This post made me smile. We used to visit WDW on every other vacation, about once per year, sometimes more. We travelled to a variety of U.S. locations on the "in-between" trips... urban, historic, beaches, nature, a couple cruises. Sometimes we camped in a pop-up and most times, we stayed in timeshare condos for a week. While planning ahead, the kids
only expressed excitement for the WDW trips, not knowing what to expect elsewhere. However, when asked in their late 20's which stood out as favorite childhood vacation memories, not one of the 3 mentioned WDW! Maybe we went there TOO often?!??

Their favorite vacation memories were, among others:
- feeding dolphins & watching animal shows at Sea World Orlando
- walking through giant Sequoias in Yosemite
- hiking at the Grand Canyon north rim
- feeding stingrays in Grand Cayman (cruise excursion)
- fishing from a park on Marco Island, FL (Really! They caught an angelfish, a puffer, something colorfully striped, and numerous silvery fish, made friends with a couple observant pelicans, and watched manatees/dolphins swim by!)
- crabbing & kayaking off of Hilton Head Island, SC on the river inlet
- getting spooked by a lantern-carrying storyteller on a nighttime walking tour of old St. Augustine, FL
- taking a jeep tour in the red rocks of Sedona, AZ.
Now that they're all in their 30s with young families of their own, these are still GREAT memories that make all of us smile - and they weren't at WDW. Honestly, we had plenty of fun Disney trips too. So to anyone thinking about going, do go and enjoy! But I'm just SO GLAD we included LOTS of other destinations in our early travels with our kids too, whether they showed interest at the time, or not.