Statements about WDW that grind your gears

[celluloid]

"It is as good as it used to be"
"It is not a museum"
"Dumb guests"

 

[Hcalvert]

Theming doesn't do much for me. I go to parks for thrills. I would take going a 420 ft tall coaster at 120 mph over most Disney attraction.

Honestly, I went for free (meals too)--so I didn't complain and would go again (unfortunately cancelled this year). It just makes me appreciate the ambiance that WDW has. I believe that WDW and Cedar Point cater to different groups of people. Some people can fit into both groups, some don't. I think Hershey Park is somewhat in the middle of the two (Full disclosure: I used to get in there free too because I was a houseparent at the boarding school there).

 

[Goofyernmost]

I've had friends that have asked me. How do you spend 6-8 days at WDW? There isnt that much to do.

These people had no idea that WDW was more than just the MK. I dont know what they thought EPCOT, DHS, and AK were. They also had no idea that WDW had actual restaurants. They would spend 2-3 days eating fast food burgers. Blows my mind how people are willing to spend money and do absolutely no research.

This is another thing that grates on my last nerve. The idea that anyone would automatically know that they need to develop massive spread sheets to visit a theme park. I can tell you from experience that ignorance is also a good way to not have a clue. But, why would anyone automatically know that they have to plan a trip to what they would consider to be an amusement park. The extent of the detail of WDW is so extreme that no one can imagine it, until they have experienced it. When I first went in 1983 none of the stuff that we must do today was necessary. All we had to do then was buy a ticket and show up. You could eat at counter service places or dine at nice restaurants. There were only two parks and almost the same amount of onsite hotels. It never crossed my mind that I needed to "research". I heard about how great it was and that made me decide I wanted to go there. I went year after year and was there to witness the changes building up to now. That is how I know now what intensity it requires. I have nothing but sympathy for those that don't know any better. As humans we have our built in expectations of what things would be like. Those things were easier to be reality 30 plus years ago then now, but for a first time person, nothing has really changed in that line of thought.

I attempted to help some acquaintances when they decided that they should go to WDW from Vermont. I gave them vacation video's, brochures and every bit of information I had. This was even before the necessity of minute to minute scheduling. They went and on their return I asked them if they had a good time. They were visibly angry because there was "nothing there to do" they wandered around the park(s) and saw a few kiddie rides like Dumbo and the Carousel, Peter Pan and the Speedway. I asked about Pirates, CoP and many others that were inside. Their response was. Yes, we saw those places but we didn't want any souvenirs and they just seemed like places that had no other reason then to sell them.

It takes a lot to shock me, but this just completely knocked me out. They never even went in to see what was there, just walked by them. Stupid is as stupid does! Anyway, when I tried to tell them what they missed it just made them more angry and said they would never go back there again. They said that next year they were just going to take a cruise. I was no longer working there by the following year, but if I had to guess, they probably just stood on the dock and watched the ship leave, came home and complained about how much of a ripoff cruises were.

 

[Kate F]

This is another thing that grates on my last nerve. The idea that anyone would automatically know that they need to develop massive spread sheets to visit a theme park. I can tell you from experience that ignorance is also a good way to not have a clue. But, why would anyone automatically know that they have to plan a trip to what they would consider to be an amusement park. The extent of the detail of WDW is so extreme that no one can imagine it, until they have experienced it. When I first went in 1983 none of the stuff that we must do today was necessary. All we had to do then was buy a ticket and show up. You could eat at counter service places or dine at nice restaurants. There were only two parks and almost the same amount of onsite hotels. It never crossed my mind that I needed to "research". I heard about how great it was and that made me decide I wanted to go there. I went year after year and was there to witness the changes building up to now. That is how I know now what intensity it requires. I have nothing but sympathy for those that don't know any better. As humans we have our built in expectations of what things would be like. Those things were easier to be reality 30 plus years ago then now, but for a first time person, nothing has really changed in that line of thought.

I attempted to help some acquaintances when they decided that they should go to WDW from Vermont. I gave them vacation video's, brochures and every bit of information I had. This was even before the necessity of minute to minute scheduling. They went and on their return I asked them if they had a good time. They were visibly angry because there was "nothing there to do" they wandered around the park(s) and saw a few kiddie rides like Dumbo and the Carousel, Peter Pan and the Speedway. I asked about Pirates, CoP and many others that were inside. Their response was. Yes, we saw those places but we didn't want any souvenirs and they just seemed like places that had no other reason then to sell them.

It takes a lot to shock me, but this just completely knocked me out. They never even went in to see what was there, just walked by them. Stupid is as stupid does! Anyway, when I tried to tell them what they missed it just made them more angry and said they would never go back there again. They said that next year they were just going to take a cruise. I was no longer working there by the following year, but if I had to guess, they probably just stood on the dock and watched the ship leave, came home and complained about how much of a ripoff cruises were.

