I don't consider Universal crap at all. It just doesn't do it for me the way Disney does.You know that will be deemed “crap”…far before It opens…it’s not Disney.
we just can’t overlook how earth shattering mine train is…it’s made the world a better place. Not like that low grade garbage.
It is hard for me to grasp. As I've said a few times I have a hard time relating to the emotional attachment many of you have for Disney. I went a couple of times as a kid but don't remember a whole lot. I do remember how great Epcot was before it became MK 2.0. Since then I took my nieces when they were 3 and 4. I went back solo a few years ago and I didn't see the magic that every one talks about.
But you missed the point…and then made it.
There are ALOT of growing arguments/oppositions to the corporate strategy…and around here by people who have a reputation of being very “pro-Disney”. Some are in the cigar bar.
You can lodge legitimate criticism as a consumer, alter your habits and STILL want it to be something worthwhile.
An excellent point. When a business has “pro-con” factions that increasingly vocalize…they become kinda soulless. I can think of a computer company or two.
I didn't miss the point at all; my closing remark was a retort to it. One man's meat is another man's poison, as they say, even if some here expect everyone to agree with them.
Here's the article if you missed it -
Disney World spokesman says automated refunds coming for Lighting Lane purchases impacted by ride closures
Disney appears to be responding to early concerns about ride closures when paying for LIghtning Lane access.www.wdwmagic.com
I think they became obsessed with plus symbols.
Exactly. I am just. so. tired. bone tired. exhausted. I have the money. I'm in the zone of income they may be targeting. But I'm just . so. done. So tired of having to make this a hobby.. why? I go to Dublin, or Spain, or Aruba, it isn't this much WORK. Why should I do all this work, for this much money. Anywhere else I go, more work= less money. If I had not signed up for the 5k in november, I might have been done after our august trip. It..is just not worth the emotional energy anymore to "work the system', let alone the financial output which I can do, easily...it's just too much f'ing work. and the other option is what? vip at 850 an hour? nothing there is worth 850 an hour, unless you only have 2 days to see your kids a year, maybe. Just because people have the money to spend, doesn't mean they are stupid enough to think you deserve what you are charging. sigh. lmao
and not being SURE months ahead, that you will absolutely be getting at least one ride on all the 'BIG/NEW' rides. At the 60 day mark, if I didn't get one ride on everything that mattered, I could cancel my whole trip. (and I also, made sure we got at least 2x the rides that mattered- Disney's fault, they got us used to/trained to expect a full plan 60 days before a trip). Now I have no idea, if I choose to pay $15 per family member, if there will be a genie fp, or whatever for the ride that matters. It's chaos. If I go to Uni. I stay at a deluxe, I get fastpasses/whatever they call it. no planning, just stroll into the rides I like, when I coSO much more relaxing, it is insane.
You can pay for the big/new ride seperately and you are guaranteed to ride it.
Most of those people left the board. Or they never came here. Most who have a bad experience simply leave WDW out of their future plans. It takes a special attachment to Disney World to both believe it has declined precipitously but still care about it enough to follow it, visit occasionally, and post here. I’ve said that Disney matters a great deal to me on an emotional, personal level, but it also matters to me on an intellectual level. I think it is a tremendously, uniquely, fascinatingly important institution in the cultural history of America and, less specifically, in the world at large. That combination of intellectual and emotional attachment is odd - to most folks it’s just a vacation destination - but on these specific boards, I don’t think it’s uncommon. That’s why they’re worth reading.
Or walk to car, drive, to resort, change for the pool, grab a book and go to pool while kid swims, then reverse. It's not as horrendous as it seems to the people that choose to do it. Much more relaxing than a melt down from being in the park without a break.
Every time I think of universal, I look at their ticket prices and am immediately turned off. To be honest, we have cut our WDW trips from. 3-4 a year to 1 every couple years (and falling). First time since high school we bought cedar point passes, and honestly found it a lot more fun than any Disney trip we have done in the past 5 years.
“Thank you mother, may I have another?” Isn’t a great attempt at adulting…that doesn’t mean everyone has to agree at all times. I’m not advocating that. Some semblance of pause and attempts at objectivity shouldn’t be scoffed or patronized.
If you have a family that fits the certain age group (12-18) I can't recommend doing a summer trip to Cedar Point enough, at least once. Completely different change of pace from the swamp in every way. They manage to make the food worse but that and the obvious fundamental difference in the institution of themed entertainment between the two. Stay in the Breakers if you can swing it.
Are they doing better staffing wise now? Last year was a disaster
