Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: You should visit us in Morva if you want a different type of experience, leobloom, duckling. ORGOCH: Yeah, right! Talk 'bout never wantin' ta come back agin--less'n yer the type who gits turned on by a sleep over in a one room shack out in the middle of a mosquito infested swamp! An' if'n yer inta bein' chased all over the place by a love sick tramp er buried alive under a mountain a donut crumbs by the biggest, fattest witch this side a the moon!! Sure, come on an' pay us a visit!!
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I was speaking to a friend last night who told me that the Yeti on Everest is now completely covered with a tarp, so that the AA Yeti can no longer be seen while on the ride. Very sad.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I would hope that it's behind a tarp because they're doing something to fix it that they don't want guests to see. Sadly, I have a hunch that's not the case.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 As someone here on the West Coast who has purchased the "Primere Pass" for both coasts the past two years I too am having second thought about renewing for the East Coast part of the pass when I come up for renewal in May. I went on several cruises out of Florida the past two years and always included a stay at Walt Disney World, however I have to admit my last visit left me wanting more....much more. As mentioned the attention to detail is gone, many places simply look tired and are in need of much love and attention. In the past I could not wait to return to Walt Disney World once I got back home, however perhaps a few years away will give me a greater appreciation when, and if, I decide to make another trip East. In some ways Disneyland is getting to be the same way. Oh sure, California Adventure is going to be great when it reopens this summer, especially with Cars Land, even so, I just don't get as excited as I use to....blame it on old age I guess, however I long for the simpler days at Disney when the Parks were a lot more open and there wasn't a souvie stand in every nook and cranny trying to sell you something....and usually it's all the same stuff, nothing unique to areas anymore.
Originally Posted By standor WDW was a wonderful, enjoyable experience till about the mid 90s. It was always clean, the monorais were in good shape(no holes in the seats, and the sound system was clear), All the lights on the buildings on main street were all lit and most of all the castmembers were polite and helpful. You could walk up to any restaurant and get in after a short wait. No fast passes so everyone got on to any attraction ASAP. How the place has changed gor the worst.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 However the money keep rolling in, and I am afraid that is all they are concerned about. Very sad.
Originally Posted By dshyates For the past 5-6 years I feel WDW has been running at about 70% of its potential. They have managed to eek out the most profit with the least amount of upkeep, additions, and staff. But I should note that in the past year they have done a lot of repair work to the exteriors of most of the buildings on Main Street and in Adventureland. And they look good.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 WDW has lived up to the worst of the DL opening day caricatures.. "a giant cash register ringing w/ Walt's characters descending upon us to take our money" .....but offering nothing in return.
Originally Posted By dagobert After reading all this comments, I think Disneyland Paris is currently on a better way than WDW. DLRP hardly makes any money and so the maintenance was never very good. However WDW makes a ton of money and so maintenance should be very good, but it isn't. DLRP still makes any money, but during the last years we have seen some great additions, like TOT and Crush's Coaster, and nearly the whole park was refurbished. DLP still isn't perfect, but it seems the European resort is doing better than WDW.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "However WDW makes a ton of money and so maintenance should be very good," It really makes no sense why this isnt the case. I guess the other Disney resorts are better maintained because most of the customers are locals. A lot of people complain how ap's make DL a horrible experience but, at the same time they are catering to the locals making the quality much higher than WDW. Its really a shame WDW is having such problems, i really enjoyed some parts of my trip and would love to see improvments.
Originally Posted By leobloom What I don't understand is why management has invested so heavily in the NexGen stuff at the expense of maintaining the parks. I suspect that if the X-Pass thing turns out as bad as it sounds like it will -- because it sounds like touring the parks without an X-Pass will be a huge hassle with longer waits, basically like touring without FP today -- then that might be the last straw for me. As it is, I usually visit WDW one day each year to catch up on the new stuff, but if X-Pass is going to be management's idea of a new E-ticket, then I'll probably bail.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 Xpass IS the breaking point. The parks will be UNAVIGABLE at that point.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Hopefully this NextGen thing will crash and burn so quickly that the idiots who thought it up in the first place will also crash and burn along with it.
Originally Posted By hopemax My Dad has been of the opinion that X-pass is primarily to try and manage international tour groups. We all know what happens when 100 Brazilians descend upon an area of the park. X-pass is a way to sort of "back door" them onto attractions, prevent 3 groups all arriving at the same time, making sure they have a place for the parade instead of crowding in at the last minute, etc. I wasn't sure what I thought, but then Obama had his "expand the visa waiver program" speech in front of the Castle, so who knows. If Disney sees growth coming in increasing the amount of international visitors from South America who like to travel in large groups, selling them a ride reservation system would be a logical course of action to take. Still will be a disaster for the rest of us though. Did everyone see the list of what will be included over on Jim Hill? <a href="http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2012/02/22/which-wdw-attractions-are-becoming-part-of-the-xpass-experience.aspx" target="_blank">http://jimhillmedia.com/editor...nce.aspx</a>
