I think he fell out of love with it. I think a few other things added to that (COVID, the engagement, need for money, etc).
It's one thing to get hype about going on vacation and do it every few months. It's entirely different thing to live in it 24/7 and make it your job.
So true. I’ve been watching Michael's videos from before his move to Florida and what I realized was that at least half of each video was about his personal experience of traveling to WDW, being at WDW or leaving WDW. He made what he felt about things as important as any information that may be helpful to his viewers. That was his signature. It was what was unique about his vlogs compared to everyone else’s. If only he got that before deciding to move to Florida.
As narcissistic as all of that was, it was entertaining and to me a bit endearing. After moving down, he lost all of that content and was forced to find other ways to keep his vlog alive and growing. But the problem was that he had no other ways. He would shine when it was all about him, but he had no desire to change to making it all about his viewers. He either had no clue, was too lazy and/or lacked the intelligence to create videos like Molly or DFB.
Actually, it might just have been as simple as him being unable to focus on anything but himself.
He should have wiped the slate clean, moved back out of state, focused on his health enough to look younger than 55 and given us the old Michael back 3-4 times a year.
Oh well, water under the bridge…