Different: What don't you like at Disney ?

[disworldnum1]

one thing would have to be priceing on the souveniers and pins and so on.They make it all overseas and I think they could price it accordingly.I think they could make some of this stuff in the country that made them what they are also.

 

[lillasmom]

I have to agree that WDW is too far from Washington. I also have to add the price of airfare. We would go more often if we didn't have to pay so much to get down there. Let's see, I should also add not enough points, never long enough visits, and...wait, I know there is more....

 

[SueOKW]

I suppose the only thing I don't like about WDW is that it takes us over 8 hours on a plane to get there. No quick, impromtu trips for us!

Mandy

Substitute WDW for England and you have something I feel very strongly about!! There is nothing I don't like about England except the travel it takes to get there!!!!

 

[jenny2]

As the eternal optimist I don't even think I could admit if I didn't like something at WDW, LOL! However, we do drive down, so my biggest dislike would have to be the looooong drive... but even that's not too bad (see? told you... optimist!).

 

[sheryl0521]

As the eternal optimist I don't even think I could admit if I didn't like something at WDW, LOL! However, we do drive down, so my biggest dislike would have to be the looooong drive... but even that's not too bad (see? told you... optimist!).

You are a glass half full kind of girl, huh? Nothing wrong with that!

 

[snappy]

During our trip last week I did not see an attendant once in the pit stops I took. I did find the bathrooms dingy. On the bright side, my DD9 left her very well used Minnie fanny pack in the bathroom by Space Mountain. We got a call the next morning-they had it in Lost and Found.

We rode Disney busses a lot. I really enjoyed talking to other guests and hearing their adventures, where they are from, etc. One guest commented how nice the people from Louisiana were, someone had given her some Mardi Gras beads. My husband (who insisted on spending the day before we left for WDW in New Orleans seeing the Thoth and Bacchus parades) did not miss a beat, reached in his jacket pocket and came out with a doubloon. The lady was stunned.

I love the change in my daily routine. Can anyone tell me why it is that I have no problem waking up early in WDW to hit the parks but at home I am dragging to get my older kids up and off by 6:30 am? I love having the most critical decision being where to eat, and what time or what ride to go on first.

 

[crisi]

Agree on too loud and agree on exiting into gift shops.

Dislike (and I know people disagree) young children - particularly misbehaving ones - in fancy restaurants and any young children at all on Pleasure Island. I'd prefer more adults only areas in WDW. (I have two little children who I adore, but we don't take them out to fancy dinners or to nightclubs).

Don't like hearing the Richard Petty driving experience. Too loud and you can hear it from what seems like miles away - spoiling magic.

Don't like that ugly Epcot sign over Spaceship Earth. Apparently the huge geosphere wasn't distictive enough? Hated the patched up landscaping and plywood walls they had around it for years.

Don't like Disney's "policy management." Set rules, stick to them guys! If five in a room is OK, say so. If it isn't, enforce it. If smoking in a non-smoking room is ok, don't have non-smoking rooms. If you are going to have ns rooms, enforce them. If CMs see line hoppers, they should be pulling them to the back of the line, not ignoring them.

 

[OneMoreTry]

Don't like Disney's "policy management." Set rules, stick to them guys! If five in a room is OK, say so. If it isn't, enforce it. If smoking in a non-smoking room is ok, don't have non-smoking rooms. If you are going to have ns rooms, enforce them. If CMs see line hoppers, they should be pulling them to the back of the line, not ignoring them.

I get tired of all the rules too. As well as the rule breakers! What to do?? Maybe just make rules for everyone but ME.

I wish there were a better way to deal with parade seating. It gets to be quite a mess! and tempers (including mine) can flare. My answer is to get seats upstairs at the train station about 2 1/2 hrs before the parade, right at the railing, and then look down on the whole show from above the fray.

 

[DisneyBill]

It is hard for me to find things I don't like that Disney does. Although they have made great strides in the last few years, I'd suggest more dining options at DTD. The waits are just too long most evenings.

 

[goldilocks_63]

I don't like the slow and noisy busses,

also don't like the cattle shuts they are putting people thru these days (I know security), but I still think it could be done better.

Untrained CMs. Not necessarily their fault, but new programs being rolled out without any training. (Example - DDE, MYW, etc).

