How much does your average Disney World vacation cost?

[Quietmouse]

With the prices going up soon, curious how much y’all pay to take your family on vacation.

 

[John park hopper]

I gave up Disney in 2019 ---to darn expensive cost-- to benefit is no longer there for me

 

[Trueblood]

I would need to count it up, but between 7 to 10 days at a discounted deluxe resort, all-in including airfare and such, I think it's between $5,000 and $6,000.

That includes dinner at V&A one night, or a similar splurge.

 

[Worldlover71]

Completely changes trip to trip depending on how many people are going and where and how long we stay. I've had amazing trips for less than $1,000 and upwards of $10,000. Yes, it's expensive, but travel in general is expensive. I've been looking for a vacation rental house near the beach in the off-season and it's still close to $1,000 a night (with no Mickey or fireworks!)

 

[IanDLBZF]

Usually about $2000 to $3000 sometimes more for WDW since I’m an AP and I pay monthly as an FL resident (IncrediPass). Here we’re talking about room only plus incidentals (e.g. food, merchandise, etc.).

 

[Jrb1979]

For my family it's not that Disney is expensive. It's the value is not longer there. We go to Cedar Point every May for a week for less than $1500 as we have passes. My 4 year old loves it and that's all that matters.

 

[Quietmouse]

For my family it's not that Disney is expensive. It's the value is not longer there. We go to Cedar Point every May for a week for less than $1500 as we have passes. My 4 year old loves it and that's all that matters.

I get that, but cedar point and Disney world are undoubtedly 2, widely different experiences on every level imaginable.

And that’s coming from someone who is a big fan of cedar point. What do y’all even do at cedar point for a week? You can finish most of the coasters in a day or two from what I recall when I was last down there.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Average is all over the map - the last trip was me and my mom for the Art Festival - total was around $1,500. 2 nights at port orleans, 1 night Marriott Flamingo Crossings, 2 day tickets to Epcot, and some counter service food.

 

[networkpro]

For us (currently out of state AP holders), its usually only $5-6K per average 10 day visit spent mainly on lodging and food. three or four times a year, never during the Summer months. We drive as the time spent by Airplane to and from are about equal and we get to make our own schedule.

 

[Jrb1979]

I get that, but cedar point and Disney world are undoubtedly 2, widely different experiences on every level imaginable.

And that’s coming from someone who is a big fan of cedar point. What do y’all even do at cedar point for a week? You can finish most of the coasters in a day or two from what I recall when I was last down there.

We stay at the resort so we enjoy the beach, the pools at the resort, take the ferry to Put in bay.

Yeah you can ride everything once in 2 days and be done the park. We also aren't happy with riding things once. Last time we went we rode Maverick 11 times and Steel Vengeance 8 times over the week.

 

[mkt]

More than this.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Usually about $2000 to $3000 sometimes more for WDW since I’m an AP and I pay monthly as an FL resident (IncrediPass). Here we’re talking about room only plus incidentals (e.g. food, merchandise, etc.).

But I'd say it is often all over the place.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Generally though the years with my family early on it cost me about $1200.00. I, of course stayed off site for all but one trip and the Disney part of it was usually around $600. When I went solo it was around $700 including tickets, lodging, car rental and airfare (less if I drove my own car there) gas and extras. I can't even get two days, just for tickets, now when you add in the extra (fake fastpass). That is the primary reason I no longer go there. The cost coupled with the degree of work involved just to have a good time is exhausting and mostly frustrating. I can't enjoy a place that is more work that actually having a job.

One time I took my whole extended family that included my daughters, their husbands and my grandchildren. I rented a six bedroom villa less than a mile from WDW, two rental cars, 7 day non-expiring tickets for everyone, airfare from Vermont and the cost of planning the trip and taking my own car from Vermont. Nine people not including my sister and nephew who paid their own way for a total cost of $7500.00. That was in 2008. I don't even want to think about how much that would be now.

