Every splurge I have tried, hind site I didn't think the splurge was worth it, perfectly fun but overpriced IMHO. I think the value is in a normal park day. The last splurge I tried was the Keys to the Kingdom tour. Do know that I have a personality that looks a lot at value the costs of things vs. my perceived value. But maybe not too much or why did I ever try these things in the first place -- maybe a love for Disney and their excellent marketing.
I've done Hoop Dee Doo, Polynesian Lua, overpriced dinner for special seating at DHS nighttime show, rented the little speed boats, did the special land / sea boat ride by the boathouse at Disney Springs, After hours Christmas Party (too crowded - normal park day much better IMHO). Although all fun, hind site not really worth it IMHO.
For future my only splurge at a park will be a Mickey Bar and only in the US. The ones in Europe don't taste the same (European Union reduces the sugar content on these at
Disneyland Paris). And yes, I could buy those at
Walmart, but that would be a whole box and one per trip is is good and the right splurge for me and all I will do as a splurge for the future lol.
For one to try, but only if it were free ($s too much IMHO) and I haven't done this would be the Wild Africa Trek. It looked like a great idea till I priced it out.
I think I compare special things I've done at Disney that I have paid a small fortune for to excellent behind the scenes programs (have done seven) at my local zoo. And the zoo ones were just so good and just $35 pp. Also, at National Parks I do a lot of the excellent free ranger guided activities. Note though that I do realize that at our National Parks that this is our tax payor dollars at work. Those types of activities just have been so cool and so inexpensive. And my philosophy is to look for more of these types of things to do and skip the Disney extras (works better for my personality and budget). The last special activity I did in Florida was an incredible tour of a gator sanctuary in Tampa this past February (experience was called Croc Encounter) and for a group of three that was around $35 pp. I wouldn't go all the way from Orlando to Tampa to do it, but if you are in Tampa I highly recommend it. I have a cousin who is in Assisted Living in Tampa who I visit annually, so I am already there.