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[TP2000]

And no, I don't live close to WDW, or even within the same state. But between transportation costs (we can get to WDW on roughly two tanks of gas), food and lodging (and I'm sorry, but I can stay far more cheaply at an off-site condo for a week than I could at a DL hotel or a "Good Neighbor" one), along with the cost of admission to not only DL but the Expo as well (when I already have APs for WDW); a trip to DL is not an easy expense to consider. Nor should it be by anyone else....

Okay. It sounds like you have got your family vacations really locked in on the efficient and economical car trips to Orlando-Kissimmee with your Annual Passes, and no other vacation options pencil out for you at this time.

The best part of that is that your kids are going to have memories that last a lifetime! (My grandparents had a little travel-trailer in the 1960's, and some of my warmest and fondest memories of youth are vacationing with them in state parks where the big, glamorous nightly event wasn't Fantasmic! but S'mores and singing around the campfire, and meals weren't Hoop-De-Doo-Revue spectaculars but peanut butter sandwiches and Kool-Aid at lunch served up on a paper plate by Grandma.)

As we all can see here, however, there are plenty of other folks who live in the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard areas who can, and do, make the vacation out to Disneyland on occasion. And they've found it's just as easy economically, or even cheaper, than the family vacation in WDW. And thank God for Expedia and cheap jet flights! :lol:

 

[wm49rs]

Okay. It sounds like you have got your family vacations really locked in on the efficient and economical car trips to Orlando-Kissimmee with your Annual Passes, and no other vacation options pencil out for you at this time.

The best part of that is that your kids are going to have memories that last a lifetime! (My grandparents had a little travel-trailer in the 1960's, and some of my warmest and fondest memories of youth are vacationing with them in state parks where the big, glamorous nightly event wasn't Fantasmic! but S'mores and singing around the campfire, and meals weren't Hoop-De-Doo-Revue spectaculars but peanut butter sandwiches and Kool-Aid at lunch served up on a paper plate by Grandma.)

As we all can see here, however, there are plenty of other folks who live in the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard areas who can, and do, make the vacation out to Disneyland on occasion. And they've found it's just as easy economically, or even cheaper, than the family vacation in WDW. And thank God for Expedia and cheap jet flights! :lol:

Actually, we're planning a trip to DL in 2013, when the work around CarsLand should be wrapped up. And our other family vacations over the past 12 months have included NYC, New Hampshire, Boston and Chattanooga (ok, that one was only two hours away, but we were up there for a week, so... ).

My point is it's easy to assume that because some random flights on Expedia et al are available that everyone can afford a DL trip for the Expo. Unfortunately, there's too many other factors playing a role there. And yes, it would be nice for Disney to understand that fact and look to Orlando somewhere down the road as a site for D23. I'm not making a clarion call for it, just saying that it would be nice for the opportunity to present itself to the fan base in and around Orlando/Florida/etc.

 

[Cosmic Commando]

That $50 per person adds up when you're taking a whole family. $200 for a family of four is not insignificant. Also, BUF to LAX is a minimum six hour travel time with no direct flights versus a 2.5 hour direct flight to MCO.

OK, now that that's all out of the way: go to Disneyland! If you have never been, you are missing out! Disney has been telling us for the last five years or so where they want us to spend our money, and it's out west. My family will be voting with their wallets and going to DLR in 2012 and 2013.

 

[TP2000]

Actually, we're planning a trip to DL in 2013, when the work around CarsLand should be wrapped up.

My family will be voting with their wallets and going to DLR in 2012 and 2013.

Both of your families will love it!

Make sure you drop by the Disneyland section of these boards for some great advice for SoCal inside the parks and beyond them. Southern California is full of globally famous wonders made both by Man and by Nature that are beyond Disneyland Resort property, and it would be a shame to visit SoCal and stay inside theme parks the entire time. Although, Cars Land appears to be giving Mother Nature a run for her money as it is. :lol: