Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Coming of Age in the Time of $75 Passes


As a kid I visited Orlando's theme parks and found it strange to see moms pulling bag lunches out of their purses. After all, a $6 cheeseburger (fries and soda not included) were all part of the theme park experience. Now that I've gotten married and the prospect of taking my own children to these parks grows closer, what I once thought strange now seems unavoidable. Kind of like bringing your own pillow or sandwich on a plane.

As an Orlando resident and next door neighbor to Universal Studios, I rarely ever paid to enter parks. I always knew someone who knew someone who worked at Disney, and Universal would do the neighborly thing and send free passes to our house several times a year.

Now that the cost to enter the most popular Orlando parks is around $75 per adult, I wonder... will large handbags still be in style when I'm a mom?