mousehockey37
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Every year is different. Deals change, school calendars change, etc. The economy is still recovering but more people are finding the slower times now and it's causing them to not be so slow.
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Thoughts from my recent visit to the World
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Every year is different. Deals change, school calendars change, etc. The economy is still recovering but more people are finding the slower times now and it's causing them to not be so slow.
We crossed the road.....probably not the best idea but it worked....I went over once wasn't doing it again. Oh we won't stAy at Caribbean beach again. We love port . Orleans so we will probably go there next time.
I don't trust the dates but Hollywood studios has to get something and the walls are up so I'm hopeful.
mousehockey37
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That's actually the job of FP+. It just so happens that with a lot of work going on, the system can't try to direct people to places where there is little to nothing to do. That's why the Magic Kingdom is so busy. It has the most to offer.
mousehockey37
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DHS will have something but it remains to be seen if they'll wait for the whole lands to be done or open it ride by ride... I'd have to guess the entire land (like they did with New Fantasyland). Those projections were years out. Til then DHS is just a few rides and lots of walls, sadly.
I knew what was there and what isn't I am n these boards daily....I was just posting that I'm honestly questioning if frozen and Pandora will open when they are supposed to. We go every 2-3 years I know how to plan for Disney. We still had fun but not as much as usual. The cut in staff is VERY noticeable, make of it whAt you want.
Anything will help, I'd rather they open one at a time I think than wAiting for all of it.
I think fastpass plus has made crowds worse, just my honest opinion.
rufio
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I could have sworn I've agreed with you that a dirty room isn't acceptable - a point I conceded in my first reply. Again, I don't know what your issue is with Pandora. We've known since the beginning that it had a completion date of 2017.
My issue is it's too long and I am almost willing to bet it won't open in 2017.
rufio
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It's too long according to what?? How long do you think it should take to build an entire new land in a Disney theme park?
Not five or six years. I'm not universal can but I'm sorry what they did with potter shows that speed and quality can go together.
rufio
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Are you one of those people that complains about having to wait a couple years between Star Wars movies too? Disney is building a huge new land in a park that hasn't had a major expansion and they're doing it at the pace that they set when it was announced. If they put it together in two years, you'd probably complain that they'd thrown it together and slacked on quality. Sheesh!
No I'm just Not a fanboy and I'm not afraid to tell it like it is the good and the bad. I'm sure most agree with me it's too long. They take too long. I don't expect things overnight and I don't want garbage but this has been too long.
How come the Brits have such a great deal. I'm jealous that's awesome.
rufio
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Apparently you expect a lot of things that are unrealistic (like Disney to somehow get you from one side of a busy road to the other without utilizing a bridge). Knowing for years that Pandora would open in 2017 and not expecting it to magically open earlier isn't being a fanboy, it's being a realist.
It should never have been that long in the first place. Yes you are a fanboy. The bridge isn't the issue it's that it's open. I think you just like to argue so just block me please. I don't want to argue.
rufio
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Perhaps you should take up your complaints about Disney's timeline with the imagineers?
mousehockey37
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They encountered a ton of issues that delayed the start of Pandora years ago. As this is Disney, again, expect 95% of the land (s) to be completed before they open them.
Whether too long or too short, Disney will go at their pace for construction. None of us want to vacation and look at scrims the entire time. That said, IMO, I believe they have too many projects going on at once. They needed to care for the existing rides first, then introduce one expansion, then another. Unfortunately for all of us, they threw everything on the board at the same time.
If they did one thing at a time, they could more than likely do a quality job in a shorter time frame, but they didn't do that.
So that means we're stuck with DHS as a construction zone, Epcot FW is sorta empty, Frozen-way will open this summer in the WS, AK can't get Rivers of Light up and running and Pandora is a Pandoras box. This leaves the MK for everyone to be stuffed into. Yes, they shouldn't have cut staffing, but there just comes a point where there are too many people and not enough things to keep everyone entertained/happy. This is why FP+ can be seen as a failure due to the lack of options in other parks. Things will get better, but the key is patience. If you can vacation knowing you might not get to everything and you are able to wing it, you'll be fine. If not, then I wouldn't suggest visiting until about 2019 or so until these simultaneous huge expansions are nearing completion, and that's if things go smoothly between now and then.
Whether too long or too short, Disney will go at their pace for construction. None of us want to vacation and look at scrims the entire time. That said, IMO, I believe they have too many projects going on at once. They needed to care for the existing rides first, then introduce one expansion, then another. Unfortunately for all of us, they threw everything on the board at the same time.
If they did one thing at a time, they could more than likely do a quality job in a shorter time frame, but they didn't do that.
So that means we're stuck with DHS as a construction zone, Epcot FW is sorta empty, Frozen-way will open this summer in the WS, AK can't get Rivers of Light up and running and Pandora is a Pandoras box. This leaves the MK for everyone to be stuffed into. Yes, they shouldn't have cut staffing, but there just comes a point where there are too many people and not enough things to keep everyone entertained/happy. This is why FP+ can be seen as a failure due to the lack of options in other parks. Things will get better, but the key is patience. If you can vacation knowing you might not get to everything and you are able to wing it, you'll be fine. If not, then I wouldn't suggest visiting until about 2019 or so until these simultaneous huge expansions are nearing completion, and that's if things go smoothly between now and then.
It's sad because if they hadn't waited so long to start...We wouldn't have this situation. I do agree they have projects going everywhere and therefore nothing getting completed. We hadn't been since 2013 but 7 dwarfs mine train was the only real addition and there were several subtractions. We did enjoy mine train though.
mousehockey37
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In New Fantasyland? That whole area opened at one time in Dec. of 2012 with the mine train being somewhat behind schedule.