Crowd composition during different times of the year.

[Disneylover69]

I think the holiday times have a lower percentage of “Disney adults” too

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

There are plenty of low and middle class income guests who vacation during those holiday seasons. All the value resorts are filled with guests that can’t afford moderate or deluxe resort stays.
Income levels can certainly relieve guests from stress but that doesn’t always stop bad behavior.
Bad behavior comes in all sizes and shapes of guests. The line gets crossed when they cannot control their tempers or walk away from situations. Too many people want to push their assertiveness and entitlements.

You’d be hard pressed to find any “Low income” there during those times if you had spy satellites to look for them…

…it’s more like people “spending down” to cut corners on room…which barely makes dent in the outlay…

Also so many have been shunted into dvc at this point…which “levels the expectations and demeanor”

If you look right now…there are a TON of rooms available for purchase for the next 10 days…
…nil dvc

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I think the holiday times have a lower percentage of “Disney adults” too

Regulars are generally not the problem, at least at WDW.

The problematic guests are generally the ones who are like "I paid X amount of dollars to be here and I expect things to be PERFECT."

 

[Disneylover69]

Regulars are generally not the problem, at least at WDW.

The problematic guests are generally the ones who are like "I paid X amount of dollars to be here and I expect things to be PERFECT."

The regulars know how to play the system the best though. Do lots of once in a life timers go during more expensive times?

 

[StarWarsGirl]

The regulars know how to play the system the best though. Do lots of once in a life timers go during more expensive times?

You would be surprised.

You see the regulars who know how to play the system much more in DL. Opposite in WDW. The regulars are much more chill. It was definitely a much different vibe during Covid when it was mostly regulars. Much less poor behavior. The least amount of poor behavior I observe as a guest in WDW is during DVC events.

 

[Disneylover69]

You would be surprised.

You see the regulars who know how to play the system much more in DL. Opposite in WDW. The regulars are much more chill. It was definitely a much different vibe during Covid when it was mostly regulars. Much less poor behavior. The least amount of poor behavior I observe as a guest in WDW is during DVC events.

That fact that the least amount of poor behavior is during DVC events is the least shocking thing ever lol. Was I suppose to be shocked? Lol. The DVC people have the most “skin in the game” and also can’t be completely broke

 

[Chef Mickey]

A mortgage doesn’t equate to a negative net worth unless you are upside down on your house. I read somewhere that a lot of people do go into debt over going to Disney world

Notice I said likely when you combine it with credit cards and car payments. Most people have lived in their primary residence under 5 years and haven't made much progress on the loan. Indeed, homes do go up in value but people also borrow against that in many cases.