Unpopular WDW Opinions

[crxbrett]

I know I have posted some unpopular opinions in here, but I always forget what I posted lol

With that being said:

I love, and much prefer, the Magic Kingdom's Space Mountain over Disneyland's.
Pandora was fun and a welcome addition to Animal Kingdom - but I was a little underwhelmed and felt it was over-hyped.
I'm actually looking forward to TRON in Tomorrowland.
I enjoy the Swiss Family Treehouse.
I know Frozen is/was a huge phenomenon, but Frozen Ever After was just okay. I admit, I loved Maelstrom and was sad to see it go, so I will freely admit that I may very well be bitter LOL!


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[Willmark]

Always so intresting how people internalize others posts, always assuming things.

“Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.”

 

[Willmark]

There was once a time, long, long ago, that you never heard ANYTHING bad about Walt Disney World. EVERYONE was HAPPY.... Everything was GREAT. What happened????

Everything became political, now there is an unpopular (or popular?) opinion.

And I’m just pointing it out, and ironically, not trying to be political.

 

[clarabellej]

We're all bound to have some unpopular opinions regarding the Walt Disney World Resort.

To start, here's a few of mine...

• there's too much Star Wars at Hollywood Studios
• Disney should have built all-encompassing Pixar Land and Lucasfilm Land instead of Toy Story Land and Galaxy's Edge, respectively
• Downtown Disney is a more exciting name than Disney Springs
• Pop Century Legendary Years would've been better than Art of Animation
• paper FPs were a better system than FP+
• Hollywood Studios should've stayed a working film studio
• Disney should have built Beastly Kingdom instead of Pandora
• putting Frozen and Guardians of the Galaxy in Epcot are terrible ideas
• I liked the Millionaire show at Hollywood Studios
• the Pixar Short Film Festival is a lame excuse for a Captain EO replacement. Disney should've just brought back HISTA instead.

To keep it clear, these are things that I don’t like about what’s happened at Disney:

Too much alcohol allowed. Yep, remember this is my opinion. Nothing wrong with alcohol. It is the people that consume too much that spoil things. And unfortunately many who consume don’t know when to stop. Ruining Epcot. Hang out around the Japan shops late in the evening or head into the ladies room in Germany if you don’t believe me. It can be pretty disgusting.

On a lighter note: We miss Mickey and Minnie’s homes.

Wish they’d kept old Soarin’.

Too many lamp posts and cement in the new hub.

HEA sucks.

 

[TwilightZone]

Anyway, back on topic...My unpopular vote goes for putting a cap on Star Wars, Pandora, and Toy Story. If they're going to build parks around irrelevant characters and movies then where are Roger Rabbit, Robin Hood, Bambi... why are they evicting Stitch and others to push Cars and Toy Story (neither of which I've seen nor care for). Instead of Toy Story Land it should be Disney Classics or Toon Town. Bring back Mickey's and Minnie's houses. Add to it! I got to see those, my son never will, at least not at an age where it will matter to him.

Toy Story and Star Wars are far from irrelevant. Stitch, however is super irrelevant. Also Stitch's great escape is one of the worst rides ever made, that's why they are evicting him. Also I am pretty sure disney's new plan is one and done. They are only going to build one space for everything to fit into and close any of the rides based on the IPs that may be in other lands, such as buzz lightyear in tomorrowland.

 

[gustaftp]

I like the Tiki Room.
I like Muppet Vision 3D -- it never gets old for me.
I like it's a small world.
I like the Disney-Pixar film festival in the Imagination Pavilion.

I think the technology behind Magic Bands is cool, but I prefer having a plastic park card that I can carry in a cash clip.

Large strollers should be banned for children over the age of 3.

 

[larryz]

My mother is physically disabled and requires an ECV due to heart conditions, cancer, and arthritis among other things. It's really quite nasty to ban hurt people from the park as well as children who will tire from long hard days they're not used to. Sorry to inconvenience your perfect existence but the parks aren't a restricted club yet.

