I realize I might live to regret this, but hubby and I have decided we're sticking to our guns and not spending any money on Lightening Lanes, after hours parties/events, or anything else with the sole purpose of shortening the wait time for attractions. (Well, there is actually another purpose: making more money for Disney! LOL) Honestly, it boggles our minds to even consider forking over more cash than we already have.
At this point in our lives we'd rather put our money toward staying in our favorite area of WDW at a beautiful and extremely convenient resort where we can walk to 2 parks, as well as getting Park Hopper tickets for 6 days including our arrival and departure days. Then we have the opportunity to be at whichever park we want to pretty much whenever we want to be there. I get a twitch if I even think about reserving rides days before I'm there.
Of course, I would have been able to spend less money by doing it differently, ie: booking a less expensive resort or no Park Hoppers or a day or two less on the park tickets themselves, and that saved money could have gone toward Lightening Lanes. And I can certainly understand why someone would want to go a different route than we do.
But for us, as much as we love the attractions, there's nothing we can't live without.
Now when we go back with the grandbabies it might be a different story...
Good call on skipping.
