Current Events > Is a family really considered privileged if they can afford to go Disney parks?

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I seriously dont understand this because a lot of people that can afford to go there are normal people with normal salaries IIRC?

doubt you need to be a finance bro, doctor, or lawyer to afford to go to Disneyland or Universal. Working class people can afford to go there too, no?

You see broke ass people out there all the time

VeggetaX posted...

You see broke ass people out there all the time

FL residents get discounts at Disney World. I assume CA residents do too at Disneyland.

VeggetaX posted...

You see broke ass people out there all the time

I mean, you see broke people everywhere tbh

I saw broke people at Taylor Swift concerts and those prices are intended for richer or affluent people

It's not too crazy expensive so if you're able to save up a couple hundred bucks a month for a year or two you can afford it.

Wife and I went for 5 days (3 days at Disney and 2 at Universal) and the total cost (round trip flights, hotels, uber/lyft, park tickets, and all the shit we bought while we were there) was like $3300

They always have special deals for not prime months and kids under 3 are free.

littlebro07 posted...

It's not too crazy expensive so if you're able to save up a couple hundred bucks a month for a year or two you can afford it.

Wife and I went for 5 days (3 days at Disney and 2 at Universal) and the total cost (round trip flights, hotels, uber/lyft, park tickets, and all the shit we bought while we were there) was like $3300

for Disney standards, that number really isnt that bad

We spent way more when we went with the kids

If you're making minimum wage you're not going to Disney anything unless you're putting it on credits cards

MorbidFaithless posted...

If you're making minimum wage you're not going to Disney anything unless you're putting it on credits cards

You can if you live with your parents

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

for Disney standards, that number really isnt that bad

We spent way more when we went with the kids

Yeah I figure with kids that are old enough to not get in free that'd be at least an extra 1500-2000 per kid so I can see how bigger families can easily shell out 10k+ on a trip there

Depends what we are calling privileged.

To a poor nation they'd probably consider it privileged.
In America, not so much.

My understanding is that it's possible to visit relatively inexpensively, but once you add a nicer hotel, park food, the various passes to avoid lines etc., it quickly becomes quite expensive.

Yeah, we did a 2-3 day Disney trip at the end of our wedding trip, and the Disney part alone probably cost almost 5 grand. Hotel is expensive, plus genie pass, plus food and alcohol.

I would say if your family is doing a yearly Disney trip, you're probably pretty well off.

littlebro07 posted...

It's not too crazy expensive so if you're able to save up a couple hundred bucks a month for a year or two you can afford it.

Wife and I went for 5 days (3 days at Disney and 2 at Universal) and the total cost (round trip flights, hotels, uber/lyft, park tickets, and all the shit we bought while we were there) was like $3300

My partner and I went last fall and did the same thing. We've spent more on some vacations and less on others. It wasn't too bad, but that was also just two adults. We don't have kids. We also did it "barebones". We didn't pay extra for the line skip apps. We stayed at a cheap AirBnB nearby instead of a Universal of Disney resort. Apart from Epcot's world tour, we didn't eat meals at the parks. We only got stuck in one bad line per day (90+ minutes). We got to the parks when they opened and rode the rides with the longest waits first.

It can be an expensive trip if you're coming from somewhere else, but we used to do the annual premium passes for about $700 a person about 10 years ago for Disneyland/California Adventure. I used to live about 30 minutes from Disneyland, so we would go 2-3 times a week. Some days we would go after work just to have drinks at California Adventure.

idk, I see a lot of broke ass motherfuckers going to Disney World and blowing what little money they saved up for it every year >_>

I don't live anywhere near a country that has a Disney World.

Can't you just go for a day, stay elsewhere to avoid spending thousands of dollars?

Going to Disney as a big, infrequent vacation isn't privileged. But if you're able to afford annual passes for the whole family every year, then yeah that definitely comes from a place of privilege. Like, the annual pass now is $1,599 per person. That's not a low income price.

The Hotel cost are insane. Hard to believe their booking enough rooms at those prices to make a profit.

I just booked a Disneyland trip for 2 people in September.

3 Days at the Parks with Hotel and Airfare.

Total price = around $2,000

SaikyoStyle posted...

FL residents get discounts at Disney World. I assume CA residents do too at Disneyland.

Less so than they used to. My parents live in Orlando and they used to get really cheap season passes, but now they say the discount isn't much and the season passes are too expensive

You're in the top 2% of people I would think if you can afford to do that. Most people don't go on any vacation at all, because rent + food is most of their money blown.

Hell man if your family unit (2 adults) makes over 6 figures TOGETHER you're actually doing pretty well. Many many places make minimum wage both parents or just a bit more.

Vacations and vaguely griping about poor people, your gimmicks are fusing.

Prismsblade posted...

The Hotel cost are insane. Hard to believe their booking enough rooms at those prices to make a profit.

I was watching a video on that with a friend.
I was surprised that Saratoga Springs in one of the pricer options.
~It looks like shit. And nothing at all like the real town. Except they have one token Bandstand...that's it.

I forgot which one was the coolest, but ya the prices are insane.

Prismsblade posted...

The Hotel cost are insane. Hard to believe their booking enough rooms at those prices to make a profit.

