I obviously haven't read through this entire thread (all 104 pages of it), so I apologize if this has already been mentioned...
I'm not saying some people have legitimate complaints here, and maybe Disney IS declining, but maybe some of the 'decline' is due to the internet age.
Sites like the DIS, although helpful and offering a wealth of information, can also make you aware of things that you may not have ever noticed before. If you read a post about burnt out lightbulbs on Main Street, you'll probably be more apt to pay attention to them (I, for one, didn't read such posts before our trip ~1 month ago, and didn't notice any of the lights out).
Maybe you read a post that someone had a horrible experience at XYZ restaurant, so when you eat there, you are more critical of anything that may go wrong, turning an experience that you may have rated as 'ehh' otherwise into a 'horrible' experience.
Again, I'm not saying that a lot of these posts aren't legitimate complaints, but maybe we are all just hyper-aware. After all, we all drop huge chunks of change to go there, and want every detail to go right (we are on the DIS after all).
Just my 0.02
I'm not saying some people have legitimate complaints here, and maybe Disney IS declining, but maybe some of the 'decline' is due to the internet age.
Sites like the DIS, although helpful and offering a wealth of information, can also make you aware of things that you may not have ever noticed before. If you read a post about burnt out lightbulbs on Main Street, you'll probably be more apt to pay attention to them (I, for one, didn't read such posts before our trip ~1 month ago, and didn't notice any of the lights out).
Maybe you read a post that someone had a horrible experience at XYZ restaurant, so when you eat there, you are more critical of anything that may go wrong, turning an experience that you may have rated as 'ehh' otherwise into a 'horrible' experience.
Again, I'm not saying that a lot of these posts aren't legitimate complaints, but maybe we are all just hyper-aware. After all, we all drop huge chunks of change to go there, and want every detail to go right (we are on the DIS after all).
Just my 0.02