How WDW dumped the Middle Class

[OhDannyBoy]

Let's make it simple.

A weekend at Disney is going to cost you at very least 2k. If 2k for a weekend at a theme park seems reasonable, you are likely not who this article is about. If a weekend anywhere for 2k is reasonable, then you are likely not who this article is about. If you can afford 15k on a vacation of any sort, unless it's like a once in a lifetime thing, you are likely (likely, not 100%, but likely) not who this article is about.

For families like mine, the price of Disney is getting harder and harder to both justify and to afford at all. If this isn't you, congratulations, you are LIKELY doing much better than a LOT of the country (countries) right now and likely fall into an upper middle class demographic that this article is not referring to.

Again, I am speaking in generalities and am aware of where I am posting this. This group is REALLY into Disney, which is awesome, but is also the exception and not the rule.

 

[RivShore]

That is still pretty pricey for a value resort and only two people.

Compared to what, though? Any popular US travel destination is going to be similar, especially major cities - 8 nights at a reputable city hotel, all ubering around the city, all food, and 7 days of some kind of entertainment (BW shows, ball games, etc), can you really do that for less than the 4400 they spent at WDW in cities like SF, Boston, NYC? I was shocked last year on a business trip to Boston at the price of food and the most basic lodging (the tiniest hotel room I have ever had the misfortune of seeing). Lodging, food and transportation would have had me over the 4400, if it were 8 days long, with nothing left for entertainment.