Stacy's a freak
wrangles snakes
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2003
Yes, uncomfortable conversation but a good one! I agree with both sides but feel Kathy and Teresa's pain. This is how I see it, way back when, I was able to go to WDW with my parents and sisters. We went when I was 4, 8, 12 and not again until I was able to take myself at the age of 19. I was hooked immediately as a kid and have loved it ever since. Then comes the 2000s (ish) when the internet became big and Disney started a mass marketing commercial campaign. For those who thought it was too expensive (which it was even then), the commercials spouted that "even your average family can afford this trip! Look for only X a night per person, you can stay at a value and enjoy all the parks have to offer." So MANY went with their little ones and those little ones became hooked. It was like a taste of crack (so to speak) on a budget. Then the price started going up and up. [if this is sounding like a drug dealer's marketing plan, you're understanding my point] Now we are all hooked and the demand is wheedling a lot of us out of the perks we had come to enjoy for our piddly stake in our family vacation. For those of us on budget, we used to be able to plan well to make the most of our trip by staking out our spot in advance or by getting there at rope drop to avoid some lines. Now we are just waiting in the wings for the leftovers.
I do not begrudge those who have the means to pay extra for these perks. But this is just another example of the thinning of the middle class. Forgive the George Bailey-ism (or revel in it, if you like), but we do the "working and paying and living and dying" in this world. So it is too much to ask to "work and pay and live and die" with a few days of fun in a theme park while having a level playing field?
I do not begrudge those who have the means to pay extra for these perks. But this is just another example of the thinning of the middle class. Forgive the George Bailey-ism (or revel in it, if you like), but we do the "working and paying and living and dying" in this world. So it is too much to ask to "work and pay and live and die" with a few days of fun in a theme park while having a level playing field?