$200,000 a year spent at Disney?

A recent article was posted where Nick Cannon apparently spent $200,00 this year at Disney with his 12 kids. $200,000 at Disney seems fair to me? I know Nick is famous, makes lots of money, has 12 kids and many, many relationship issues. However, how is it possible to spend $200,000? I am wired as a frugal kind of guy. If you gave me $200,000 to spend at Disney, I don't think I could do it. My mind would explode at the waste that would have to happen to blow through that type of money.

These types of news events actually make me feel pretty good. I might have spent two grand this year going to Six Flags, Hershey Park, King Dominion and Busch Gardens. Throw in some hotel rooms, dining, gas money. Yeah, probably $2,000

So what does the average Coaster Buzz member spend a year on parks and travel each year? No, actually I'm in around $2,025 because I have that pesky Coaster Buzz $25 membership fee coming up :)

If you are used to having a Plaid take you around on the company's dime, and you want to keep doing that on your own, it's going to add up quickly. Plus you probably want to stay in a club level suite at the Grand, which will set you back $2-3K per night. If you are bringing the whole fam, maybe a theme park view Grand Villa at Bay Lake Tower, which runs $3-5K per night.

Says he goes at least once a month. 12 kids and 6 different mothers (though isn't clear if they join him and the kids on trips). Based on cost of our trips with 3 or 4 people, I can see getting to $200k easily (and we never stayed at the club level/villas in terms of resorts or took any VIP tours) with at least 12 visits and that many people. Can't imagine going there once a month though (or even more than once a year).

Nick says he makes about $100 million/year. And pays more than $3 million/year in child support. Seems like he can afford it.

DoubleMeatTaco:

If you gave me $200,000 to spend at Disney, I don't think I could do it.

Serious question; have you ever been to Disney?

Disney seems like the easiest park in the country to do that at.

Have you ever seen “Brewster's Millions?”

Purchasing a VIP tour on each visit alone would probably get you to half of that amount. The rest going to accommodations, food, merch, and it would be easy to reach $200,000, especially if you are bringing all your kids. Not to mention his entire group would likely be more than just his kids since I would guess family/friends would factor in to help care for the kids.

Mr Cannon isn’t known for making sensible choices.

I would hope he’s a Club 33 member, they get a certain amount of VIP tours included in their membership.

If Mr. Beast gave me 200K and told me that I have to spend it in one year and only at Disney World, I think that would be pretty easy.

As for how much I spend in a year, it's always different every year. This year, I only visited Cedar Point for two days and Six Flags and Santa's Village in Chicago, both new to me. -Oh yeah, and Dollywood a few weeks ago for the weekend.

Dollywood weekend was more than a thousand bucks. Seriously. Mom got good news about her health, so this was a celebratory trip for her. I paid for both of us, and we did a few extra things in the area not connected to the park.

The Cedar Point trip was not much. I got a great deal at Cabana Bay for being a passholder-$99 a night! If you add in my season pass, that trip probably cost me about $600.

The Chicago trip was cheap. I stayed at a friend's house (Thanks friend you know who you are...), and he is a season passholder for SF, so I got in the park for ten bucks. Santa's Village was about $50 total. All together, the trip probably cost me about $200.

So maybe about $1,800 this year. I probably spend a little less than that a year, average.

I have been saving up for a huge Universal trip in a few years when Epic Universe opens. That trip is going to cost a lot.

I'll bet the year I had season passes I spent +/- $10k on Disney. And, that was not going the Deluxe/VIP route. If you start adding up hotel nights, tickets, food and beverage, merchandise, etc it adds up in a hurry with multiple trips. $200k for a celebrity (in a year) sounds more than reasonable (to accomplish).

RCMAC:

Mr Cannon isn’t known for making sensible choices.

That was my thought on reading this. He has 12 kids and has put himself in a position to pay about 15 times his Disney bill a year in child support. I doubt this is the most shocking story he could tell about his finances.

I don't want to play "can you top this," but I spent $0 at Disney in the last 36 years.

That has me beat. I haven't spent anything at Disney in 22 years. But I bet I spent less than you. My buddy worked at Disney and I worked at Universal. We traded comps all year. Working at Universal for $7 an hour didn't allow me a lot of extra money, so I didn't spend very much when in the park either.

But have you spent $0 on Disney in the last 36 years? The Mouse will get your money one way or another, and you're powerless to stop it.

GoBucks89:

Nick says he makes about $100 million/year.

Assuming this is true, his Disney spending represents 2/1000ths of his income.

I suggest everyone reading this multiply their yearly income by .002 and let me know if you'd be comfortable spending that at Disney on an annual basis.

Sure, as a flat number, $200k is silly. But as far as it hits his personal finances...meh.

bigboy:

put himself in a position to pay about 15 times his Disney bill a year in child support

And to follow up on Gonch's point: He also put himself in a position to pay 3% of his annual income in child support. I'm going to guess most people paying support pay a lot more than that on a percentage basis.

LostKause:

But I bet I spent less than you.

Doubtful. I was 14 and may have spent allowance money if I spent anything at all. The only other time I was at Disney was when I was 6, so the parents covered 100% of that. It's very possible I personally haven't spent a dime at a Disney park in the almost 51 years I've been alive.

Our passes for three alone were $2k this year (with water park and sports upgrade).

I don't really visit many parks anymore, or at least, it's not the focus of my travel. But I like to go as "comfortably" as I can, to an extent. The 10-day Northern Europe cruise we did on DCL, plus airfare (direct, which costs more), shoulder stops in London and Copenhagen, hotels, transportation, modest spending at Tivoli, onboard drinking... I think we spent around $18k. Worth every penny.

18K, my goodness.

We have taken three trips to Europe for 10 days each time and with airfare (economy plus), hotels, park tickets, attractions, rental car, ICE train tickets, etc... I think all three were a little more than half that combined for two. Certainly under 18K no question about that. Our England trip this May will still probably not push us over that 18K for four trips. We dont travel cheap, either. Includes resort hotels at Europa, Phantasialand and Parc Asterix, as well as really nice hotels in the various city centers everywhere.

And you spent so much of that time on a boat. Seems so expensive for not really seeing much of where you went.

Different strokes and all that, I get it... But I also cant fathom when it comes to how much that cost for what it is.

Oof.

I don't have a kid... but my trips to Japan in 2019, Europe in 2022, and California in 2023 were less than $18k combined.

We even ponied up for the meal worms at the hedgehog cafe...