Don’t get me started on Disneyland—never cheap, but doable for most families when I was growing up without breaking the bank. In 1986, adult entry was $19 and $3 for parking—or, in 2026 dollars, $237 for a family of four.

This Saturday, that same family of four getting single-day park-hopping tickets with California Adventure (and hoping not to wait in lines all day) will pay $1,368 before they spend a dime on food or anything else during the day.

It’s insane.

@Holberg

Supply and demand my friend. Supply and demand.

In the early decades the people who went there were largely Californians and those West of the Mississippi.

He wanted World on the east coast for a reason.

As population and popularity has grown and the world has shrink via technology, there's no way that little park could stay the way it began.