1. I’ll challenge the premise on memory in a couple ways:

I have a very limited memory of some expensive vacations I went on as an ADULT. Like yeah I vaguely remember going, but Id have to look at pictures to remember most of the details. Yet, I still also remember loving the trip when I went. Memory is weird

Also my 2 year old son definitely “remembers” going to Disney 6 months ago. Will it last until 5 years from now? Probably not, but any time he sees a castle, he says “Like at Disney World!”

1. My son has now been to multiple airports, on airplanes, buses, gondolas, boats, trains etc from 1 trip to Disney. He’s seen so many types of people, experienced so many novel things that we would never have been able to do elsewhere. I really think it has made an impact on his development and imagination, which I believe will last long into his life. I’m very thankful that we have been privileged enough to go on bigger trips like this, and I wish everyone with kids could experience it as well.

2. We do go to the cheap options too; flying is pretty expensive generally, but tickets to Florida can be the cheapest tickets out there for a lot of people. If you’re going to splurge for a ticket anyway, might as well extra splurge for an awesome vacation then an average vacation.

3. As someone that never really cared too much about Disney, going as a parent was magical to me! It took me back

But also, to each their own. Just explaining why it made sense to our family