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This is Pennsylvania’s ‘most overpriced family day out,’ study states
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).
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What the war with Iran could mean for gas prices in western Pennsylvania
The war with Iran could start impacting your wallet as soon as today.
Jim Garrity from AAA East Central says oil prices are up.
“They’re hovering around $72. They were pretty consistently around $65, $66 for a while,” he said.
Nationally, AAA said the average for a gallon of regular sits at about $3, up approximately six cents from last week.
In Pennsylvania, it’s around $3.12 a gallon, and in the Pittsburgh region, it’s around $3.24 a gallon. That’s actually down about four cents from last week.
Garrity added that gas prices this time of year would already be increasing, usually because of higher demand for the warmer months and the production of the summer blend of gas used for those months.
The impacts of what’s happening in Iran may not be immediate, which could be part of why our region and the state overall have not seen a spike yet, he said.
“It could be a couple of days later. It could be up to a week later,” Garrity said.
A lot of people are watching what happens with the Strait of Hormuz. Iran borders it to the north, and 20% of the world’s oil goes through it.
Iran is one of the world’s biggest oil producers, and China gets a lot of that oil.
“If there is an impact there, you could see oil start to come in from other parts of the world, which has a downstream effect on [the United States],” Garrity said.
One way you can save on gas if prices increase in our area is by slowing down.
“When you drive faster every five miles, over 50 miles an hour, your fuel efficiency is going down,” Garrity said. “You’re making the car work harder, making the gasoline consumption less effective.”
Garrity added that in 2022, when our area and many others saw some of the highest gas prices ever recorded, people changed their driving habits.
“We saw people make seemingly permanent changes to their driving behaviors, driving less in general, consolidating trips,” he said.
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