Dirty Bathrooms

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That being said, still the happiest place on earth!

Goldi

 

[idratherbeinwdw]

I love the change in my daily routine. Can anyone tell me why it is that I have no problem waking up early in WDW to hit the parks but at home I am dragging to get my older kids up and off by 6:30 am? I love having the most critical decision being where to eat, and what time or what ride to go on first.

I know exactly what you mean snappy, we're not morning people either, but WDW gives us that happy boost too. We like to get going early and then come back and take a break, recoup, and then back again late afternoon/early evening.

And boy do I relate to that last sentence--it's so nice to immerse yourself in the magic and forget your daily troubles. I'm so glad I bought into DVC, now when we aren't actually at WDW we are planning our next visit. WDW is like therapy for me, a trip there really recharges me. I don't think the average person understands what I mean, but I know most of the people on the DIS boards do.

 

[smjj]

I don't like people smoking where they know they are not to smoke and the CM's not doing anything about it.
I don't like showing up for a parade to get a good spot only to have a parent with children show up 10 min. before and expect you to surrender your spot to not only their children but to them as well.
I don't like the new Esiner feel of the parks. I remember the parks back when..
But we still love WDW and continue to go as often as we can..smjj

 

[raidermatt]

Some good ones have been mentioned, like the busses. They're better than nothing, and for us, better than driving, but still, I don't think they are what Walt had in mind...

Untrained CMs is another one. Not their fault usually, its just that the training isn't what it used to be.

The gift shops after rides only bother me if they are an out of place obstruction. If its themed and the aisles are reasonable, I don't mind. (Unfortunately most have aisles that are too narrow, making it difficult to escape, er, get through.)

To me, the problems with saving seats at parades and such is a direct result of the limited scheduling. Lining up for Spectro wouldn't be nearly the ordeal if it were held more often.

Of course there's the rude guests and unruly kids, but really, I think they makeup a very small minority. Its just that the hundreds of well-behaved fun loving people around us don't usually catch our attention. I'll gladly put up with the out of control kid here and there (even in a "nice" restaurant) if it means there are a whole bunch of others around enjoying the "magic".

All in all, though, even the things that I don't agree with don't bother me while we are there.

 

[jcodespoti]

Hello people....THE PRICE OF BEER!

Joe in CT

 

[athenna]

Hello people....THE PRICE OF BEER!

Joe in CT

Yeah, but we're crazy enough to pay it
And I'm a mixed drink kind of girl, so I really spend a lot of cash.

 

[BeachBaby310]

Waiting for the bus after closing at any of the parks!!!

 

[athenna]

Leaving warm Orlando to come home to cold Boston!! BRRRR!!

 

[sheryl0521]

Hello people....THE PRICE OF BEER!

Joe in CT

Not to sound prudish... but the cost of a bottle of water is also out of hand. But again - we will pay for it too.

 

[yasuern]

....Rte 40, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

While at the Parks I dislike:

Everybody in line in front of me.

People with PS when I don't have one.

People with FP when I don't have one.

ME TOO LOL

Sue

 

[NMW]

ITA!!! And don't forget the generation of women who were taught to pee standing up. (My mom is of this generation). I HATE it when I see someone leave a stall, only to go in and find that there is pee all over the seat!! I actually HAVE turned around and "notified" the woman that she left pee on the seat. It is my MAJOR pet peeve. Newsflash: It is these very women (who are SOO concerned about cleanliness) that make the bathrooms so dirty to begin with!!! My mom and I go around and around about this.

Sorry for the rampage...it just hit a nerve!!!



Beca

Your post made me laugh. I have not seen women pee standing up since college. We all did it then, trust me, you did NOT want to sit down on the seats in those college bars. There could have been ANYTHING on those seats! As an "adult" however, I wish everyone kept the bathrooms at WDW cleaner. I hate seeing kids unrolling the paper and splashing water and parents ignoring it.

I don't mind the buses. We have had some great times with bus drivers bringing us home from DTD singing with all the kids on the bus and making us all laugh.

Kids in more expensive restaurants doesn't bother me either. As long as they are generally well behaved. Why should the parents not get to eat there just because they have kids? Besides, they have V&A. Even on my honeyoom, I expected kids everywhere. After all, it is Disney World!