I lived in Florida for my first 42 or so years. Since the park opened there were reasons to go every year - birthdays, school field trips, anniversaries, etc. When my wife and I returned to Florida from our honeymoon in Jamaica, we had a few days before we had to go back to work, so we went to Disney World. We were Florida resident passholders for many years.
That being said, when we moved to New Mexico we said goodbye to the mouse.
My wife decided to surprise me with a trip to Disney for my 50th birthday. It was not good.
I had forgotten how bad Florida weather was...hot, humid, and a tropical depression scooted through flooding out the stores in Downtown Disney. But worse was the people...the Disney Cast Members were fine, but the other guests were just horrible.
As for the cost...as long as people are will to pay it, they will charge it.
LOL! Yeah, one of the reasons we bailed when I got laid off/retired was the weather. I lived in Tampa in the early ‘50’s then again 69 - 70 in the Navy then again from 86 to 2011 at KSC. Got laid off 8/26/11 and we arrived in Reno 9/13/11. Also lived in NM and graduated high school there. We considered retiring there but the state has gotten considerably more lib over the years and there’s a state income tax.