Yeah, sure. Come in and spread some insight. Im all for it, but give me the good if your going to give me the bad.
Of course. Nobody wants to just hear one side. But, the boards are full of "the good." Someone has to deliver "the bad." There is no responsibility on anyone's part to provide both.
If you hate the way the WDW product is headed, then why are you here? And why still vacation there?
Let's use the sports team analogy. Say you are a big Red Sox fan. Loved them since you were a kid, through thick and thin. Now, as an adult, you follow them every year, root for them every game. You are a fan.
However, that does not prevent you from criticizing them when they don't perform well, or when management does something stupid.
WDW is still my favorite place in the world. Likely always will be. But when I see things going on there that I don't approve of, or that I think is harmful to it, I feel it's my duty as a fan/supporter/customer to speak out about it.
The same goes for '74. If you knew him, you would know the passion he has for the parks and the Disney company. Like anyone with that level of passion, you tend to both defend and criticize.
And Im sorry, but i don't find being condescending to anyone with something positive to say about WDW and posting in stupid cryptic messages intelligent.
Hard to communicate some things across the internet. Everyone has positive things to say about WDW. (Yes, even '74...) Nothing wrong with saying when something is working, or when something isn't. Praise, when warranted, is a fine thing. Blind praise, made purely from the heart and not the head, can be just as tedious and annoying as mindless complaints.
The problem is the poster.
Not entirely. Part of the problem lies with the posters who read negative things and are offended based purely on their love of the parks. Some people can't take criticism, even when not aimed at them. (Note to all...the parks are not family. Don't take criticism of them personally.)
There is no fun in just having honest conversation about the pros and cons of WDW.
Of course there is. That is the whole point of discussion boards, to voice an opinion or point of view, and to then discuss it. Impossible for everyone to agree, that's human nature. But to be bothered by an oposing viewpoint is just silly.
Lee seems to think he is "honest", but an honest person would be able to praise WDW where it succeeds, he does NONE of that.
Yep. I do, and I'm in a better position to be able to judge that. In the case of '74, I know who he is, what he does, and who he knows. (If the average fan knew half of '74's connections he would colapse into a puddle of melted Whip.) In my time as a Disney fan, I have met very few people who can come close to his level of passion for the company. Seriously.
And nowhere is it written that every poster must be (sorry to use this evil term...) fair and balanced. The pendulum swings both ways, with many posters determined to only see the good, which is just as infuriating as many seem to find '74's posts.
Maybe I'll be lucky enough one day to run into him at a WDW event and I can spit in his Dole Whip and kick him in his zebra domes.
Wow.
A better idea, if you run into him, is to ask him to take ten minutes and speak to you about the parks. About why he feels WDW is being mishandled. About how things are better in Anaheim or Tokyo. You might learn a thing or three.
Wow ... nicely done.
or :ROFLOL: some here can't derive intent.
