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Ding. Ding. Ding. This one's the winner for me. Pretty much sums up all the threads, all the issues, all the aggravation.Too many decisions, not enough information, and it's just not really fun anymore.
Ding. Ding. Ding. This one's the winner for me. Pretty much sums up all the threads, all the issues, all the aggravation.Too many decisions, not enough information, and it's just not really fun anymore.
This confuses me. If the parades, music/shows, characters, streetmosphere performers, and fireworks (thankfully now returning) aren’t what you love about Disney, I struggle with what you love so much about the parks. I mean many of the rides, as standalone entities, aren’t amazing. (The ones that are, really ARE though). I feel like I’m already so giddy with Disney “atmosphere” that I enjoy the rides much more than I would without all the ambiance that got me in the mood for them. I mean, I really do appreciate rides that tell a story—not just something that whirls you around for 90 seconds like a carnival ride. And I like thrill rides too, but I don’t enjoy those kinds of parks as much because (in most cases) you’re just jumping from ride and not being immersed in a story. But Disney has stripped away a lot of what makes them different, and I guess I don’t get when you say how much you love Disney but don’t miss that stuff? Do you mean mostly the details of stuff (which I adore also)? Help me understand, because I’m just hoping I can still feel like you feel when you go this fall with all those things that I love missing.It also has a lot to do with how people do their trips. A high majority of the changes/removals over the past few years have been things that I never did or took advantage of. So while they are things that some people will miss, it has had no bearing on my trips.
Too many decisions, not enough information, and it's just not really fun anymore.
Totally agree, especially about not enough information. We are DVC, and with banking, borrowing, and trying to get multiple trips out of an AP, we plan our Disney trips over a three year time frame. Those plans may now need to be altered because of all the changes made by Disney with very little notice and a lot of missing details.Ding. Ding. Ding. This one's the winner for me. Pretty much sums up all the threads, all the issues, all the aggravation.
It looks like they may have changed this with the new passes. I spoke to someone via chat on the WDW website and was told the following:
"Any tickets you use that fall in the block out time for your pass can not be applied to the cost of a new pass. "
For me, I will take my planned upcoming trip, but the big difference will be I won't be planning another one. Instead of having one or two annual trips, we will vacation someplace else. Instead of my kids carrying on the tradition of planning annual vacation trips as adults, they will look for alternatives... it is a cycle.
Final thought , well, after i have written over 10 pages of insulting comments, calling them most everything,detitsibe. Greedy blood sucking leeches. Pricing the moderates out, which all is true and nothing else is left unturned . This is the very Most disrespectful to faithful customers, the worst I have ever seen,
But I have concluded that Disney does have a product that most young at heart enjoy . That being the case we will have to pay whatever the price , and all the *****ing in the world will not do anything.
Just accept it, you don't have to like it, and we most certainly don't need it. Disney is not the bread of life.
Consider, if you're planning a trip, ask will it be worth it ? Well, if it is about money, absolutely not, but for a decent time then I would say, go. But, only for those who are not furgul about money, or easily broken-hearted nor frequently disappointed .And remember It always costs more, than the time before, always less or very little more. Always More money, longer lines, higher prices for treats, and eats, and unrealistic, umberable Rooms all at a higher rates , than any other time before . And it will never end, and so it will be, if you never go or go again , you have nothing to lose , with very little to gain, over anything or anywhere else in the world that can be seen. And all of your hard earned money will be all yours to keep.. but it is the worst I have ever seen, or ever will be .
welcome to my parlor, Said Disney to guest the prettiest parlor you ever did spy, where there is a way in, but no way out.
We own dvc, so unless we sell, trips to wdw are on the calendar. Selling is not off the table, however. I’ve written stern letters to management, only to receive cut and pasted form responses. They don’t care. So I will use my dvc for an escape from the cold, but I won’t go into the parks and I certainly won’t participate in the Genie nonsense. It won’t make any difference to Disney operations though.Theres no shortage of folks distraught with the escalating costs with little to show for it.
My question is what is anyone doing about it?
It might….if enough people join you.It won’t make any difference to Disney operations though.
I think Disney has still been coasting on the good will created during its golden years.
Exactly!!! And I'd bet the average 9-12 year old doesn't give a f*ck about WDW right now and in fact, might prefer a trip to Hogwarts. It's their parents that are driving the business and Disney is completely missing that. Remember "I'm going to Disney World!"? When I was a kid, WDW was THE place you wanted to be. Every kid had either been or was dying to go and there was no in between.And when you think about it, status symbols that don't have inherent value lose favor pretty quickly. Think of the trendy restaurants or nightclubs that are closed 2-3 years later.
It's their parents that are driving the business and Disney is completely missing that.
I think there's just so much more to hold a kids attention these days. Back then I had to wait weeks for a 30min company-produced cassette from Orlando to learn more about the parks. Now you learn EVERYTHING about the parks on youtube etc before even setting foot into it. Times have definitely changed, and I guess so has Disney, but change isn't always good haha.I will admit that I'm probably more excited about our Disney trip than our 11-year-old DD. She is really interested in some aspects of it. Meeting princesses, everything Star Wars. If she gets to meet Eeyore that will make her week. But the overall trip, I'm more excited. She did love USF.
Wow, couldn't possibly disagree with every single word more. To each their own.Disney has nothing over anything or anywhere else, except for price. maybe the fire works, but you can get that anywhere for free on the 4th.
Unless i can get Disney for under 1/2 price i am going else where. given 1/2 price still a rip off as compared to the other trill ride competition.
i don't think the lame 7 d mine , the mermaid ride , will excite too, many youngsters over what universal has too offer .Got to face it ,if was not for the music of Disney, the rides at Disney would mostly be a drag. but just paying for the music, just a OK deal at under 1/2 price!
What makes it even worse is that Disney hasn't given us enough information about all of the options and add-ons so that we can engage in sensible planning.On top of all the price increases, I'm just finding it EXHAUSTING to sort out all the options and add-ons. . . . I am tired and overwhelmed just thinking about learning the new procedures. I LOVE travel planning, but none of this seems fun to sort out.
We cancelled our plans to WDW for next summer. Headed to Top Sail instead. So much cheaper and much better accommodations. Then we will hit Cedar Point or Kings Island to get our fill of thrill rides.Theres no shortage of folks distraught with the escalating costs with little to show for it.
My question is what is anyone doing about it?