The weeks surrounding Christmas are so expensive, if you're really on a budget it's almost cheaper to just save that money and go at another time, unless you just happen to be there during that time and really just need/have to go then as the previous poster said. You could almost go for two days for close to the same price another time of year. This year at Christmas wasn't bad, but that was because of reduction in park capacity, usually it's insanely busy and I personally avoid it on normal years.