Getting nervous about our trip in February.
Reading these boards always leads me to think that the next visit will be our family's last, as I expect to see and feel the cutbacks as much as folks here complain about them. It hasn't happened so far, but that's just luck or rose-colored glasses, or some combination of both.
At this point, little offends me more than the price increases, steady and ubiquitous, milking every last penny from every last sucker in the crowd. (Who founded this corporation, anyway, Walt Disney or P.T. Barnum?) But now the cutbacks have become too numerous and too conspicuous to ignore, as have the absurd, insulting explanations. Even the Dining Plan, which my family loves, has mutated into a giant, parasitic leech, slurping cash from the tourist and excreting a filth of unavailable reservations and limited menu options.
Disneyland is within driving distance, more realistically manageable for a big family, friendlier, cleaner, more up-to-date, and more concerned regarding its customers' opinions and experiences.
If I wanted cheap merchandise, poor customer service, disregard for my opinion, bad food, and a generally unpleasant and suboptimal experience for my money, the local Wal-Mart is just up the street. See you in February, WDW. It could be for the last time.
