Well!! The twists and turns a thread takes on these boards!!! Dont you just love it!!
First let me take care of some old business. The original point of the thread, or at least the little bit I interjected first. To Mr. Matt:
I understand perfectly what you are saying, I just disagree with the condition of the Wall. It's not crumbling.
Well, I dont know how to
not sound arrogant or at least superior. Its kind of like telling your kids, Youll thank me for this someday. But, and with all due respect and a twinkle in my eye, you didnt see the wall when it was first built!!! WOW!!! It was pristine!!
Bstanley
This is something that continues to baffle me about WDW. There are many things to do there that have nothing to do with visiting the Theme Parks. But whenever you talk to folks about visiting WDW they only talk about visiting the Theme Parks.
I dont think youre getting the concept. The many things that are there to do TODAY, still have that Disney theme park stuff all over them. Or they are simply leased spaces in Downtown Disney. The Golf Resort was a totally different concept. It was for the vacationer whos main interest was golf. NOT a theme park or anything like it. And while I found the Golf Resort very well themed (in a particularly non-discript way) it was purposely NOT reminiscent of anything else Disney!!
A failed experiment? Maybe. Am I the only one in the world that liked it (and caught the concept)? Again, maybe. But I really think it was an honest try. And one that tried to capture a different market segment while not compromising the lofty Disney standards they had set for themselves. In other words, they werent simply pandering to the public in order to make a quick buck (i.e. Pop Century)!
And now for something completely different
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My Favorite Duck! You really threw in a good one!! And one I had never considered before. Congratulations!! New conversation on the Rumor & News Board!!!
Question for that crew... If there were NO THEME PARKS would you still go to the Disney Resorts, deluxes or moderates?
Well, immediately I knew the answer. I really hadnt thought about before, but as soon as the question was posed I knew,
absolutely knew, what my answer would be.
Absolutely not. The resort is ancillary to the total experience. The are part of the whole (an important part) but without the theme parks would serve no function for me.
I couldnt disagree more!!!! Now, dont get me wrong. I LOVE the theme parks. But thats not what draws me to Disney. And it took me quite a while (and many, many pages of long winded posts) to figure that out.
What I like about Disney is the way they do business!!! (or at least they way they used to do business) That exceeding your expectations thing Im always on about. And it doesnt matter if its a theme park, water park, restaurant, mini golf or resort. They always (until recently) sprinkled it with liberal amounts of pixie dust that creates wonderful magic!! Back in the day (my kids saying) it was even more! Not only did they do that Disney Touch to everything offered, but the price was also
substantially lower than you would expect! That was also part of the magic!! (for me at least)
So, YES, YES, and YES again!! I would stay there in a heartbeat!! Maybe not as often. Maybe not as obsessively. And lately that urge would be waning in me even more than it is. But of course I would go!! Just the smell of the Polly is enough to do it for me. And if you throw in a couple of their patented CMs
Well
It just dont get no better!!!