I just miss the exciting feeling that Disney could build and create anything you could dream up better than you could have imagined. The commitment to excellent service above all for all guests, rich or poor, ugly or pretty, young and old. The dedication to storytelling and immersive theming I felt from every inch of the parks. The excitement when they would build something new before it felt like in order to do so they'd have to tear something else beloved down or ignore maintenance on something.
Maybe nostalgia is giving me rose-colored glasses but I feel this less and less every time I enter the World. They're still the best at those things... better than anyone else in the world still. At the same time though, they aren't as good as they used to be at those things.
I used to think that if I won the lottery I would just want to live in Disney World for the rest of my life, every day. Now I think I'd be content just to vacation there a couple times a year.
I don't think this is about just growing up either. I'm starting to feel this about Universal (a little) and I still feel it in other venues to an extent. I still felt it watching Tangle and Princess and the Frog. I think at a certain point the Florida team just stopped reaching for the impossible like Walt was so fond of doing. Maybe I'm wrong and their next project after Disney Springs will knock me on my . Maybe Avatarland is gonna be something great and not the horrible disaster it currently represents to me.
Maybe.
Anyway I think that, more than any other ride or show or food... is really what I miss. Those other things come and go and I'm okay with that.
