I spent $7,000 on an 8-day trip to Disney World for 2. It was our first trip without kids in 26 years.

The author (not pictured) went with his wife to Disney World without their kids.

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• I had enough airline miles for two round-trip first-class tickets from Los Angeles to Orlando.
• We enjoyed the experiences and our time together and reconnected as a couple.
• There would be no penny-pinching on this trip, unlike our first as parents.

Being from Southern California, many would ask why I'd want to spend the money to go to Walt Disney World...