A couple who got engaged at Disney World moved nine hours from their families to Florida – so they can go to the theme park every day.
Haley Sisk, 30, upped sticks and moved 652 miles from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Orlando, Florida, with her husband, Austin, 30, and three children — Everly, five, Ryder, two, and Ella, 11 months — in July 2024.
Haley grew up watching Disney movies and fell in love with the franchise after becoming obsessed with The Little Mermaid.
The stay-at-home mom got engaged to Austin in July 2016 at Cinderella’s Castle and said the enchanted location is a “huge part” of their history so they wanted their three children to spend their childhoods there.
The couple pays $2,997 a year for three park passes and their two youngest children go free because they are under three.
“We wanted our children to spend a lot of their childhood at the park. Disney is a place that feels very magical and happy and brings us so much joy as a family,” Haley added.
Haley has now been to Disney World 12 times – five of which have come since he moved to Florida in July 2024.
Haley said, “Whether we go to Disney World for an hour or a day, we know we’ll feel happiness and peace. Plus, we get to see our kids’ faces light up when they see their favorite characters. That’s what we love about that, the fact that we can make memories with our kids every day.”
Haley said: “We pay for the passes and then parking is free and other things in the park are discounted. We have been every day since we moved – we take every chance we get.”
Haley said moving nine hours from her family in Tennessee was a “sacrifice” but something she always dreamed of doing.
Austin works as a realtor and his company has an office in Florida so he moved his role there.