Re: Reality bites

Keane wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:16:15 -0400, Ginny Favers
<ginnyfavers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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It's not just the AP/regular ticket ratio that's pushed us to this, it's also the fact that we've decided to permanently stop using credit cards and we've finally settled on a neighborhood we'd like to buy a house in sometime in the coming two to three years.

The house thing is a big expense...

But, Disney marketers, I have to say, if we paid $990 for 3 10-day Deluxe MYW Tickets and 3 Premium AP's were within just $150 to $200 more, I think you would have tempted us to keep at least one of those trips on our calendar, if not both.

Oh, and not being AP holders, when we do come, we'll likely be off site because we won't have access to discount hotel rates.

Are we just making room for people with the *real* money? Probably!

:-P

~Amanda

I look at the cost of an annual pass a different way, I guess. Since
I won't stay off-site anymore, part of it's value is the discount off
of the rack rate at a resort. There's also all the 10-20% discounts
at the restaurants and stores.
I find it does pay for itself over and above a MYW route if you do
it right.

But your problem is that house... :-)

Keane

It was a lot easier to buy an AP when it was just for me, and Miles was free! Those were the days!

The house... well, we may NOT do that. But right now, we are the poster children for the middle class that pays half its income in taxes with no shelter. That $8K tax break this year, and deducting interest for the next ten years, that would really help.

~Amanda
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