Casper Gutman
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I think it’s fair to criticize folks for investing in something that makes the resort experience worse for everyone else. It’s been a transparently terrible idea from day one and what’s followed was predictable.
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Rumor Frontierland Shootin' arcade to close and replaced with DVC Member lounge
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tissandtully
Well-Known Member
You seemed to be criticizing them for personal financial decisions, certainly fair to criticize the effect of their decisions on your experience though. Different complaints.
Andrew25
Well-Known Member
New lounge will be themed after the "exiting the Magic Kingdom post-fireworks" experience.
That is a rather small space for a lounge at the busiest theme park in the world. I can understand their desire to remove guns from the parks, but I'm very surprised they don't just turn it into some sort of gift shop while giving Tomorrowland Terrace a proper update and just have that act as the DVC lounge during the day/dessert parties at night.
That is a rather small space for a lounge at the busiest theme park in the world. I can understand their desire to remove guns from the parks, but I'm very surprised they don't just turn it into some sort of gift shop while giving Tomorrowland Terrace a proper update and just have that act as the DVC lounge during the day/dessert parties at night.
Captain Barbossa
Well-Known Member
Guys, DVC members are suffering right now! They desperately need a place to enjoy a complimentary cup of coke and fun size bag of cheezits away from the commoners!
YouMakeTheWorldGoRound
Active Member
And Stitch has been closed for how many years?
tissandtully
Well-Known Member
If Stitch got turned into a lounge that would be a much bigger loss. This is a good sign that it wasn't turned into one.
JohnD
Well-Known Member
Looks like I won't get to try it one last time. I was looking at another trip the week after Memorial Day. But I'm very likely having rotator cuff surgery prior that so will be out of commission for a while. When I return in October, I guess it will be gone.
tanc
Well-Known Member
On one hand, I think it's definitely time to replace it. Most people probably don't even know that it exists or use the attraction. On the other hand, if it is DVC exclusive then it would be a damn shame. DVC is becoming a bane upon WDW, but the consumers are to blame for buying into it. I wonder if they will make a saloon or something, which would be a nice replacement.
tissandtully
Well-Known Member
A saloon theme would be cool, but I don't think there's a lot of budget for DVC theming
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
How is DVC becoming a bane upon WDW?
trainplane3
Well-Known Member
DVC used to be a bargain decades ago. As a DVC member, I can't recommend anyone buy into it now. Seeing the prices with the new hotels they offer, it's bad.
tissandtully
Well-Known Member
yeah I do agree the prices now are kinda wild. They also have the least pushy sales people, so if someone wants to get into it, they had plenty of opportunities not to.
Andrew25
Well-Known Member
Worth going into eternal financial debt for 3 hours of moonlight magic though!
Casper Gutman
Well-Known Member
I sat for the sales pitch the first or second year it was offered. It was clear from the start that it was a bad investment that would incentivize negative behavior from Disney (perhaps not to the extent it has, however).
nickys
Premium Member
That’s a decision up to each guest, and I don’t think it always correlates to how often they visit.
I’m a far from frequent visitor but I do plenty of meandering around, which probably explains why I never get everything done that I want to even with 2 weeks to do so. But that’s my choice. My experience of Touring Plans is that the majority of active forum users at least are regular visitors, usually more than once a year. And they are still focussed on getting as much done as they possibly can.
A fairground “shoot-em-up” game isn’t high on my list of must-do activities, although I had fun when my sons were young enough to aim at the Big Thunder carriages from Fort Langholm! But to others it might be a fun diversion.
One makes Bob money, the other doesn't. Bob likes money.
trainplane3
Well-Known Member
I know for as often as we go, we definitely get our money out of it. If we were to sign up now, it wouldn't be possible.
tissandtully
Well-Known Member
It is a good time
nickys
Premium Member
That “bad investment” might have paid for itself many times over if you’d bought in back then.
Heck my investment 14 years ago has paid for itself with 4 vacations. Nowadays though it would take a lot longer, 2010 was just before prices started to rise astronomically.