The worst decision WDW ever made?

[Mickey2minnie1]

Getting rid of fast pass legacy, Mr. Toad, and the characters from Liberty Tree Tavern. I loved their costumes, especially at Halloween.

 

[Figaro928]

Chester & Hester's Dinoland... a concept where you need to fully explain the backstory of just to understand why its there. Plus it's poorly executed and feels out of place for Disney.

 

[Winter]

Narnia and jack sparrow rides (NOT pirate of the carribean ride. I mean the one in hollywood studios.)

 

[Chrononymous]

Closing Imagination, Toad...Kitchen Kaberet or Adventurer's club all are terrible decisions on Disney's part...but then I think it might just be a very personal thing, because I appreciate the need to change something that isn't working.(even though I believe in my heart that all of those things were unique and "worked")

On the other hand...I think it was a lousy decision to change the focus of the Hollywood Studios...from the movie star/film glamor theme...to...whatever the hell it is now.

And I know that the working studio thing didn't really work after a while...but I still think they should have kept the love of cinema and movie making, old Hollywood and new as a central theme, and not forgotten it.

 

[okcthunder]

Narnia and jack sparrow rides (NOT pirate of the carribean ride. I mean the one in hollywood studios.)

ISNT A RIDE IS IT?

 

[Scooter]

I may be in the minority but I do not miss 20K. It was a damp ride in a fake sub through a dirty swimming pool with fiberglass fish. Everything was faded and washed out. A refurb would have made it brighter and cleaner but it was still a boring ride. I will grant you that my first ride in it was in 90 if I remember right and it had seen better days.

It always smelled like mold in those subs too...yech!

 

[Winter]

ISNT A RIDE IS IT?

???
What? but narina an jack sparrow sthing is a ride. Ironically, jack sparrow is in the same building that once had narnia

 

[Goofyernmost]

???
What? but narina an jack sparrow sthing is a ride. Ironically, jack sparrow is in the same building that once had narnia

Technically it's a show. An attraction, yes, but a ride... not in any sense of the word unless your in a stroller or something like that.

 

[BuddyThomas]

I think the worst decision that they ever made (for us, not them), is the endless raising of ticket prices, resort rates, meal costs, and on and on. For them, it is ka-ching, ka-ching, let the cash register ring. For us, it's starting to amount to highway robbery. And I'm just me and whatever friends I go with. I can't imagine what it is like for a family of four. Or more.

Unless you are in the 1%, it can send you to the poorhouse faster than Vegas if you're not careful.

 

[copcarguyp71]

I think the worst decision that they ever made (for us, not them), is the endless raising of ticket prices, resort rates, meal costs, and on and on. For them, it is ka-ching, ka-ching, let the cash register ring. For us, it's starting to amount to highway robbery. And I'm just me and whatever friends I go with. I can't imagine what it is like for a family of four. Or more. Unless you
are in the 1%, it can send you to the poorhouse faster than Vegas if you're not careful.

If the experience was concurrent with the price I would not mind...however, it is not

 

[6laurac]

I dearly wish the merchandise had more variety as it did Once Upon A Time.....Spending my Husbands money is getting harder and harder.....

 

[ravenswood]

letting sharp pencil college know it alls make the decisions

 

[disney4life2008]

Rapid Fill

 

[copcarguyp71]

letting sharp pencil college know it alls make the decisions

More like those who put their annual bonuses and stockholder accolades ahead of customer satisfaction. Pencil pushers are told to squeeze but the higher-ups issue the corporate doctrine.

 

[Fox&Hound]

I can't believe no one has said this yet- but passing up Potter. They simultaneously missed out on a huge IP and let it slip through their fingers right into their biggest competitor's hands. And let's face it, Uni never had a chance of catching up to WDW until WWoHP.

