I must be strange because I LOVE WDW!! I never went as a child but started going in 2007 after my hubby and Igot married and have surpassed 27+ visits(lost count). WDW is my happy place and I try to go twice a year. Once with my family and I go solo for the F&WF. It is pricy but so are other vacations and you do not get even half the amount of entertainment that Disney gives you. Who else is going to pick you up/drop you off at the airport, bus you to all of their parks, water parks, shopping districts, etc. NOBODY! Not to mention that it is still the best place to go with all age groups where everyone can be entertained. I think a lot of people seem to forget or not think about all the services that Disney provides that are included in your costs. Are there some things I would change/bring back/get rid of, of course there are. But that is not enough to change the fact that you get a great vacation at WDW. We don't have to worry about driving in a strange city, or worry about driving around to find some place to eat. I feel completely safe at WDW and safe for my kids. That in itself is worth the price.
As Disney is well aware....Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
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People just like to complain, it's the society we live in today. People like to tear down what is at the top.
Goes for sports, enterntainment, where we live, schools, cars, etc. It's a no win situation.
Everyone have a "magical" day.
Some other site's like: Moms panel and Disney blog on Walt Disney World's web site are good site's to go to for Disney information.
Really?
So I like to complain about being told I can't go through the castle and that we HAVE to wait for the MSEP to finish before we can leave the park? I like to complain about the PoTC girl hardly acknowledging us instead of telling us which row to board on the boat?
Logic would tell me that I'd rather have a great time with great interaction with the CMs but I guess I just like to complain....
Now draybook you know the ones who don't like to hear anything negative about wdw are the pixie snorters. Most people that have commented have given great reasons behind why they feel the way they do. It doesnt seem like they are complaining to just complain. If folks don't like the negative some have for disney then they are free to keep moving past that post.
Seems like every week, the topic of questioning fandom is always being brought up.
I think ultimately, a good majority of us love WDW in most aspects. But there are some aspects they don't like and wish that they were addressed and/or improved. And when action is not being taken to address the ongoing problems, we get frustrated, unhappy and we vent in numerous ways. (Comparing Disney to other theme parks, bringing up the prosperous past of what it once was, cut spending WDW vacation money and go elsewhere, etc.) But I do think ultimately, we all want a better park and a better vacation spot because it's our money that we are spending at Disney and there's a need to feel justified and satisfied for spending it.
Seems like every week, the topic of questioning fandom is always being brought up.
Call me a pixie snorter anytime. No problem with that.
I must be strange because I LOVE WDW!! I never went as a child but started going in 2007 after my hubby and Igot married and have surpassed 27+ visits(lost count). WDW is my happy place and I try to go twice a year. Once with my family and I go solo for the F&WF. It is pricy but so are other vacations and you do not get even half the amount of entertainment that Disney gives you. Who else is going to pick you up/drop you off at the airport, bus you to all of their parks, water parks, shopping districts, etc. NOBODY! Not to mention that it is still the best place to go with all age groups where everyone can be entertained. I think a lot of people seem to forget or not think about all the services that Disney provides that are included in your costs. Are there some things I would change/bring back/get rid of, of course there are. But that is not enough to change the fact that you get a great vacation at WDW. We don't have to worry about driving in a strange city, or worry about driving around to find some place to eat. I feel completely safe at WDW and safe for my kids. That in itself is worth the price.
Although you make a point there, I don't think draybook falls under the type of person RoyWalley is talking about. There are lots of people out there that seem to only be happy when they have something to complain about. I don't mean just with Disney. I see these kinds of people everywhere!!! People that are just never satisfied. People that see to enjoy complaining. People who look for things to complain about. It doesn't sound to me like draybook is one of them, but they're out there.
Correct, I don't like to complain. Especially when it's Disney. I hold them to such a high standard because I grew up on DL and Disney. So imagine if you will, a guy that last went to DL in 1992 and goes to WDW in 2008 for the first time. He and his family are STUNNED at how empty it is and how well they are treated by the CMs. We even sprung for a second MNSSHP during that trip because it was so much fun. Rides are working, CMs are smiling, the whole fuzzy-tummy thing going on.
Now skip ahead 5 years. This guy and his family are getting ignored by 80% of the CMs and suits, rides are missing pieces, and the crowds are way out of control for the time of year. I realize that not everything is under Disney's control, but when you can barely move in Pecos Bills on a Thursday afternoon during "off season" yet there are 5 or more suits just hanging out for some event at Tortuga Tavern, you can see where the frustration comes from.
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In short, if I didn't care about Disney then I wouldn't complain. I'd just say on it and quit going.
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