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Is Disney World Worth It?

If you’re planning your next vacation and considering Orlando, FL, you might be wondering, is Disney  World worth it?  This post takes an honest look at the pros and cons you may want to consider before booking a Disney vacation.

If you’re on social media these days, it seems Disney is catching a lot of heat as of late.  Rising prices, changing policies, and ever increasing crowds have lots of people debating whether the trip to “the happiest place on Earth” is even worth it.

My husband and I both visited in our childhood but don’t have a lot of memories of our trips. Still, seeing friends go and watching my girls see all things Disney, I myself got bitten by the Disney bug and started obsessively planning a trip to Disney World.

Originally we’d planned to visit in the Fall of 2020, but Covid happened and we decided to visit the Keys instead.  So I’ve had two years to plan this trip.  Needless to say after 100s of YouTube videos, I’d managed to hype it up really big in my mind.

My husband has always been the rock that keeps me grounded.  He’s the realist to my dreamer. He reminded me of the reality of this trip obnoxiously often . He reminded me constantly that even magic has a cost.

So now, months after our January trip I’ve had the opportunity to reflect on our trip and I’m not going to lie.  I’ve got mixed reviews.   It wasn’t everything I dreamed it would be but there were also parts I couldn’t  have possibly even dreamed.

It gets complicated.

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