$4 a gallon... we aren't going...

[Cubs Brian]

This is not Disney's fault. But at $4 per gallon, the difference in going to Disney right now is unbelievable. The total gas cost difference for us is the price of our food for the week.

I would like to know if anyone else has decided that the price of Gas has put Disney out of the loop for this year.

What are you driving a motorhome? The cost difference is NOT as much as most people think.We went down in Fb. and paid avg. of 2.89 pg, just got back this past weekend and avg. price was between 3.79-3.89 pg .My trailblazer gets 19mph and the cost difference from Chicago was 90.00.Like I said before it's one less13.00 souvenier per day (7 day stay).

 

[EpcotServo]

It disgusts me that people are not willing to pay $4.00 for gasoline but shell out $4.30 every morning for a cup of coffee and sugar.

A gallon of water costs about $3.00 at the local store and people don't complain about that. Nor do they complain of the 24oz water bottle sold for $4.50.

Considering the amount of processing that goes in to refining and transporting gasoline, $4.00 is dirt cheap. But unfortunately, people will never understand.

Ummmm...I think if it was just $4 it wouldn't be a problem. more than $30 for a fill up is more than a little crazy, I'm sorry.
:shrug:

 

[Elonwy]

What are you driving a motorhome? The cost difference is NOT as much as most people think.We went down in Fb. and paid avg. of 2.89 pg, just got back this past weekend and avg. price was between 3.79-3.89 pg .My trailblazer gets 19mph and the cost difference from Chicago was 90.00.Like I said before it's one less13.00 souvenier per day (7 day stay).

When i priced a week stay with the gas prices, I would be spending a higher amount in gas than a 7 night stay in a value resort so depending where you're coming from it can make a huge difference in the trip especially since we're talking a few hundred dollars more that the same trip 5 or 6 years ago.

btw...I'm not driving a motorhome, I'm driving a 2006 sunfire

 

[EPCOT.nut]

Perhaps they could modify engines to run on the hot air this site produces.

Are you volunteering yours? Or are you going to charge $4 a gallon?




:lol:

 

[Cubs Brian]

When i priced a week stay with the gas prices, I would be spending a higher amount in gas than a 7 night stay in a value resort so depending where you're coming from it can make a huge difference in the trip especially since we're talking a few hundred dollars more that the same trip 5 or 6 years ago.

btw...I'm not driving a motorhome, I'm driving a 2006 sunfire

The op was from Wisc. about 150 miles from I live so the context of my reply has its meritt. Of course if you live 2000 miles away it would have a greater affect.

 

[wesTcoastY]

$4 a gallon, thats way cheaper than the UK.
for $4/£2(approx) we could get 2 litres(half a gallon) of petrol in our car.

And the distances driven are generally significantly shorter. It's all relative to the different lifestyles of different countries.

 

[xsupaxmanxsfnex]

Just wondering, is it exactly 4$ because up in Ct its about $4.40.
I hope you change your mind, I really think you should save up and go for it.

 

[dhoywdw20x]

We are paying record prices for gas, and the oil companies and CEO's are taking record profits. The only people that makes sense to are those who are getting the record profits, and the anger in America is growing exponentially every day over that fact.

AEfx

The oil companies are not who we should be frowning upon. The oil companies get 5 cents a gallon for producing a product. Pepsi/Coke, get a profit for producing there product. The doctors and nurse get a profit. Capitalism and Free Enterprise is what drives our nation and a profit is not a bad thing. Without Capitalism there would be no Walt Disney World or Disneyland, due to that Walt received sponsorships from corporations, not the government. The government recieves triple of what the oil companies get, and for what? Does the government drill for the oil? NO! Does the government transport the crude? NO! Does the government refine the crude? NO! Does the government transport the crude to gas stations or do anything to get the oil out of the ground and to your gas tank? NO! So why then are they making triple the amount of the oil companies, but they get no heat from it and the oil companies are shunned for producing a product and receiving profit.

 

[Sassagoula-Rvr]

I can understand we have pushed our trip back a few years in hopes for a better situation (5 years instead of the normal 2-3) I just got home from DL and California west coast trip and the cheapest I paid was 4.39. The most expensive was 4.73. And I even saw quite a few stations that were surpassing 5.55 (near a tourist place but I was SHELL-SHOCKED:brick::brick:)

 

[bjlc57]

well Like I said before..

its over 3000 miles after all the running around you do in Florida.. probably about 3300 miles. but for the benefit of those here I will say its a 3000 mile trip. THe last time we went 4/5 years ago, we paid an average of 1.75 per gallon and it was closer to 1.65. 1.75 times 200 gallons $350. Now $4 times the same 200 gallons equal $800. that's $450. that's what we paid for our rooms for the week.

that's quite a difference.

and remember that gas isn't going to be less then $4 per gallon once we get back either.

its the gas situation on a whole.. the price of gas weekly. The price of food going up because the price of gas is up.. Weekly..


but right now the difference for me is NOT $150.. but $450. that's too much.

 

[bjlc57]

and I want..

and of course I want to thank some of the other intelligent posters for the personal attacks as well.

You make my day so special. :shrug:

 

[Mickey'sgrl21]

This is not Disney's fault. But at $4 per gallon, the difference in going to Disney right now is unbelievable. The total gas cost difference for us is the price of our food for the week.

