Not only have some things been eventually banned by admin, Disney itself has made MASSIVE changes to the way that a lot of things work! When I was researching my trip, I found that a good portion of the money saving blogs for Disney out there were terribly outdated!!!! The DIS actually has real-time visitors who are able to report on constant changes to policies.
IMHO Disney made a lot of price & policy changes from the early 2000's. Their pricing in the early part of the decade was designed to bring in as many visitors as possible when many were choosing to forego long-distance air travel. But then the economy recovered and a LOT of the budget-savvy travellers/mom blogs/whatever you want to call that demographic, they realized that for them, Budget Disney meant saving up and only going every 2-3 years. It was no longer a place where you could make crazy Secret Menu combos with your Dining Plan, or use a code word on a CM to get a freebie. No longer were certain activities offered, certain playgrounds and attractions no longer existed, and once-free opportunities were being scratched out by Pay-to-Play experiences. Construction removed quiet corners, nice seating areas, and fun places to take a photo and have some downtime.
a LOT more people are feeling priced-out by a few of Disney's more recent changes which naturally affects the Budget Board as many people are now choosing to turn Disney into an every 3-5 year vacation spot, renting their DVC points, explore other locations on the planet, etc.
TLDR; Disney has purposefully designed its pricing structure in such a way so that guests will no longer save money from Disney directly. What "saving" now means is more in line with the original premise of the word, that the actual hoarding of cash monies to pay for a Disney trip is now the sole responsibility of the parties travelling to Disney.
