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Too expensive
Just seems like Disney is getting way to expensive.
1982 Off Site 4 Days
2006 All Star Music 10 Days
2008 Pop Century 10 Days
2009 all star movies 10 days
2010 all star Music 5 days
2011 Port Orleans Riverside 10 days
2013 Port Orleans Riverside 9 days
2015 Caribbean Resort 10 Days
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Don't go... It's not a requirement...
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It's not a place for bargain shoppers
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Well you can rather afford it or not, it's like anything else. If it's in your budget you will go and if it's not you will do what is in your budget. Threr are alot more expensive trip out their than WDW. We have researched this and found this to be in our budget. If we don't feel we can afford it we won't go.
Lori
Tinkerbell Fan "Here's Pixie Dust to You"
October 2005, Animal Kingdom and CBR
Sept. 2006, POR
Sept. 2007, AS Music
May 2008, AS Movies
April 2009, AS Music
Sept. 2010 POFQ
Sept. 2012 Pop Century
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We have looked at various options and WDW always wins. As an example, the Wisconsin Dells is 100 miles away, but a room similar to a value resort is $200 a night (when a special runs). DW usually gets a value in the $79-$99 range. Extrapolated out over 10 days that is $1000..or our flight to WDW and back. Would we rather sit at a water park all day, or do WDW. The choice is always simple for us...
1986 and 1991 offsite
1998,2000,2001,2003,2004,2006,2008 movies
1999, 2002 sports
2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 pop
2008 Riverside (Christmas Parade)
2010 CB (25th anniversary)
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Originally Posted by Missy_Mouses_Dad
As an example, the Wisconsin Dells is 100 miles away, but a room similar to a value resort is $200 a night (when a special runs). DW usually gets a value in the $79-$99 range. Extrapolated out over 10 days that is $1000..or our flight to WDW and back. Would we rather sit at a water park all day, or do WDW. The choice is always simple for us...
Going to the Dells this weekend and it is definitely no comparison to WDW and can definitely get quite expensive. (Especially when I somehow end up at Ho Chunk...LOL) I'll take Disney any day.
23 times since 1993 and still counting
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Based on our other vacation choices, WDW is really the most affordable. It will cost my DD and I around $2200 - 2500 for a trip to WDW.
We would love to go White water rafting in the Grand canyon (again) for a week but that will run us over $5000 for the group we go with.
We would love to visit our friends in China but that will run us over $3000. And that is not paying for hotel but staying with friends for the week or two that we are there.
I don't know what everyone else chooses for vacations but we either visit family, stay local or go big! Just depends on our budget!
Romans 11:33-36
1983, 1989 - Off Site
2003 - April ASMo
2004 - June POR
2005 - April POFQ
2010 - May POP and Dec CSR
2013 - March F&G POP
Weekend Trip Summer 2013 - Off Site
2015 - Sept- AKL/CBR
DEC - BC/WL
2017 - July - Disneyland & D23 Expo!
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Although costs ARE going up, compared to other vacation destinations - cruises, location trips (Las Vegas, Niagara Falls, etc.) - WDW is not out of line.
DW and I go to WDW in September (value season,) stay in a Value resort (Pop Century,) and fly out of Baltimore (Southwest.) We spend 10 nights and get MYW tickets with Park Hopper and Water Park options and STILL spend under $2000. I consider that a pretty reasonable vacation.
-Bud
Walt Disney World:
9/03 - CBR
1/09 - BWV
9/05; 2/07; 12/07; 9/08; 9/09; 9/10; 9/11; 12/13; 12/17; 4/18; 10/18, 4/23 - PC
5/15 - POR
1/22 - ASMO
10/22 - ASMU
Disneyland: 12/15 - Paradise Pier Hotel
Next up: ???
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Originally Posted by dizneyrox
don't go... It's not a requirement...
love it!!!
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I agree with the others. If it's too expensive, just don't go. We had our trip planned when the opportunity to go on a couples retreat came up. We'd love to spend the weekend with our friends, but the retreat is in Gatlinburg (about 250 miles from us), and for the 2 day trip, it would cost over $500, just for the two of us, and it's just Gatlinburg. That's ridiculous that we can spend less than twice that much and go to WDW for 5 days! We'll stick with Disney.
Susan °o°
You cheated.
Pirate.
8/98 CBR; 10/00 ASM; 11/01 POR; 7/07 POR; 10/09 ASM; 10/10 Pop; 6/12 ASM; 12/13 ASM; 6/14 FWC; 7/15 FWC; 12/16 2 weeks at FWC!
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Originally Posted by IloveJack
I agree with the others. If it's too expensive, just don't go. We had our trip planned when the opportunity to go on a couples retreat came up. We'd love to spend the weekend with our friends, but the retreat is in Gatlinburg (about 250 miles from us), and for the 2 day trip, it would cost over $500, just for the two of us, and it's just Gatlinburg. That's ridiculous that we can spend less than twice that much and go to WDW for 5 days! We'll stick with Disney.
This is exactly the same scenario we've run into when trying to plan shorter or closer to home trips.
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We are going to NYC in October for a long weekend (four nights) ... hotel prices thus far are in the $300-$500 range per night, with flights, food, plus all places have admission charges ... we are going to spend way more than our May Disney trip. And, although my kids are so excited about seeing NYC, I would be so much more excited if we were doing another Disney trip.
Karen
10/97 Dolphin w/ friends
02/00 Off-site w/ DH
09/06 POFQ w/ DD and friends
09/07 AKL w/ DH, DD and DS!
