Help Me Avoid the Mouse! (Disney World)

Works boring today read through this whole thing that was fun…

I don’t go often, luckily if I want to my daughter can get me in for free. So no idea on tickets or Disney lodging. As someone who lives close enough to hear the fireworks every night. If you want a bit better experience go during the off season. It slows down a bit in Sept/Oct, stay off property in an Airbnb or VRBO. Best best is around 192 between I4 and HWY27 lots of rentals and it’s close. I know not ideal while on vacation but plenty of grocery stores and all the members only stores close by for food to save money on dinners and lunch. If you do come end of Summer or “fall” I would get the travelers insurance just in case we get one of them wonderful hurricanes

If you do come between Sept-Nov hit me up if I get Gator tags you can come out a few hours for a Disney break.
 
Funny/weird thing I saw recently, between 40-60% of Disney visitors last year were childless adults, kind of a weird shift where most of the people going to Disney are not children, but actually adults, by age.

I'm not weighing in on going or not going, I have a young family, highly doubt we will go. Wife and I have no real desire and I don't foresee a time in the future where we would have the finances to actually do so, so it's off the table for us.
 
Funny/weird thing I saw recently, between 40-60% of Disney visitors last year were childless adults, kind of a weird shift where most of the people going to Disney are not children, but actually adults, by age.

I'm not weighing in on going or not going, I have a young family, highly doubt we will go. Wife and I have no real desire and I don't foresee a time in the future where we would have the finances to actually do so, so it's off the table for us.

I dated a gal in CA who worked for disney doing employee benefits stuff. She got deals, so we went to disneyland as a group of 6, childless adults. Drank some expensive beer, rode the rides, watched the fireworks, went home. Seemed reasonable. Not something I'd do if it weren't for a girl but was a fun day.
 
Sure about that? What if the company that owns it is really deeply sick?

TL;DR- Disney hired a convicted pedophile as one of the directors of a children's show. People started noticing and asking questions... like, "what??" Instead of axing him and admitting guilt, they defended him until it blew up enough to really threaten them.

If you think that's the only example, I've got a beautiful beachfront property to sell you in the Sahara

The USFS hired a convicted pedophile. He never made to the district because folks figured it out and executive management found a way to keep pushing back his start date. The pedo finally resigned before ever stepping foot on the district. So, I guess you should boycott National Forest land for the rest of you and your families lives?
 
I'm talking about Disney World.... my goodness, that Mouse likes his money!

Wife asked to take the kids to Disney World next year. I am all about "Happy Wife, Happy Life" -- so if that's what she want's, I'll make it happen. But I figured I'd at least look into some other options to float by her. 1 week trip, Annual Passes, Animal Kingdom Lodge, air travel, Food... honestly this trip would be pushing close to $15K.

Any other options you guys think I should look into to possibly sway this thing? It would have to be "Grand" probably. Talking small boat cruise to the Galapagos Islands or something crazy to that equivalent, but more family oriented 😂

Kids are 7 and 9, totally cool with traveling. We've done all the major national parks, 10 days in Iceland this year, etc. kids had a blast. Just having a hard time swallowing that kind of money to go stand in lines, bump shoulders with 1,000 people, and hug princesses -- knowing it could be turned into an absolutely amazing nature oriented vacation. Give me all your ideas!
Have y’all done a cruise? That’s my favorite of our “family vacation” type options.

If more adventurous, a week in Hawaii might be good. Good mix of family fun and outdoorsy options there.
 
The USFS hired a convicted pedophile. He never made to the district because folks figured it out and executive management found a way to keep pushing back his start date. The pedo finally resigned before ever stepping foot on the district. So, I guess you should boycott National Forest land for the rest of you and your families lives?

Well, no. To my knowledge the USFS isn't a children's entertainment company. And also, that dude's not only one. Seems like an awful high incidence of them. And the fact that they protected him and tried to cover it up...

Don't believe anyone on the internet though. Do some reading up on it for yourself
 
Well, no. To my knowledge the USFS isn't a children's entertainment company. And also, that dude's not only one. Seems like an awful high incidence of them. And the fact that they protected him and tried to cover it up...

Don't believe anyone on the internet though. Do some reading up on it for yourself
Yeah I get that. I realize it’s not a 1:1 comparison. It is an interesting thought exercise though.
 
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