Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-78662.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Predictions for Walt Disney World's Next Decade</b></a> <p>The Orlando Sentinel's Beth Kassab predicts Disney World's next decade including whether or not Avatar will be a hit or miss.</p>
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub This is an interesting article if you can ignore all the advertising links,etc. Could somebody explain to me why online news is better than the old=fashion newspaper? I find all the commercials that appear most disgusting! So more Princess success/stuff.Ugh Disney Cruise Vacations over the DVC choice. Depends.If I sell my timeshare can I afford aDisney Cruise? Avatar a miss for AK...hope Disney reads this in time to back out Next generation control for the vacationer or Disney? or both? Will the consumer like pre-planning as much as Disney wants us to? Can Disney control our money as we think we are controlling our fun? I forgot the fifth prediction.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub oh yeah something about the success of Magic Express...so we will see more control as Disney tries to keep us in the casino I mean theme park.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, I happen to LOVE the Disney princesses, so her prediction about them really made my day. There's been too much character bashing on these boards, of late, and it seems to be the 'in thing' to bash the princesses. But if it weren't for the Disney princesses, Disney wouldn't be nearly as popular as it currently. So you might want to think twice before you take their royal Highnesses for granted.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<oh yeah something about the success of Magic Express>> Personally I liked the Magic Express. Very convienent.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I predict that they will continue to please the masses but continue to disappoint many of the hard core fans.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Agreed Wahooskipper, and the predictions show it. Our experience of Magical Express is poor. And if I wanted to see young pretty girls, I'd go to a strip club and probably spend less money.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<Our experience of Magical Express is poor>> So what happened. I used a few years ago with the family. We landed, went to the kiosk where we were supposed to meet, got on the bus, checked into the hotel, bags were at the room. No issues.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo We droped off at 3 cheaper resorts before getting to AKL, and then we waited 7 hours for our luggage, a real issue when the kids are tired and jet lagging when we arrive on a 6pm flight. We were advised the bags should have been with us within no more than 3 hours, and the hotel treated us poorly when we made enquiries after 3 hours. But then, being stuck on property we kept having significant bus issues (45 minute waits) to where we started using cabs by the end of the trip. It was frankly piss poor.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I guess everyone's experience is different. I've never run into any real problems other than the room wasn't ready by the time we got there. But then that can be anywhere you travel.
Originally Posted By dagobert Has the transportation system always been that bad. I'm asking, because in 2008 we didn't have any problems. We stayed at the Pop Century and there were alwaysanough busses runningso that we didn't have to wait very long. Disney's Magical Express is the transport from and to the airport? That was a mess and didn't work for us. So we took a yellow bus to the airport.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I think this is what really annoyed me. The budget places seemed to have 4 busses to every one for AKL. Now I know they are bigger resorts, but that was really annoying. I voowed IF we ever go to WDW again, we would rent a car and not use their substandard transport (we had a momorail breakdown that trip too and a poor boat to Wilderness Lodge issue). In 2000, the transport was much better. But it is sad when Alton Towers and Europa Park run better monorail services than the place that gave them the idea to build them in the first place.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 my 26 year old and boyfriend use the system all the time when we visit each year- and as impatient as my daughter can be normally- they love the system. truly there are different experiences- but piss poor is not a common feeling among most people I know. I don't question that some people have had poorer experiences- but they do not seem the norm. I admit I always have a car there but I use the bus system at times each trip also- and have no complaints
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I do hear AKL can be more challenging because it's so far away - our experiences are to- from OKW
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I do hear AKL can be more challenging because it's so far away - our experiences are to- from OKW<<< That's why I like the proximity of Disneyland Paris, where everything is in walking distance. Although each Disney hotel is connected by a bus, we never used them, except the weather was bad.
Originally Posted By PotNoodle We always stay at the Beach Club Villas. I think it's ridiculous to share a bus with four other hotels with a stop at Blizzard Beach--just to get to DAK. It's no wonder we only go to DAK once on our trips.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Have things changed? Last time I stayed on property was 2008 at Caribbean Beach and we got on the buses with little issue. I know when we were waiting to go to Downtown Disney later in the day we had to wait about 20 minutes for that bus. But none of us seemed to mind. We had met a family from Australia and struck up a conversation with them so it made the time pass pretty quickly.
Originally Posted By u k fan I've never used Magical Express as we tend to hire a car so we can go shopping off-site, but we stayed at Pop the same week Dave was at AKL and on the few occasions we used the bus (only once or twice) it was fine. My worst experience with WDW busses was a few years previous at DTD - the bus stops were so rammed we just got a taxi as there was no way we were likely to be on the next one that pulled up. It's a bit unfair to compare WDW's monorail with Alton Towers as their monorail is very short and nowhere near the same scale. It's like comparing a paper boat to a cruiseliner and then complaining the paper boat doesn't have a better restaurant!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo My point is Disney used to be the best. When staying at Splash Landings, using the Monorail into Alton Towers is exactly like staying at the Poly and using the monorail to the MK.
