It’s the happiest — and one of the most expensive — places on earth.
And now determined parents seem to be deploying an astonishing new technique to smuggle their kids into Disneyland.
A video taken by a Las Vegas blogger Tuesday morning shows a kid stuffed in the back pocket of a stroller, the child’s face smushed up against the back window, as his parents stand in line.
“All my years of Disney visits [I’ve] never seen [a kid] stay this calm in a space so little so it made me think [it was] not his first rodeo,” he said. Nef said he thought the kid had done it before, and that he might even get in. “Disney so expensive they smuggling kids in,” the TikTok video is captioned.
The blogger who took the video told the California Post he was unsure whether the parents’ apparent ploy worked.
The blogger, Nef, who runs the SinCity Born and Raised social media accounts, said he figured the parents were hiding the kid because he never came out of the pocket. He said he even thought the kid might be a pet to begin with.
“At first I thought it was a pet because of the mesh,” he told The Post. “Then I realized it was a kid eating crackers being as quiet as can be.”
A little girl sat in the stroller while the other child hid in the mesh, he said. Nef said he was visiting Disneyland for spring break with his family.
“All my years of Disney visits [I’ve] never seen [a kid] stay this calm in a space so little so it made me think [it was] not his first rodeo,” he said. Nef said he thought the kid had done it before, and that he might even get in.
Nef, the Las Vegas blogger, at Disneyland. TikTok/@sincitybornandraised “So I decided to clip it and post on my tiktok,” he said. “Never thought it would go viral.” The sneaky act comes as Disneyland tickets are more expensive than ever.
A one-day, one-park ticket next Tuesday for a family of two adults and two kids between three and nine costs nearly $500. Tickets for the same family on April 18 cost more than $700.
A study conducted in 2019, when tickets were $104 on off-peak days, showed prices leaped 4,060% compared to 1955.
Disneyland admission then was $2.50, much less than a gallon of regular gas in California today. Commenters on the post had a field day with the hiding kid, and tried to gate-keep the method.
“Let’s normalize minding our business,” one said. “I cannot say I’m mad…It’s also not right. What kind of stroller is that?” another asked.
“I saw nothing, heard nothing. Hope they have an amazing time at Disney,” a third noted.
The California Post reached out to Disney and Disneyland for comment.