09/08 POR w/DS and friends
05/10 CR w/ DH, DD and DS
05/11 Hard Rock US/IOA w/ DH, DD and DS
05/13 Royal Pacific US/IOA w/ DH, DD and DS
02/16 Hard Rock US/IOA w/ DH, DD and DS
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I really feel spoiled, being a WDW freak and residing in Florida since 1973. We visit three to four times a year on average. WDW trips are very inexpensive for us. We have seasonal APs, and take advantage of room discounts. The only thing that can get pricey is when we overindulge on WDW!
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It's not going to ever get cheaper either. But I agree you drop a lot of $$ where ever you vacation. To the poster about Wis Dells- we go there too for just a few days at a time and it always costs alot. It costs alot to vacation period.
Trips: Too Many to Count! Last Trips: April 2013 CSR; July 2013 Aloha Aulani, The Sequel, Hawaii. Multiple trips to WDW, DL, DCL!
Coming up: September 2013 "Scary September" at Disneyland/DCA/Universal Hollywood.
Proud DVC Members since 2004!
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I think WDW is a bargain, actually. It's the airfare that puts it over the top. I spent about the same for room, entertainment, and souveniers as I do every year on summer vacation. Free dining helped a LOT, but I was willing to pay for the dining plan if I had to.
Again, the difference, was the extra $1200 I spent on round trip plane tickets. Even that price is probably appropriate, but it's just not as gratifying as spending at WDW.
Viva Darth Macho!
APR '98: Wilderness Lodge, 9 days, Honeymoon
OCT '99: Coronado Springs, 8 days, Halloween
AUG '03: All Star Music, 8 days, Summer Fun
AUG '10: Port Orleans Riverside, 10 days, Summer Celebration!
AUG '12: Pop Century, 14 days, My Dream Trip!
AUG '17: Hoping!
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I think we've kind of become spoiled in the last decade or so with more and more people being able to go to Disney every year, or even multiple times a year. My parents did pretty well for the small town that we lived in, probably upper-middle class by most bigger city standards and they never dreamed of affording Disney every year. We went probably four times from childhood through high school years (so roughly every four years or so), and like I said, we were probably one of the better off families in town.
And because there have been multiple mentions of the cost of vacationing, I would like to put in a little plug for the national parks / forests of this great country. Entrance fee to every national park in the country for the whole family for the whole year: 80 bucks. Campsites: 5-20 bucks a night. Hiking-free. 84 million acres to explore, tens of thousands of miles of trails. I could go on and on. Just because some vacations may be getting out of reach doesn't mean there aren't great options out there.
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We booked a weekend in Hershey, PA this summer--for $800 we had 2 nights at the Hershey Lodge, and 1 day passes to the park for 2 adults and 1 child. No food and we'd use our own car to get to the Park, which would cost $$ for parking. Sure, there are cheaper places in that area, but we tried that before and were not pleased.
When talk of Disney came up we cancelled the Hershey trip. Per night, we get more from WDW, for less money.
I've looked into other vacations (would love a nice relaxing vacation on a beach somewhere) but prices are WAY more than Disney, and airfare is worse, too.
We just seem to get more bang for our buck at Disney.
Christi
2014: May--POR & US/IOA; Nov--POR (1st rD--JJ5k!)
2013: May--POR
2012: Jun--POP; Aug--POP/Hard Rock
2011: Aug/Sept--US/IOA; Nov--POFQ
2010: Dec--CSR
2009: Sept--Poly GVCL
2008: Sept--POFQ
2007: Jan/Feb--POR; Sept: POFQ
2004: Oct--CSR
1987: off-site
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I don't think it is getting too expensive, but I do think they may be getting too chintzy. The dining plan used to be a great deal, but they've hacked it up so much that we've completely lost interest. But dollar for dollar, a week at Disney is no more expensive than a week at the beach!
Beth & David
09/82 Treehouse Villas, 06/86 BVP, 10/95 CBR, 10/99 DI, 08/03 PORS, 10/05 POP, 11/06 AKL, 09/09 POLY, 10/10 Wonder, 05/11 Dream/PORS, 08/13 POLY, 11/13 GF, 04/15 POLY, 11/15 BLT, 11/16 Aulani, 03/17 BLT, 08/18 BLT, 07/19 AKL, 06/21 BLT
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We've looked at the cost of other vacations, and do so often just to add in some diversity. The cost of our WDW vacation does cost us a bit of money, but we don't tend to go every year either and save slowly, but surely between visits. We also vacation every year in Myrtle Beach during the summer, but only because my mom has a home there. Even pulling out that cost, over a weeks time, we can still spend over $1000 and there are days we do nothing but chill in the house or on the beach. We've also looked at cruises and they would cost us significantly more for a week than disney. Just like everything else, it all depends on what you want, just how badly you want it and how hard you're willing to work and save for it. We're paying cash for our trip next spring, money's already there, but we've had to cut our time from 9-10 days to 7. But I still get my Disney vacation!!
°O°Amy °O° DVC Member
2011 Dec-Poly with the grandparents--whoo-hoo!!!
2011 June-SSR!!!!!
2008 Aug-Colbey&Gray's Birthday surprise-SSR/OKW
2008 June-SSR
2006 June-Port Orleans Riverside
2004 Easter-CSR
1988 May-Graduation
1982 Offsite
1980 Offsite
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A couple of things we do to help are:
1) I have a jar for paper money. I clear my wallet of singles, fives, whatever and put it in the jar. by the time we go the following year, there is usually $300 or more in singles alone.
2) We always use our debit card and get the points. After a year's time we are able to get a sizable gift card for DD to use for her own spending money at WDW.
3) Take advantage of 0% interest if you charge the trip.
4) If you have to worry about every penny while on vacation, you probably shouldn't have gone in the first place.
1986 and 1991 offsite
1998,2000,2001,2003,2004,2006,2008 movies
1999, 2002 sports
2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 pop
2008 Riverside (Christmas Parade)
2010 CB (25th anniversary)
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