Are Disney Adults the Happiest Debtors on Earth?
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Are Disney Adults the Happiest Debtors on Earth?
Posted by mcfw31
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> In June of 2024, the loan-comparison website LendingTree surveyed more than two thousand Americans and found that almost a quarter of Disney visitors had gone into debt for a trip. According to the survey, Gen Z-ers like Ashley were the most likely to take on Disney debt, which corresponds with a boom in young adults visiting the parksâeither by themselves, or with friends their ageâdespite Disney World being a place stereotypically catering to families. Still, a high percentage of Disney debtors are parents: among the seventy-seven per cent of survey respondents who said that their children had visited a Disney park, forty-five per cent reported going into debt for a trip, with parents of young children owing an average of almost two thousand dollars. Anecdotally, the figures shared in forums and on social media can climb much higher; one couple told a YouTuber last year, for instance, that theyâd taken out a roughly seventy-thousand-dollar loan partly for Disneyland trips.
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the idea of taking on significant debt to go to an amusement park…
I was ready to make a defense that people should spend their money the way that makes them happy. That itâs not what I save my money for⌠but then I realized they are also not saving for this đŹ theyâre drowning in dole whip.
Would love more amplification of how improving our public spaces and prioritizing new and existing âthirdâ spaces will make everyoneâs lives better!!!
Having more beautiful public spaces and parks and more liveable wages would reduce the amount of people clamoring for sanitized Disney experiences.
But ok end stage capitalism it is.
I watch a lot of personal finance content, and so many people go into debt for splashy purchases and big trips “because they deserve it.” Social media normalizes average earners spending like this, and the cycle continues.Â
This is a form of addiction and it’s absolutely worsened by social media and the internet in general. These people going into massive debt to visit Disney multiple times a year, buy overpriced merch, post nonstop on Disney planning sites and Disney social media– it’s no different than going into debt from gambling or shopping. And they all encourage each others’ addiction.
If anyone is currently saving to visit the new Epic Universe in Orlando, stop now. Itâs an epic letdown. I went last week and was so disappointed.
Nah, gotta be my ex bff who went into debt for a shitty kpop band
No. This is a sad, sad life.
There was a video on Reddit a few days ago, I can’t remember which r/, but it was a guy interviewing people at Disney and asking how much debt they had. The first guy who answered said, “Not much, about $60,000”.
What the fuck? Who in their right mind thinks $60,000 worth of debt is “not much”??
All the people interviewed had *massive* amounts of debt from driving brand new cars and having student loans, yet they were on a Disney trip. Probably not their first one. How do you justify being in tens of thousands or over one hundred thousand dollars of debt, yet you drive a brand new car and go on expensive trips? You can’t afford that shit. I get that you still need to live life and treat yo self, but a Disney trip isn’t the way.
I have heard about these ones that go into debt. I canât imagine. The last time I went to Disney, I specifically booked in advance (at the time they let you pay off the accomodation in instalments) and saved up the spending money. Did 3 nights/4 days, and it was fun. I would not go into debt though over it.
I’m too old now, but best way to get to Disney â fuck a widower 20 years your senior, apparently.