo much cheaper than I thought it would be. Im planning my family reunion (centered around my daughter’s birthday since my family is a matriarchy and she is the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter) and it’s coming out WAYYY cheaper than I thought.
