Well, I really think Gary is on some kind of spectrum hence why he needs to collect everything. In Adam’s latest vlog he said he also collects storybook ornaments. A 40 year old man who, on Christmas Day, only shows off his Disney gifts - there’s something not quite right.
I don’t think any of them grew up going to Disney. Gary’s first Disney vlog he was mid-30s and he never mentioned Disney before then and looks like he had no Disney merch. I think Victoria was in her 20s. I think for both of them it became a money thing as well as filling a void in their lives as neither of them are career driven.
I don’t go to WDW, I grew up going but had physical health issues a few years back and latched onto Disney again so I kinda get it. WDW is the ultimate place of escapism.
You can act like a child again, have no responsibilities and not only is it accepted, it’s encouraged.