Disney World Food Prices Have Gone INSANE: The Secret Budget Busting Factor in a Disney Vacation!

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
  • Disney World Food Prices Have Gone INSANE: The Secret Budget Busting Factor in a Disney Vacation!
    #disney #disneynews #disneyparks #disneyworld #waltdisneyworld #disneyworldfood #inflation #budget #economy #food #foods #restaurants
    THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ‪@VacationRadio‬
    Art by ‪@JFG‬
    Ad by ‪@FloralFromUnderARock‬
    For even more exclusives and info to hot for anywhere else, check out WDW Pro on Patreon: / wdwpro
    Special Thanks
    Space Dave 2000, Theme Park Zilver, Kocho Dragon, Marcus Squintess
    Views with Hughes, Captain John Dee, Tommy Tables, Lester San Jose,
    Red Tigress, Dr Kocho Dragon & May the Schwartz Be With You
    FAIR USE NOTICE. WDW Pro videos may contain copyrighted material, the use of which may not always be specifically authorized by the copyright owner. In such cases, the material is displayed for commentary and educational purposes. It is included under the sincere belief this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this video for purposes of your own, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
    DISCLAIMER: Some videos featured on this channel contain rumor and speculation. All videos are forms of editorialized news coverage. Please view these videos as the subjective material they are intended to convey. No harm is intended to any party discussed or mentioned in any video.
    The WDW Pro Channel is wholly owned and operated by Prelude Studios LLC.
  • Zábava

Komentáře • 278

  • @docsavage8640
    @docsavage8640 Před 4 dny +118

    Hmmm....pay my mortgage for 2 months or take my family of 4 to Disneyland for 1 day? What a dilemma.

    • @DVS57REBEL
      @DVS57REBEL Před 3 dny +10

      I priced my trip I cancelled , it was worth 6 months of mortgage and taxes

    • @guidedmeditation2396
      @guidedmeditation2396 Před 3 dny +10

      I just saw a video this morning about how much cheaper it is to go to Tokyo Disney. Thousands less per family and the food is cheaper and also better.

    • @billwinch492
      @billwinch492 Před 3 dny +1

      @@guidedmeditation2396 But look how much it cost to fly there and the time it takes

    • @Niko-je8ic
      @Niko-je8ic Před 3 dny

      Crazy thing is Disney doesn't care if you go, since foreigners can afford to pay double since their currency and purchasing power is doubled versus the Dollar. Thanks Inflation my dollar is shit

    • @jonathanbutcher6
      @jonathanbutcher6 Před 3 dny +3

      To NOT go on any BROKEN RIDES

  • @massacmongo995
    @massacmongo995 Před 4 dny +99

    Universal is laughing ... Next year Universal will pass WDW in attendance and never look back

    • @Mike__B
      @Mike__B Před 4 dny

      If you don't think Universal is going to do the exact same thing as soon as they're the top dogs then you don't understand how corporations work.

    • @timslee0618
      @timslee0618 Před 3 dny +6

      I know some people chose not renew Disney pass and got Universal pass instead

    • @chriscirino5779
      @chriscirino5779 Před 3 dny +3

      I agree but the food at Universal is worse than the food at Disney and Citywalk needs a massive upgrade

    • @brodytamanini2713
      @brodytamanini2713 Před 3 dny +1

      That has nothing to do with this video. Also universals food and gift shops cost more than Disney. I mean you would not know since you probably never Been there

    • @RobertDuffy-yr4bi
      @RobertDuffy-yr4bi Před 3 dny +3

      Universal Studios. One of the few place you can say: “let’s eat at Disney, it’s cheaper”
      Not the power move you think it is.

  • @PumpkinKingXXIII
    @PumpkinKingXXIII Před 3 dny +46

    ya pay almost $16 bucks for your daughter to have a funnel cake after two bites she says “daddy, your funnel cakes are so much better than this.” Thanks Disney

    • @AltairEgoX
      @AltairEgoX Před dnem

      How much do u charge ?! 🎉😂❤❤❤

  • @charleseldridge9365
    @charleseldridge9365 Před 4 dny +48

    Disney parks are destroying themselves! Also destroying Walt's legacy.

    • @guidedmeditation2396
      @guidedmeditation2396 Před 3 dny +1

      I think top disney management know the elites plan to crash the US economy and wreck our dollar. The US parks will not matter to Disney in two years. Thats why they spend all that money and put all that tech in to China and japan but not the USA. Its like remodeling all the staterooms on a giant cruise ship you know is already planned to be sunk. Just do the bare minimum to pass the time and not draw attention.

    • @thpe8718
      @thpe8718 Před 22 hodinami

      Only disfuctional people created inflation started with Trump

  • @m.rivers9201
    @m.rivers9201 Před 4 dny +88

    This is old news. For a couple of years now Disney Food prices have risen sharply to an obscene level and the quality of the food has fallen off the cliff to poor. Disney is not worth attending anymore. The Magic is Gone.

