Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/things-no-one-tells-you-about-disney-world-vacations">http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad...acations</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip As for the item about characters no longer being able to free roam the parks... Do you think that is partly in response to complaints and lawsuits alleging that characters engaged in inappropriate touching? I assume that Disney can keep more control using the meet and greet locations and is able to record all interactions with the characters.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt That one kind of surprised me a bit because I thought that random characters still roamed the parks. For example: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/07/long-lost-disney-characters-coming-to-walt-disney-world-resort-for-limited-time-magic/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...e-magic/</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt LuvsDsnyTrips my favorite is the one about the use of flash on dark rides. People who do that drive me nuts.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I far prefer the Ferry even if it does take a little longer. Nothing beats the sight of the Magic Kingdom as you cross the Seven Seas Lagoon... the monorail doesn't come close. Plus, the Ferry doesn't stink.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I agree about most of them. I never understood the whole Haunted Mansion interactive queue. My assumption is that it was meant to be the actual queue but the line came to a standstill as people played that they just gave up on it. As for rides breaking down I would say that us unfair. On the whole WDW attractions have a great record for running.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Do people bring picnic blankets and camp out for the fireworks like they do at DL? That's really annoying.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I havent seen too many blankets, but people camp out for the parades and the fireworks.
Originally Posted By tashajilek That was a funny article and some things were very true. I did like taking the ferry to the MK for my first time which was pretty special. It was even better because it was night time and Christmas. Seeing all the lights and the Castle in the distance looked amazing. After my first time it got kind of annoying to get to and from the MK, but we did find during the Christmas holidays the monorail was quicker. I much prefer parking at the three other parks, we always managed to get awesome parking spots very close to the park.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I think there are a lot of misconceptions about Disney vacations. When you picture going to Disney, you tend to picture everyone in a complete state of happiness, waltzing to and from attraction to attraction having magic experience after magical experience with characters and rides, etc.. Of course when you get there, and you realize your feet are full of blisters, the sun is making you miserable, the lines are crazy long, the kids can't stop crying because they are so tired and hot and tired of waiting and they waited 20 mintues to see Mickey only to have him leave and some other less wanted character take his place, you quickly realize the magical trip you planned has turned into a nightmare from hell.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Constance that true but WDW is even more frustrating. With everything being so spread out, all the trams, monorails, busses and Ferries you have to take, the dinning reservations months in advance and park hopping can take forever. Disneyland really is a walk in the park in comparison.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Disneyland really is a walk in the park in comparison." Which is part of the reason why I've pretty much given up on ever going back to WDW unless it's on someone else's dime.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Constance that true but WDW is even more frustrating. With everything being so spread out, all the trams, monorails, busses and Ferries you have to take, the dinning reservations months in advance and park hopping can take forever. Disneyland really is a walk in the park in comparison." I got a taste of the huge difference when trying to plan a trip to WDW. How can I choose from that many restaurants!?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Birthday, Christmas, Dia de Los Muertos, Kwanzaa, International Women's Day... take your pick CC! A free WDW vacation is always welcome, although I'd be hesitant to set foot in the state of Florida even if someone paid me to.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Easy. There aren't that many that are considerably above average. One at the MK, assuming Be Our Guest is as good as reported. One at the Disney Studios. One at the AK. Four or five at Epcot. Two at the Boardwalk. Six in the various hotels. Four at Downtown Disney. It is pretty easy based on where you plan to be. The rest aren't bad... most WDW table service restaurants are pretty good. But they are fairly interchangeable... choose based on whatever menu sounds good and fits your price range. Deb Will's site has menus for all the WDW restaurants and is a good source of information. Link: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://allears.net/menu/menus.htm">http://allears.net/menu/menus.htm</a>
