The number of people going into debt for a trip to Walt Disney World is increasing, according to a new Lending Tree survey.
Nearly a quarter of all Disney visitors have gone into debt to afford a trip to the Florida theme park, the survey of over 2000 U.S. consumers revealed — a 33% increase from 2022.
That figure is even higher for Disney-going parents with children younger than 18, 45% of whom have gone into debt for a Disney trip. That’s a 50% increase from 2022 when less than a third of parents said they took on debt for a trip.
On average, people who went into Disney-related debt took on nearly $1,700 in debt, while parents of young children took on nearly $2,000. Men were twice as likely to take on debt than women.
Concessions were the biggest unexpected expense, according to the survey. Sixty-five percent of those with Disney debt said that in-park food and beverage…