    • @raydemos1181
      @raydemos1181 Před 20 hodinami

      can you imagine how low grade their hot dogs must be

  • @33Keith33
    @33Keith33 Před 4 dny +22

    Now more than ever, people are having trouble putting food on their own tables and Disney continues to gouge whenever possible. They won’t be getting a dime from me ever again.

  • @earthstar7534
    @earthstar7534 Před 4 dny +32

    Last time we went to Disney was 2019. It was filthy, expensive and the cast members were either overtly rude or completely blank faced without any sign of personality or joy. The girl running the haunted house line was just straight up screaming people down like the slapped her mother and insulted her cooking in her home.
    Last year we went to Japan with 2 more people than we went to Disney with, for 2 days longer with flights and hotel and spent 2k less than the 2019 Disney trip.
    Next week we're going to the Florida keys with 7 more people than the 2019 trip and are having to spend less than the Disney trip.
    The choice isn't hard to skip Disney.

  • @michelle7185
    @michelle7185 Před 3 dny +9

    Disney grows a portion of the food they use in their restaurants (INCLUDING THE FISH). So they are definitely profiting from this in house supply. The cost for two of us for pizza, a dinky cup of plain salad and a drink was over $40.00. Popcorn at Galaxy’s Edge is over $6. SMH 🤦🏽‍♀️ Just eating and drinks for a day for 2 is easily over 200.00… no stupid mouse ears or other Chinese trinkets… just food.

  • @akumaking1
    @akumaking1 Před 4 dny +70

    Boycott Disney at all costs and at every level!

    • @smokeylake3150
      @smokeylake3150 Před 4 dny +5

      Just go to Universal. It’s better hands down.

    • @newenglandrider3189
      @newenglandrider3189 Před 4 dny +12

      This includes the Deadpool v. Wolverine movie.

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 Před 3 dny +2

      ​@@newenglandrider3189absolutely not it's not fair to Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds

    • @planetschlock
      @planetschlock Před 3 dny +7

      @@newenglandrider3189 Especially Deadpool and Wolverine.

    • @treystephens6166
      @treystephens6166 Před 3 dny +7

      @@smokeylake3150imagine what Universal would have done with Star Wars.

  • @Necropheliac
    @Necropheliac Před 4 dny +13

    I feel bad for the people who went into debt because they wanted to create special memories for their family. This experience is clearly a ripoff but I think a lot of people were under the impression that they were getting more for their money. They could have gone to Yellowstone or someplace nice for a fraction of the cost and still had a great experience, but instead they went into debt to be exploited by a greedy, soulless entertainment enterprise that hates them.

  • @TheHomeDesigner123
    @TheHomeDesigner123 Před 4 dny +30

    I remember our first family vacations in the 1990’s we could go to the parks and buy food on a budget of $100 per day for a family of four. Those days are gone, gone, gone.

    • @lmr819
      @lmr819 Před 3 dny

      Oh absolutely! I also remember when they had McDonalds fries as a quick inexpensive snack :)

  • @ericmoore571
    @ericmoore571 Před 4 dny +9

    They are trying to make up the many financial losses at the theater by raising the prices in the parks

  • @spacedave2000
    @spacedave2000 Před 4 dny +32

    Food costs are what REALLY pushed our family out of Disney trips as food/snacks prices have MAJORLY spiked the last 5 years. There's something wrong when you're being conservative spending but still spending $2000 US for 8 days...just in food for 4 at Disney World.

  • @thewannabegamer9
    @thewannabegamer9 Před 3 dny +8

    Yeah…. We recently went on a trip to Florida. Due to circumstances, we had to stay on an on property hotel right next to Disney World. But we wanted to go to Universal Studios so that’s what we did. Universal’s food was significantly cheaper than anything we could find at the hotel or Disney Springs and it was really really good food. And we were full for hours. Every day we ate at Universal, we only had two meals because we didn’t get that hungry afterwards. If we did need something, we’d get a little snack or a butterbeer or something.

  • @stefensmith9522
    @stefensmith9522 Před 4 dny +26

    Just stop going lol. It's not 1980 anymore, there's so many other things to do for the cost of going to Disney, You're talking thousands of dollars for two days at Disney...you could cruise for two weeks for that LMAO. Just know there are other options besides Disney.

  • @finned958
    @finned958 Před 3 dny +6

    I got into habit of bringing snacks and soda into Disney parks. Very convenient. Besides, Disney sells the same soda plastic bottles sold in grocery stores. You save $5 per bottle.

