MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
There are of course some of both (though the amount of people who think WDW has never been better should speak for itself). Comparably though I think there would be relatively few people who would continue to be unreasonably negative if things began to improve. We've seen shifts in the mood of Disney fans before and how the way the parks are treated affects the majority. Just look at Disneyland during the course of the past 15-20 years to see how moods can shift when people are given either quality or a lack thereof. Prior to it's 50th cleanup, Disneyland fans were even more negative than WDW fans are now (with WDW being the resort many people were praising more as i've heard tell while DL was in such a decline). Maintenance was so bad that it had caused death, their parks weren't getting any decent new additions, it was a horrid mess. And it was duly noted by the fanbase (particularly from Micechat and Al Lutz thanks to their articles). That changed quite quickly when the parks were cleaned up by new management and DCA got Cars Land. As things have broken (like DL's Splash Mountain recently), people have gotten upset. But when things are fixed, people are generally happy. The only real negatives people still complain about are things like Tomorrowland's current state (a fair statement as it needs work). Still, the fan community's shift in mood was quite apparent.
I think I speak for at least the vast majority of those critical of WDW- if WDW received a similar shift in management philosophy and began getting projects of quality comparable to Mystic Point and Cars Land, you'd see a lot more praise from us. But when I see an epidemic amount of broken show elements (both small and large), a lack of passion/content/substance involving new WDW ride projects, and ever rising ticket/food/hotel prices despite all the quality cuts, it becomes more and more difficult every year to find positive things to say. I don't see that as criticizing for the sake of complaining. I see it as being pragmatic and reasonable given the standards we as Disney fans (at least those of us who visited prior to the mid-late 90's) were trained by the company itself to hold them to.
For the record, I am looking forward to the Mine Train. Within reasonable expectations however, which is to say "nicely themed but short D ticket". Anything above that will be welcome. Hope there are some nice animatronics but not getting any hopes up after what Lee said... People in general however are only going to end up being disappointed if Disney or one of their social media drones like Mongello try to hype it up as anything more than it actually is.
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