I think that she is right to an extent at least for first time visitors. I took alot of what I was told to heart before our first visit like. "ALWAYS take a day off from the parks." and
"DTD is a blast!" so I scheduled for these and they were a bust for our family. You never know

lol.
As for the parks we did the least amount of shows and rides combined at both of these parks than we did at the MK in a day but DHS was one of our favorite parks and AK was not our cup of tea. That being said we are going to give it a try again on our next trip and see if it was just the crowd and heat that made it HORRIBLE that day.
Although we didn't pay enough attention the the show schedule at DHS and missed alot of them it still was a great day, and what a great ambiance that park has! We didn't like Illuminations and Wishes didn't capture the kids, but we all LOVED Fantasmic.