We have obviously had a totally different Disney experience to you.
I disagree that the food is lousy, expensive yes, inconsistent yes but good meals are available. We don't do CS because all theme park quick service type food is lousy but have had lovely meals at Narcooses, Flying Fish, California Grill, and Jiko. Not many park resorts have places like that.
I don't get why you need to micro plan. Going with the flow still works. You can choose to go to a park with three slots defined then the rest of the time is free how is that micro planned.
We have always had perfectly clean rooms.
You're right, many things are subjective. That's the point, those of us who see the downhill slide are just as correct in our views.
Sorry, Yes I think the food is lousy and I call insconsistency lousy. it should not take the luck of the draw to get a good meal. At best it is applebees quality. Is it inedible? No but when I go out to eat I totally admit my expectations are a bit higher than applebees. so yes once again a lot of it is subjective. We use to look forward to the meals at the world, It's funny when we go out to eat usually I ask people "so how's you food". I never get "man it's really good" at the world. I'm happy if my kids say "it's ok". EVERY SINGLE MEAL last May, lol was "meh"
So this is why you need to micro plan. So you plan 6 months out at midnight and pick a park, well what happens if when you actually get there 6 months later you can no longer go to the park? That is one of the reasons why we hate adr's. No I don't know what I want to do 6 months ahead. No I don't know what I want to eat 6 months ahead. We don't use spreadsheets or parks of the day. We wake up and decide what park we want to visit (or we use to like touring like that)
the food we've worked around, it's easy for us because we always have a car. After the 3rd mediocre meal we usually head off site. Heck, I've had better meals at the cheesecake factory in Orlando than I've had at the world. I would totally be ok, if it were "once in a while" but now, it's the norm.
we went in May. our trip went like this.
go to Epcot, have our fp+ for soarin. opps one kid is sick, we want to change. find a kiosk. kiosk line is ridiculously long, stand in line 25 minutes to make a change. Rinse, repeat.
go to dinner, now go to Hollywood studios after dinner. get in line for fp+ darn it, of course I get behind the guest that speaks no English and can't understand how it works.
No, I don't have a smartphone and not buying one just to make a vacation easier. so I can't make changes on my phone on the fly and from my sons attempts this May it wasn't all that easy.
If I want this type of ridged touring I go to work.
Like I said Minnie I'm ok with the changes because we have never been the type of family that felt Disney was the only magical place on earth. Disney uses those words, I do not.
I do admit to being disappointed as I thought when I brought my dvc that it would be for my life time. so it's a bit bittersweet to be selling it. I had visions of taking the grand babies every year but it's no longer worth it to me to keep it.
We've got one last trip planned for august, I won't even go into the hassle it's becoming to try and plan a trip for 18 with fp+