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It’s no secret that things that used to be within reach for most families are now significantly more expensive.

As such, many may observe a heightened focus on which family pastimes simply burn holes in your wallets and which give you the most bang for your buck. This one in Pennsylvania has been found to be among the former, at least, according to a new study.

CouponBirds — which is described by its “About Us” page as a company that “focus[es] on collecting, validating, and ranking optimal coupons, to help online shoppers save both time and money” — published a report last week which asked the question “Are These U.S. Family Attractions Too Expensive For What They Offer?”

Researchers answered this question by forming a list of 35,000 family-friendly attractions across the United States of America by searching for ones that were “Good for Kids” by each state’s TripAdvisor page.

Each attraction that was found was then analyzed based on whether or not the word (or words relating to) “expensive” popped up in their reviews. Each was then ranked and the study, finalized.

Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey was thus determined to be Pennsylvania’s worst-value attraction for families. On the bright side, at least it didn’t crack the top 20.

No, reader, that honor goes to the likes of Walt Disney Resort, Universal Studios, and Disney’s Magic Kingdom — all of which are in Floria — which took the third, second and first spots, respectively.

“Disney fan website Inside the Magic notes that, in addition to being highly expensive, the magic Kingdom Park has lost much of its ‘magic,’” reads the report. “Overcrowding, long queues and broken rides contribute to a significantly lower overall TripAdvisor rating thank parks Hollywood Studios or EPCOT.”

Other attractions that made it among the top 20 worst for families in the nation were Cedar Point in Ohio — which was ranked 18th overall — and Dollywood in Tennessee (12th).

Gas prices are dropping in western Pennsylvania.

According to AAA, the average price in the area is $3.575, which is 5 cents cheaper than last week.

Below are the average prices for different areas:

• $3.685 Beaver

• $3.568 Butler

• $3.616 Greensburg

• $3.600 Indiana

• $3.599 Jeannette

• $3.698 Kittanning

• $3.559 Latrobe

• $3.717 Mercer

• $3.495 New Castle

• $3.516 New Kensington

• $3.597 Oil City

• $3.609 Pittsburgh

• $3.519 Sharon

• $3.605 Uniontown

• $3.773 Warren

• $3.446 Washington

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