Originally Posted By KatieKate123 I do agree that these boards used to be balance like last year but the past 6 months of so it seems to be more and more negative.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>> I'm sure it will eventually swing the other way as soon as WDW does something interesting that actually gets everyone excited.<<< I am hoping that perhaps the new additions of Star Tours2 and the FLE will be a huge step in the right direction. I am already heartened to hear it sounds like they have improved the bus service.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper You know, my car always looks decent until the neighbor washes his. I wonder if some of the wind has been knocked out of people's sails by the fact that Universal did such a terrific job with Potterland. There might be a little "castle envy" going on with some of this criticism as well.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 What a good point My car always does look cleaner 2 until i see a cleaner car parked next to it.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> To say that well I had a great time at Disney world, and we really liked going on splash mountain, but it seems like space mountain is falling a little behind well thats a good sentence. << I mean absolutely no disrespect, but your ideas might be taken more seriously if you put some time into composing your thoughts and proofread what you wrote. I don't personally care if you write like a freshman in a remedial composition course, but you also have to prepared to have people brush off your ideas because they come across as knee-jerk and simplistic.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I've been to a bunch of parks and I always feel that Disney is pretty reasonable compared to most. I certainly get better value at WDW (and even Universal) than I do at a stadium or arena. << Oh my God, Spirit was right. This discussion really has become a waste of time if we've returned (again and again) to the point of comparing WDW to professional sporting events and big-city living. (Where's Vbdad to tell us how inexpensive WDW is compared to Chicago?)
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Easy there leo...again, not everyone breathes pixie dust. In the big picture of entertainment and feeding large quantities of people (where at chain amusement parks, stadiums, Disney, etc) I was simply stating that I thought Disney was a good value. Liberty Tree Tavern and Columbia Harbour House are two places that consistently deliver in my opinion.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 oh and leobloom I don't know who you are and I am not criticizing you as an individual but how dare you sit here and criticize anyone personally. Can't you make a point w/o fixing someones grammar or putting someone down? Or is that how you do everything in your life?
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Also my ideas do come across simple b/c I am trying to talk to people who can't put sense in their heads ex you.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<There might be a little "castle envy" going on with some of this criticism as well.>> I'm not sure who this one is directed at, but it's certainly not me. I've been having problems with the direction being taken at WDW since the 1990s. I think my first real hint that things were seriously wrong at Disney was when they replaced World of Motion (a very detailed, old school, animatronic ride) with Test Track (a thrill ride through an empty warehouse).
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///Maybe you missed the Soarin' queue which is probably, in terms of design and execution, the weakest of any E-ticket. (Big Thunder at least has some scenery up front and occasion glimpses of the ride.) And I still think the execution of the ride itself is lazy (beginning with the big blue IMAX screen staring you in the face when you load--it'd be the same as having the screen in Star Tours brightly illuminated when you load). Hence, poor execution, IMO./// I thought that I was the only one out of the 6+ billion folk in this world who had committed the cardinal sin concerning WDW: derogate Soarin'. I don't feel so alone anymore.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///DAK shouldn't have been built in 1998. I think a fourth park should have waited until after the turn of the century (2005 or so). The money spent building and operating DAK should've been allocated to 1) beefing up MGM and making it an equal to MK and Epcot and 2) making sure that MK didn't sit there and stagnate. /// AK is a beautiful park but I agree that the mindset should have been to fix what was already there FIRST then move forward to open a new park. Quality should trump quantity. I would take 1 completely, unbelievably stellar park(can you say Disney Sea) over 4 decent ones any day.
Originally Posted By danyoung >If it happens to be leaning a little more negative right now, I'm sure it will eventually swing the other way as soon as WDW does something interesting that actually gets everyone excited.< We can only hope!
Originally Posted By danyoung >I don't personally care if you write like a freshman in a remedial composition course, but you also have to prepared to have people brush off your ideas because they come across as knee-jerk and simplistic.< Leobloom, did you actually diss someone for their lack of grammatical skills while you wrote a sentence that said "...but you also have to prepared..."? Dude, if you're going to blast someone for their grammar, you better make DANGED sure that your own house is in order!
Originally Posted By leobloom Yeah, dan, I did. I'd say there's a difference between an occasional typo and long rambling posts comprised of run-on sentences with multiple typos, but then it'd just sound like I'm trying to justify my own error. Maybe Katie's problem is LP doesn't allow one to edit one's posts. I'm sure if we had an edit feature, her posts wouldn't be a chore to read.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Like I said, Leobloom at least I don't sit here and criticize someone in particular to get my point across. You seriously, can not come up with a better way to say, what you would like to say, than to criticize me. That is fine, but at least I don't make my point by criticizing others. Was that better? Don't even try to tell me that, there were run on sentences, because there is something called COMMAS.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I think Danyoung said it best when he said: "I think Constance said it best a few posts ago" ;P
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Seriously though, I love the parks, go every chance I can, and I can't wait to go to WDW someday again. Although, if Disney does something down right stupid, like Duffy for instance, I'm going to say, "that's stupid" because it is. However, I am not going to rant and rave for months on the issue and beat down anyone who happens to enjoy Duffy. I realize some people are unhappy about the state of the parks, and it's cool to have a place to discuss it, and even cooler that maybe Disney execs are aware the we're aware of needed changes. But there are a few (and I don't even really have any specific people in mind because I tend to tune them out) that go overboard. They do nothing constructive or friendly on these boards and you're left to wonder about the validity of their sanity. Who would come to a Disney forum and bash Disney everyday of their life if there was no interest in the parks or in sparking up friendship on these boards? Strange.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt KatieKate, SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO COMPLAIN!!! carry on! Have a Magical Day!
