Family Shocked After Spending Almost 4K in ONE DAY at Disney World - 'Daylight Robbery'

Disney World has long had a reputation for not being cheap, but it seems that, as of late, their prices have gone from high to downright outrageous.

One family chronicled their pricey trip to the theme park and were practically left speechless when the grand total for one day at the park came out to a whopping $3,758.

Seriously, how can any family afford that?

From The Daily Mail UK:


Summer Reign Henning made a video breaking down the costs throughout the day, and captioned it 'Robbery in broad daylight and we still have two more parks to go'.

The video got over two million views and almost 5,000 comments expressing horror at the extortionate prices - including paying $800 (£652.86) for lightsabers and $170 (£138.73) for pictures.

It was filmed on day two of five of the family's holiday, so there was even more spending yet to come.

The mom explained that they started off by buying their tickets to the park and Lightening Lane tickets, which came to a hefty $870 (£709.99).

Lightening Lane tickets allow you to bump the lines by joining a special queue for people who paid extra, which in theory should give you the chance to fit more rides into your day.

However, Summer said this wasn't the case for her family as in most sections of the park they only got to go on one ride, even after forking out more for the queue jump. 

In the morning, she purchased what looks like four novelty headbands, which came to $130 (£106.09).

Then, for the first meal of the day, the family had a 'mediocre breakfast' at Hollywood and Vine which cost $223 (£181.99) - the clip showed a small plate of what looks like scrambled eggs, sausage, two strips of bacon, grapes and a few other bits.

She continued 'Then we headed over to Toy Story land and even with Lightening Lane we only got to ride one ride. Ice cream was $25 (£20.40) and popcorn was $16 (£13.06).

'Then over at Galaxy's Edge, three lightsabers cost us a whopping $800 (£652.86).

'They also no longer hold them for you until the end of the day plus different airlines have different restrictions when flying home so we opted to ship them to us for an additional $40 (£32.64).'

Again, she the mom was disappointed to discover that 'every ride had a 120 minute wait time' so they only got to ride one ride in this section of the park as well.

Next, they tried the 'infamous blue and green milk' which cost $27 (£22.03) for three glasses by the looks of it, before having some burgers and fries at Backlot which cost $80 (£65.29).

Opting for something sweet, the family purchased some funnel cakes from Epic Eats which cost another $44 (£35.91). 

She added that the 'photo pass was an extra $170 (£138.73) for cell phone quality pictures'.

Some more treats the family bought included candy floss, a chocolate apple and a lollipop, costing $25 (£20.40).

She concluded 'Finally, we had dinner at Planet Hollywood which was $311 (£253.80). 

'Factoring in our nightly hotel rate of $997 (£813.63), it brings our total to $3,758 (£3066.83) for the day.'


Disney World is so overrated and overpriced; it's unfathomable why families still choose to vacation there.

Back in the day, it  used to be the "happiest place on earth," but now it seems like one big, expensive hell hole.

Seriously, save your cash and take your kids on a nice trip through nature. Your wallet and overall experience will thank you.

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