Junior used the dreaded words “The next time we’re at Disney” to me yesterday. Apparently the Star Tours “ride” at MGM is stuck in his craw because the next time we go down there, THAT is what he wants to do first. So I did what every normal parent would do. I said “Okay.” In my head I was thinking “I figure that’s a good 3 or 4 years from now, maybe.” Not that I don’t love going down there, but it’s too expensive to buy the park passes. Airfare and hotel rooms are cheap, but everything you do AFTER you check in to the hotel adds up too quickly.
And it isn’t just Disney cashing in, as some people complain. A pass to Universal is exactly the same price, if not a couple of dollars more. Sea World is slightly less, but I think they have to be. Sure, they’ve got great stuff but no way on God’s Green Earth am I paying $50 per person just to see Shamu, or those chicks who waterski.
So for a family of 4, that’s about $200 per DAY just in park fees, no matter which park they choose. Who can afford this? Not me, not right now. I’m delighted we got to go, and I’d go again in a second if I had a ton of disposable income, which I don’t at the moment. So maybe it won’t be 4 years, but it sure as heck won’t be as soon as he would like to go…
