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JUL 16, 2026
The 5 WORST Things You Could Ever Buy at Disney
Here are the five worst things you could ever buy at Disney.
Financially speaking, of course.
I'm Tyler. I'm a former financial advisor and portfolio manager.
Now I make financial content for free so you don't have to pay for it.
Number 5 the Memory Maker photo package.
Hundred and ninety nine dollars for digital downloads of photos taken by Disney photographers throughout your visit.
The photographers are excellent.
Your phone is also excellent and free and already in your pocket.
Pro tip: any Disney Photo Pass photographer is explicitly trained and permitted to take a photo of you and your family on your personal device at no charge.
Hand them your phone, walk away 200 bucks richer.
Number 4 souvenir cups and refillable mugs.
The Disney Resort Refillable Mug Program.
Sounds like a deal. One price, unlimited refills whole trip.
But the refill stations are located exclusively at resort food courts, which are not inside the parks, which is where I think you're actually spending most of your day.
That cup is a 22 dollar decorative item with mythology attached.
Number 3 bottled water inside the park.
$6 for a bottle of water that cost Disney approximately 12 cents.
You're allowed to bring your own water bottles inside a Disney park.
This information is available on their website and approximately nobody reads it.
Number 2 on property hotel rooms.
A standard room at a Disney value resort runs 150 to $250 a night.
A comparable or superior hotel two miles off property and the 80 to 120 bucks a night, the on property benefit, early park entry and free transportation.
Sounds compelling until you calculate that the transportation saves you approximately 35 bucks in parking, and the early entry is 30 minutes.
So you're paying a hundred dollar nightly premium for a half hour and a bus.
Number one, the Lightning Lane Multipass.
Disney removed free Fast Pass in 2021 and replaced it with a paid system.
Starts at 35 bucks per person per day and can run considerably higher for certain attractions.
So you're paying to skip a line, a place where you already paid a hundred and twenty bucks just to get in.
Disney has essentially monetized your impatience.
And the remarkable thing is that it's worked to perfection for Disney.
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