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At least as of today, Costco employees spread more “magic” than Disney cast members. Nothing can change my mind. They deserve their high (relative) wages.

Wow, Splash Mountain predicted the eventual arrival of Chapek 30 years prior: “Pretty good, show us your bone.”

Both. I have an (almost) 9 year old and a 3 year old. Age differences like that make traveling tough, but you just have to put in the due diligence to find activities that will appease both. Disney is definitely a convenient option for that, but there are workarounds. For instance, in Arizona...

I definitely recall offering five very specific alternatives for you and your family. Nobody is saying don’t go to Disney - still the best parks in the US due to their legacy attractions - but let’s be real: in your post, you’re celebrating “expanded” festivals (I.E., spending $150 for the...

In absolute terms, I don't see a day anytime soon where Dollywood could possibly be better than Disney - again, in the absolute. This also applies to basically every other U.S. theme park. They pale in comparison. The problem is that the Lamborghini didn't just take a step back in terms of...

What age are your kids? I’ve done the following non-Disney trips with my kids and enjoyed all: Boston and then taking the Maine Coast up to Acadia is a great trip with a lot of history. The Smoky Mountains area is a little kitschy, but I think the national park balances it out. You can easily...

The US is a very big place with a lot to see. Excluding Russia, Europe and the U.S. are about the same size. In particular, the entire landscape west of the Continental Divide is a natural playground that one could spend their entire life exploring and still only scratch the surface. As much...

This was a trend pre-pandemic, as well.

I’ve found there is no such thing as cheap travel anymore, wherever you go. Rental cars and flights, in particular, have gotten obscene. I’m not excusing Disney, but it’s really all just a symptom of travel demand growing significantly every year. Travel wasn’t a lifestyle 30 years ago, now it is.

Disney is hiring as few people as they possibly can. My guess is they could hire and train someone if they made it a “must.” Cleanliness in the park used to be a “must” - a priority. It seems now as though it’s optional to them.

Fair enough, but that was just one example. The queues were also trashed to an extent I’ve never seen before.

Disneyland was the worst I’ve ever seen it this past June. Ride closures were more rampant than I’ve ever seen on either coast, and the park was littered with trash to the extent that it genuinely looked like Six Flags. I rode Splash Mountain first thing in the morning, and there was already an...

We evolved eating bugs and rolling around in mud and dirt. Now we complain if we have to go an hour without “sanitizing” ourselves.

Utah always stands out to me. You can pay property taxes of about $1,000 on a $400,000 home… yet educational achievement is among the highest in the country. I think we know why - family stability and support is more important than a subjective greatschools.com rating. It just so happens family...

This is honestly a problem everywhere. COL is relatively lower where I live - though it’s still a metro area so not “cheap” per se - but rather than taking advantage of the lower COL, too many of my corporate peers decide to get as much house as they can afford (I.E., 2500-3000 sqft - or more)...

Absolutely true… but we all need to do that from time to time :). Just remember life can’t be a permanent drunken vacation and you need to come back to reality at some point - to “go back up” if you will.

I don’t recommend throwing it all at individual stocks; assuming you’re young, equity index funds are perfect and don’t have to be high-risk. I have a very small amount of cash and the vast majority is in low cost index funds. But I’m not even 30 yet. I am just speaking from my perspective. The...

Hot take: A large emergency savings are highly overrated if you have a nice severance at work and/or low ongoing fixed costs. Get that money in the market working for you.

I know lol… it was tongue in cheek. Still, they ones that do exist are very loud about it…

Childless millennials love Disney and will keep it alive for eons to come. The freaks. Most of them don’t have the household income referenced in the original post.