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Memorable Moments Make Life Meaningful — Here’s How to Remember More of Them
It was the big day: February 17, 2020.
My kids had been asking for what seemed like ages when we were going to go back to Disney, but the cost seemed prohibitive now that we had to pay for two children.
So I spent all of 2019 saving enough money and credit card points to get annual passes and have enough points leftover for hotel stays. It was hard work and there were times when I thought I wouldn’t pull it off, but somehow I did.
I was taking my family back to Disney.
We decided that we would first activate our passes with a week long vacation. The idea was to get maximum value out of our passes by having one long vacation in February 2020, one long vacation in early 2021, and some three-day weekends sprinkled in between (the virus has impacted these plans).
February 17 was the first day of a week long vacation. I woke up at 6:30 to pack the car. Fortunately, our youngest — who was three months old at the time — slept the whole car ride and my older kids (six and four years) watched Monsters Inc for the first time.
Unfortunately, the next few hours were pretty stressful. There was way more traffic than I expected at the park, and navigating to the Magic Kingdom required all my focus and…
