eliza61
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My son returned Sunday from his senior trip at wdw & Universal but like a lot of teenage boys, getting details beyond the normal "it was great" is a bit like pulling teeth. fortunately one of my good friends is a H.S. teacher and was a chaperone for the trip, so I was really looking forward to hearing a trip report from her.
During the course of the conversation I noticed that while she had a good time it wasn't the normal "gushing" over the world that I'm used to, so I remarked on it.
She said that while the vacation was good, it seemed like the "little" cuts disney has been making are starting to add up to noticeable differences. She chalked it up to DVC-Disney burnout. Little things that were not enough to complain about but were a step down from "older" disney standards.
examples:
Restaurants: Buffet offerings seemed less and she said the food never seemed hot, like they weren't replacing the trays as often. It wasn't cold more lukewarm.
Counter service places were a bit more unkempt. things like at Pecos bill contadiment area not fully stocked and keep clean. Once again not enough to complain but just enough to notice.
Parks: less "street" CM's She didn't see any ballon man down main street, some carts at the entrance way by TTS empty but the cart was still there. No characters in Hollywood studios.
Resorts: While the staff at all stars were pleasant she said they always felt "rushed" like the poor cm had 20 jobs to do.
Things like that.
I'm hoping that once the economy picks up maybe management will return all those little perks that make Disney "extra" special
During the course of the conversation I noticed that while she had a good time it wasn't the normal "gushing" over the world that I'm used to, so I remarked on it.
She said that while the vacation was good, it seemed like the "little" cuts disney has been making are starting to add up to noticeable differences. She chalked it up to DVC-Disney burnout. Little things that were not enough to complain about but were a step down from "older" disney standards.
examples:
Restaurants: Buffet offerings seemed less and she said the food never seemed hot, like they weren't replacing the trays as often. It wasn't cold more lukewarm.
Counter service places were a bit more unkempt. things like at Pecos bill contadiment area not fully stocked and keep clean. Once again not enough to complain but just enough to notice.
Parks: less "street" CM's She didn't see any ballon man down main street, some carts at the entrance way by TTS empty but the cart was still there. No characters in Hollywood studios.
Resorts: While the staff at all stars were pleasant she said they always felt "rushed" like the poor cm had 20 jobs to do.
Things like that.
I'm hoping that once the economy picks up maybe management will return all those little perks that make Disney "extra" special