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re: Was Disney always this bad?
Posted on 1/19/23 at 3:42 pm to Shenanigans
Posted on 1/19/23 at 3:42 pm to Shenanigans
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This will likely be our last trip but that is TBD. But my daughter is PUMPED about all the different princesses/characters she will get to see/meet, so I’d agree with others that 4-5 is probably the best age if you’re just going to be one and done.
EASILY my least favorite thing about disney world is waiting in line with my daughters to meet a character or a princess and an adult couple having a full on conversation with the character like they are real. Take your fricking photo and move you freaks.
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Posted on 1/19/23 at 8:11 pm to dewster
got back few weeks ago
its not for adults, its for kids and adult creepers
its not for adults, its for kids and adult creepers
Posted on 1/19/23 at 8:34 pm to DukeSilver
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For the pros with kids. If I'm only planning on going once what would you say is the ideal age to go?
A kid under 4 gets nothing out of it.
6 to 10 is the sweet spot.
Posted on 1/19/23 at 10:12 pm to makersmark1
With Disney crowd metrics these days, even a smaller crowd can have long waits on everything as they adjust staffing to reduce capacity on everything and to get people in shops and restaurants. You really have to plan your shite out or just relax and go with the lines. We’ve gotten to the point where we don’t worry about hitting everything and just chill and people watch.
Disagree, but it’s more about characters and parades than rides at that age. It hits different every year with my kid, but we have the luxury of having free Orlando lodging any time we want with family. Sad our free Universal tickets will be coming to an end soon as my wife’s grandmother is finally retiring.
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A kid under 4 gets nothing out of it.
Disagree, but it’s more about characters and parades than rides at that age. It hits different every year with my kid, but we have the luxury of having free Orlando lodging any time we want with family. Sad our free Universal tickets will be coming to an end soon as my wife’s grandmother is finally retiring.
This post was edited on 1/19/23 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 1/19/23 at 10:29 pm to dewster
If I ever take my kids to Orlando, we’re going straight to Cape Canerval to watch the SpaceX rockets launch, not wasting time at Disney world!
Posted on 1/19/23 at 11:33 pm to dewster
It is the Golden Corral of vacations.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 5:16 am to makersmark1
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A kid under 4 gets nothing out of it.
This is so incorrect
Posted on 1/20/23 at 5:16 am to DeltaTigerDelta
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It is the Golden Corral of vacations.
Please explain.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:43 am to Shenanigans
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This will likely be our last trip but that is TBD. But my daughter is PUMPED about all the different princesses/characters she will get to see/meet, so I’d agree with others that 4-5 is probably the best age if you’re just going to be one and done.
Good. I hope she enjoys her vacation. Kids that age do enjoy Magic Kingdom.
Hope her parents aren’t totally exhausted there.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:57 pm to DeltaTigerDelta
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It is the Golden Corral of vacations.
IDK about that. But heaven help you if you go there without an intensely researched plan with reservations to restaurants made weeks before you arrive.
They require that you be very structured for restaurants or the handful of hot rides they have at all the parks (no kidding - we needed to book a reservation to have beer and fish/chips a week out to go to a fricking pub at EPCOT…a pub). But you have to be flexible with everything else to make that work because the fast passes are not always at a predictable time and the stand by lines are always extremely long. So you end up with filler time in the park with nothing to do but spend money at what is essentially a massive, very overcrowded, horrifically overpriced shopping mall.
There is no way to do this and be relaxed. There really isn’t a way to do this and avoid stress. The bad things about the experience far outweighs the good unless members of your party are REALLY into Disney.
As awesome as Guardians of the Galaxy is or Rise of the Resistance are…..Disney is overall terrible experience unless you plan way, way ahead. And if you do, you lose the ability for any spontaneous experiences other than shopping. You can’t even easily get back to on site hotels to wait out the time between your fast pass bookings.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 2:16 pm to Sparty3131
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Dirty
The bus transportation between the resort and the parks were really dirty. The friendship boats were very clean. Weird how different they were.
The bathrooms were really messy in every park. I don’t think they are neglected, but they just couldn’t keep up with the crowds. Bathrooms were the one thing we didn’t have to wait in line for in the parks.
Outside of that the park itself was clean. Surprisingly clean given how insanely busy they are.
