Years back I was explaining to a friend that our extended family chose Disney because there was a wide range of ages and Disney had something for everyone. They then inquired about the age range and I said "Oh 22 to 78, " leading them to ask "22 months?"
Yes - I do think this is part of it. In no way am I saying that WDW is inexpensive, but because we go so often, I feel like I know all the tricks to spend wisely. I don't feel compelled to splurge (i.e. sit down restaurants for every meal, tons of souvenirs etc.) as much as I probably would if it was a one and done adventure.
Which is silly because we were on a Disney cruise and we all know, they ain't cheap! lol! So the 4-night on the Wish plus the 9 nights in the Disney bubble...I guess I'm a millionaire!!
"Because I love Disney" works for me. If they continue to pursue the "Why?" I'll just remind them that Walt wanted a place where the whole family, adults and children, could enjoy themselves.
We used to. Living 400 miles from Disneyland our friends thought we were absolute Disney nuts because we went every other year before we had kids. And this was 15 years before the DIS even existed. And by DIS standards were are light weights. People here go once a month!!
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You're correct there are some people who think you're rolling in dough to get to WDW but to be able to go to WDW especially multiple times in one's lifetime does take a considerable financial investment. A person could abstain their entire lives from vices and still not be able to make a Disney trip work. A person could never go out to eat in the entire year or only go out a few times a year and still not be able to get that WDW trip to work out.
The obvious part being missed from your coworker is those park tickets are a decent savings if you can swing those long trips.Last week, I have a co-worker that commented on my 2-week trip. Basically, we were chatting about good shoes for the parks and I told her that I finally found my holy grail sandals, which are the Tevas. I said it vaguely that "yeah we spent 2 weeks there last year and my feet never felt any discomfort and didn't hurt once". Of course her eyes bugged out and said "2 weeks?! That's too long" My response was "well technically just about 10 days because we did a 4-night cruise prior to the parks" She said "wow I was going to say that you must be a millionaire if you spent 2 weeks at Disney".
I wasn't even going to tell her how and why...because I know she won't really understand. She said the last time she went, they did Disney World for only 2 days and 1 day Universal. (A little context, I'm from the west coast and I won't go down to Florida to spend just 2 days at Disney) She's the rope drop and play until park close person because she needs to make sure that ticket is worth it. That alone, tells me we don't have the same touring style and you might not even understand why we do it the way we do. But that's okay, we'll just let her think I'm rich! lol!!
yeah there were times I was like...should I buy the 5-day or 6-day?
Most of the time I went w/ the more days just in case certain big rides we wanna go out goes down the entire day, then we'll have a 2nd chance. Or maybe we wanna have dinner/lunch at certain restaurant inside the park one day and just hang out. I figured, we are already spending thousands, what's another $50 for one more day? 
When we priced out the tickets in 2022 for that trip it was like $10 more per person for a 6-day park hopper (purchased through UT) as opposed to a 5-day so we did that knowing that we had our friend's wedding stuff in the middle of the day at Disney Springs so it wouldn't have as much usage but it was barely anything for that extra day (that said a 6-day park hopper was $1,200 for two people so still an investment). Technically we went 7-days in the park but 1 of our days was used with a CM's pass but they offered to use that (they were going to the wedding as well). We normally only do 5 days as we split with Universal.yeah there were times I was like...should I buy the 5-day or 6-day?