    • @user-zh3fz4tz7s
      @user-zh3fz4tz7s Před 3 dny

      And you can add alcohol to your drink before you come to the park and save even more money rum and Coke anyone

  • @bather7483
    @bather7483 Před 3 dny +5

    What's crazy is that it's actually cheaper to fly to Disney Japan than it is to go to Disney Orlando. At least for the money you'd be in Japan than Florida. I want so bad to bring my daughter to Disney but there's basically no value there

    • @user-zh3fz4tz7s
      @user-zh3fz4tz7s Před 3 dny

      It’s funny you said that I am planning a trip to Disneyland Tokyo when we used to go to Disney World once or twice a year

  • @13ishAbbie
    @13ishAbbie Před 3 dny +4

    Since Disney has decided to raise their prices so exorbitantly, we now bring our own snacks and eat off property. There are plenty of good dining establishments close to Disney at about half of what Disney charges.

  • @swampsagacity4685
    @swampsagacity4685 Před 4 dny +32

    -Eat off property when possible.
    -Keep groceries & snacks in your room (Grocers are nearby & Instacart will deliver to your hotel)
    -Bring your own snacks & water bottles into the parks.
    -Split/share food & drinks with a friend.
    -Order burgers a-la-carte without fries to save money at counter service restaurants.
    -Take advantage of free ice water offered at restaurants.
    -Keep snacks or a cooler in your car for a quick nibble when traveling to/from parks.
    -Choose healthier & denser foods to keep you feeling fuller for longer.
    -Never, NEVER prepay for the Disney Dining Plan.

    • @SandraLovesRoses
      @SandraLovesRoses Před 3 dny +2

      Good ideas! I'd add skip snacks (it's Disney, yeah right lol), and only eat a meals, and yes, nutrient dense food like meat.

    • @SandraLovesRoses
      @SandraLovesRoses Před 3 dny +1

      I didn't know that burgers were available without fries and with a reduced price! Awesome. I just want the patty, nothing else.

    • @swampsagacity4685
      @swampsagacity4685 Před 3 dny +4

      @@SandraLovesRoses Well, that was pre COVID. I hope I am not giving inaccurate advice since so many things have changed.
      I also advise ordering appetizers as a meal in sit down restaurants where there isn’t a pre fixe menu.

    • @RonCondon
      @RonCondon Před 3 dny +1

      Huh? Or just stay home or go somewhere else....

    • @jkvam
      @jkvam Před 3 dny +1

      This is cope. Better to simply not go or go to rival parks.

  • @Rayray2024.
    @Rayray2024. Před 3 dny +2

    I went to Disney with a family of 4. The tickets were $200.00 each plus $30.00 each for the genie. My plan was to take the monorail for lunch and eat in downtown Disney because the prices were out of hand. Then miraculously the monorail was closed from 11 to 2 because they said there was no air conditioning and it was too warm outside. It was clearly a move to keep people in the park for lunch.

  • @Droxen222
    @Droxen222 Před 3 dny +7

    Nobody should be supporting this company anymore. Masters of Fleecing park goers and destroying franchises.

  • @limaikhiankelvin9800
    @limaikhiankelvin9800 Před 4 dny +7

    All the more reason for us to boycott Disney then. Lol.

  • @WickstarRunner
    @WickstarRunner Před 4 dny +21

    Personally, I'm shocked Disney hasn't yet banned outside food from the parks YET. They will, just a matter of time.

    • @jaimecampos4700
      @jaimecampos4700 Před 3 dny +2

      The only reasons they haven't done so is that it would slow down admissions to check purses/backpacks/coolers and the blowback from banning outside food would be tremendous.

    • @user-oz8lv4eo8h
      @user-oz8lv4eo8h Před 3 dny

      Disneyland in the 1970's and before did not let you bring in your own food. I know because I was a kid then. It wasn't until 2017 that they changed the policy. You can also fact check the date. I did.

    • @user-zh3fz4tz7s
      @user-zh3fz4tz7s Před 3 dny +1

      I was thinking the same thing it’s going to be just like Six Flags where you have to leave the park go to your car eat lunch in the parking lot from the stuff you brought in a cooler and then go back into the parks. Been there done that.

    • @user-zh3fz4tz7s
      @user-zh3fz4tz7s Před 3 dny +1

      @@jaimecampos4700 I think only the people that had allergies would have a problem or diabetics that had to have food. Everybody else is just gonna go back to their car to eat then the parking lot will be a mess.

  • @Olinser
    @Olinser Před 4 dny +2

    That's not unusual though. When I went as a kid in the 90's, even as a kid I realized that food prices there were INSANE compared to outside. A standard McDonald's hambuger at Disney World cost more than a freaking STEAK at a normal restaurant!

  • @KathrynTestBot
    @KathrynTestBot Před 3 dny +1

    The problem with those character buffets is you have to reserve them in advance. Even 15+ years ago there was no room for walk-ins. And then it's no longer just about the cost, but the fact that it's annoying.