I think I'm actually glad they passed up Potter (and I'm a huge Harry Potter fan). First, I'm not sure they would have put the proper money towards it so it would be a shell out what it is now. Secondly, I think everything WDW is currently doing to improve the parks (whether you enjoy them or not) like NFL, Avatar, que enhancements, general maintenance, FOF parade coming to MK, would not be done if Disney did not feel like it had competition. I think there would be NOTHING to discuss because nothing was happening. So, if passing on Potter means we get some improvements to WDW and new rides and additions (not as much as I would like) then I will take it.

My biggest gripes:
1. Chester and Hester's in AK: looks so cheap
2. Lack of anything to do in AK
3. MILF in tomorrowland?
4. Letting EPCOT rot and become a place to eat and drink
5. Not jumping on Star Wars or Pixar properties to add to HS. It really needs love NOW....

 

[LaughingGravy]

MILF in Tomorrowland?

But, on topic...
The incredible expansion of hotels. Too much.
The selling off of any land
Not building(or not properly opening, I should say) a dedicated airport with the land they had to do so.
It doesn't need to be the size of Orlando Int'l, but talk about a lost opportunity.
Buses in favor of multiple proper monorail connections or trains.


In the way of pricing it out of range..
As a kid, our family used to go every year or so from NJ.
Family of 4. Now, we weren't crazy rich by any means, and we would go for 4-7 days, still managing to go other places to see the country outside of Disney, even for short trips.

This is pretty big. WDW used to have things to entice us to go back every couple of years, or in some cases every year...things like:

River Country opening ( yeah showing my age big time here)
Epcot (of course)
Disney MGM
Muppets
New pavilions of countries opening at Epcot
Horizons
Living Seas
Wonders of Life

Now, the expense is so much we can only manage to go every 5 years or so, and even then it's a serious justification question of what is new and interesting.

Even this Fantasyland Expansion...how many years of planning, announcements and what else for what?
A place to walk around, a restaurant, and another Dumbo spinner ride, with a long wait for a mine coaster ride that is still a way away. Quite frankly, I think they had a lot of nerve to have an opening of the expanded Fantasyland with such a limited offering.

The multi day passes used to of course be a bargain for more days on site, but the cost of one day entrance wasn't so crazy as to be prohibitive. It's so nuts that even if I have a business trip in the area, I have to take an extra day to justify paying a one day fee to get in because if I'm going in for basically $100, I need to be there from opening to closing.

If it were $50-$60 per person for a one day ticket with park hopper and tax included, I could see making the trip down, even if driving, for a brief trip of couple of days on site, taking a Friday and Monday off.
But, now for it to make any financial sense to bother, it needs to be a minimum 5 day trip on site, which gets crazy expensive. If we're going to spend that much $, what else would we rather do that is different?

 

[ford91exploder]

These are the big 3

1 - Purchasing ABC Network
2 - Promoting Beautiful Bob Iger to CEO
3 - Retaining any of Eisners 'Strategic Planning Group'

 

[Redhawk]

-That the Muppet area has stagnated. A shop, 3-D attraction, and a courtyard fountain, and that is it. And I admit, I am not sure what more and I agree that ship might have sailed. But I would love to see them have a "home" somewhere.

With the new Muppets movies I don't see why that area doesn't get some love. I never thought that Muppets belonged in DW, but when I saw them there I liked it. Now Avatar on the other hand... Never saw the movie, thought the previews were boring, not one person's ravings about it could convince me it would be worth my time other than maybe to see the "amazing" visuals. Do 10-year-old kids know the movie, or recognize "Pandora"?

First that awful "Narnia" show and now "Capt. Jack" or whatever they call it. With all the Pixar films to build on, why couldn't they come up with something exciting and fun in that building/area?

To me, it just seems that the bean-counters are in charge and the dreamers aren't even considered anymore. Walt and Roy balanced each other out, so we've been told. The old magic seems gone forever, but isn't that the way everything seems to be these days, the all-mighty dollar being more important than imagination and dreams?

 

[jl3283]

Not Building Beastly Kingdom.

They are building beastly kingdom. It's called pandora.

 

[BiffyClyro]

Putting up the ticket prices/ car park prices.



Also, although i;m sure it will be amazing, Avatar.... They rushed in to making an attraction about a film that no one talks about anymore...