This upset me to read. That’s just horrible and I can’t even comprehend how something like that could happen. So I guess they just drove past Spaceship Earth and Tower of Terror once they entered the property and went “hmm, must be nothing?”

 

[Disney.Mike]

This is another thing that grates on my last nerve. The idea that anyone would automatically know that they need to develop massive spread sheets to visit a theme park. I can tell you from experience that ignorance is also a good way to not have a clue. But, why would anyone automatically know that they have to plan a trip to what they would consider to be an amusement park. The extent of the detail of WDW is so extreme that no one can imagine it, until they have experienced it. When I first went in 1983 none of the stuff that we must do today was necessary. All we had to do then was buy a ticket and show up. You could eat at counter service places or dine at nice restaurants. There were only two parks and almost the same amount of onsite hotels. It never crossed my mind that I needed to "research". I heard about how great it was and that made me decide I wanted to go there. I went year after year and was there to witness the changes building up to now. That is how I know now what intensity it requires. I have nothing but sympathy for those that don't know any better. As humans we have our built in expectations of what things would be like. Those things were easier to be reality 30 plus years ago then now, but for a first time person, nothing has really changed in that line of thought.

I attempted to help some acquaintances when they decided that they should go to WDW from Vermont. I gave them vacation video's, brochures and every bit of information I had. This was even before the necessity of minute to minute scheduling. They went and on their return I asked them if they had a good time. They were visibly angry because there was "nothing there to do" they wandered around the park(s) and saw a few kiddie rides like Dumbo and the Carousel, Peter Pan and the Speedway. I asked about Pirates, CoP and many others that were inside. Their response was. Yes, we saw those places but we didn't want any souvenirs and they just seemed like places that had no other reason then to sell them.

It takes a lot to shock me, but this just completely knocked me out. They never even went in to see what was there, just walked by them. Stupid is as stupid does! Anyway, when I tried to tell them what they missed it just made them more angry and said they would never go back there again. They said that next year they were just going to take a cruise. I was no longer working there by the following year, but if I had to guess, they probably just stood on the dock and watched the ship leave, came home and complained about how much of a ripoff cruises were.

I'm not even talking about needing a spreadsheet. I'm talking not even being aware there are actual sit down restaurants. And not being aware that DAK,DHS, and EPCOT.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I'm not even talking about needing a spreadsheet. I'm talking not even being aware there are actual sit down restaurants. And not being aware that DAK,DHS, and EPCOT.

I think you might be confusing not knowing there are sit down restaurants with not knowing that they had to make reservations 6 months in advance. It is a freaking tourist area. Anyone with a working brain cell could correctly assume that there will be restaurants in the area and they would go to whatever was available. I think that no matter how out of touch people are that they would think that there wouldn't be restaurants within easy access, especially for a place as popular as WDW. As far as the parks go, if they had to buy tickets then they had to know, so that part isn't really possible. They might not have known that those were all within a few feet of each other, but, they had to know they existed unless the tickets were a gift to them. I started going when AOL was either an infant or just starting to crawl, I hate researching and yet I knew all that stuff. I had been going for years before I even knew that discussion forums existed. I still remember that AOL sign in sound.

 

[Disney.Mike]

I think you might be confusing not knowing there are sit down restaurants with not knowing that they had to make reservations 6 months in advance. It is a freaking tourist area. Anyone with a working brain cell could correctly assume that there will be restaurants in the area and they would go to whatever was available. I think that no matter how out of touch people are that they would think that there wouldn't be restaurants within easy access, especially for a place as popular as WDW. As far as the parks go, if they had to buy tickets then they had to know, so that part isn't really possible. They might not have known that those were all within a few feet of each other, but, they had to know they existed unless the tickets were a gift to them. I started going when AOL was either an infant or just starting to crawl, I hate researching and yet I knew all that stuff. I had been going for years before I even knew that discussion forums existed. I still remember that AOL sign in sound.

Unfortunately, I am not confusing that. He really had no idea WDW was anything except the Magic Kingdom. He was also shocked when he found out I was taking a 10 day vacation there. The whole thing came up with him saying something along the lines of "what do you do for 10 days, after 2 we've already done everything"

And no, the tickets weren't gifts, but they were the 4 day military tickets bought at the base MWR. And it wasn't his first time going either. Its really mindblowing lol

And oh how i loved that AOL sign in gump... it was amazing back in the mid 90's lol

 

[Heppenheimer]

I wouldn't say this "grinds my gears", but it does get a little annoying when people confuse Disneyland and Disney World, or assume the two are completely interchangeable.

Although, this did provide a humorous premise on the TV show "The Middle".

 

[danlb_2000]

When people call Disney World Disneyland.