This post was edited on 1/20/23 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 1/20/23 at 3:32 pm to dewster
Anyone over 18 is going to prefer EPCOT.
But the crowds/lines will ruin it either way. Not saying that the crowds are sketchy or anything…there are just too damn many people.
But the crowds/lines will ruin it either way. Not saying that the crowds are sketchy or anything…there are just too damn many people.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 6:45 pm to baldona
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Crazy thing, is Disney is still somewhat in financial trouble as their stock is down almost 50% from the 52 Wk high.
the parks are making money. they are milking the parks to pay for the bleeding that Disney+ has become
Posted on 1/21/23 at 4:37 pm to dewster
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There is no way to do this and be relaxed. There really isn’t a way to do this and avoid stress. The bad things about the experience far outweighs the good unless members of your party are REALLY into Disney. As awesome as Guardians of the Galaxy is or Rise of the Resistance are…..Disney is overall terrible experience unless you plan way, way ahead. And if you do, you lose the ability for any spontaneous experiences other than shopping. You can’t even easily get back to on site hotels to wait out the time between your fast pass bookings.
Disagree, but it’s all about mindset if you want relaxed and not heavily planned. Don’t go in there with I have to ride everything or have to do certain things, pick a few rides you want to ride, hit up quick service, and just enjoy walking around and hanging out with friends or family.
Taking a lunch break can be a game changer for a lot of people that can’t take it either. Head back to the hotel if you are at a resort, hang out at the pool and get some food, head back in after a nice break.
I get it though, most people don’t visit too often and or want it to be a once or twice vacation and want to cram everything into one visit. Disney has always just been an oh let’s go there too while we are visiting family than spending a ton of money for a once in a lifetime vacation.
This post was edited on 1/21/23 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 1/22/23 at 8:26 pm to dewster
Ive been 3 times in the past 1.5 year. Ive had enough for the rest of my life. It is horrendous experience. Mother in law wants me to go back in May and I told her no even after offering to pay my way.
Posted on 1/23/23 at 11:19 am to LSUfan4444
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t's still possible but you can't do it today the way you did it 5-10 years ago and expect the same results...things are just too different now.
We brought our kids back in 2014 and if things are worse now than then, I can't imagine how bad it is.
My wife and I didn't really want to go and didn't necessarily enjoy it, but she said it was something we "had to do at least once" while our kids were young.
The kids were 10 and 8 at the time and they had a good time, plus we were with a group of their friends which made it better for them.
Posted on 1/23/23 at 12:02 pm to REB BEER
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We brought our kids back in 2014 and if things are worse now than then, I can't imagine how bad it is.
They aren’t particularly worse, just different. For many people change is associated with negativity but it’s not necessarily the same thing.
I 100% prefer not having to book fastpasses months in advance and am more than wilking to pay for them because that means less will have them so they become more valuable.
It’s different, not necessarily worse
What would make it worse is expecting the same result with the same approach and the same cold be said for many vacations
Posted on 1/23/23 at 12:44 pm to makersmark1
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A kid under 4 gets nothing out of it.
Hot take...
Wrong, but hot.
Posted on 1/23/23 at 12:49 pm to LSUfan4444
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They aren’t particularly worse, just different. For many people change is associated with negativity but it’s not necessarily the same thing.
I 100% prefer not having to book fastpasses months in advance and am more than wilking to pay for them because that means less will have them so they become more valuable.
It’s different, not necessarily worse
What would make it worse is expecting the same result with the same approach and the same cold be said for many vacations
It's 100% worse of an experience, you know this is true, it was designed to be that way. Disney doesn't frick around with metrics, they know what they were doing with this new system, they get better at it with each new iteration.
This post was edited on 1/23/23 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 1/24/23 at 8:18 am to Dam Guide
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It's 100% worse of an experience, you know this is true,
Are there some things I like less, sure (no Magical Express, park hopping after 2, park reservations).
Are there things I like more (mobile ordering available so many more places, Genie +, Individual Lightning Lane), sure.
My experiences today are no worse than what they were 8 years ago but they are different. They would DEFINITELY be worse if I tried to do the same thing I did then and expect the same result.
Just because your experience might be 100% worse doesnt mean everyone elses is or has to be...it just means yours is.
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