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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Camping, closest beaches, theme parks (smaller ones like Six Flags, Hershey and Lake Compounce, not Disney)[/quote]

There are TONS of LMC families at Disney. Not sure how. I’m guessing they save for years as a dream vacation. [/quote]

The LMC at Disney are almost all from Florida or driving distance. They don't pay for air or hotel and they pay instate rates and/or get a pass.

I would guess, on average, out of state visitors have at least twice hte income of the typical instate visitor. [/quote]

Or they're military or the grandpa they bring along is military. Military get great rates at Disney[/quote]

Even then you still have to pay for air and lodging if you're far away, so it stil lrequires planning and upfront payment of more.

But if you live in FL and have a season pass, it's really cheap per-visit and requires little to no planning or thought. [/quote]

This- we have family in Orlando who are typical MC but a couple of my cousins with kids get the resident season pass.  It’s their “thing” and other than an occasional weekend at the beach (which you can still do pretty cheap in parts of FL) they don’t really travel much elsewhere.

As an adult I realize now we were more LMC masquerading as MC (e.g., parents bought a house they couldn’t afford and refinanced mortgage multiple times, would lease cars because upfront payment was lower, etc.).  But our typical vacations were camping or visiting family.  We always had fun though and I think that perspective makes me feel less pressure to plan something amazing for our kids all the time.  Whereas DH grew up UMC and their trips were generally somewhere more upscale.[/quote]

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