>Originally posted by mudhen
>I should just be grateful to be able to go and
>not care about the park hours,
ticket prices, cut
>backs, etc., etc."
>
>Just what ol'Mike E. and the beancounters over
>at Team Disney want to hear.
>
>And by the way, to me (and possibly many others),
>the park hours are very important to my vacation.
For me the park hours are very important too. I need them to decide on which day to plan which park. That has also to do with some priority seating locations. There are some restaurants where I want to eat for lunch or dinner. Before making some priority seating arrangements I want to know on which day I will be near which location.
At the time park hours come out, we know if and when there will be fireworks and Spectromagic. Its possible that there are very little, if any, days that I can see those evening shows. Its very important for me to be in the magic kingdom at the few days that the evening shows are scheduled.
A visit to Disneyworld for me is very expensive and I can't go every year. When I decide to go there I need to plan that trip several month before to be sure I can take free days at work.
If I can't catch the spectromagic Parade, I won't be seeing it for maybe two years.
OK, yes when you are at Disneyworld your are at the magic place. Shorter park hours or not, closed attractions or not. There will allways be Disney magic. Sure I know that.
But for the Disney magic I can also go to
Disneyland Paris. Within six hours I can be within that magical place.
My visit to Disneyworld is not only about to be at the Disney magic. Its based on attractions that I want to see or ride. Especially I'm looking forward to new attractions, shows and parades. Allong with this I want to revisit the best attractions and shows that I'v seen before.
One of the highlights which was one of the reasons to book this trip was and is to see the Spectromagic Parade. Seeing the park hours for a while there is a chance that I'm not able to see it.
The case is that I don't know what to think about it. The release of the May hours will give me a confirmation about this all.
For example, if there is really no Spectromagic or fireworks at MK, I will maybe plan a day extra at MGM studios and a day less at the magic kingdom.
Hope that this will make clear how important park hours can be for some reasons.
Marcel.