Is it just me?

[rcgal2]

So I recently got back from a trip at BWV. While I was at the parks, I told myself "that's it, I need a break from Disney", "next vacation is somewhere else" etc... Too many people, too hot. Let me just say, I love Disney, love my DVC but am I the only one who thinks this? Now, all this being said can I just say I can't wait to go back? What is wrong with me? LOL!!!

 

[spruce]

We went to the beach for a week a few years ago for a week and I was bored after a few days laying on the beach or around the beach house. When we go somewhere and tour, like when we went to Europe, that was fun. A Disney Cruise x3 is fun too but kind of sedate/confined. Disneyworld has shown us that we like active vacations which I didn't get at the beach.

 

[DizBub]

No, it's not just you.

 

[LCoulter]

Glad to see I’m not the only one. Before our January 2016 trip, I was thinking that would be the last trip for a while and although it was a great trip, some of the magic has worn off lately because of some of the changes Disney has made. I still booked a trip this fall just in case we changed our minds but up until recently, I was planning to cancel just before the 30 day mark. Then DH started talking like we are going and then I started to get excited. Now he changed his mind again so I am trying to reign in the excitement.

Otherwise we weren’t planning to go again until Oct/Nov 2017 and that trip is more out of obligation because we promised to take by brother and his family.

 

[disneynutz]

Sadly I think that some of the magic is fading. Disney seems to have decided that billions in profit each year is more important than the magic and guest experience. I guess I can't blame them because they are experiencing increased attendance while increasing prices and reducing the experience.

Bill

 

[BillPA]

What would Walt think of todays Disney World? Not what he had in mind back in 1955 when he started Disneyland...
Wall Street greed has done bad things to Disney World.

 

[CraigInPA]

My wife and I, after 10+ years of going once or twice a year, this year decided we'd skip a year to see if the magic would return.

 

[jade1]

Rent your points for double or triple your dues, let the investment keep rising, use the cash to fund visits where you want. Go back to WDW when everything is done.

 

[crisi]

Sadly I think that some of the magic is fading. Disney seems to have decided that billions in profit each year is more important than the magic and guest experience. I guess I can't blame them because they are experiencing increased attendance while increasing prices and reducing the experience.

Bill

Disney's job is to maximize profits. And since the parks are full and the hotels are full, they don't need "magic."

That may cause people to go other places to find their magic. Its a shame for us members who bought in for 50 years.

 

[Deb & Bill]

We go to the beach in South Florida twice a year - we have another timeshare there. So we add nights at WDW so we can visit with our son who works there. We just got back from a two week driving trip that took us to US Civil War battlefields, NY, Maine, the Canadian Maritimes, Quebec, Niagara Falls and back home again. While it would be nice to stay somewhere longer than two nights, we really enjoyed the trip. I'd love to go back to Canada again. We're just talking about heading to Oregon, Washington State and British Columbia, including Vancouver Island for our next driving trip.

 

[CarolynK]

We go to the beach in South Florida twice a year - we have another timeshare there. So we add nights at WDW so we can visit with our son who works there. We just got back from a two week driving trip that took us to US Civil War battlefields, NY, Maine, the Canadian Maritimes, Quebec, Niagara Falls and back home again. While it would be nice to stay somewhere longer than two nights, we really enjoyed the trip. I'd love to go back to Canada again. We're just talking about heading to Oregon, Washington State and British Columbia, including Vancouver Island for our next driving trip.

We visited BC 4 years ago, which included driving to Whistler - probably the most beautiful drive I have ever taken. Just breathtaking scenery!

 

[DebbieB]

I keep it going by alternating with Disneyland. Usually every other year. I know it's still Disney but it feels different.

 

[toolmanjan]

We've been spoiled. The hardest thing for me to get use to is the crowds. Second is the cost of park tickets. Third is the loss of the ability to just go (no fastpasses no ADRs). I don't know what I'm ordering as I pull up to the drive thru. Why should I have to decide where I want to eat 6mos in advance?

 

[VegasMike]

We've been spoiled. The hardest thing for me to get use to is the crowds. Second is the cost of park tickets. Third is the loss of the ability to just go (no fastpasses no ADRs). I don't know what I'm ordering as I pull up to the drive thru. Why should I have to decide where I want to eat 6mos in advance?

And that's why I Will not pay to be told what to do and when. Sounds to much like my work day to be called vacation.

 

[Sammie]

Sure some feel that way, but not us. We take one Disney trip every year for 8 nights. We taken 3-4 non-Disney during the year also.

The Disney magic is still very much there for us.

 

[Sammie]

What would Walt think of todays Disney World? Not what he had in mind back in 1955 when he started Disneyland...
Wall Street greed has done bad things to Disney World.

I am not so sure. Have you watched the PBS documentary about Walt during the animator's strike. He was not the benevolent Uncle Walt many portray him to be. He was a hard core business man who did not mind stepping on others to get his way. I think he would love the Disney of today.

http://www.awn.com/animationworld/w...-devil-incarnate-truth-about-some-those-nasty

 

[ludari]

Sometimes I feel that way as well but as a DVC owner and an AP holder I don't have a problem walking away from the parks when it's too hot or too crowded because I can always come back later. I find myself doing other things around the resorts, relaxing by the pool or going some other place off property for a while.

 

[RAD]

After doing Christmas last year we weren't planning to go back until 2018 once Pandora is open in AK. Just not enough new things to see and ever increasing cost of things. But some friends of ours talked us into doing a RCCL cruise, just happens to be the same cruise as the Podcast 6.0 cruise so what they heck, we're already down there might as well spend a couple nights after the cruise at the mouse. Now if it wasn't for being in Orlando already, having a few days left on non-expiring park hoppers and a few gift cards laying around I wouldn't do it but except for a few more days of parking at the airport and dog kennel stay it's going to be a cheap few days.

 

[chalee94]

So I recently got back from a trip at BWV... Too many people, too hot. Let me just say, I love Disney, love my DVC but am I the only one who thinks this?

Central Florida in the summer always sounds like a bad idea to me.

Seeing other places for variety is also a good plan.

 

[mickeymom629]

We haven't been going so frequently, but that's because my kids are older, schedules, money... DH and I did a trip (first solo!) this past January which was soooo nice!

We used to go in summer when the kids were little (and Christmas/Easter breaks) but, the last time we were there in the summer heat, I swore never again! It's hard to enjoy anything in the sweltering heat (I finally realized that that applies to Disney, too, despite denying it for years )!!

I'm always trying to plan my next trip, but they are getting farther apart just because that's the way it is, not because we don't want to.