This wasn't directed at me, but I am going to respond. You are starting your argument from a flawed premise, the idea that you can set an objective standard for "value" and apply it on behalf of all people, and that will therefore lend weight to your determination that Disney is no longer providing "value" in the same proportion to cost as they were at some nebulous time in the past that is designated as better than now.
If I accept the premise of your argument, then I have nowhere to go, because we aren't talking about specifics, we are just two old geezers sitting on the porch complaining about how nothing is the way it was in the "good old days".
But, value is not and can never be an objective absolute when applied to something as personal as a vacation. If we sit down and hammer out a LONG list of criteria to establish a baseline for value, assuming that we could ever agree, then we could still only establish value as it related to us, not everyone. Value in this area is related directly to hundreds of factors, from the biggies such as how much money you earn, to the smallest of considerations, like what is your minimum acceptable bedsheet thread count. Value isn't broad and general, it is personal and intimate. A great deal of what determines value for me at Disney is completely intangible.
You clearly think that the value of Disney has deteriorated over the years, and you are certainly entitled to that opinion, but don't act like those who disagree are just idiots who haven't been elevated to your level of understanding and wisdom. We may have factors driving our decisions that you can't even relate to. The parents of a non-verbal autistic child who speaks his first word when he meets Mickey Mouse have a conception of the value of a WDW vacation that you should hope to never experience. Likewise the paraplegic who gets to fly on Soarin', or the family that has saved for a decade to experience their first Disney vacation.
And I never hear of a Make-A-Wish kid who asked to go to Wal-Mart...