 

[Weather_Lady]

We haven't been in a couple of years, but at the time we made the decision to be, in Ross-and-Rachel terms, "on a break" with Disney, I'd been budgeting about $1,000/day (or night) for our family of four (with 2 adults and 2 teens).

It broke down to $0 for flights (we always fly on rewards points), average of $50/day for airport parking back at home plus the front-and-back-end cost of of ground transportation, about $225/day on meals and snacks (in-room breakfasts, average of 1 snack pp every other day, lunches and dinners 2/3 TS and 1/3 CS), $400/day on multi-day parkhopper tickets for 4, and an average of $325/night for our hotel (typically a deluxe split stay combo, e.g., 3 nights at Yacht Club standard room with a seasonal discount, then 3 nights in a DVC resort studio at Grand Floridian on rented points -- although when we could structure flights to come in on a morning and leave in the evening, we'd save a little by staying one less night, without sacrificing any park/ticket days).

*TANGENTIAL NOTE: Obviously we could do Disney with a smaller budget by making different choices, but with a comparable Universal Orlando vacation currently costing 20% less with even more in return and the ability to tour spontaneously on our own schedule without upcharges or long waits, we're remaining "on a break" with our first love, Disney. (E.g., while transportation and food at UO cost the same as for Disney, we pay $213-$280/day for park admission using seasonal annual passes for 4 of us, assuming a total of 6-8 days of visits during the 15 months the passes are good, and an average of $300/night for a passholder-discounted stay at a premium/signature onsite hotel with unlimited express pass included). Crossing my fingers that the math won't get too crazy once Epic Universe opens, but we'll see.

 

[Chi84]

We haven't been in a couple of years, but at the time we made the decision to be, in Joey-and-Rachel terms, "on a break" with Disney, I'd been budgeting about $1,000/day (or night) for our family of four (with 2 adults and 2 teens).

It broke down to $0 for flights (we always fly on rewards points), average of $50/day for airport parking back at home plus the front-and-back-end cost of of ground transportation, about $225/day on meals and snacks (in-room breakfasts, average of 1 snack pp every other day, lunches and dinners 2/3 TS and 1/3 CS), $400/day on multi-day parkhopper tickets for 4, and an average of $325/night for our hotel (typically a deluxe split stay combo, e.g., 3 nights at Yacht Club standard room with a seasonal discount, then 3 nights in a DVC resort studio at Grand Floridian on rented points -- although when we could structure flights to come in on a morning and leave in the evening, we'd save a little by staying one less night, without sacrificing any park/ticket days).

Ross-and-Rachel

 

[Weather_Lady]

Ross-and-Rachel

The moment I posted, I gave it another proofread and realized my mistake, but you were too quick for me!

My apologies to everyone in my generation!

 

[jloucks]

Woah! Interesting. So like me, it falls into the $5,000-$10,000 for most everybody.

I wonder what the financial demographics are for that price range. Like, are most household incomes under or above $100,000 if you spend $5k-$10k?

Even if you're above, it still feels like poor value for the money lately. I'd rather go to *insert almost any other destination here for better prices, higher quality, and lower crowds*. WDW still has pretty dang good guest transit overall tho. I've never been anywhere in the world where once you land at the airport you're done worrying about transport. Oh, wait, Magic Express is gone... nevermind.

To give some perspective, I just visited 3 cities in Alaska, rode a helicopter and landed on a glacier, took a boat to another glacier, rode a train into the mountains, mined for gold (found $60 worth lol), visited museums and watched other various shows, fine dined 7 nights....... for about $7000 (2 people)

 

[DisAl]

I could afford it, but the price vs. value equation has shifted to the point where I no longer have a desire to take my family to WDW.

 

[Ayla]

I could afford it, but the price vs. value equation has shifted to the point where I no longer have a desire to take my family to WDW.

Same.

 

[Chi84]

I could afford it, but the price vs. value equation has shifted to the point where I no longer have a desire to take my family to WDW.

Same.

Do you foresee the value equation changing to the point where you’ll return? If so, what do you think is going to happen and how long do you expect it will take?