What is the worst thing about WDW currently?

[noquacks]

Thanks for your constructive feedback and wel

Thanks for your constructive feedback and welcome to the boards


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A little too late to back pedal. Abandon it now and cut your "losses".

 

[DisneyHead123]

I haven’t actually been recently so didn’t vote, but one thing I didn’t see listed was rides breaking down. I’m not clear on why these are so much more frequent now but I’m envisioning myself trapped on Ratatouille for 50 minutes with a screaming toddler, waiting to be let out…

 

[King Racoon 77]

A little too late to back pedal. Abandon it now and cut your "losses".

Nothing to lose and no backpedaling here.

 

[brifraz]

Other - lack of live entertainment. This is not a recent issue, but a decline that has been going on for 20+ years. I so fondly remember the days when I could go to Epcot and in the course of an hour or so, catch Future Corps, the Jammitors, Off Kilter, and the original Hat Lady at Rose and Crown and then head to Studios to see The Hollywood Hitmen - and maybe catch the Tubafours playing on the Boardwalk along the way. And that's without even touching on the different improv shows that used to happen in UK at Epcot and all the Streetmosphere in Studios. Happily, I can still catch two of those (sort-of) with Jammitors and Carol in UK (not currently at Rose and Crown due to COVID), but that's a pretty low percentage.

 

[celluloid]

Anything with the word plus, pass in it.

 

[Lilofan]

Other - lack of live entertainment. This is not a recent issue, but a decline that has been going on for 20+ years. I so fondly remember the days when I could go to Epcot and in the course of an hour or so, catch Future Corps, the Jammitors, Off Kilter, and the original Hat Lady at Rose and Crown and then head to Studios to see The Hollywood Hitmen - and maybe catch the Tubafours playing on the Boardwalk along the way. And that's without even touching on the different improv shows that used to happen in UK at Epcot and all the Streetmosphere in Studios. Happily, I can still catch two of those (sort-of) with Jammitors and Carol in UK (not currently at Rose and Crown due to COVID), but that's a pretty low percentage.

Lack of live " real entertainment " then we get Mulch Sweat and Shears for NYE / DHS. Gone are the days pre 9/11 when Cheap Trick performed an intimate NYE show at the end of NY Street at DHS before Lights Motor Action was even built.

 

[brifraz]

Lack of live " real entertainment " then we get Mulch Sweat and Shears for NYE / DHS. Gone are the days pre 9/11 when Cheap Trick performed an intimate NYE show at the end of NY Street at DHS before Lights Motor Action was even built.

And don't even get me started about the live acts that would be performing nightly at PI (even the local 'regular' groups put on pretty decent shows, and a couple of the clubs often got decent headliners).

 

[GimpYancIent]

It was bound to happen, but the crowds are getting larger.

Sure.

 

[Chi84]

And don't even get me started about the live acts that would be performing nightly at PI (even the local 'regular' groups put on pretty decent shows, and a couple of the clubs often got decent headliners).

That brings back memories! Do you remember a group called either Freddie or Frankie and the West End Boys? My kids loved them.

 

[MKTG572]

Does anyone have any information on if the prices are going down soon?

 

[NickMaio]

Does anyone have any information on if the prices are going down soon?

They are going up......always going up.
They never go down.

 

[WaltsTreasureChest]

Out of touch management

 

[WDWVolFan]

The whole thing of getting a reservation for a hotel on site but still not sure if you will be able to get into a park because it may be full and you need a reservation on top of your reservation and tickets already purchased…BS by Disney.

 

[pluto77]

I voted for costs, but I actually would change my vote to other and say park reservations. If Genie+ is supposed to create more “spontaneity,” which is one reason they used for implementing Genie+, then having to make a park reservation is more than cancelling that out.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

 

[fireworksandfairytales]

For me it's a tie between EMH not coming back in the same capacity and legacy FastPass not existing anymore (which I know has been the case for a long time at this point ).

 

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

I think we are seeing a clear winner.... WDW Greed. .

 

[Disstevefan1]

 

[Chi84]

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I’m starting to agree. The parks are showing limited availability the last week of April - well after spring break and a full week past Easter. Even with revenge vacations there’s no way the parks should be at capacity. If this continues it’s going to be a major deterrent for future vacations.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

I’m starting to agree. The parks are showing limited availability the last week of April - well after spring break and a full week past Easter. Even with revenge vacations there’s no way the parks should be at capacity. If this continues it’s going to be a major deterrent for future vacations.

It certainly makes it difficult. We are planning to do Marathon weekend, that means we need to get races (which sell out), get park reservations (which sell out), get hotels (which sell out), and we’re also doing Castaway Cay challenge which means reserving the Wish (which will likely sell out but is the one thing we’ve thankfully been able to book already).

They all book at separate times so there’s a distinct possibility we could spend thousands booking some things and then not be able to go to the parks or have a place to stay, it’s unlikely but terrifying, spending $10k and not being guaranteed to get into the parks seems ridiculous.