... and people who call Magic Kingdom, Disney World.

 

[graphite1326]

I have been to the one in California and it's the same thing so I am not going the WDW.

 

[The Colonel]

"they're running a business"
"they have to think of the stockholders"
"they're not running a charity"
"they're no different than any other large company"
"Walt was a businessman too"

used to justify every cheap, miserly, underhanded, lowlife, penny-pinching move ever made by Disney management

 

[Goofyernmost]

... and people who call Magic Kingdom, Disney World.

To be really accurate we can say that Magic Kingdom IS part of WDW so it can be called WDW, but it would be completely incorrect to say that any other part of WDW is call Magic Kingdom. In other words anyone that is in MK and says they are in WDW is correct. Just kidding with you, but in today's world if we are going to get upset by minor ignorance, the current world should be putting us in melt down mode and we will be carried away in those jackets with very long sleeves that end up being connected behind us.

In reality up until 1983 when people started to go to WDW all that was there other then a few hotels and golf courses was Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom also is part of Disneyland. There are two parks there now but no one seems to think it is wrong to call the first park Disneyland.

 

[General Mayhem]

To be really accurate we can say that Magic Kingdom IS part of WDW so it can be called WDW, but it would be completely incorrect to say that any other part of WDW is call Magic Kingdom. In other words anyone that is in MK and says they are in WDW is correct. Just kidding with you, but in today's world if we are going to get upset by minor ignorance, the current world should be putting us in melt down mode and we will be carried away in those jackets with very long sleeves that end up being connected behind us.

In reality up until 1983 when people started to go to WDW all that was there other then a few hotels and golf courses was Magic Kingdom. Magic Kingdom also is part of Disneyland. There are two parks there now but no one seems to think it is wrong to call the first park Disneyland.

Because the official title of Disneyland park is Disneyland. The name "Magic Kingdom" was never an official name for Disneyland, not even once. (Also Epcot opened in 1982, and the Lake Buena Vista Shopping village opened in 1975)

 

[Goofyernmost]

Because the official title of Disneyland park is Disneyland. The name "Magic Kingdom" was never an official name for Disneyland, not even once. (Also Epcot opened in 1982, and the Lake Buena Vista Shopping village opened in 1975)

OK, I stand corrected... EPCOT opened in October 1982, but I rounded up a little since even in February of 1983 EPCOT sucked big time. It took a while for it to mature so I rounded up to 1983. I should be shot! Buena Vista Shopping village was not an attraction it was a retail shopping center. Let's not go crazy trying to make anyone think they would have been drawn in from all over the country by the opportunity to buy something. And at the time Magic Kingdom park was known by everyone as Walt Disney World. Official or not official it is what people called it then and what Disneyland is called now in spite of the fact that the whole property is now known as Disneyland Resort which is made up of a shopping center, California Adventure, a Hotel or two and Disneyland's Magic Kingdom.

 

[General Mayhem]

OK, I stand corrected... EPCOT opened in October 1982, but I rounded up a little since even in February of 1983 EPCOT sucked big time. It took a while for it to mature so I rounded up to 1983. I should be shot! Buena Vista Shopping village was not an attraction it was a retail shopping center. Let's not go crazy trying to make anyone think they would have been drawn in from all over the country by the opportunity to buy something. And at the time Magic Kingdom park was known by everyone as Walt Disney World. Official or not official it is what people called it then and what Disneyland is called now in spite of the fact that the whole property is now known as Disneyland Resort which is made up of a shopping center, California Adventure, a Hotel or two and Disneyland's Magic Kingdom.

Hunny as a past annual passholder of Disneyland Resort No one, I repeat NO ONE ever calls it the Magic Kingdom. Not to mention Epcot was a household name when the park opened, but whatever.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Disneyland's Magic Kingdom

That’s not a thing. Disneyland is “Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom“ but that is not nor has it ever been part of the park’s name.

 

[General Mayhem]

That’s not a thing. Disneyland is “Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom“ but that is not nor has it ever been part of the park’s name.

Exactly Disneyland is Disneyland and always has been. Magic Kingdom has always been called Magic Kingdom. There has always been a clear distinction put in place on this.

 

[Goofyernmost]

That’s not a thing. Disneyland is “Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom“ but that is not nor has it ever been part of the park’s name.

As usual you missed the point completely. If there ever was a less important aspect of the famous Disney obsession, this would be it. So call it whatever gives you that tingly feeling and lets move on.

 

[General Mayhem]

As usual you missed the point completely. If there ever was a less important aspect of the famous Disney obsession, this would be it. So call it whatever gives you that tingly feeling and lets move on.

Ok boomer.

 

[InnKpr]

Ok boomer.

With some people, I've learned it's better to just say "You're right" and move on, even when you know they're wrong. It'll save you a lot of headache in the long-haul.