• EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    That depends on how old you are. As a kid, I grew up in Orlando, and I got to go to Disney and Universal all the time. Enough that I got tired of it.

    But back then, in the 90s, people still acted like civilized human beings when they went to two amusement parks. I’m just very glad that I have no desire to go back, especially considering what awful nightmare it is.

    1996, a day pass for a Florida resident at Disney was $25. At Universal it was $18. Today, add a zero to the end of that, and you’ve got some idea of the amount of money they expect you to spend there. Just on the ticket.

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        1 month ago

        At least? You thought a day pass to Disney World was at least $2,500 and maybe $25,000?

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          1 month ago

          Adding to their perspective, as another kid who grew up in a poor family… why not? Rich families were always spending “insane” amounts (aka literally any amount) on food, vacations, extra cars…

          $2,500 for a day trip? …sounds insane and unachievable, just like everything else in life. So, yeah, why wouldn’t it cost that much?

          When you are poor, the cost of everything sounds insane.

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            1 month ago

            It’s not 2.5k for the day trip, it’s just the ticket. And from what I heard, the actual expense will easily triple once you start spending for basic things inside like food and hotel.

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                1 month ago

                Ofc it doesn’t, I am taking about them thinking it’s 2.5k for the day trip when we were talking about the ticket. Ig my wording could be better but I am not a native speaker.