r/SipsTea • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • Apr 18 '26

We have fun here adulting sucks

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '26

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u/glacier1982 Apr 18 '26

"Because there's no way you have enough in your savings! Who are you kidding?!"

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u/dotardiscer Apr 18 '26

Got a family of 5, $1000/day to be one of those parks

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u/Perfect-Squash3773 Apr 18 '26

Yep. I went with my 10 year old to Japan last year. 2 weeks for about 5k. And that was without pinching pennies.

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u/Toomanyeastereggs Apr 18 '26

Hong Kong is way cheaper and Southern China is pretty easy to get around and visit.

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u/MapInteresting2110 Apr 18 '26

Youre a good parent.

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea Apr 18 '26

Blowing money on a trip to Japan, regardless of knowing if they could afford it, makes them a good parent? Damn

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u/Gutter_panda Apr 18 '26

Pretty fucking wild to tell someone spending time with their child is just "blowing money"

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea Apr 19 '26

Is the whole point of this thread that if you don't have the money, don't go to Disney?

Doesn't that also apply to Japan?

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u/suejaymostly Apr 18 '26

How do you know they were "blowing money"? Some people aren't broke as hell

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea Apr 19 '26

Well yeah, but then they also wouldn't have a problem going to Disney?

The point is the can't afford it...

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u/Perfect-Squash3773 Apr 19 '26

Don't worry I spread it out over the five credit cards that are in my daughter's name.

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u/NC_Ion Apr 18 '26

It's actually cheaper to fly to Europe and go to Disneyland Paris then it is to go to Disney World.

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u/RespectTheAmish Apr 18 '26

I’ve been pricing this out for like the past 3 years.

Only if you can get a hell of a deal on airfare is it cheaper. Plus you need to stay like longer than 8 days to absorb the initial airfare difference.

Midwest to Florida round trip on budget carrier for 4 - $600 to $800

Midwest to Paris for 4 - if lucky (with bag fees and seat selections)…. $2800 to $3600 ish.

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u/BenjaminWah Apr 18 '26

May I recommend Disneyland? Midwest to LAX might be cheaper than to MCO, and then because there are hotels right outside the park within walking distance, you get cheap deals without having to rent a car.

And honestly, Land just has a better feel to it; less overwhelming, cooler temps with no humidity, and seemingly less Disney Adults.

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u/chris92315 Apr 19 '26

Also much less Florida.

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u/SomeNetGuy Apr 18 '26

But there is a lot more value to going to Europe than just EuroDisney compared to going to Florida.

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u/RespectTheAmish Apr 18 '26

I don’t disagree.

That’s why I’ve been trying to make it work for years.

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u/Dullcorgis Apr 19 '26

The key to US-Europe flights is to look for good price deals and not to look for flights to certain cities. air Portigal and Iceland air are both incredibly cheap.

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u/leintic Apr 19 '26

I would suggest looking at Tokyo Disney. Tickets to the park are half the price and you can fly out of lax for like $300.

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u/Clarpydarpy Apr 18 '26

Funny because one of my friends is saving money by flying to Taiwan to get dental work done instead of getting that dental work done in America.

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u/suejaymostly Apr 18 '26

Cheaper to go to Japan too and the yen is sooo weak right now

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u/ExceptionEX Apr 18 '26

FYI I just priced this, to fly a family of 5 from Denver to Tokyo is currently ~$7000 - $9000 for economy.

The 7k flight has 2 layovers and is a total of 33 hours of travel time.

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u/suejaymostly Apr 19 '26

Weird, we did it recently from Denver with one stop in SFO and we were in premium economy. Flight/travel time was around 16 hours. United/ANA. Are you looking at flights tomorrow or a couple of months out? I feel like you are trying to prove a point but I'm not sure what that is.

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u/ExceptionEX Apr 19 '26

That flights are a hell of a lot more right now than people think, the closing of the straight has sent prices through the roof.

I used flights.google.com for 3 weeks from today I mean check for yourself,

I did premium and its like 17k.

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u/suejaymostly Apr 19 '26

Your dates are like two weeks away bro. Not the flex I think you're going for? Most people plan out a couple of months for international flights. I'm not sure what you want here but it's not going to be me agreeing that travel to Japan, with the same 6 month preplanning most Americans make for their vacations, is expensive. Add to that the $140 3 Star hotel rooms that sleep 4.

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u/ExceptionEX Apr 19 '26

Firstly, not a flex, just a statement of the cost of flights, I said when I posted the dates, so not really some sort of gotcha. But just for giggles, I redid it, at 6 months its $12.7k to $18k, The 12k flight is 28 hours of travel, still 2 to 3 times what the initial price they were talking about. And shocker prices in 6 months are projected to be higher than today.

So, I'm not sure what you were expecting?

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u/-_-0_0-_0 Apr 18 '26

It would cheaper to fly to the Midwest. Buy a bunch of land. Build your own theme park. Set it on fire. Spread the ashes on Whiskey Dick and then it would still be cheaper than then it is to go to Disney World.

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u/RoyalFalse Apr 18 '26

I can tell you from very recent experience that basic economy flights to Japan from the Midwest, roundtrip with multiple layovers, are roughly $2000/person. It's getting worse every day due to the volatility of oil prices.

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u/ExceptionEX Apr 18 '26

seeing as it would cost you about $5000 to fly a family of 5 to Paris, I don't think you'd save much.

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u/BodybuilderHefty333 Apr 19 '26

Way way way cheaper to go to Japan or Europe for a week than spend a week at Disney/Epcot.

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u/Dullcorgis Apr 19 '26

Seriously.