I, unfortunately, am getting to that breaking point.
I, like so many of you, grew up with Disney. My mom gave me Cinderella on VHS when I was a small child and took me to Disney as often as she could make possible, which wasn't all that often, but it was enough to instill a love of it in me. I was fascinated by Walt Disney, who created
Disneyland so his children would have a place to go. It was meant to be a place for all families from all walks of life. Sure, it was a business with the intention of succeeding, and money was required for its survival. But, I feel like in the past few years Disney has become all about the money and not about the families who walk through its doors everyday. Again, I know it's a business, but there are practically fees for every little thing now. The price of tickets has drastically increased over the past decade, you can pay to stay extra in the parks, there is a tour at Animal Kingdom that basically, for $250.00, guarantees availability to ride all the important attractions, and now to drive to the resorts and stay there, there is a parking fee. It's all getting to be ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, Disney is an amazing company with wonderful customer service, but I can't help but wonder when the line will be drawn in the sand and enough will be enough. Never, likely.
I can only adjust my income so far and every year it becomes more expensive to basically do the same things. It truly breaks my heart to type all this out. I dream of taking my future children to Disney one day. I want them to experience the true magic that I did growing up, but I don't know if that will happen. We are going in November to celebrate our anniversary, and we will have a wonderful time, I'm certain of it. But, it could be the last trip for a while.