Sorry your mom has those issues. What is it an ECV provides her that you, pushing her in a wheelchair, doesn't? And I certainly hope that a trip to WDW, with all the travel stress, heat stress, crowd stress, and other stresses involved, is within her capacity to tolerate...

 

[Goofyernmost]

Sorry your mom has those issues. What is it an ECV provides her that you, pushing her in a wheelchair, doesn't? And I certainly hope that a trip to WDW, with all the travel stress, heat stress, crowd stress, and other stresses involved, is within her capacity to tolerate...

Easy answer.... independence! When you have been the driving force of a family and all of a sudden find yourself dependent on your family or friends to function. That, in particular, also puts a major burden on the pusher as well as the pushie. Is it not bad enough that people can no longer participate in life like they once took for granted, but, because for some unknown reason people find it unacceptable that you use a mobility device that allows you to be with family and not be a burden? Everyone's day is coming and even though you don't understand it right now believe me you will.

 

[NickMaio]

This whole thread is depressing and sucks........

Ok its not all bad.... But what's with all the hate for strollers and ECV's?

Here's my additions;
..... Im not a fan of the Pirates movie additions to the ride
..... SWGE seems quite over blown....especially considering its modeled after a place no one has herd of or seen?
...... Pandora's river ride has 1 anamatronic? What's going on, Walt would loose it!
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[larryz]

Easy answer.... independence! When you have been the driving force of a family and all of a sudden find yourself dependent on your family or friends to function. That, in particular, also puts a major burden on the pusher as well as the pushie. Is it not bad enough that people can no longer participate in life like they once took for granted, but, because for some unknown reason people find it unacceptable that you use a mobility device that allows you to be with family and not be a burden? Everyone's day is coming and even though you don't understand it right now believe me you will.

I don't have a problem with wheelchairs, as I pointed out earlier in this thread. And on a day like this...

I'd like to think a caring family would want to be more helpful, and would not find their ailing family member "a burden"... in fact, would be even closer helping out by pushing a wheelchair instead of worrying about the potential issues with an ECV.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I don't have a problem with wheelchairs, as I pointed out earlier in this thread. And on a day like this...
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I'd like to think a caring family would want to be more helpful, and would not find their ailing family member "a burden"... in fact, would be even closer helping out by pushing a wheelchair instead of worrying about the potential issues with an ECV.

It's not completely about the family and it isn't about Wheelchairs and I never said it was... it has a lot to do with the mental happiness of the person with the limited mobility. But, what the heck what do we care about old people or people with physical problems as long as those of us that are healthy can enjoy the parks without having those awful ECV's to interrupt our fantasy's. By the way you know as well as I do that picture is not indicative of the general look of a park. It is obvious that those people are heading for a specific place, parade ending or something special, not just generally wandering around and where are all those ECV's that we are so worried about. Or even wheelchairs or strollers, for that matter.

 

[Willmark]

But, what the heck what do we care about old people or people with physical problems as long as those of us that are healthy can enjoy the parks without having those awful ECV's to interrupt our fantasy's.

That’s a mighty fine straw man, got anymore hay for it?

 

[Goofyernmost]

That’s a mighty fine straw man, got anymore hay for it?

You can go ahead and be as much of a jerk as possible, I intend to defend the people that your self-centered attitudes are hurting. It's you that I couldn't care less about. Have a magical day!

 

[Willmark]

Please point out where I said that, I’ll wait.

And I think you missed post #265.

 

[scarr13311]

To keep it clear, these are things that I don’t like about what’s happened at Disney:

Too much alcohol allowed. Yep, remember this is my opinion. Nothing wrong with alcohol. It is the people that consume too much that spoil things. And unfortunately many who consume don’t know when to stop. Ruining Epcot. Hang out around the Japan shops late in the evening or head into the ladies room in Germany if you don’t believe me. It can be pretty disgusting.

