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Perhaps (about the last part...not the 'entitlement issues' statement...). But I'm not 100% convinced that an environment where guests who are walking on the major pathway in ankle deep water is an example of management doing everything in their control to 'keep it safe'. In looking at the photos, multiple guests were in the area. I didn't see any barricades or ropes to keep people from entering the area. (I'll double-check just to make sure). But it certainly looks like a potentially hazardous area...especially when people trip over curbs when it is completely dry...this is much worse.
You have a gorgeous classic EPCOT Center logo for avatar. Symbiosis at The Land once ran an entire segment on how the Dutch built their entire country on this attitude: 'God created the earth, but the Dutch created the Netherlands'. There is no sea, only unwillingness to turn it into land. Likewise, there is no easily flooded piece of mid-Florida swampland, only an unwillingness to install and more likely maintain proper water management. God created the swamp, but Roy created the World.
Empress is saying that you don't drown because water came and flooded everything too high...you drown because you didn't do enough to PREVENT it from GETTING that high in the first place. Similar (in theory...not in scale) to this situation.
Yep. I agree with you, with just the added opinion that since Disney knows this is now something that COULD occur again, should find a way to remedy, and perhaps could have tossed a token good PR gesture towards those who were impacted. And after living in Central Florida for 9 years, I know how quickly these storms can whip up and the intensity they can have. That does not mean I think everyone should be packing hip waders when they go to the parks in order to navigate the main pathway.
Thanks, but you cannot expect any entity to build for a completely unexpected event such as this. That is not realistic, especially since this has been around for over 30 years. If the drainage system failed, then one would hope that there will be plans to fix it soon.You have a gorgeous classic EPCOT Center logo for avatar. Symbiosis at The Land once ran an entire segment on how the Dutch built their entire country on this attitude: 'God created the earth, but the Dutch created the Netherlands'. There is no sea, only unwillingness to turn it into land. Likewise, there is no easily flooded piece of mid-Florida swampland, only an unwillingness to install and more likely maintain proper water management. God created the swamp, but Roy created the World.
Sorry, but have to completely disagree. Disney does not need to do anything in terms of a PR gesture. I have lived in Orlando, and yes, know of the intensity of the rain. As should any person who does half a second of research about a place that they are going. You wouldn't travel to Canada in March without knowing that you might be caught in a snowstorm, and stuck at an airport, would you? If it was a drainage breakage, then of course, they need to fix it. If it was simply more rain than the system was ever designed to handle, then there isn't much they can do, short of spending millions of dollars to fix it. I would rather have refurbed or new attractions rather than something that might happen once every several years. JMHO.
Here is the thing...If it does not happen often and does not cause any damage there is no reason to try and fix it.
I hear what you're saying. I would use your thoughts to go along the lines of what I was saying earlier, they could take the path of, "Well, wow. This was totally unexpected and our place wasn't ready for THAT much water, because realistically, who WOULD be ready for THAT much water. So you guests just happen to be both the unfortunate...AND NOW...the lucky ones, because we're going to throw a little sunshine your way in the form of <pick something reasonable> just for your troubles."
And I'm okay with you disagreeing. You happened to catch me on a day that I'm wearing my sassy pants. That's what makes 'Discussion Boards' just that.
And you are completely right that Disney does not have to do anything in terms of a PR gesture. Not at all. But....and again...taking the Devil's Advocate role...they have already established a precedent of DOING those 'Magical Moments' in other situations. So, no...they absolutely don't have to. But I think it could have been an easy gesture to maybe help a corporate image that we see in numerous threads around here with many people feeling they are all about the money and not about the guests.
Still disagree. It was rain. So should Disney reimburse guests every time a ride breaks down and they have to be evacuated? What about when the monorail breaks down, and they need the crane to get everyone off safely? What about when I am watching the castle show and a sudden downpour gets me soaked? Don't I deserve something for that, because I was inconvenienced and got wet? Where exactly to you draw the line?
When have they ever done a "magical moment" in other situations? What situations?And I'm okay with you disagreeing. You happened to catch me on a day that I'm wearing my sassy pants. That's what makes 'Discussion Boards' just that.