I would like to know if anyone else has decided that the price of Gas has put Disney out of the loop for this year.

I am so sorry to hear. The only advice I have is to trade vehicles for a hybrid...which is a bit out there lol Disney will miss you just as much as you will miss it I'm sure

 

[Rufus T Firefly]

It disgusts me that people are not willing to pay $4.00 for gasoline but shell out $4.30 every morning for a cup of coffee and sugar.

WOW! Where do you buy your coffee?

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Are you volunteering yours? Or are you going to charge $4 a gallon?




:lol:

The price may be higher, but thats because mine will deliver superior performance and economy.

As for other postsers, methane based fuel isnt exactly new technoogy :drevil:

 

[Laura]

I didn't read through your whole thread, but I'm sorry to hear that gas prices are keeping you away!

This past trip cost me $250 for gas (driving round trip from NC in a minivan). Normally I spend about $225. That extra $25 honestly didn't affect us.

 

[AEfx]

The oil companies are not who we should be frowning upon...

Uh, thanks for your lesson in grade-school capitalism, but it was unnecessary. Our government certainly has a part in this as well, that's obvious to anyone.

You have a right to your opinion, just as I do mine - and if you wish to defend the actions of oil companies, that is your choice. However, the situation goes far deeper than is going to be addressed here - including how the same oil companies that are gouging customers control many patents on, and have blocked with lobbyists, many alternative fuel sources, or how they have worked with the auto industry to make sure their product keeps them both mutually in business (cars are actually getting LESS fuel efficient and enviornmentally safe over time, especially when you factor in carbon cost - a hybird bought today is actually worse for the enviornment than a regular car from ten years ago because of the 30 pounds of nickel required for the batteries, etc.).

If you agree with their actions, again, you are completely entitled to do so - but the practices of that Industry, like the tobacco industry before it, have been allowed to go on for far too long in the opinion of many Americans because of greased palms in Washington, and it's finally starting to unravel.

Again, though, thanks for the "lesson" - and taking the time out of tracking your oil shares on whatever site you use to track your portfolio.

AEfx

 

[bjlc57]

I really like the fact ..

I really like the fact that BIG OIL, which is demanding to open ANWAR, and other sites, is only drilling on 20 million acres of the 90 million acres that they have access to in the Gulf of Mexico.

meaning that they have 70 million acres that they could be drilling on. and THEY ARE NOT. what that means is that they DON'T WANT TO FIND MORE OIL. and that they are NOT MAXIMIZING the acres that they DO have access to.

granted, that some of this area may not have oil.. But right now, they aren't even TRYING. :shrug::shrug::veryconfu

but they are keeping the lie alive by saying that we "don't have any oil left in this country".

Even Pat Buchanan said that the Oil companies needed to start drilling in Texas.

but the source for the main story is this weeks CNNFN page.

 

[bears163]

I have read many articles on major airlines may have to close down in less than a year if oil keeps going up. I have heard 2 different stories why. 1 is the have a contract that sets the price & that contract is running out very soon. Another is that their slush fund is almost gone. after that they would have to almsot double the tickets prices. Can you imagine what impact on the entire world if no one could afford to take a flight to go on vacation? How many jobs would be lost. & today i read a report from OPEC that oil will be 170 this summer.....someone us getting rich. lets just hope it has a reverse affect sooner than later

 

[sublimesting]

This is not Disney's fault. But at $4 per gallon, the difference in going to Disney right now is unbelievable. The total gas cost difference for us is the price of our food for the week.

I would like to know if anyone else has decided that the price of Gas has put Disney out of the loop for this year.

No chance will gas prices affect what I do. It takes me 120 gallons of gas to get to and from Disney (I live in Pittsburgh). If I pay $3 per galon it is $360, if I pay $4 it is $480. There's no way I am going to let $120 upset my plans. If it was THAT critical then I'd shorten my visit by 1 day which is the cost of a room for 1 night at POP Century! I think people get too carried away with the price of gas. yeah it's HIGH but look at what you spend $$$ on. To save $120.00 I can not buy a cup of Starbucks coffeee on my way to work for 3 months, or something liek that...maybe at Disney the family and I skip 2 meals and bring fruit and crackers to eat instead. I'd much rather go to Disney myself. There are ways to budget.

 

[sublimesting]

For us it is not the increase in gas prices involved in the trip to and from Disney that is preventing us from going it is the cumulative effect of that same increase in gas in our everyday lives. Between 2 cars (A Saturn SL2 and a Kia Sedona) we are going through around $200 +/- a week just to get back and forth from work. Compare this to the $80 +/- we were spending just a couple of yeas ago and it is easy to see why money has gotten tight and trips to WDW are now off the table.

See that's everyone's problem: You are COMPARING it to previously instead of looking at what it actually costs.... I mean just 6 years ago or so gas was like not even a dollar. Like another poster said, if you are cutting it so close that $100 is the deciding factor maybe you shouldn't have beed going to Disney in the first place. If $100 is going to break your bank, you're running it REAL close and should be worried about finances week to week. In that case I'd be cutting out stuff like cable TV, and other discretionary spending.