Originally Posted By Donny Ok I have to admit the times I have been to Disneyworld I have always avoided EPCOT but I went today and loved it.Could I also be wrong about Animal Kingdom ?????
Originally Posted By magnet You avoided EPCOT??? Well, you missed its best years! Why would you do such a thing?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper First of all, I'm glad you loved Epcot. It's either my first or second favorite WDW park depending on my mom. Secondly, I love DAK! You should give it a try!
Originally Posted By Mr X I don't see why you would avoid ANY parks in WDW, they all have their relative merits (the only logic I could see would be a frequent Disneyland visitor skipping the Magic Kingdom, but even so there's plenty of unique stuff there to see and do). Glad you had fun!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer EPCOT is fantastic. Most daring and imaginative park Disney has created.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer EPCOT is the epitomy of everything good in WDW. It is based on the challenge and promise of tomorrow. best experience in the world
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<EPCOT is fantastic. Most daring and imaginative park Disney has created.>> Disneyland begs to differ.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper No, it's not about that at all, haha. It's about creating a whole new type of entertainment venue. Which Disneyland did.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo WAAAHHHH????!!! Glad you finally made it. For me, Epcot and DAK are the only reasons to choose to go to WDW rather than DL, DLP or TDL. Lol
Originally Posted By Mr X ***For me, Epcot and DAK are the only reasons to choose to go to WDW rather than DL, DLP or TDL*** Looking strictly at theme park vs theme park, I would agree with you. However, as a "total package" resort, nothing comes close to DisneyWorld.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo DLP does not fare badly. It too has lakes, a golf course, themed hotels and ice skating. Only thing missing is Mini Golf and water parks (which are in the Master plan)
Originally Posted By Mr X All of the resorts have themed hotels. DLP has just ONE golf course? WDW has 4 iirc, And you could throw in a mini-golf course and a couple of water parks and you would STILL not come close to the SCOPE of WDW, which is my main point. Although I'd love to visit DLP someday.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo well technically DLP has 27 holes so you can play in numerous variations, has 7 Disney owned hotels, and a number of themed partner hotels. We also have a town liek Celebration including an aquarium and over 100 stores. They each have something unique. The main reason people go to the swamps is for the parks. And of them Epcot and DAK are WDW's crown jewels IMHO.
Originally Posted By Mr X EACH store has something unique? All 100? THAT'S impressive. As for your pithy swamps comment, that would be true of ALL the Disney resorts wouldn't it? But once you're there, the question is how much other stuff is available. The scope of "the swamps" goes beyond any other themed resort in the world. There is literally something for everyone, and it's essentially a fully functional resort "city". You can't say that about the others (not even Paris).
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer <<It's about creating a whole new type of entertainment venue. Which Disneyland did.>> But Epcot and Disneyland, even wdw's MK are two completely different things, like, entertainment wise. Not saying's one better than the other, they just both laid out new tracks for the theme park industry
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>EACH store has something unique? All 100? THAT'S impressive.<<< Pretty much - they are a lot of designer boutiques, so unless you are in FNAC (think French Tower Records/Virgin/HMV) or Auchen (French Walmart), they are unique things. They have live entertainment too. It is quite cool. Most people do not even realise it is a Disney design town. But nope, WDW used to be cool, and a couple of the parks are, but if I wanted to golf, or sail, or do most of the other things non park or hotel related, there are better places to go. The parks are what it is about. And the MK is probably the 2nd weakest of that style after Hong Kong.