They are, but if the only thing you are doing on your trip is going to the parks, it might be worth it. You save on parking/transportation/time. That gets baked into the price. Most of the parks give people who are staying at the park's resorts early entry into the parks too. When we went we did more than just the Disney parks, so we felt it wasn't worth it.

Prismsblade posted...

The Hotel cost are insane. Hard to believe their booking enough rooms at those prices to make a profit.

We found a Quality Inn that had shuttles to Disney and Universal and it was cheap as fuck, even had free breakfast

People save, people run up debt.

Prismsblade posted...

The Hotel cost are insane. Hard to believe their booking enough rooms at those prices to make a profit.

I don't know about Florida, but for California, all of the hotels surrounding the park cranked up their prices, so you have to pay a high price unless you want to stay miles away and drive over to the park (which means now you have to pay for parking).

Like a 2 star hotel that I've stayed at before is considered a budget hotel and their cheapest room is $229 a night now.

In my experience pricing is as such:

Park ticket: $100~ per day. Could be up to $130

Disney Resort per night: $130-$180

Food: $10-$15 per meal (quick casual meals, not restaurants)

NoxObscuras posted...

I don't know about Florida, but for California, all of the hotels surrounding the park cranked up their prices, so you have to pay a high price unless you want to stay miles away and drive over to the park (which means now you have to pay for parking).

Like a 2 star hotel that I've stayed at before is considered a budget hotel and their cheapest room is $229 a night now.

No way. You get the hotel in advanced and you shop around. Im going there in September and were staying at the Anaheim hotel for 123$ a night

MICHALECOLE posted...

No way. You get the hotel in advanced and you shop around. Im going there in September and were staying at the Anaheim hotel for 123$ a night

Damn that's pretty cheap. How far in advance did you book?

NoxObscuras posted...

Damn that's pretty cheap. How far in advance did you book?

Two month ago so 3 months out of the trip. We always stay walking distance from the park, but never at the Disney hotels because those are crazy expensive.

I have the annual pass so I go quite a bit

Absolutely considering most people live paycheck to paycheck

bump

VeggetaX posted...

You see broke ass people out there all the time

...and that's why.

I spent a grand at universal for a single day just on 2 tix and fast passes LMAO.

Worth it though to ride everything in both parks but that shit isn't happening for a lot of families.

Disney isn't any better.

Let's say $100 per person per day for the ticket, four to five person family.
So that's $400 to $500 a day.
Throw in $100~200 for a place to stay per night.
$50 a day per person on food/drink.. so $200 ~ 250 for each day's food.

So about $700~ 1k per day, not counting the souvenirs and travel expense (which I suppose will vary a lot depending on your starting location)?

Median home income in the US household (and again, this will change a lot depending on your location) is about $70K. Let's say you pay about 20% in taxes (just to keep math simple, ignoring various credits and whatnot). That's $14k in tax, so you have $56K to actually spend.

The 10% rule says you should spend under 10% of your income on entertainment.
So the median family has about $5~6K to spend per year (of course, this includes things like children's extracurricular activities/ sports and whatnot).

So, no I wouldn't necessary say the family is privileged, but its going to be a significant portion of their entertainment budget.

Ludwig_Von_2 posted...

Disney Resort per night: $130-$180

What year lol
Lol

Lol
Not a chance

Yeah its not even close to that cost. We just stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and you definitely can triple that number per night.

MorbidFaithless posted...

If you're making minimum wage you're not going to Disney anything unless you're putting it on credits cards

Not really even double minimum wage

Maybe I could go if they had triple the minimum wage.

So yeah to me only privileged people can go

Questionmarktarius posted...

...and that's why.

Yeah... no. People going to Disney for what might be the one-time-ever trip is not the reason people are broke.

DnDer posted...

Yeah... no. People going to Disney for what might be the one-time-ever trip is not the reason people are broke.

The money you save to go to Disney could have been something more permanent, like a down payment on a car.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The money you save to go to Disney could have been something more permanent, like a down payment on a car.

Your argument doesnt make any sense, if they put that money on a car down payment then theyd still be the same amount of broke just with a different car.

The real answer here is that it depends on how long it takes somebody to be able to afford the trip or how much if their yearly budget it is. Somebody who saves up all year to take their one vacation a year at Disney is obviously not privileged whereas somebody who can spare that cost every few months, for example, would be.

Tenlaar posted...

Your argument doesnt make any sense, if they put that money on a car down payment then theyd still be the same amount of broke just with a different car.

A car with a warranty, and five or ten years before something catastrophically breaks.
...or you just go to Disneyworld, and be happy for eight hours.

Questionmarktarius posted...

A car with a warranty, and five or ten years before something catastrophically breaks.
...or you just go to Disneyworld, and be happy for eight hours.

Why are you assuming the family doesnt already have a reliable car?

Tenlaar posted...

Why are you assuming the family doesnt already have a reliable car?

A family where going to disney is a "stretch" probably does not.

Questionmarktarius posted...

A family where going to disney is a "stretch" probably does not.

An older but reliable car and a yearly domestic vacation!? Clearly a family living in the lap of luxury. I bet they even have a refrigerator.

I haven't gone on a vacation in like 15 years and I definitely wouldn't waste it at fucking Disney World of all places.

Really depends on the frequency of the visits. A family that saves for years and splurges on a big resort vacation are definitely not privileged