Mickey28
Mouseketeer
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- Jul 14, 2006
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I hate seeing all of the posts of people with bad experiences with Disney lately, specifically the WDW resort. What worries me about all of this is the guy who came up with the MB and FP+ idea is in line to take over for Iger when he steps down. His name is Thomas Staggs and I just don't feel he has his finger on the pulse of true Disney fans.
With that said we just returned from the WDW resort last weekend and we had a great experience this trip. From our stay at the Poly, even with the construction going on, to our FP+ and Magicbands, our ADR's and interaction with CM's. I went to WDW in January and used the FP+ system and absolutely hated it and was very vocal on here about that experience. Our second time around though I have really learned how to use the MDE app and how to manipulate the times for our FP+ to work in our favor and how we tour the parks. We didn't wait in line long for many attractions at all. I think the longest we waited in a standby que was 40 minutes.Even with our middle child getting sick for our last day and deciding to leave a day early it was ok. Disney even refunded us our last night at the Poly and the refund was back on my card within 5 days. I wasn't even expecting a refund. That was a complete surprise.
I do want to try WWOHP and DA because I am a huge HP fan as is my son. We have never been to US and want to give it a try, but my heart will always be with Disney even if they don't have the biggest fastest thrill rides around. However, with them owning the Star Wars and Marvel properties now I could see them doing a lot with that at HWS in the future if they could get off the purse strings a little. Unfortunately the costs of the MDE/MB system had a big impact on their bottom line. So I won't hold my breath but a lot could be done with just those two universes.
With that said we just returned from the WDW resort last weekend and we had a great experience this trip. From our stay at the Poly, even with the construction going on, to our FP+ and Magicbands, our ADR's and interaction with CM's. I went to WDW in January and used the FP+ system and absolutely hated it and was very vocal on here about that experience. Our second time around though I have really learned how to use the MDE app and how to manipulate the times for our FP+ to work in our favor and how we tour the parks. We didn't wait in line long for many attractions at all. I think the longest we waited in a standby que was 40 minutes.Even with our middle child getting sick for our last day and deciding to leave a day early it was ok. Disney even refunded us our last night at the Poly and the refund was back on my card within 5 days. I wasn't even expecting a refund. That was a complete surprise.
I do want to try WWOHP and DA because I am a huge HP fan as is my son. We have never been to US and want to give it a try, but my heart will always be with Disney even if they don't have the biggest fastest thrill rides around. However, with them owning the Star Wars and Marvel properties now I could see them doing a lot with that at HWS in the future if they could get off the purse strings a little. Unfortunately the costs of the MDE/MB system had a big impact on their bottom line. So I won't hold my breath but a lot could be done with just those two universes.