  • @connormcclenny9681
    @connormcclenny9681 Před 3 dny +4

    I've saved a ton on Disney dining over the years. I don't go to the parks

  • @ChristineP223
    @ChristineP223 Před 4 dny +2

    Several years ago some friends really wanted to go to Disney World and I backed out because they had discontinued the free dining plan due to Covid, but still asked full price with all the pandemic restrictions. It would have been too miserable to be worth the cost.

  • @Steamfan1
    @Steamfan1 Před 3 dny +3

    Disney’s pricing makes me wanna compare Bob Iger to Gavin Newsom

  • @MickeySightings
    @MickeySightings Před 3 dny +3

    We have been passholders since 2015 and the cost of food has gotten absolutely out of sight.

  • @chrisfoxwell4128
    @chrisfoxwell4128 Před 3 dny +2

    How could you possibly think Disney doesn't buy products in incredibly large volumes? There's only so much discount that's available to give. Disney purchases enough to get whatever discount is available.

  • @blacksabre5343
    @blacksabre5343 Před 4 dny +4

    Company touts diversity, but hates diversity of financial standing. This price elasticity can only go so far. The smart crowd will start seeking alternatives or ways to cheat the mouse.

  • @lamhamzzzzzz
    @lamhamzzzzzz Před 3 dny +2

    lol even in the 90s it was unaffordable. the $20 ticket price back then was the only thing bringing a lot of people in, but one look at the restaurants and we walked right on by

  • @kyrey5468
    @kyrey5468 Před 3 dny +7

    As a guy who was fine paying $1,500 a year for the unlimited Disney annual pass in 2019, the prices of everything went through the roof after COVID! Disneyland lost me with the Genie + and Lightning Lane nonsense! Sad to say, I don't think I will ever be a pass/key holder anymore. Just the occasional visit for me now. Also, STOP calling the insane rising prices inflation. Its corporate greed! And now they are seeing the backlash because people are no longer buying certain grocery products!

  • @Tallacus
    @Tallacus Před 3 dny +2

    I just dont deal with Disney, Universal is where its at.

  • @alexfraser8352
    @alexfraser8352 Před 4 dny +2

    I'm just going to stick to playing disney magical world & disneyland adventures for a while 😂

  • @ionface
    @ionface Před 4 dny +3

    I wonder how many more kids will be hungry (and cranky) all day, since their family is forced to eat outside of the park.
    Most children are happy with $5 worth of nuggets and ketchup, the turkey leg is supposed to be a similar salty value, it's hard to justify these prices.

  • @DocsGreetingCards
    @DocsGreetingCards Před 3 dny +1

    this is one reason why I stay off property now in a condo with a full kitchen. We eat breakfast there, pack lunches, and have dinner in the park. saves a lot on lodging and food. their food is overrated anyway.

  • @desertstorm272
    @desertstorm272 Před 4 dny +10

    Cheapest way: Bring your own lunch!

    • @Homeschoolsw6
      @Homeschoolsw6 Před 4 dny +2

      If Disney still allows it, yes.

    • @KabukeeJo
      @KabukeeJo Před 4 dny +1

      Nahh. I don't want to carry food around all day in the hot sun.

    • @chriscirino5779
      @chriscirino5779 Před 3 dny +1

      I really don't want to be doing all that on vacation but the food is so bad and expensive you really do not have much choice.

  • @atypicalhiker
    @atypicalhiker Před 4 dny +4

    Go to six flags over GA. Their food prices make Disney look like a deal!

  • @MLJ7956
    @MLJ7956 Před 2 dny +1

    Stuff like that is exactly why my family and I visit many other theme parks (non Disney) that are not only cheaper (admission-wise) than Disney but some even allow you bring your own food (because they have picnic tables and areas) & you can bring your own drinks (non-alcohol) as well. Lots more fun to be had there & won't break the wallet/pocketbook either. ✌️

  • @jaredmarkham7300
    @jaredmarkham7300 Před 4 dny +4

    The food prices are made worse by the fact that their rides and attractions.
    Aren't worth the time.
    To spend in the parks on a large-scale. Just look at communicator hall for epcot. And tianna's Toyota's value adventure for magic Kingdom.

  • @jpteknoman
    @jpteknoman Před 4 hodinami

    I was dreaming of going there when i was a kid in the early 90s but since i don't live in USA and my parents were too busy and cheap to make such a trip i thought "eventually i'll have kids of my own and go there". Now in my 40s, WDW is a place i wouldn't even pass outside of with how things are.

