Magpie
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Yes, I admit I actually LOLed for reallies when I started reading that thread and realized what Disney did with the Epcot tiers. It's like they're toying with the DISers ON PURPOSE. Bwahahaha.
Exactly!
Yes, I admit I actually LOLed for reallies when I started reading that thread and realized what Disney did with the Epcot tiers. It's like they're toying with the DISers ON PURPOSE. Bwahahaha.
nansmama said:I don't think they are actually toying with them, LOL. I don't think they care about the Disboards either. It's just amusing because if one had to custom engineer a move to agitate the already emotionally taxed DISers, this tier system would be it.
If I go into a fancy restaurant and order a filet, and they delivery a hamburger, I should be happy right? I mean, that's a first world problem, right? Lots of starving kids in Africa would love to have that hamburger, right?
I am fascinated with the whole thing just from a business point of view. That's why I read all of these threads. It's not really personal for me. If a trip stinks for whatever reason, I just won't go back.
But yes, anyway, still fascinating.
It's personal for me, I'm not going to lie. But I also love looking at this from a business perspective. Can they pull it off? How will it change along the way? Stay tuned!
If I go into a fancy restaurant and order a filet, and they delivery a hamburger, I should be happy right?
I mean, that's a first world problem, right?
Lots of starving kids in Africa would love to have that hamburger, right?
Sure, if you have a disappointing experience you can - and should! - protest to the management (ie, write directly to Disney).
And yes, getting a hamburger when you ordered filet IS a First World Problem. It wouldn't traumatize me, I simply would post my experience on Yelp and never return to that restaurant.
I do have sympathy for other people's pain, but at the same time, being as this is all the absolute definition of a "First World Problem", I'm also enjoying the drama of it all. It reminds me how fortunate I am to have such problems as these.
The first world problem mantra is pretty obtuse. I suspect every problem every person on the message board has is first world, but that doesn't mean they accept them with quiet resignation and just be glad they're not fighting their next door neighbor to the death for bullets and gasoline.
"Obtuse" has crossed my my mind a thousand times when perusing these threads...just not this one. Maybe OP should've use "in the context of first world problems..."
What if you ordered filet, but while they were still cooking it you saw smoke coming from the kitchen and got the idea that it might not be as good as the one you had last year? Would it be too early go into full snark mode?
The first world problem mantra is pretty obtuse. I suspect every problem every person on the message board has is first world, but that doesn't mean they accept them with quiet resignation and just be glad they're not fighting their next door neighbor to the death for bullets and gasoline.
I had this happen once! We had to be evacuated from the restaurant.
I didn't go into full snark mode, as burning down the kitchen was clearly not something the restaurant had intended to do that day. But I was glad we hadn't yet paid for our meals (being as they never arrived at the table). If we had, for some reason, prepaid, I'd expect either another seating or my money back, preferably both.
Fundamentally I suppose it comes down to whether FP+ is essential to your WDW experience along with riding popular attractions 3 or more times in one day park visit. Clearly for some visitors and posters those are essential, but I am guessing that for many others the WDW experience is much more varied and complex for those folks (who for all we know could be the vast majority of visitors) beyond FP and TSMM. Frankly I know I could have a great time at WDW with FP or TSMM, or plan accordingly so as to experience TSMM at RP or using the limited FP+ I would have.
I suspect WDW knows exactly the typical and majority visitor experience (easy data for them to collect) and ultimately whatever form MBs and FP+ takes will reflect that experience even at the expense of those put off by FP+ limitations. In other words for every person ticked off and threatening never to return (and of course many will return) there are many others to replace them and accept the new FP+ rules. With millions of visitors, WDW was never about provide the best personal and customized experience, but tending to the masses in an efficient, cost effective and profit based approach.