We will be in the MK already on the 24th. Hoping if this is true the crowds wont be too bad. However, we would love to spend the night in the mk!
I don't know if I want this to be true or not. My best friend and I are going to be there from the 20th until the 28th. 24 hours of Magic Kingdom sounds like a great time, but at the same time I'm unsure.
By the way, first post after lurking on here for years. Hello!
I thought for 2013 DL changed Grad Nite to be a mix in event with a normal park ticket, and only have some exclusive activities for the wristbands-dance party, photo ops, etc. so no longer a true hard ticket
That's my un-birthdayApril 24th = my birthday.
YES, I've been planning on returning for a while now. I live in West Palm Beach now, not Central Florida like years ago. It's a two and a half hour drive from here. That's why the 24 hour thing looks great because I won't have to worry about sleeping arrangements. Just drive up, spend the day-night there, drive back. I also want to see the other three parks, though. I guess I'll save those for another time.
Oh, about what you said. Don't ever start believing their reasoning. No company is immune to customer abandonment. Look at MySpace. KMart.
Ya know what? This event isnt about all the rides, parties, attractions, etc: Its about the people you're with.
I'm not boycotting. I was since 2006 and forgot I had that ticket! By the way, I was boycotting the fact that Disney treated WDW as second class to DL. Since then, some attractions have gotten exactly what I was boycotting for (like Haunted Mansion)!
I totally get what you're saying. As I said, my boycott is over. I'm just trying to figure out when I can return. This - to me - is about principle. I believe in the Collective Unconscious. I would like to believe that my actions (and many others too, who joined me) had something to do with the classic upgrades of recent years. Odds are it had nothing to do with that, but are you going to be the one to break the news to the kids that there's no such thing as Tooth Fairies?I think boycotting an organization the size of WDW Co is dumb. Not saying YOU the individual, but the concept.
It doesn't matter. No matter what. It only matters to you. And if you haven't been since 2006, then you've got plenty of new things, even if many aren't that impressive (from that Move It, Shake it, Celebrate It deal at MK -- no, not gay but it could be) to incredibly overrated (TSMM, Mermaid) to sadly in disrepair (EE).
But anyone who thinks they matter as individuals to Disney ... well, you likely should be posting over on the DIS.
I totally get what you're saying. As I said, my boycott is over. I'm just trying to figure out when I can return. This - to me - is about principle. I believe in the Collective Unconscious. I would like to believe that my actions (and many others too, who joined me) had something to do with the classic upgrades of recent years. Odds are it had nothing to do with that, but are you going to be the one to break the news to the kids that there's no such thing as Tooth Fairies?
.
I guess what I am saying is there is nothing special about being at the MK at 3:11 a.m.other than your ability to say you were there. I'd rather be at the Encore in Vegas at 3:11 a.m. or the Wynn in Macau at 3:11 a.m., but that's just me.
You're being very cynical, but you are also right about many of the things you said. People do have the power to change. Sometimes all it takes is one and others follow. Companies can change too. They may think they can control the reality of the situation, but the truth is not like that at all. In fact, if they really think that, they will become irrelevant over time. MySpace and KMart had that attitude and look at them now!Sure. Why not? The world sucks more often than not. Worst thing is humanity can change that. It, as a collective, opts not to ... hence the folks with the $180 million yacht I walked by today (with helicopter and four jet skis on board) that hardly ever use the damn thing.
There are plenty of fairies out there, but no one is giving any kid (even my new friend Violet) money except Mom or Dad.
Disney would rather you not come back at all. They don't want people who recall what the place was like from say 1971-1996 and have been about its condition for 15 years now. Don't ever forget that they are ONLY a business, no more, no less ... despite what they were and what they could be. And the stock has never been higher.
Time to raise ticket prices! (oh and everything else prices too!)
I'd rather be in my bed at 3:11am
You're being very cynical, but you are also right about many of the things you said. People do have the power to change. Sometimes all it takes is one and others follow. Companies can change too. They may think they can control the reality of the situation, but the truth is not like that at all. In fact, if they really think that, they will become irrelevant over time. MySpace and KMart had that attitude and look at them now!
The reality of the situation is last year WDW lost market share to USO. The popularity of HP could very well mean this year will be the same. The $1.5 billion they are investing will continue this trend. Unless Disney wakes up and does something about it, they will be second in Orlando market share within ten years. Mark my word.
Sure. Why not? The world sucks more often than not. Worst thing is humanity can change that. It, as a collective, opts not to ... hence the folks with the $180 million yacht I walked by today (with helicopter and four jet skis on board) that hardly ever use the damn thing.
There are plenty of fairies out there, but no one is giving any kid (even my new friend Violet) money except Mom or Dad.
Disney would rather you not come back at all. They don't want people who recall what the place was like from say 1971-1996 and have been about its condition for 15 years now. Don't ever forget that they are ONLY a business, no more, no less ... despite what they were and what they could be. And the stock has never been higher.
Time to raise ticket prices! (oh and everything else prices too!)
Oh, and by the way, my boycott was well worth it because I enjoyed DL far better than I would have enjoyed the stall condition WDW was in during those years! I mean, nothing comes close to the smooth tracks, better effects, and on-vehicle audio system of Space Mountain, for example!
Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.