We tend to splurge at WDW and other vacations because we don't spend much on entertainment in our daily lives. When we want gourmet meals, mostly we make it ourselves at home. Restaurants, bars, expensive sports/concerts are things we don't do often.
We go to Wildwood almost every year. DH sold me on paying extra for Ocean Front room. I'm frugal by nature so it was hard for me to justify the cost at first. Now after 10 years of going, it is worth it to me. There's nothing like a balcony sunrise/sunset looking straight out into the ocean with nothing else in your view. We worked hard to enjoy this.
It's the same at WDW, spending extra can be justified. Savannah view AKL, Holiday Party, Park Hoppers or Table Service is worth the expense. This trip is our first trying a 1BR. It came with free TS
DDP for 4ppl, otherwise I could never justify the $600 avg cost per night.
We decided against
MVMCP to save, instead we'll check out those Fireworks from the Contemporary. That also gives us a relaxed nite, going to MVMCP would leave us exhausted with ropedrops. We splurge, just not everything on the same trip.
$5k for 4ppl in December: 1BR at OKW, 5 day hoppers, and DDP.
Flights $700, $300 car rental, pocket money, etc... Total will be *$6.5k+ for 5.5 days.
It has gotten more expensive so we've decided to switch 18-24 months instead of yearly.
*This will be closer to $7k lol. As long as we stay under that, I'm happy.