We plan to be out in California next summer for the 90th birthday party for Joi's Grandparents. We will probably spend a week in California and I began thinking how nice it would be to visit Disneyland. It's been several years since we've been there and Gavin has never had the chance to experience some of the rides with height requirements (like Splash Mountain). My other boys have never been on Indiana Jones or Space Mountain due to height requirements when they were smaller. I thought it would be fun to take a day and go to Disneyland while we are out there. I went to the Disneyland website and looked up how much the tickets are running right now. I was appalled. A 1-day, 1-park ticket is $68.00 for kids and $76 for adults. That would mean that just to enter the park, it would cost me $356 for my family of five. That doesn't count meals, snacks, drinks, and souvenirs. If we take into account that each meal is roughly $10 a person...then we'd be spending an extra $100.00 on lunch and dinner. Now let's be conservative and say that snacks, drinks, and souvenirs might cost us an extra $50. That would mean that our day at Disneyland would cost a whopping $506.00. That's insane. I love Disneyland, but I just can't justify going into debt to visit the place. In fact, when I told Joi the costs associated with visiting Disneyland, she said that she would rather just save up and visit DisneyWorld for a week. I'm not sure how much it will be to visit DisneyWorld. I am nervous to even look at their prices. I remember paying $12.00 to get into Disneyland in the early-1980's. When did Disneyland go from being the Happiest Place on Earth to the Most Expensive Place on Earth? It's just not feasible for frugal families to visit the place. It makes me sad.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Most Expensive Place on Earth
We plan to be out in California next summer for the 90th birthday party for Joi's Grandparents. We will probably spend a week in California and I began thinking how nice it would be to visit Disneyland. It's been several years since we've been there and Gavin has never had the chance to experience some of the rides with height requirements (like Splash Mountain). My other boys have never been on Indiana Jones or Space Mountain due to height requirements when they were smaller. I thought it would be fun to take a day and go to Disneyland while we are out there. I went to the Disneyland website and looked up how much the tickets are running right now. I was appalled. A 1-day, 1-park ticket is $68.00 for kids and $76 for adults. That would mean that just to enter the park, it would cost me $356 for my family of five. That doesn't count meals, snacks, drinks, and souvenirs. If we take into account that each meal is roughly $10 a person...then we'd be spending an extra $100.00 on lunch and dinner. Now let's be conservative and say that snacks, drinks, and souvenirs might cost us an extra $50. That would mean that our day at Disneyland would cost a whopping $506.00. That's insane. I love Disneyland, but I just can't justify going into debt to visit the place. In fact, when I told Joi the costs associated with visiting Disneyland, she said that she would rather just save up and visit DisneyWorld for a week. I'm not sure how much it will be to visit DisneyWorld. I am nervous to even look at their prices. I remember paying $12.00 to get into Disneyland in the early-1980's. When did Disneyland go from being the Happiest Place on Earth to the Most Expensive Place on Earth? It's just not feasible for frugal families to visit the place. It makes me sad.
2 comments:
I had no idea it had gotten so expensive, but we haven't been there in years. For that money, you could buy a box seat up front at the Hollywood Bowl.
They have to pay for all the expensive mistakes they made with California Adventure and for the cost to redo half the park (which they are in the process of doing right now). :)
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