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Jason Reynolds
04-08-2002, 02:58 PM
I am interested in what all of you do that enables you to feast upon the DLR?

I myself... I am a CAD Designer for an Electrical Contractor. Another computer geek...

awinner
04-08-2002, 03:06 PM
My wife is a school teacher (let the dough roll in)...and I am a Talent Agent. We have no kids yet...so it's all about spending money on us and our dog.

Ace
04-08-2002, 03:19 PM
allowance

funnygarcia
04-08-2002, 03:21 PM
I work for a non-profit agency providing Head Start services for low - income families (short answer : Preschool assistant teacher). I count myself as one of those low income families as I get paid very little and pay out a third of my pretax income for health insurance (yikes!).
DH is a student, part time jobs, and disabled from years of kidney failure (now kidney transplant ).
We use our tax rebates for our Disney fix - gotta love the earned income credit!
so, I guess all of you great taxpayers pay my way ...hehehehe... did that sound bad?

dcadon
04-08-2002, 03:45 PM
I'll be an x-ray tech next summer so I'm counting on that to relocate to orange county and fund my Disney hobby.

MouseWife
04-08-2002, 04:34 PM
My name says what I do, which is an unpaid position. :(

And, as I am married to a semi-Muggles {he likes to go when he likes to go, not everytime he hears/sees a commercial, like me!} we don't go that often. Just often enough to make everyone say 'Ugh, you go too much.'

As we have 3 kids and an expensive allergy riddled dog, we have to only 'nibble' on Disneyland and its' fun toys and such.

Mostly, I try and win tickets every gosh darned time I can!!! On the radio and off of news stations. Anywhere that seems legit.

I do pretty well and we go about 2-3 times a year. Sometimes more, sometimes only ONCE {clutching my heart} a year.

Morrigoon
04-08-2002, 04:52 PM
3 weekends a year = justification for a premium AP

You get the EIC? WOW. I know how horribly little I made last year, and yet my EIC was all of a whopping $10 (yay.)

melinda1955
04-08-2002, 05:58 PM
My hubby is a bus mechanic and I am a housewife, We have a mortgage etc. It was hard this year to afford an ap and wouldn't have been able to swing it except for the so cal discount one. I usuall get a premium and the rest of the family a deluxe. When we go we rarely buy anything and when we eat lunch it is usually the hot dog stand at CA. I try as often as I can to do the survey at DL to complain about the price of food but they never listen. I have noticed that this year I have seen more people with food like sandwiches from home than I have ever seen. I do wish that it was more affordable for the average family.

MonorailMan
04-08-2002, 07:22 PM
I work at the local Library, I only get 6.75/hour, but not many kids work at 15, and I don't have all the other stuff that I would have to pay If I were on my own, so I have DL spending money. :D

tikiboy
04-08-2002, 07:52 PM
I'm a software engineer.

Playing with C++ is fun!!

Uncle Dick
04-08-2002, 08:30 PM
Would you believe that Disneyland pays me to go? Of course, I have to dress up in a funny costume and spend 4-8 hours standing in the parking lot/tram loading area, but afterwards it's into the parks for some fun, and it's all free.

piratemom
04-08-2002, 10:22 PM
funnygarcia:

I soooo know what you mean. My family lives for our tax refund because we know a trip to Disneyland isn't far behind. We'll have enough this year to go for our first AP's, so we can pick up and go on a Friday night. :D

BELLEH5
04-09-2002, 12:24 AM
I'm a server so I get from $50-100 a night, and I save it all for Disneyland and pay my bills later:)

daannzzz
04-09-2002, 09:48 AM
I am in Admin and facility services for our company. I have no SO, no kids, low rent and bills so can go to Disneyland once or twice a year, Walt Disney World once a year, other small trips and a visit to Ma and Pa each year too. Next year or 2004 will be a trip to TDS and TDL. Yey!!!

Lani
04-09-2002, 10:11 AM
Originally posted by BELLEH5
I'm a server so I get from $50-100 a night, and I save it all for Disneyland and pay my bills later:) Wow, around my office servers usually run some flavor of UNIX or Windows NT.... LOL.

I write software manuals for a living.

bluepearl
04-09-2002, 01:57 PM
I'm with Uncle Dick in regards to the job. People tell me that Disney shouldn't even send me a paycheck, they should just send me credits to use in the park. ;)

I also have another job at Borders Books and Music, but I don't work there often (the pay isn't what Disney gives me).

justagrrl
04-09-2002, 02:57 PM
Web designer (extraordinaire) and stay at home Mom. DH works as Operations Support Specialist for a moving company.

http://www.jenniferferguson.com

Ozymandius
04-09-2002, 03:37 PM
Network Admin/ IT Manager,

Allows me to afford my various hobbies/vices... Disney, Home Theater, Travel... :)

Ozy

Dawnie
04-09-2002, 04:45 PM
Independently wealthy....

:D

disneyhead
04-09-2002, 05:46 PM
I'm a Video Editor, and my wife's a preschool teacher. I haven't found a payin' gig for my 5 year old yet, and my 1 year olds only job is to be cute. Since we live in Denver it is a major expense to get to a Disney park, so we save all year and blow the wad on staying at the Grand Californian and spend at least 5 days just for Disney. This gives us the chance to lounge by the pool, get a massage, check out the parks, and have a relaxing vacation.
I used to be a WDW person and I still love it, but it has become so stressful, particularly with a stroller, that I enjoy DLR's pace a little better now.

Pony Sugrue
04-09-2002, 06:13 PM
I'm a Creative Director at a marketing company where Disneyland is coincidentally one our clients. I moved out here from Texas and I live just 10 minutes from Disneyland. It's just awesome. With my annual pass, I can go by DL after work like I was going by the mall or something. It's just amazing to me that I have access to the park basically any night or weekend.. anytime I want. I used to dream that I was at the park when I was a kid... only to wake up disappointed that I was not. Now it's a daily reality and I never tire of it... ever. Knowing there's no pressure for me to "cram" in all the attractions; knowing I can return any day, I can just sit on a bench in "Frontierland' or "New Orleans Square" and watch the sun set its rays on the "Mark Twain" and then slowly mosey on over to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" or "The Haunted Mansion". It's the best part of being in Southern California to me.