$300.00 for travel and food? where do you live ? Orlando?
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Who is WDW Really For?
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$300.00 for travel and food? where do you live ? Orlando?
cynic710
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i think its for anyone willing to believe that there is more to life than what is presented. sure the characters are people in costume, and the buildings are usually empty, but its the heart and soul of that property that releases something in us all who allow it. it is for me.
David S.
Member
I will agree with all those who wonderfully posted that WDW is for ALL ages, the young AND the young at heart. I know far too many cynics who think it's just a "kiddie place" (even though many of them have never been there!) 
I guess it depends on where someone is coming from, whether they drive or fly, how much they eat, how long they stay, and how many in their group.
The $300 figure sounds about right for me if I was doing a solo one week trip from New Orleans, as gas would cost about $150 round trip, and I spend about 20 a day on meals and snacks. (I'm not a big eater and don't feel like I am being cheap by spending this little. I eat whenever I am hungry and drink whenever I am thirsty).
I probably spend almost as much on souvenirs as I do on food, though! (sometimes more, in any given short timeframe)
I guess it depends on where someone is coming from, whether they drive or fly, how much they eat, how long they stay, and how many in their group.
The $300 figure sounds about right for me if I was doing a solo one week trip from New Orleans, as gas would cost about $150 round trip, and I spend about 20 a day on meals and snacks. (I'm not a big eater and don't feel like I am being cheap by spending this little. I eat whenever I am hungry and drink whenever I am thirsty).
I probably spend almost as much on souvenirs as I do on food, though! (sometimes more, in any given short timeframe)
Skippy's Pal
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What a beautiful answer! Some real insight there. We're about to take our 25-year old daughter for our last "3 of us" trip, all about remembering prior trips with her as a girl, and setting a bseline for when she takes the children she hopes to have. And as a just-retired Baby Boomer, Disney is ESPECIALLY for people who are now able to go without checking e-mail, worrying about what's going on back at the office, or contemplating the horrors of a week or two of accumulated voicemails! This trip, I may just have to get ears . . . .:sohappy:
Texas84
Well-Known Member
^^^^ This.
The concept for Disneyland began when Walt Disney was visiting Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters Diane and Sharon. While watching them ride the merry-go-round, he came up with the idea of a place where adults and their children could go and have fun together.
- Wikipedia
jlevis
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The original suggestion was that WDW was for the wealthy. I'm not sure where you get the idea that anyone has suggested how often one should go or for how long or how much one should spend. I just said that one should take stock of their wants, including vacation, and save for it. If it takes more than two years so be it. Clearly, you are not "wealthy" so you prove my point.
Obviously, your neighbor needs financial counseling, including how to delay gratification. BTW, saving $13.75 a week gets you your $2,000 in three years. Now, it will take your neighbor twice as long to be able to go back. Priorities, delayed gratification. They will never be wealthy.
Master__Gracey
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My little old grandparents went just themselves and loved it. It's for anyone who "gets it".
Sarabell
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I would say WDW is for anyone who feels like you, or like your daughter when she says she can´t wait to go back. Even if it slips her mind every once in a while, she still loves it. She might love the beach also, and even Oomi Zoomi, but it´s like having more than one children, you love them all no matter what right?
cslafferty
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My husband is a firefighter, who's pay was almost cut in half at the beginning of this recession. I am a teacher, who has also had to make wage concessions and benefit cuts, but thank goodness I still have a job! We live in Michigan, where we still have double-digit inflation. We have an adult daughter with ongoing medical needs. What I'm getting at is we are by no means wealthy. We went to WDW in Feb. of 2004, and were not able to return until last year. We went in the boiling heat of late Aug. to get value rates, we stayed at Pop, we went during a free dining promo, we drove down to save on travel costs, and the only souvenier we bought was a picture frame. Some would say we really couldn't afford such a trip and should have put the money in the bank. But, especially after dealing with life over the past few years, we NEEDED that trip more than we needed a financial cushion. Sometimes it was the only thing that helped me to "keep moving forward"- the promise of looking down Main Street and seeing that beautiful castle!
So, no, you don't need to be wealthy. You just need to want it bad enough to make it happen. :animwink:
So, no, you don't need to be wealthy. You just need to want it bad enough to make it happen. :animwink:
disneygirl1
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So funny you asked this question... We leave for Disney in 1 1/2 weeks and my boss just said to me I swear I think it is YOU who wants to go to Disney more then your kid! LOL :lol: Oh course I said no that's not true but the more I think about it maybe he is right. Disney is definitely a place of magic and youth for me. A place to forget out the real world and just enjoy being a kid again!
Walt Disney1955
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Well the story goes that Walt himself was always taking his girls to the park and they'd be on the merry go round, the swings etc. He'd just be sitting there on the bench eating peanuts. It was then that he imagined a place where kids AND adults could enjoy the same place together. Since Disneyland was apparently a 15 year project we have to imagine that Walt came up with this idea in 1940. He was 38-39 years old then. So what does that tell you?
Also, I first went to WDW when I was 10 and last time when I was 29. Which time did I love more? That's right, as an adult. Don't know about the rest of you folks but my love for Disney has increased as I get older.
Lastly in 1973 my dad went to WDW with his parents and his buddy. He was about 28. My grandparents were in their 60s. They loved it. So if you are 8 or 80 there is no reason not to love it
Also, I first went to WDW when I was 10 and last time when I was 29. Which time did I love more? That's right, as an adult. Don't know about the rest of you folks but my love for Disney has increased as I get older.
Lastly in 1973 my dad went to WDW with his parents and his buddy. He was about 28. My grandparents were in their 60s. They loved it. So if you are 8 or 80 there is no reason not to love it
Kirk88
Active Member
WDW is the ultimate FAMILY vacation spot in my opinion. Parents and grandparents have just as much (if not more) fun as the kids! We proved this over the summer when my wife and I took our 3 kids and my Mom down. Sure, we could have used our income tax return money to pay something off or put it in the bank but, neither of those things could have ever given us the memories we now have. My kids are only 7, 3, & 2 once. Their faces may never light up again meeting Buzz & Woody, Disney Princesses, or Bobba Fett like they did this past June. This may sound 'sissy' but, I actually cried when the kids started freaking out when we passed under the Welcome to Walt Disney World arch over the road. One of those moments I'll never forget and can never be replaced. WDW is most definitley for EVERYBODY!:sohappy: