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

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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...