Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<20K per year for day care. That's about 40% of the average American household income. (and more than an CM makes per year) We have 3 kids, and I'm still floored.>> Paying the monthly bill still shocks us. Fortunately, it will get cheaper (our youngest is in the infant room which costs more than the other classes). Thankfully, my wife and I both feel we're getting a lot more than we pay for, as ridiculous as that sounds. <<But my point was: if you could afford 20K in child care, now that the kids are older a 6K WDW trip is a bargain by comparison.>> True. Planning a few years ahead we've considering sending our son to catholic school or a private school near Princeton. Before we put our son in daycare the tuition to the private school seemed like alot, now we're thinking what the heck are we going to do with all the extra cash when they leave daycare.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^We sent all 3 of ours to Parrochial schools and the annual bill was never more than 6K (it would cost us 8K if all 3 were still there today).
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <now we're thinking what the heck are we going to do with all the extra cash when they leave daycare. < Put it away for college expenses and transportation for them ( cars) -- trust me <^^We sent all 3 of ours to Parrochial schools and the annual bill was never more than 6K (it would cost us 8K if all 3 were still there today).< Catholic grade schools here are $7K - $9K and High Schools $8K - $10K per kid per year here. Not counting the voluntary ( mandated ) contribution items like chocolate sales - dinners - etc There is a slight break for mulitple kids, but 3 kids at once in Chatloic schools equaled bill of an average $19K per year -- more as they got older.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Catholic grade schools here are $7K - $9K and High Schools $8K - $10K per kid per year here.<< Wow. We have been told that the "total" cost is about 4 per kid. The Parish subsidizes it down to 3K (there is a small endowment). Denver area High Schools are charging 5-6K. When we lived in San Diego the local Parochial was about 2K as well. Anyway, I'll stay away from the Chicago area. It sounds brutally expensive.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 The mob has nothing on the archdiocese here............... here is the High School closest to us....tuition last year $8600 <a href="http://www.benet.org/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.benet.org/index.htm l</a> and here is Fenwick Academy here also - tuition $8850 Plus extras <a href="http://www.fenwickfriars.com/academics/cost-tuition-acad.php" target="_blank">http://www.fenwickfriars.com/a cademics/cost-tuition-acad.php</a>
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<Put it away for college expenses and transportation for them ( cars) -- trust me>> That's the plan. Not any fun, but that's the plan.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I guess I'm having visions of $6 gallon jugs of milk and $30 pizzas < nope - food ( except high end restaurants ) pretty reasonable which is why we were just named the country's fattest city probably
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Anyone else agree that Disney World trip is starting to be for one class?<< Yup, very trailer park now a days..
Originally Posted By itsme >>Yup, very trailer park now a days.. ----- Yup buddy, we aint bun cutin oura grass ta save gass muney four oura trip this time. We'all hopun to not have ta take outa 4th moregage on tha ole dubule wide.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 what's amazing is the complaints about the 'breeding' of the crowd in a thread designed to compplain about ticket prices going up. Well let's make ticket prices $1000 per day per person -- that'll fix it....and then those who can still afford to go will complain it ain't worth $1000 per day.
Originally Posted By Kylesmom money does not equal class or "breeding". Grandma #1, lots of money, classless and rude. Grandma #2, quite broke but very polite and new her Ps and Qs. Mother in law, dripping money and wouldn't know good manners from rudeness if you held her hand and pointed them out.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Very True, but at $1000 per day it would keep out all but a few people and they'd be so spread out , they could be rude and you'd never know....
Originally Posted By fkurucz FWIW, my WDW experience (which is off season) has been that guests are decent folk, in many ways nicer than DLR guests. Now, I have never had the joy of experiencing the friendly Brazilian tour groups, and for all I know every Cletus and Brandine make a beeline to WDW come summer time.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 One of my 2 trips a year is always summertime( early June ) - and yes there are some rude people -- some rude CM's -- and heck maybe sometimes I'm rude-- who knows.....but for the most part the people are no different, and even a cut above most other places you go......