  • @cmiller415
    @cmiller415 Před 3 dny +1

    Disney has now out priced the average American family from being able to visit for a day let alone a vacation, now they are working on out pricing upper middle income families. Keep going Disney, you are going to out price all but the Kardashians. I hope they are willing to pay your rent because the average American family has decided that they are not!!!!! Disney has gotten so disgustingly greedy, I hope they go out of business. It’s NOT ok and Walt Disney must be spinning in his grave! This IS not the way he wanted the Disney parks to be run.

  • @ninjagirl226
    @ninjagirl226 Před 4 dny +10

    Six Flags without their meal plan wants nearly $20 for a piece of pizza and some garlic rolls. Now granted their meal plan is pretty good.
    A lot of theme parks went out of control with food prices.

  • @timslee0618
    @timslee0618 Před 3 dny +1

    Doesn't surprise me when some bring food or go off property to get food & come back later to the parks. I also noticed portion sizes have gotten smaller with some items with the price increase

  • @chriscirino5779
    @chriscirino5779 Před 3 dny +3

    people who think the food at Disney is amazing also think The Olive Garden is a real Italian restaurant.You can get good food at Disney Springs but the food in the parks is abysmal especially MK which is their flagship park. The character breakfasts are a joke and anything considered themed dining is abysmal .Disney is more than capable to give people great food AND atmosphere but they won't because they know people will pay through the nose to eat low grade dog food in the castle or at BOG.

    • @brock2443
      @brock2443 Před 3 dny

      Most the food is just typical fair food, but the Waffle with Maple Chicken at Sleepy Hollow is actually pretty good.

    • @chriscirino5779
      @chriscirino5779 Před 3 dny +1

      @@brock2443 you can find some good food especially at Disney Springs and a few of the resorts but it is crazy expensive and the food in the parks is gross .epcots food is not what it used to be either.

  • @radioflyer68911
    @radioflyer68911 Před 4 dny +11

    There are multitudes of better places to vaca than Disney.

  • @davidmacias741
    @davidmacias741 Před 4 dny +3

    Lets see, build, build and build. Then turn off a huge part of your fan base with crazy business decisions and start losing billions, of course they have to raise prices on everything! Pretty dumb strategy!

  • @darrellborder8555
    @darrellborder8555 Před 4 dny +1

    The juice is not worth the squeeze? Happy we did our resort week back in August 2015. Airfare, 6 days in the parks, 4 adults 2 children park hoppers, premium dining plan, animal kingdom lodge (2 rooms) ,extra fast passes daily, free airport bus shuttle , free magic bands, and merchandise was around $10000 all in. Guessing that would get us maybe 3 days currently and none of the perks.

  • @guidedmeditation2396
    @guidedmeditation2396 Před 3 dny +2

    We bring a bottled water and WaWa hogie to the parks when we go. Not just to save money but because it is also much better and enjoyable to eat.

    • @georgeawestjr.9087
      @georgeawestjr.9087 Před 3 dny

      I love 💕 Wawa! QuickChek (headquartered in N.J.) BOTH make great subs! 😃🫢👌

  • @lmr819
    @lmr819 Před 3 dny

    Disney food prices have always (ALWAYS!) been overpriced. Even back in 2010 I remember having to budget for food and pack snacks. But also at that the time the Deluxe Dining Plan could actually work for families. It also allowed an opportunity to eat foods that were normally way out of budget day-to-day. This really made the vacation a bit more adventurous! I remember trying escargot for the first time at Epcot which is nothing I would have chosen to try and pay for outside of a vacation lol.

  • @Mitsoxfan
    @Mitsoxfan Před 3 dny +14

    Family of 4 in Disney for a week. Flights, $2000. Hotel, $2000. Park passes, $2000. Car, $1000. Food at the park, $1500.
    Seeing a methed out Florida man assault Chip and Dale at Animal Kingdom, priceless.

  • @gabrielschroll3824
    @gabrielschroll3824 Před 11 hodinami

    I'm a Cast Member, and I took my wife to Disneyland today. I'd made reservations for us at Cafe Orleans. We got a stone fruit salad to share, and then the blackened shrimp alfredo pasta and the beef bolognaise (sp?). I used my 40% dining discount coupon, and with the automatic gratuity and tax, it came out to $64.
    That would be around $100 for a couple, and I imagine close to $200 for a family of 4. For lunch.
    Then we used two of our snack coupons for some Mickey ice cream sandwiches, which would have been an additional $11.50.
    I mean...hell. If I didn't work at the park, this 2 hour lunch date would have cost $110. That's not including park tickets or a monthly installment plan, and/or parking.
    It's insane.
    The stone fruit salad was really really good, though.

  • @philmangini1728
    @philmangini1728 Před 3 dny

    I remember in 86 me and my family would go to wdw and we'd go back to the parking lot to eat. American cheese and yellow mustard on wonder bread with wise chips.
    Around '65 my grandfather took his 4 sons and daughter to disneyland. He saw the ticket price and went back home. That was the most mortifying story id heard as a kid. Still breaks my heart.

