Don't stay on site. Its not worth it. What the Polynesian? The Contemporary? The Swan? Not worth it. They are just hotel rooms, they suck. You are an attorney, you deserve far more than a damn hotel room for a week vacation.DooKSucks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:20 pm On another note, I'm taking the family to Disney for a week in April, and holy fuck. I decided to stay onsite, do all of the stuff a four year old who still believes this stuff would want to do, and not skimp without being extravagant. This shit is going to cost me $15k (including what will be spent during the trip) before it is finished. Fuck me.
Seriously DS, just rent a timeshare week from an owner who isn't using it. You can find about 1000 timeshare units just one mile away from the Disneyworld property. You can probably get a 3 bedroom in April for 7 days for $1000 in rent. Go to Wal-Mart supercenter on International Blvd and load up on breakfast food and snacks for the kids, and they can get all the souvenirs they want there for a couple hundred bucks. And if you want to do a meal with the characters, book breakfast at EPCOT at the Land. That is like $150 depending on how many kids you bring. I think that is the cheapest way to see the characters.
Disneyworld is sucking wind right now. They went "woke" and they alienated their biggest customer base (conservative, white, intact, nuclear families) so that leaves leftists and your families to pay all their bills. You should be able to cut much better deals than just staying on sight and paying Disney sticker price for whatever they say is not skimping. One week? I'll bet you could do the whole thing for $3 grand (without skimping) if you drive down to Orlando from North Carolina. If you fly, five grand including a rental car.