A few rides are quite good experiences, but the best food deals are with the buffets in each park. Unfortunately, those buffets are expensive.
You need to go in the off-season to have the cheapest tickets.
Don't park in their main parking lots and don't stay in their resorts.
There's another place you can park, for free, with only a bit of hassle.
Somehow I survived childhood without ever going to a Disney resort—and my parents could have easily afforded it.
Parents today are stupid.
“ the best food deals are with the buffets in each park. Unfortunately, those buffets are expensive”
I went to Disney World in 2016. At that time you could bring your own food in and eat it any of the places that did not have table service. We also brought water bottles and continually refilled them from the fountains. There’s no need to go into debt by eating in restaurants unless they have changed that policy.
Funny story- my dad and mom took us to Disney when Space Mountain opened for the first time. We waited in line and when we were up, my sister and I sat side by side and our dad sat behind us.
The ride was mostly in the dark and when we would go down a big drop, our dad would scream “HOLLLLLDDDDD OOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!!!!” and with the acoustics, we thought he had fallen out and we screamed and cried the entire time. He thought we were scared of the ride and kept on screaming HOLLLLDDD ONNNNNN with every drop and we kept thinking he was falling out.
Good times! We still laugh about that!
Might as well not even go.
Getting rid of the tiki room triggered me, big time./sarc