Future_WorldPhonencian
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 25, 2017
In terms of the financial end of wdw prices i feel like as a kid in the 90’s who lived in GA, wdw was a big treat (once every 2-3 yrs) and a 2-3 day proposition max as a part of a vacation. We always stayed off site, picked one neat epcot sit down restaurant and toured dawn to dusk after we all read the latest unofficial guide cover to cover. The 7 seas lagoon hotels were out of reach and my dad’s philosophy was always: if the hotel doesnt have a free hot breakfast its a ripoff.
We have a similar standard of living today as my parents did, and we usually visit every other year but now when we go its very different. A handful of ADRs at wdw sit downs are a must, a ticket seems like its a “bad value” if its less than 4-5 days, picking a hotel is all abt looking for onsite sales/ renting dvc due to emh and free parking (RIP) There are now 4parks, 2 waterparks, and the hotels are an attraction on their own.
Maybe this is a product of disneys really savvy marketing and the fact that they now offer tiered pricing, bouncebacks, festivals and different hard tickets...
Maybe prices will force us into more conservative visits (not necessarily a bad thing we are very thankful toneven go to wdw)
I may be way off base with this comment so if someone has a better sense or a different experience plz comment!
We have a similar standard of living today as my parents did, and we usually visit every other year but now when we go its very different. A handful of ADRs at wdw sit downs are a must, a ticket seems like its a “bad value” if its less than 4-5 days, picking a hotel is all abt looking for onsite sales/ renting dvc due to emh and free parking (RIP) There are now 4parks, 2 waterparks, and the hotels are an attraction on their own.
Maybe this is a product of disneys really savvy marketing and the fact that they now offer tiered pricing, bouncebacks, festivals and different hard tickets...
Maybe prices will force us into more conservative visits (not necessarily a bad thing we are very thankful toneven go to wdw)
I may be way off base with this comment so if someone has a better sense or a different experience plz comment!