Unpopular WDW Opinions

[drizgirl]

I can’t remember the price, but I rented a stroller at Disney parks in 2015.. it couldn’t have been too much, because if so, then I would remember.

Singles are $15/day, doubles are $31/day. I consider that pricey.

 

[Lets Respect]

I would propose that the issue is the length of the strollers. I believe the current allowed length is 52 inches long. That is long enough to accommodate all those jogging strollers. A regular stroller is about 28 inches in length

No one needs a jogging stroller because WDW is not an off-road trail in the woods

 

[21stamps]

Singles are $15/day, doubles are $31/day. I consider that pricey.

I rented a single.

 

[jloucks]

Every trip, I have been really tempted to purchase an autograph book. I miss doing those

I see nothing wrong with adults meeting characters.

Yea, y'all are weird

But to be fair tho, I find all autographs (fictional character or celebrity) to be a strange phenomena. Selfie or nothing for me.

Possible exception might be historically significant autographs. A President Lincoln autograph would be a keeper.

Hypocrite Disclosure: I have Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, and William Shatners signature. Had dinner with them and it seemed kinda rude to decline. ...also one of my more memorable evenings.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Hypocrite Disclosure: I have Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, and William Shatners signature. Had dinner with them and it seemed kinda rude to decline.

That must have been so sureal. I. could. Honestly....not imagine. The.

Way.

You must... have felt.

 

[jloucks]

Strollers are an interesting dilemma. Except for the double wides, I have never had an issue. I have been hit by countless strollers, but because they are typically powered by a one mom-powered engine, and I am a 250 pound behemoth, it has never hurt. The only time it ever did hurt was when a sibling, 1/4 the size of mom, ran full speed into me.

Double wides just clog up walkways too badly. As do people walking 3-5 abreast. I am a fast walker (super long legs) and slowing down actually hurts a little (after 8+ hours of walking).

Maybe a rule that only parents can drive strollers?

 

[OneofThree]

I see nothing wrong with adults meeting characters

I agree. Although tbh, I do struggle mightily in trying to see what a grown adult would actually get out of it.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

I agree. Although tbh, I do struggle mightily in trying to see what a grown adult would actually get out of it.

Because no matter how old we get, we always wanna be kids, and not only does being in Disney make you feel like a kid again but meeting characters kinda does too.

 

[seabreezept813]

Disney needs a strict ethics policy that people sign when purchasing tickets. Foul language, inappropriate attire, littering, destruction of any kind, neglecting children etc. should be cause for immediate removal without refund. Could help with the attendance issues..

 

[Damon7777]

The Fact: You have no way of knowing who needs one and who doesn't,

Not "Fact" but sheer nonsense at face value


There are times when one can readily and safely conclude abuse based on what he sees. And then, of course, there are many times whereby one could not possibly know.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I think they should ban strollers in the parks or at least regulate it.

 

[Damon7777]

Better than your idea of just making people crawl around the park on their hands and knees! (see what I did there, I took a page out of your playbook and pulled some bull out of the clear blue and stated it as if you said it yourself).

Well played

.......JusiceDisney needed that.

 

[winstongator]

• Maelstrom kind of sucked and Frozen is a major upgrade.
• Disney should significantly raise prices to combat overcrowding.
• There's nothing wrong with charging for parking.
• Unless you're a registered guest or have a dining reservation, you shouldn't be allowed to visit resorts.
• The Magic Kingdom is more pleasant in the evenings without a nighttime parade.

Never did Maelstrom. Ironically, I probably like FEA better than my daughters do. They are probably content to avoid it. I know price increases will come. The AP change a few years back was a pretty big % increase for us. Cost to park is just like room taxes, part of the overall cost. Your list is much more controversial.

You seem to be talking about a newborn, not an infant. Newborn? Totally agree. But most kids are sufficiently vaccinated to fly and travel by a few months old.

I have a three year old who's right around 40 inches and she'll be out of her stroller for our trip in June. She can ride on her dad's "cholders" (as she calls them) when she gets tired. Actually, the six month old will be in a baby carrier so I'll be there with two kids under four and no stroller.

Careful with that 3yo on your cholders. I came back with some bad knee pain after our first trip where my almost 3yo would neither walk nor ride in the stroller. Nearly all the park time was on my shoulders.

 

[winstongator]

Note please don’t read anything more into this statement other than a random thought. Perhaps just a counter intuitive musing if you will.
Simply in the vein of this thread: Ticket prices are too low.

