Are you justifying it in terms of money, or would you just feel weird going by yourself? I gotta say, as much as I love the idea of being an empowered female who could go anywhere by myself and say to heck with what anyone thinks, I'm pretty introverted and would probably feel self-conscious getting on the 7 Dwarves ride alone. Plus, to me there is just something sort of connection-oriented about Disney. I can see sitting on a beach by myself no problem, but again - to me and only me, I think others should do what makes them happy - Disney alone kind of sounds like opening presents under the tree at Christmas alone, if that makes any sense. It's kind of like I want to share the joy with someone in that particular situation.
Anyways, these are the ways that I would feel more comfortable going solo - but again, YMMV, so not saying this is what you 'should' do, just some suggestions if we happen to be like minded!
- Conferences! Conferences are awesome. Traveling anywhere you want is suddenly ok and not awkward if you are at a conference. Dining alone? Suddenly totally cool with it. I'm at a conference! Riding the 7 Dwarves ride alone? Whatever, I'm decompressing after a conference! If you work, there are elebenty billion conferences in Orlando. If you don't work, I'm willing to bet there are still conferences for various interests or things that are important in your life. Which leads me to a related idea....
- Retreats. I am also cool with traveling alone when I am Getting My Zen on. Yoga, meditation, general 'holistic health', etc. And hey, you know, why not spend a day at the park before and after? Actually, why not make the retreat like two days and do two days at the park before and after... It's just a pitstop on the way to the retreat after all.
- Volunteering - I actually love this idea, although I haven't done a travel volunteer trip yet. You can volunteer with
RunDisney, with
ESPN, with
Give Kids The World for volunteering that is more directly connected with the park, or, you could always just do something like a Habitat For Humanity trip and treat yourself to a day or two at Disney. Disney also has a program called
Points of Light - I'm not entirely clear on how it works but I think the idea is that you find an organization near you that volunteers as part of the program, and presumably that organization will go on a Disney trip at some point.
- Find someone who could use a trip to Disney. If you have a cousin, niece, nephew, older adult living along, or anyone in your life who might benefit from the trip and some quality time, this would be an awesome thing to do with them.
Or - rent some Girl Power movies, be bold, be brave, and get on that 7 Dwarves Ride by yourself lady!