  • @Kondase
    @Kondase Před 3 dny

    We hardly ever ate at the parks when I was younger (or even older). We brought an icebox to keep in the car, kept hamburgers in the lockers, and/or left the park and went someplace like Denny’s or In-n-Out. Of course, I’ve also often take fruit snacks, granola bars, and even muffins in my bag.

  • @kregorovillupo3625
    @kregorovillupo3625 Před 3 dny +1

    I wonder why there's still people wanting to spend several thousands dollars to go... to a parking lot. Because that's what parks are: parking lots for people in que. With the money of one day expenses, one can do a week on a cruise ship all included. Why should one chose Disney? Oh, right, americans...

  • @MellanieMoney21
    @MellanieMoney21 Před 3 dny

    I will say, when I was pregnant, I had gestational diabetes and at WDW was the only place I could eat other than home that did not spike my blood sugar, and I could eat whatever I wanted. I hate the prices, but knowing that fact, makes me feel a little less guilty spending the money.

  • @itrasheditgood
    @itrasheditgood Před 3 dny

    This inflation will kill off many restaurants, people will just eat out less and when they do, they will be picky about it, same goes for resorts and theme parks. If people have to save up that much more, they will look around for the better deal, they will weigh out what kind of experience they want, and most likely pass over Disney. I think it is happening now. Loyalty is something earned and Disney has been cheaping out, giving people less than what their customer expects. They better watch that they don’t price themselves into bankruptcy.

  • @poisonedyoyo
    @poisonedyoyo Před 4 dny +10

    Simple solution, stop eating at the parks, force the restaurants to close down from having no business. There are people who say they want Disney to go bankrupt, this is a way to help effectuate that.

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 Před 3 dny

      Will those people are going to be disappointed because it isn't going bankrupt are very small

    • @TSoneonetwo
      @TSoneonetwo Před 3 dny +2

      This was my #1 rule when I was a passhoder

  • @wdwenthusiast7068
    @wdwenthusiast7068 Před 3 dny

    For us, our approach has been to visit the resort's general store, and get some bagels, milk, and or orange juice. (Yes, they are much more expensive than back home!) For breakfast, at our room in the resort, a bagel, with milk and/or orange juice. (Sometimes we would pack protein bars, from home, and eat them also.) So breakfast was MUCH cheaper than something in the parks (or in a food court). We would then eat in the parks with an early lunch to beat the crowds. (Lunch menus - same food as dinner, but less expensive [around 2/3 less expensive]. And a smaller selection.) This would tide us over for the rest of the day, with maybe a snack (ice cream cone? Danish at Norway?) Saved money on breakfast and dinner. (Not a lot, but saved none the less. :D )

  • @juanrivera1572
    @juanrivera1572 Před 3 dny +1

    I bought a skewer meal in front of Indiana Jones ride, shit was raw, tough and gross . Don’t put kids in charge of grilling meat

  • @Phaota
    @Phaota Před 4 dny +2

    Pro, please cut down on repeating yourself. There's no need for that. Concerning the topic at hand, food prices at the parks should never be higher than those outside the location unless they are specialty items that can't be purchased anywhere else. Still, it is just wrong to break people's wallets over anything, be it food and collectibles. But what to you expect from a company that doesn't care about their visitors anymore and is only in it for the cash. When it comes down to having to picnic your way around a park instead of buying the food available, then things are indeed out of control. My boss knows this problem very well since she and her family had to do that two years ago when they went to Disney World. They brought their own food and drinks in a cooler, and didn't even buy any of the overly expensive merchandise. She noted they won't be returning.

  • @SandraLovesRoses
    @SandraLovesRoses Před 3 dny +1

    All You Care to Eat can be good. I only eat two meals anyway most days. Load up on the carving station.

  • @zpap92rhino
    @zpap92rhino Před 4 dny +8

    17.99 dollars for a stupid turkey led 3.50 for a bottle of water

    • @etherealbladerx8153
      @etherealbladerx8153 Před 4 dny

      😂 mmm mmm turkey led 😋 👌 my favorite

    • @zpap92rhino
      @zpap92rhino Před 4 dny +2

      @@etherealbladerx8153 not for 17.dollars lol it's sad even the worker told me under her breathe I wouldn't buy it bring your own..

  • @jimmarhoffer7416
    @jimmarhoffer7416 Před 3 dny +3

    But the grooming of children's free. Stop giving disney money

  • @stephen655321
    @stephen655321 Před 3 dny

    They're telling on themselves here. Food costs in general have outpaced inflation because they changed the formula for counting it a year or so ago

  • @CaliSmithFamily
    @CaliSmithFamily Před dnem

    Our family of 6 just ate at Prime Time diner- $230, only 1 soda and no dessert and felt rushed out after 40 minutes. Insane.