On a lighter note: We miss Mickey and Minnie’s homes.

Wish they’d kept old Soarin’.

Too many lamp posts and cement in the new hub.

HEA sucks.

Sorry to say but I totally agree too much alcohol at Disney, was at the Food and Wine at Epcot last year and people where all over the place loud, obnoxious, and bumping into everyone; and yes I agree about the disgusting rest rooms. Not to mention the people who with another alcohol drink in hand standing over the garbage cans throwing up. Guess they are too drunk to figure out they should stop. I really feel sorry for the cast members who have to clean up the mess. But adding alcohol brings more money in for Disney.

 

[OneofThree]

I intend to defend the people that your self-centered attitudes are hurting.

No one is being hurt, not any more than anyone intends any sort of harm. People who don't need ECV's but clog the walkways while running down unsuspecting pedestrians is the definition of "self-centered".

 

[DisneyJoe]

I don't have a problem with wheelchairs, as I pointed out earlier in this thread. And on a day like this...
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I'd like to think a caring family would want to be more helpful, and would not find their ailing family member "a burden"... in fact, would be even closer helping out by pushing a wheelchair instead of worrying about the potential issues with an ECV.

I often travel to WDW or DLR alone for business, and even when my family does travel with me, my wife is very petite and it would be extremely taxing on her to push my 175lbs 10-15 miles a day. Even if my 27yo son was traveling with me, if he wanted to do something on his own, I would be stranded.

An ECV gives me independence.

People need to stop guessing how easy things are in a wheelchair vs an ECV, being pushed etc, potential issues etc.

Rent a wheelchair for a day, have your family member push you all day, and then the next day rent an ECV, then come here and tell me about it.

 

[larryz]

An ECV gives me independence.

Until the batteries run out.

People need to stop guessing how easy things are in a wheelchair vs an ECV, being pushed etc, potential issues etc.

Nobody here is supposing life is easier for wheelchair-bound guests. I can see, however, where there would be no incidents of ECV drivers hitting other guests if there were no ECVs in the parks.

Rent a wheelchair for a day, have your family member push you all day, and then the next day rent an ECV, then come here and tell me about it.

End of the day, if I was sure I wasn't ruining their day, I'd rather have a family member with me in a wheelchair than tool off into the WDW crowds in an ECV.

 

[DisneyJoe]

Until the batteries run out.

Has happened to me once in 9 years, and only because it was a Disney ECV, and it was quickly replaced with a phone call. Any rented from offsite have double batteries that last 16+ hours.

End of the day, if I was sure I wasn't ruining their day, I'd rather have a family member with me in a wheelchair than tool off into the WDW crowds in an ECV.

You're completely missing the point - the person in a wheelchair doesn't want to be tied to any one person all day - you'd be ruining their day as well as the person pushing the wheelchair.

If I am in a wheelchair, and my family is going to an attraction without me, I'd need to sit and wait for them to return.
If I am in an ECV, I am free to do what I want.

If I am in a wheelchair and need to use the men's room, someone needs to push me there.
If I am in an ECV, I can go there myself.

If the person pushing my wheelchair puts me in a corner and leaves me, I am pretty much stuck there until they return. In an ECV, I am not.

Unless the person using the wheelchair is very adept at moving themself around in it, they have very limited range of motion when using it in a theme park - especially with crowds and hills and other obstacles.

 

[Dreaming of Disney World]

Until the batteries run out.


Nobody here is supposing life is easier for wheelchair-bound guests. I can see, however, where there would be no incidents of ECV drivers hitting other guests if there were no ECVs in the parks.

End of the day, if I was sure I wasn't ruining their day, I'd rather have a family member with me in a wheelchair than tool off into the WDW crowds in an ECV.

I think people who actually use wheelchairs and ECVs are more knowledgeable about what it's like to use them than you.