Those people in the cigarette adverts all look so happy smoking! I should do that too and nothing bad will happen!
Well it’s only 2 trips and I have an annual pass, I am an undesirable to management.
But I guess the more important question is why you’d settle for mediocrity or having people taken advantage of or mislead? The magic of Disney for me was the outstanding guest experience, unique, original, and amazing rides and lands, spotless cleanliness and care, and value.
There’s still a trace of the original wonder left in things that haven’t been “improved” and certainly the CMs who I’ve built relationships with and take great joy in visiting with. But it becomes more difficult each time as the current brain trust “improves” things. I can’t say I’m the only one because there’s a different dynamic in the park right now, it feels off, and there’s certainly a noticeable change in the number of guests visiting and how they feel about Disney Parks.
Using the sports analogy, when the team is doing badly, the biggest fans don’t hate the team or want to give up on it and stop going to games or watching them on TV, they want the leadership to change because they’re doing a crap job.
Disney management from the CEO on down has decided to make the sole focus of the Parks to extract money from guests, regardless of whether they do a good job or not with their parks. It’s an unsustainable strategy that the fans know because it ultimately will destroy the team.
