As someone who spent a lot of my childhood in Central FL and, full disclosure, shits on the state and it’s natives at almost every given opportunity now that I’m on the West coast also...and ABSOLUTELY shits on adult Disneyphiles at EVERY opportunity (it just...reallllly reeks of a puerile stall in maturity)...

...I…

Noted Disney and theme park aficionado Jenny Nicholson had what feels like a pretty strong read on the situation. It’s that this current plan is going to start failing them after a few years for a few stacking reasons. You’ve basically got three major park visitor demographics: local parkgoers in California and…

I love rollercoasters and whatnot, but time spent on waiting in line does not match up with the time spent on the ride. Such a waste.

I went in 2019 with my kids and I’m frustrated with how completely and successfully I was manipulated. I was skeptical about going – my kids were more Ghibli kids than Disney kids and I deeply hate being anywhere above 70 degrees – and figured I was in for it, but damned if my kids have ever been happier than giving…

The Park Reservation ticketing system is a nightmare. In addition to the idea of park-hopping seemingly gone forever, you also have to confirm your ticket multiple times in the process, and if you miss one because you think you already selected it (because you did), you could end up at the entrance without a valid…

if you need a militantly strict itinerary and over a thousand dollars just to enjoy a day at a theme park, then I’ve got news for you; it’s not worth it and you’re part of the problem for even trying to attend. just go to Six Flags. it’s affordable and less crowded and usually have better roller coasters. Disney is a…

This is The Way.

Honest question, anyone hear how the Star Wars hotel is doing.  Seems like I have seen nothing about it since it initial opened and cost “All the money” to go

Counter point. Rides are fun.

I’ve been going once a year with family since maybe 2005. The experience has declined fairly steadily over that time. For me there’s one major, glaring problem — the park is too damn crowded. I think one of the biggest things causing this issue is the annual passes. We can’t even enjoy evenings at the park anymore…

IThis. Worked with a vendor when Disney laid off it support in the US for cheaper resources, they tried to pass the the cost of losing good knowledgeable workers in house with no knowledge offshore. We lost money, Disney won the lawsuit from their former employees who trained their H1b1 visa replacements. The parks…

I love theme parks and I loved Disney for years but I am not sure if and when I will take my family back.

Disney has been prohibitively expensive for a while now. A coworker went there many years ago and I was horrifies about the money she withdrew from her 401K (!!) to go.

I totally agree. Disney is a corporation run by a board, and their job is to make money for the stockholders. That’s it. It isn’t to make people HAPPY at the park, unless that increases their bottom line, and people being unhappy isn’t having any real impact now. (Will it down the line? That’s debatable. Personally I…

“You can’t buy happiness”
Disney: “hold my my overpriced non-alcoholic beverage”

The last time I went to Disneyland, I witnessed a full-on brawl in Critter Country between two groups of teens/twenty-somethings. Apparently one of the groups was trying to film a TikTok video too close to the other group who was also filming a TikTok video. So here I am with a five year old, waiting in line for the…

Had a friend that worked there, she said the average is 5 rides per person per day, 7 is a great day.

The only way to not be ripped off is to simply not go.

We went to Disney World earlier in the year and it was miserable. Between the park reservations, dining reservations, and Genie+ it felt like I had to have my entire trip planned out to the second by at least six months in advance. I think the only things that went right were using Genie+ to walk onto Haunted Mansion…

Definitely, because you can guarantee none of these increased profits are filtering into wages