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[Kman101]

Not to get into the whole 'debate' ... but I couldn't care less if Mickey says my name or Small World says goodbye to me by name. I mean, for one second someone will smile and it will make their day, that's great and all, but couldn't all of that time and energy go into something else?

I have zero issues with FP+ and the MDE app. No one's being "forced" to book FP's a billion days out and maybe if people stopped rushing to book ADRs as soon as they can, there wouldn't be the stress of actually having to do that .... band, card, doesn't really matter to me. As a passholder, honestly, the FP+ is a huge convenience. Did all of this really need to happen? No and I'd rather they have spent those billions on improving the parks (and it bugs me that it's likely why Epcot and especially DHS have seemingly been ignored for at *least* 5 years ... of course it's longer than that, but still ...).

But would that money really have even gone to attractions?

And no, I'm not thrilled about my every move being tracked, but again, it's not like we're not practically watched in other ways. Not justifying them doing it, but Disney made a big mistake, IMO, touting this as much as they did, when offering next to nothing else. That was one big failure.

 

[wdisney9000]

A person need not opt out of MDE or FP+ for this purpose. If you simply opt out of the magic band, then you will still get to take advantage of FP+ and the rest of MDE, but Mickey won't know your name.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. As I said in my post, "its a bit silly". I assumed some people have the ability to read between the lines. Well, at least people who place an emphasis on education. Next time I will phrase in it a cartoon character reference so it is more easily understood for others.

 

[dadddio]

Thank you, Captain Obvious. As I said in my post, "its a bit silly". I assumed some people have the ability to read between the lines. Well, at least people who place an emphasis on education. Next time I will phrase in it a cartoon character reference so it is more easily understood for others.

Another empty insult. No big surprise.

 

[BrerJon]

But has anyone on here themselves or anyone that they know stopped going to WDW because of MBs? Just curious if it has made them mad enough to stop going.

Not the bands themselves (although I do hate them) but definitely Fastpass Plus has made me less likely to go. I don't like to plan rides at all, I've done everything hundreds of times so if I go on a ride it's just spontaneous, for fun, but that only worked when standby lines were generally short.

Now every ride has a long standby line, it's made the parks far less pleasurable to casually tour. I'm going to Orlando in a couple of months to see Diagon Alley and was going to get a Disney ticket to see the Mine Coaster, but having seen on my last trip how much worse Fastpass+ has made things for the casual rider, I'm going to stick to Universal this trip and leave WDW until a future visit when the offering has improved somewhat.

 

[BigTxEars]

Not the bands themselves (although I do hate them) but definitely Fastpass Plus has made me less likely to go. I don't like to plan rides at all, I've done everything hundreds of times so if I go on a ride it's just spontaneous, for fun, but that only worked when standby lines were generally short.

Now every ride has a long standby line, it's made the parks far less pleasurable to casually tour. I'm going to Orlando in a couple of months to see Diagon Alley and was going to get a Disney ticket to see the Mine Coaster, but having seen on my last trip how much worse Fastpass+ has made things for the casual rider, I'm going to stick to Universal this trip and leave WDW until a future visit when the offering has improved somewhat.

Fair enough.

 

[RSoxNo1]

So what could a few billion dollars have done for attractions again?

MK

• Bigger Mine Train
• D/E-ticket in Storybook Circus

Epcot

• Imagination Re-do
• Universe of Energy Re-do
• Wonders of Life Re-Do
• Spaceship Earth Descent
• World Showcase Pavilion(s)/Attraction(s)

DHS

• Star Wars Land/Galaxy
• Pixar Expansion

DAK

• Pandas
• Kali expansion
• Additional E-ticket in Avatar
• Expanded nighttime show
• Lion King dark ride in new area
• Functional Yeti

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

MK

• Bigger Mine Train
• D/E-ticket in Storybook Circus

Epcot

• Imagination Re-do
• Universe of Energy Re-do
• Wonders of Life Re-Do
• Spaceship Earth Descent
• World Showcase Pavilion(s)/Attraction(s)

DHS

• Star Wars Land/Galaxy
• Pixar Expansion

DAK

• Pandas
• Kali expansion
• Additional E-ticket in Avatar
• Expanded nighttime show
• Lion King dark ride in new area
• Functional Yeti

You forgot, new night time parade for mk, new parades for DHS and AK. Upgrades to Illuminations and fantasmic. BAH, Grave yard removal. Also, Re-do of innoventions and stitch.

 

[dadddio]

World peace, a mickey bar in every pot, yada yada

 

[Obi]

what would be funny is whenever you get a moment that you are going to be somewhere for a while, like eating a meal, you quickly go to the bathroom and hide the band in one of the tanks. Come back an hour or so later to retrieve it. Have 'em thinking that you had to release a major transaction.

 

[JIMINYCR]

what would be funny is whenever you get a moment that you are going to be somewhere for a while, like eating a meal, you quickly go to the bathroom and hide the band in one of the tanks. Come back an hour or so later to retrieve it. Have 'em thinking that you had to release a major transaction.

Oh Oh ... Dont give them excuses, this can lead to the eventual plan of implanting a microchip upon checking in for 24/7 tracking anywhere on property.