Study: 45% of Disney-going parents have gone into debt for trip [Video]

ORLANDO, Fla. — For some families, a trip spent making magical memories at Disney World is priceless. So priceless, in fact, that they’re willing to go into debt for it.

Loan company LendingTree recently surveyed 2,000 people to find that 24% of Disney-goers have gone into debt for a trip to the Florida theme park.

That went up to 45% when the company asked parents with young children under 18.

Let’s look at the numbers.

Those parents admitted to taking on an average of $1,983 in debt for a Disney trip. That’s just slightly higher than the amount all Americans — parents and non-parents — said they took on in debt: $1,690.

Where is that cost coming from?

According to the study, 65% of those with Disney debt said in-park food and beverages were the biggest unexpected …