What do you do to afford your Disney Parks habbit?

[Floridaman999]

Don't you mean "sell" them? Here in Canada blood & plasma donations are not compensated, unless of course you count juice and cookies. Doesn't get you very far towards a trip to Disney.

Dang, yeah I did. I guess that explains why I never make enough money to actually go.

 

[kdonnel]

I pick up every overtime shift that I can, and I also drive for Uber and Lyft on my days off.

Have you found you really turn a profit? I’m not sure how much confidence to put in the articles that highlight how little Uber and Lyft drivers make on average.

 

[Mappyland]

Really?!

Yep. we live in NYC. I am the only income of a family of 4. After rent, health insurance, basic needs and taxes there really isn't that much left over at the end of the month. So yes it is getting tougher.

 

[zoo2tycoon]

Well as advised by someone on boards a couple months ago to save on groceries I go to food pantry and get free food. I also know how to play the system and get government money (think faking disability). Shoplifting and returning those items and panhandling also supplement my income. I have a few lawsuits I’m waiting to collect on then it’s Disney here we come.

 

[GreatLakes]

Disney hasn't priced us out yet but we generally just go for a few days and build it into a longer general FL trip. We do a few days in the parks and then head to one of the two coasts to visit family and friends we have down there.

I've always been about 50/50 with onsite vs off but we will likely skew more offsite in the future, especially with a child.

 

[cabanafrau]

Supermodels don't hang out at Disney.

 

[Searc]

Don't you mean "sell" them? Here in Canada blood & plasma donations are not compensated, unless of course you count juice and cookies. Doesn't get you very far towards a trip to Disney.

In the US, you can be paid for plasma donations.

 

[MillauFr]

Donate bodily fluids.

General Jack Ripper would not approve....

 

[MillauFr]

Really?!

You have people making $250k living in Manhattan claiming they are middle class.

 

[MillauFr]

Me thinks someone just wanted to brag.

Maybe but is it even bragging? I mean $140k living in NYC? You can probably still quality for government assistance at that level.

 

[luvsJack]

We save vacation money every year. I don’t have an issue saving money from our paychecks but am not giving up our entire life to fund a yearly Disney trip so no extra work, no giving up doing things we like through the year, etc.

We haven’t been in a few years but will be planning a trip with our grands in the short future. I will plan, price, save some, book and then continue paying toward it if we do a package or put it in savings if not.

 

[MillauFr]

Isn't the simplest answer just applying for a different job that pays more?

 

[Hikergirl]

I work in a factory in Chicago that makes miniature models of factories.

 

[siren0119]

Isn't the simplest answer just applying for a different job that pays more?

I sincerely hope you are joking.

 

[OhMari]

Actually, we just stopped going and realized it is okay, that we do not go every year. 4 years ago, we decided there was so much construction going on, we agreed to wait a few years. So, we have been saving each month, for the last 4 years, and we are planning on going April/May 2020. I already contacted a friend that rents me his DVC, we have a lot of tickets, that are non expiring that I purchased before the big ticket change. After 2020, it will probably be another 5 years. Disney was truly my addiction and still is, but it didn't kill me not to go every year the last 5 years.

 

[Scifidiner]

Unlicensed pharmaceuticals sales.

 

[MillauFr]

I sincerely hope you are joking.

That is what I did

 

[J'aime Paris]

Maybe but is it even bragging? I mean $140k living in NYC? You can probably still quality for government assistance at that level.

The OP made no mention of where s/he lives in the initial post, just the earnings. That's what people were responding to.
$140K-160K is a very good salary in most of the country...

 

[AlohaNow]

In addition to my regular job, I work the funeral circuit as a professional mourner on the weekends. Pays for my DDP.

 

[siren0119]

The OP made no mention of where s/he lives in the initial post, just the earnings. That's what people were responding to.
$140K-160K is a very good salary in most of the country...

OP mentioned it in a later post.