perditax
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2015
I'm in no way saying that the following applies to the OP, or to DISers as a whole, but could some of the perceived decline be some fallout from "the entitled vacationer"? We all know them...the one who insists that the pixie dust be included in the Magicband and ready for shaking all over every aspect of their visit. Like Oprah herself is standing at check-in. "YOU get an upgrade!! YOU get an upgrade!! EVERYBODY GETS AN UPGRADE!!" If the line at a M&G moves at lightning speed, then do we diminish the chances that someone will start a Veruca Salt fight about another little gal getting more time with the Princess? Sure, Disney deals in sheer numbers (listen closely, you can hear the cash registers in the distance), but what nudges a multi-gazillion dollar company to let some shine come off its tiara? Not saying it's totally the spoiled patron, but I wonder if that has something to do with it.
Not me. I routinely make fun of those people, I have a depressingly strong grip on reality and I keep my expectations rational. Also I don't have kids so I'm less likely to be outraged on their behalf. I've just been going for decades now and I can evaluate things pretty well. Fifty bucks for a medium rare steak to arrive well done, at one of the highest-touted restaurants on property, does not scream attention to detail to me. (I'm just giving one example here. You don't serve a fifty buck steak cooked into lifelessness if you are paying your chefs a good wage and providing reasonable working conditions. The restaurant wasn't even that busy. This was Jiko, by the way, not a park restaurant.)
Tangential question: for those who are seeing the bloom come off the rose/are no longer in the bubble, if you have been on the cruises can you tell me if you get the same feeling there? The reviews seem pretty uniformly positive, especially when you contrast them with reviews of other cruise lines. I have a cruise booked in Sept. I'm not really worried about it but I'd be interested in non-bubble feedback.