Recent content by CP_alum08

I can tell you it’s already happening for me. It’s been just over 5 years since my wife and I have been to WDW. I had the date marked on my calendar for a long time of when I could book a room for October 1st to be there for the 50th, but then changed our minds because we felt like it wasn’t...

Wow. This is an incredibly sad view of the rest of the world.

Good lord no! I’d hedge a bet that no one this board has ever ran a multi billion dollar company

I think you’re getting an unfair sample pool. Your “casual fans” are less likely to post regularly on a message board so you are only seeing the above average person here. I think if you were to question 100 random people at WDW they would not say they only vacation there.

Probably like most things in life, but WDW just seems unnecessarily complicated at this point. From that alone I say yes the parks were better years ago. Say what you will about cost or quality of attractions or cleanliness, etc., the fact that I (more or less) have to plan my vacation down to...

Seems like we’re getting very close to the old days of pay per ride / ticket books again

I think this is my biggest fear, if you will, is having all of these great memories tarnished in some way. Obviously that may not happen! We may go again this year, next year, whenever, and have an excellent trip! But even as I'm saying this, I'm thinking to myself that there are always reasons...

With the 50th coming up I've been thinking a lot about past trips and the memories/nostalgia and wondering if those memories are better than the present. Between, let's say 2000-ish and 2016, I went to WDW at least once every year, and now I'm coming up on almost 5 years without a trip. My...

A few years ago I bought a Tervis mug off eBay and I’m looking for another. This particular mug was several small Mickey heads all red, white, and blue patterned and I assume it was from the American pavilion a number of years ago. It was a beloved mug and sadly our puppy got to it! I’ve been...

Update - I was able to find a picture of the mug post puppy chewing!

A few years ago I bought a Tervis mug off eBay and I’m looking for another. This particular mug was several small Mickey heads all red, white, and blue patterned and I assume it was from the America pavilion a number of years ago. It was a beloved mug and sadly our puppy got to it! I’ve been...

I think Disney simply waited too long to build anything substantial with Star Wars. Because of the timing SWGE will always appear like a reaction to HP instead of building first to be proactive. Whether it’s “better” or not is almost irrelevant in my mind - if you aren’t first, you’re last!

This has been an issue since the stone ages when people would bring cameras with flashes and not know how to (or not care to) turn the flash off. Aside from stopping the ride every time it happens and telling the person to put their phone away, I’m not sure how much can really be done.

Tom Sayer island

Great post! Any chance you could just copy and paste all of this into any/all of the why is WDW so expensive threads?! “Nonstop entertainment” hits the nail on the head so perfectly.