    • @CaliSmithFamily
      @CaliSmithFamily Před dnem

      Forgot to mention- this was our last trip obviously.

  • @kennethross786
    @kennethross786 Před 3 dny

    When I worked at Walt Disney World in fall 2000 (College Program), I worked at the Crystal Palace, and considering the cost of food then, I thought it was one of the better deals in the Magic Kingdom, especially at breakfast (all meals had lots of options, but the breakfast was my favorite). Apparently, it still is, even 20+ years later. And they had Winnie the Pooh characters in 2000, not sure if they still do or not.

  • @psychokitty7268
    @psychokitty7268 Před 3 dny +2

    My brother and his wife brought their kids. In order to save some money, they packed lunches. They were eating them in the car in the parking lot. Security came out and told them that wasn't allowed. This was maybe 15 years ago or so.

  • @JohnDoe-sr1dd
    @JohnDoe-sr1dd Před 3 dny +1

    Glad Universal is upping their game. Next time we go to Florida we're going to flip the script...stay at a Universal Hotel for most of the time and hit Disney for a day or two.

    • @lmr819
      @lmr819 Před 3 dny

      idk what it is about Universal hotels but they are FUN! Cabana Bay has always been a favorite of ours. Lazy river, two pools, bowling alley and characters come to visit (at least they did pre-Covid :/) We stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge (which was our DREAM) just 2 months ago and it was.... well... they have animals which was cool. But not work the 1/2 mile walk to the hotel room.

    • @JohnDoe-sr1dd
      @JohnDoe-sr1dd Před 3 dny

      @@lmr819 How was Animal Kingdom Lodge? Been a bucket list goal of ours but haven't done it yet.

  • @williamspendlove
    @williamspendlove Před 3 dny +2

    Shame on Disney!
    Long live Universal!

  • @alancranford3398
    @alancranford3398 Před 3 dny +1

    My first Disney theme park visit was Disneyland in May 1972, and I was too poverty-stricken to dine, had limited time because I was part of a school group, and the only thing I knew about Disneyland was what I saw on television in vivid black and white.
    Disney is a time machine--turning back the clock to when I lacked the money and time to eat there. When I was in Disneyland last time, crowds were moderate, but the 90 minutes-plus to have lunch in the park was almost the same as if I had left the park, had lunch at Denny's, and returned. Then there was the expense. Walt Disney World is more difficult to exit the property, dine, and re-enter, but when my meal requires making reservations days or months in advance and the experience will take three hours, I'll have to skip the dining experience. Too much time, too much money.

  • @theknightjester
    @theknightjester Před 4 dny +8

    Disney about to be Apple Disney soon

  • @Princess_Feona
    @Princess_Feona Před 4 dny +6

    I’m not buying it. While fast food has gone up 500%, our local and chain restaurants have not. It’s actually cheaper to sit down and have a nice dinner at a fairly good restaurant then to eat at McDonald’s now. The fancy restaurants haven’t raise their prices that much either. I would guess about 10% across-the-board instead of in the hundreds of percentage. That goes for local owned cheaper diners, family chains, and for the fancy restaurants.
    If you look at the statistics on food wholesalers it is in line with restaurant prices not grocery store prices and certainly not fast food prices.

    • @docsavage8640
      @docsavage8640 Před 4 dny +2

      Your numbers are way off

    • @Princess_Feona
      @Princess_Feona Před 4 dny

      @@docsavage8640 it’s more like 300% for fast food. I was spit bawling it. But I know going out to eat at a normal restaurant isn’t that bad and going to fast food is as it’s going to the grocery store. I also understand that there are strong variations around localities. It’s pretty bad for Texas. I know California is ridiculous. Washington DC is insane as well.

    • @newenglandrider3189
      @newenglandrider3189 Před 4 dny

      It's the LABOR cost.....stupid.

    • @Princess_Feona
      @Princess_Feona Před 4 dny

      I am also taking into account the decrease in serving size and portions. I know at Disney the portions have gotten smaller as the prices have gone up.

    • @chriscirino5779
      @chriscirino5779 Před 3 dny +1

      All food has gone up everywhere

  • @monorail4252
    @monorail4252 Před 3 dny

    Food cost money, Disney allows you to bring your own food to eat if you feel the food costs too much...

  • @Nihilisterplayz
    @Nihilisterplayz Před 3 dny +2

    Magical place yeah right

  • @largeformatmaster2994

    An unrelated question. What’s the music that’s playing at the beginning of the video?

  • @flicxs1
    @flicxs1 Před 3 dny +1

    Sorry I don't pay 60 bucks for a buffet especially a Disney buffet. The reckoning is coming for Disney and they will suffer financially. They brought it on themselves.

