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The Happiest Place on Earth is way from the most cost effective when on the lookout for a household trip, however a brand new report from LendingTree discovered that households are going anyway — and breaking their budgets.
The report surveyed over 2,000 Disney parkgoers, and 24% cited they'd gone into some debt paying for the journey. That quantity jumps to 45% for folks who've kids beneath the age of 18.
LendingTree famous that the common quantity of debt mother and father with younger kids have taken on is $1,983 per household with concessions being the primary supply of overspending — 65% of respondents mentioned that meals and drinks contained in the parks value considerably greater than deliberate.
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"Trying extra broadly on the 75% of theme park-going People who've been to Disney, 24% have gone into debt for not less than one journey," LendingTree wrote within the report. "That is up 33% from 18% in our 2022 survey. Of this 24%, 74% took on their debt up to now 5 years, with 29% doing so up to now yr."
In accordance with Walt Disney World's official website, a regular one-day ticket to the park for these aged 10 and up is at the moment $109.
The brand new report coincides with data released final week by FinanceBuzz, which discovered that concession costs at Disney World have elevated almost 60% in 10 years, together with the fan-favorite Dole Whip dessert which has gone up 58% within the final decade.
The Walt Disney Co. was up over 13% yr over yr as of Friday afternoon.
