That makes sense. Regardless of this year's Festival, I probably won't be going in 2009, but that's due to budgeting, and I'm hoping to take two trips in 2010, which I think is cheaper then a trip in 2009 and one in 2010.
. Well, yes, the events this year are very pricey and even some nonexistent. At first I was disappointed, this being our first time and reading all the past reviews, we were looking forward to some of the events held in past years. But, I am still looking forward to dining around the world at the kiosks. Tasting wine at the welcome center and just lollygagging around the world. We made reservations at some very good restaurants every night, so we are going to treat those as our food and wine pairings and splurge on some fine wines we normally would not have ordered. We are now also going offsite for wine tastings and a special dinner. We are also VERY glad we purchased DVC back in 1999, we love staying onsite or being able to rent points for other vacations. Stop the poo pooing and be glad one can still afford a vacation at WDW. Just my two cents, dont flame me too bad
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. It's not a sit down dinner its like a cocktail party with old friends. It's what you make of it. Our family has fun just being together add food and drinks and it just makes it funner
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Well, it will have a lot to live up to, as the last time I had foie gras there was quite a while ago. Loved it then, too.
I believe it's better to wait and see what actually occurs rather than become Chicken Little and declare that the sky is falling. Maybe it's just me. I don't know if you realize that we're in a recession right now, but that could possibly be a factor.
I don't justify the decline at all. I expressed my own personal disappointment that there were fewer choices this year. But I also have the mindset from the first time I stumbled upon this event, quite by accident, during my first solo trip to WDW in 1997. To me, the entire festival were the food kiosks along World Showcase. I didn't know they had any special dining events back then. I didn't even book my first events until the 2003 festival.
Am I disappointed? Absolutely! But I refuse to vilify and finger-point over the changes this year. There's been a TON of speculation about what this festival will be like, and we won't know it until we see for ourselves.
I'm not a fan of the DDP, either, or some of the changes at the restaurants over the years. But I can't agree with your Dinoland analogy, since I'm fairly certain it was part of the Eisner era. And I am pretty sure that Toy Story Mania didn't come out of a box, so there's a little bit of creativity left.
The Disney bean counters are throwing millions of dollars towards fixing those Eisner mistakes at Disney's California Adventure, so maybe that's where all the festival money went.
And lastly, I'm one of those DVC members who bought because I enjoy WDW during various times of the year, not just the F&WF time of year. The festival played no part in my decision to buy in 2002. I don't appreciate the tone of your post implying that I must be an idiot for actually buying it. I've already gotten my money's worth on it.
PFTS and all the booths and what ever free stuff they have will be a blast! Who knows what it will be like till we arrive but I am sure it will be fun even if we don't do a ton of extra paid events!
I agree with Disneyhumbug last year was our first year too. We are going with our two DS's. We can wait
Well, we poked into Mexico today, and there is no tequila bar. We asked the CMs, and they said that at this point no one's really sure what's going on with it and there's no estimated completion date.
We were pretty disappointed, the humidity was brutal today before the 3pm storm and some tequila and Mexico's atmosphere would have been nice. Thankfully we made it to the pub in time!