  • @Tricon1245
    @Tricon1245 Před 4 dny +1

    I’ve been wanting to take my family to Disneyland my kids and grandkids started to do the math and trying to figure out the ride waits and there programs to get on rides quicker and I’ve decided it’s too expensive and too difficult to figure out so we’re going to go somewhere else

  • @KatieGrady1997
    @KatieGrady1997 Před 3 dny

    I just saw a personal pizza is $19.99 at Pizza Planet. That’s just crazy. Our family loves Disney food, and we expect it to be pricey… but that’s a ripoff. It costs less for a delicious pizza at Napolini.

  • @peterleonti5639
    @peterleonti5639 Před 3 dny

    You haven't taken into account that Disney waffles have got smaller since the were introduced

  • @SpaceballOne
    @SpaceballOne Před 3 dny

    Parks were humming back in 2014 before Disney was retasked into a social engineering platform.

  • @fightingidiocy7724
    @fightingidiocy7724 Před 2 dny

    Why? Have any of them explained why? Why do they think a 1 dollar wholesale corn dog is worth 50?

  • @hattersgirlalice
    @hattersgirlalice Před 3 dny

    I still dont understand price hikes as Disney grows and breeds animals for food. I believe they have pastures of cows…

  • @user-mo5yb9ui7n
    @user-mo5yb9ui7n Před 3 dny

    I am waiting for Disney to become so greedy, that they will stop people from bringing anything to eat or drink into the park. In the 1990's and stayed at the Treehouse Villas. We bought groceries from Goodings', which is gone now, and cooked breakfast and dinner at the treehouse. It saved alot of money. We also froze our drinks to take to the park, along with snacks. And all this was back when things were not that expensive.

  • @chrischreative2245
    @chrischreative2245 Před 3 dny

    What year did Disney go from private to public and the bean counters started milking it? I wonder what it was like before being bought by investors or was always “corporate”. I’m not a Disney historian

  • @mikemoore7297
    @mikemoore7297 Před 3 dny

    Last year my wife and I went for 10 days. Spent $3000. On food.

  • @breezywithkids
    @breezywithkids Před 2 dny

    My family of 6 (one is an infant) spent about $3,000 on a 8 day trip for food

  • @HONEYBADGER210
    @HONEYBADGER210 Před 3 dny

    bye bye disney. This has gone down the toilet for a long time. Whom would pay 10 bucks for a hotdog?

  • @SandraLovesRoses
    @SandraLovesRoses Před 3 dny

    Prices for food in America are already high. At Disney to it...

  • @brianzannino9323
    @brianzannino9323 Před 3 dny

    Awesome content Pro..ty..
    Chef mickeys prices are truly insane for my family of 4..not happening

  • @kennymccormick9594
    @kennymccormick9594 Před 3 dny

    Chipotle never fails…except with portions.

  • @Prence
    @Prence Před 3 dny

    There is nothing affordable about vacationing at Disney. You almost have to be part of the 1% to be able afford to go there.

  • @GiaBlinks
    @GiaBlinks Před 3 dny

    It sucks that people just accept Disney prices. Yes, touristy areas are more expensive, but Disney parks are not remote locations. One round of guests for breakfast, all at just children's prices, is around $7k (I'm guessing the capacity of the restaurant) . Say that they flip each table once per hour, that's $35k just for breakfast IF every guest were paying kids prices.Then consider how much they make for dinner.

  • @dsadik666
    @dsadik666 Před 4 dny +2

    $20 churro.

  • @RobertDuffy-yr4bi
    @RobertDuffy-yr4bi Před 3 dny

    Why does Disney put their food prices so high? Because they can. People still pay. There is limited competition to force the prices down. Corporate greed at its finest.
    However I think it is getting close to a breaking point. Reservations for the restaurants are way down and everyone who goes are leaving annoyed if not angry due to the cost and lack of quality. I went to mama Rosa and it was $120 for second rate cafeteria food. Not going back to that one without major changes.

  • @SandraLovesRoses
    @SandraLovesRoses Před 3 dny

    Saana bread service??!! Up 120%?? That is insane. It's only because people found out about it.

  • @neccron9956
    @neccron9956 Před 3 dny

    You forgot to mention that the products, and portions as smaller (e.g. Micky Ice cream Sandwich).

  • @hallowthrifty2961
    @hallowthrifty2961 Před 4 dny +3

    Meanwhile Sam’s club pretzel and soda is 2 bucks, 🍕 and soda 2.50. Theme parks in general are fleecing their guests on food because they know people need to eat.

  • @michaelconnors7668
    @michaelconnors7668 Před 3 dny

    Disney World must keep raising food prices to keep the riff-raff out. The last thing people want to be around during vacations are the great unwashed who try to pay for their food with food stamps. Keep raising prices Disney.