What it used to deliver is also in the eye of the beholder, if we're talking about DME and mickey soap I believe those are semantic arguments. I believe many of the IP changes have been improvements over the 80s and provide even more connection to my family's experience at home.
Hahah and see my kids hated DCL compared to their NCL experiences so we do that now instead...all about what they ask for again
or they dont want to think about the outside world. For me personally i love getting on the magical express and being taken to my hotel, then not thinking about driving, or my car, or parking or getting lost. I can take a boat to disney springs, i can walk around the resort then get on a bus to the parks. ITs the least stress ive had since being an adult. And i love every second of it.
I understand what your saying but the question was there was any reason why it seemed worse the last 10 years that people seem more unhappy. My response wasn't based on this board. This board represents a very small segment of the people that go to WDW. The last 10 years have started the change in generations, those that never knew what WDW was like before 10 years ago could not really have known what it was like much before that. (kids don't judge quality intensely) They are probably not the ones that complain, and those of us on the boards that take stands on lowered quality represent an even smaller portion of visitors to the place. In other words we cannot really know what or even if current younger guest are bothered by anything going on in the parks.
There are a lot of us that are being removed. Right now it doesn't matter, but over the last 20 years I have spent over $30K on mostly Solo Trips and that is without spending a nickel for onsite accommodations. That is lost revenue for all the connections that are needed to visit the place. Compared to what others have spent that is just a drop in the bucket.
Yet the company pitches itself and relies on its past. What you say i agree with - yet so many don’t understand when people say it.
I also think you're asking the cord cutting pay-to-play generation if they mind some of these things......I'm not sure they do, its a different world out there and I am not young enough to really speak to it
Its getting too expensive for someone who is on a limited budget and has to spend 3-5 yrs saving for a week at Disney
Actually to me Golden Coral is better. Bigger choice, good food and much less cost. That's not because I live just 8 miles from the headquarters.
I reached my limit back in 2012. My wife hadn't yet. (She has now). We live in Central Florida about 30 minutes west of Disney down I-4. We have an RV and I stayed at Ft Wilderness in Dec. 2018, and May 2019. The stay in 2018 was to see the decorations. We had a 3 day pass, only used 2 days. May 2019 was so my wife could go to Flower and garden and we used the one day left over from Dec. That was the last of the parks for us. We went to the Fort again in October 2020. No park tickets and we went only to meet some friends from a Ft Wilderness camping forum. We also had to run the coach as it was also stuck in the garage as a result of things we had planned being closed from the RONA. 'Ohana was closed, Trail's End was closed, resort hopping was somewhat limited although my wife got to ride the gondolas from start to finish. That was the last trip for us. She finally agreed that it was no longer worth it. Withdrawal was complete. No more dopamine hit (Pixie Dust to some). Don't get me wrong, Fort Wilderness was new and enjoyable, and you didn't have to leave the grounds to have fun. But October was too little to do at a high cost. Still expensive for a reduced experience.I think the nature of this board tends to attract a greater proportion of "pixie dusters" than may actually exist in the repeat-visitor fan base. Many who become wholly disenchanted with WDW not only stop going, but stop posting in forums like this one, so their viewpoint isn't necessarily represented.
I think the majority of people here are someplace in the middle. We see the decline but still find something worthwhile, so we may still go to WDW, but we're paring down the scale of those trips, going less frequently, and even venturing off to engage in passionate daliances with other, non-Disney destinations in Orlando and elsewhere. We may not have divorced Disney yet, but we're... well, on a bit of a break.
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While I appreciate your opinion, personally, I find waiting on a bus to be frustrating. To me, driving is less stressful unless I'm like on I-4 stuck in a traffic jam.
