DuskKodesh
Marvel Hero in Training
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2019
I'm doing the DDP for the first time ever this year and while the financial value is probably iffy, the emotional value for me has already paid for itself.
I went once when I was smol and had a hundred dollar food budget. I lived on soft pretzels and soft frozen lemonades.... I was thirteen I think. a hundred for food meant more souvenir money.
Went in 2018 with the hubs. We'd scheduled BOG, LTT, The plaza restaurant, Tusker house, Via Napoli, and Hoop de doo. I second guessed myself, canceled the pricier of those (LTT, HDD, And TH) and ended up starving when we left the parks at night. I just couldn't look at the bill. I grew up POOR. Really poor. I stared at the 170$ on my credit card for HDD and just panicked. We had to eat Arby's or McD's a few nights. Not a stress free vacay.
This trip I'm planning we're staying onsite and doing the DDP. I booked all the expensive stuff I always wanted to do. I'm gonna carry cash for tips and hubs handles getting the receipts. Teamwork. Yes I know we're still paying it but it's not itemized, it's just a big chonk of the 'package' cost that I pay down. The result? I may actually eat when I'm hungry instead of starving myself because I can't logic out 19$ for a burger. Will I end up eating the priciest thing I can? Yep. But I'm a steak person anyways so this way I can do it and not feel bad
Everyone has their own preference though. Different strokes for different folks <3
I went once when I was smol and had a hundred dollar food budget. I lived on soft pretzels and soft frozen lemonades.... I was thirteen I think. a hundred for food meant more souvenir money.
Went in 2018 with the hubs. We'd scheduled BOG, LTT, The plaza restaurant, Tusker house, Via Napoli, and Hoop de doo. I second guessed myself, canceled the pricier of those (LTT, HDD, And TH) and ended up starving when we left the parks at night. I just couldn't look at the bill. I grew up POOR. Really poor. I stared at the 170$ on my credit card for HDD and just panicked. We had to eat Arby's or McD's a few nights. Not a stress free vacay.
This trip I'm planning we're staying onsite and doing the DDP. I booked all the expensive stuff I always wanted to do. I'm gonna carry cash for tips and hubs handles getting the receipts. Teamwork. Yes I know we're still paying it but it's not itemized, it's just a big chonk of the 'package' cost that I pay down. The result? I may actually eat when I'm hungry instead of starving myself because I can't logic out 19$ for a burger. Will I end up eating the priciest thing I can? Yep. But I'm a steak person anyways so this way I can do it and not feel bad
Everyone has their own preference though. Different strokes for different folks <3