Before the tar, feathers and pitchforks are brought out consider it. Price hikes have not dented attendance appreciably and MK is quite often packed. I’m not talking about historical pricing either, I’m talking about now. Does anyone WANT to pay more? I sure don’t. But at the same time I don’t want it anymore crowded than it all too often is. Disney has pushed prices up, but attendance has stayed high.

So what is my point to this? Nothing classist or elitist rather consider my point above. Imagine if they lowered the cost of attendance? (Which will never happen) Great thing right? It would turn everyday into 12-31 to 1-1!

I hadn’t really thought about this till I really started reading and participating in threads from the perspective of cost vs time, because at WDW those two are often at odds and probably the results of a lot of behaviors seen at the parks. YMMV.

TLDR version? Prices are too low because if they dropped the cost, attendance would increase dramatically ! /s

I've looked at some long-term attendance graphs. There were some spikes in the past that got MK & Epcot attendance to nearly or more than what they are today. The early 90's recession also seemed to hit park attendance more than the great recession. Those spikes coincided with my two visits as a kid.

http://blog.wdwinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Disney-Park-N-America-Historical-Attendance.jpg

Pricing incentivizes long stays & getting passes, which helps the resorts and hooks people as Disney fans. My per-day park cost for just tickets has been reasonable, but I've spent a lot more on hotels. I would guess there's a lot less sensitivity to the base one-day ticket price than one might guess. I would say when they shifted the FL resident AP structure, there was a big shift. I wonder how much of WDW attendance is FL resident, and then of that AP.

 

[OneofThree]

I've looked at some long-term attendance graphs. There were some spikes in the past that got MK & Epcot attendance to nearly or more than what they are today. The early 90's recession also seemed to hit park attendance more than the great recession. Those spikes coincided with my two visits as a kid.

http://blog.wdwinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Disney-Park-N-America-Historical-Attendance.jpg

Pricing incentivizes long stays & getting passes, which helps the resorts and hooks people as Disney fans. My per-day park cost for just tickets has been reasonable, but I've spent a lot more on hotels. I would guess there's a lot less sensitivity to the base one-day ticket price than one might guess. I would say when they shifted the FL resident AP structure, there was a big shift. I wonder how much of WDW attendance is FL resident, and then of that AP.

I don't know this, but my own guess would be that it has a lot less to do with price structure than it does the investment in international marketing. Currently, I think we're looking at international travel making up over 20% of all WDW guests.

Interestingly, recent figures put MK attendance alone at over 20 million per year. It was roughly half when I went for the first time in 84'.

 

[jloucks]

Disney needs a strict ethics policy that people sign when purchasing tickets. Foul language, inappropriate attire, littering, destruction of any kind, neglecting children etc. should be cause for immediate removal without refund. Could help with the attendance issues..

I think that is in the fine print. At least, some of it. I know Six Flags has some of that. Because Six Flags is more casual, they seem to have a bigger problem with attire issues.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I see nothing wrong with adults meeting characters.

Meh, people will post how silly it is for adults to enjoy seeing characters then press play again on their Netflix as they continue their mature activity of watching a talking raccoon in a spaceship together with a guy getting real strong and green if angry.

 

[bhg469]

Turkey leg is garbage. The pork shank was a superior product in every way.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Meh, people will post how silly it is for adults to enjoy seeing characters then press play again on their Netflix as they continue their mature activity of watching a talking raccoon in a spaceship together with a guy getting real strong and green if angry.

There really is a difference between watching and re-watching a filmed story cartoon or even live action, then getting excited about going up and rubbing elbows with a college student in a Styrofoam head or cartoon character costume and feeling like they have actually met that character up-close and personal.

If someone wants to do that, I have no problem with it as long as adults do not attempt to convince anyone that they just met a star and got his/her/its autograph. Fun, OK I can see that. Excited about, sorry one loses me on that one. Many people do it just for fun to get pictures and that is fine... but, many take it a lot further then that. That bewilders me!

 

[The Empress Lilly]

There really is a difference between watching and re-watching a filmed story cartoon or even live action, then getting excited about going up and rubbing elbows with a college student in a Styrofoam head or cartoon character costume and feeling like they have actually met that character up-close and personal.

If someone wants to do that, I have no problem with it as long as adults do not attempt to convince anyone that they just met a star and got his/her/its autograph. Fun, OK I can see that. Excited about, sorry one loses me on that one. Many people do it just for fun to get pictures and that is fine... but, many take it a lot further then that. That bewilders me!

Maybe I'm just more tolerant of the phenomenon because I'm so used to unknown adults coming up to me and through tears of excited joy asking me for a picture and autograph.