Is there still magic? Yes of course there is. It may not be as much as it once was but it is still there. However visiting WDW in the height of summer with 100% humidity and 1hour+ queues for most rides may sway a lot of people to believe there is none. But lets be honest, when you are riding on Splash Mountain, POTC, Haunted Mansion or Space Mountain do you not feel the magic? How about when you are watching Wishes, Fantasmic or Illuminations? Do you not feel something special? When you ride the monorail to the Mk and see the castle or the monorail to Epcot and see the globe do you not feel the magic? Well I certainly do and no grumpy cast member, peeling paint or dirty toilet can take that away. However saying all of that, I do feel that Disney could have made WDW into a really spectacular destination if it had built some of the attractions it had planned to. Just imagine the BTM ride being part of a bigger mountain with another attraction inside it (Western river expedition). Or imagine a Beastly Kingdom at Animal Kingdom. Or a toon town at the studios. Or a space station at Epcot. Now these would have really made WDW more magical than it is now.