The Happiest Place On Earth

I'm sure people with kids feel the pressure, but I admit to being quite surprised by the number of adults who are thrilled to go all on their own. It isn't that I'm incapable of understanding why it might be enjoyable, it's just that...it's a lot of money, most people don't have much time, and that's what tops the list?

For America’s middle-income vacationers, the Mickey Mouse club, long promoted as “made for you and me,” seems increasingly made for someone else. But far from easing back, the theme-park giant’s prices are expected to climb even more through a surge-pricing system that could value a summer’s day of rides and lines at $125.

“If Walt [Disney] were alive today, he would probably be uncomfortable with the prices they’re charging right now,” said Scott Smith, an assistant professor of hospitality at the University of South Carolina whose first job was as a cast member in Disney’s Haunted Mansion. “They’ve priced middle-class families out.”

Not judging. People like what they like. Spend your money how you want.