Napkins at WDW

[kaligal]

I also agree with this. If its a toss up between improved rides, free wifi etc and the stupid napkins, I'm going with the wifi and improved rides.

Disney is a business. They don't give a flying fig about someone's napkin obsession, nor should they.

They used to care.

 

[Violet Parr]

Is there a headdesk Smilie? Because seriously. The histrionics over napkins. Yes, Disney has become a business in the last few years but way back when they CARED about guests' experiences, as evidenced by the NAPKINS.

Now they've ditched the napkins in favor of a whole new section of Fantasyland. It's obvious they once cared but care no more. I mean, where do they get the nerve to let my daughter eat lunch in Belle and Beast's ballroom? And my book-loving Belle-fan daughter would much rather have WDW stamped on her napkins than actually get to go inside Belle's library.

Sheesh. I mean, can you imagine? Walt must be rolling over in his grave. They changed the napkins and put in more RIDES?

What is WDW coming to??

 

[rgf207]

They used to care.

but then they realized that no matter what they did people would still blindly hand over their money.

 

[Violet Parr]

but then they realized that no matter what they did people would still blindly hand over their money.

I am on the phone with them right now. Actually, I just finished a call but they gave me the opportunity to do a customer satisfaction survey. I also get those online a lot. And we've been offered the opportunity to do an in-depth survey about our trip after we returned home from two separate trips. I don't think they'd do that if they thought we would blindly hand them our money no matter what they did.

 

[kaligal]

Is there a headdesk Smilie? Because seriously. The histrionics over napkins. Yes, Disney has become a business in the last few years but way back when they CARED about guests' experiences, as evidenced by the NAPKINS.

Now they've ditched the napkins in favor of a whole new section of Fantasyland. It's obvious they once cared but care no more. I mean, where do they get the nerve to let my daughter eat lunch in Belle and Beast's ballroom? And my book-loving Belle-fan daughter would much rather have WDW stamped on her napkins than actually get to go inside Belle's library.

Sheesh. I mean, can you imagine? Walt must be rolling over in his grave. They changed the napkins and put in more RIDES?

What is WDW coming to??

my apologies to those who found my four words histrionic.

 

[Jennasis]

but then they realized that no matter what they did people would still blindly hand over their money.

I don't blindly hand my money to anyone, however NAPKIN design is so far removed from my radar as far as things that make a difference to me. When/if Disney does something that matters to me, I would consider not handing over my money. As it stands right now, they're still head and shoulders above any other vacation destination for ME.

YMMV.

 

[WDSearcher]

Who cares about napkins?? BRING BACK LIGHTS OF WONDER!!!!

Lights of Wonder?

 

[Violet Parr]

Lights of Wonder?

Lights of Winter. The light tunnel at Epcot during the holidays.

 

[kaligal]

Lights of Wonder?

Remember the big arches with the pretty lights that danced to the music on the walkway between FW and WS? It was during Christmastime.

I didn't know they had a name, either, until Disney announced that they were cutting it because the technology was obsolete.

I just knew how much I liked them.

 

[Phatoomch]

but then they realized that no matter what they did people would still blindly hand over their money.

I do not 'blindly' hand over money thank you very much. I pay for Disney because that is the experience I want and I cannot get it anywhere else. Our general day to day life can be very stressful - staying in the World takes me out of the world to re-charge.

I am very well travelled, I have been to places other people can only dream of. British Airways have plenty of my money.

Now I choose to spend that money in Disney. I know how much it is to stay elsewhere. I've stayed in places way more expensive.

That is not blindly handing over money.

 

[OllieDannyandMe]

They used to care.

That line right there really is the crux of the whole problem. Some guests (and dare I say cast members) are beginning to feel like the Walt Disney Company doesn't care.

For me, it doesn't have anything to do with the napkins. Every Fourth of July, I think about Austin Wuennenberg. I keep going back to him. I value him. I respect him. And I wish he was still here with his mother, and his family, and his friends.

I have seen videos of Austin Wuennenberg being simply awesome, doing a job that he loved. He made guests feel as though Disney cared. In everything I have seen, he embodied the Disney spirit. And when he died, and I read reports like this one,

http://www.justiceforjacksonville.c...ath-attorney-on-business-shortcuts-free-info/

I stopped feeling as safe at Disney. I stopped feeling like the Walt Disney Company cared.

But here's the thing. At one time, they really did. At one time, the Walt Disney Company really did care about guest safety and about how guests feel, and not just because of the bottom line.

At one time, Disney got it right. And I am not going to stop voicing my concerns, until they get it right again. Because I care too much about the people who work for Disney and the people who love Disney, to ever stop voicing my concerns.

 

[WDSearcher]

Remember the big arches with the pretty lights that danced to the music on the walkway between FW and WS? It was during Christmastime.

I didn't know they had a name, either, until Disney announced that they were cutting it because the technology was obsolete.

I just knew how much I liked them.

Oh ... you mean Lights of WINTER.

Couldn't figure out what the Lights of Wonder were!

 

[kaligal]

Oh ... you mean Lights of WINTER.

Couldn't figure out what the Lights of Wonder were!

Ooh, that's so weird. I didn't even notice that they said "wonder." My mind read it as "winter."

Must have been a Figment of my Imagination.

 

[CaptHomer]

They have to pay for John Carter somehow.

 

[maxiesmom]

Is there a headdesk Smilie? Because seriously. The histrionics over napkins. Yes, Disney has become a business in the last few years but way back when they CARED about guests' experiences, as evidenced by the NAPKINS.

Now they've ditched the napkins in favor of a whole new section of Fantasyland. It's obvious they once cared but care no more. I mean, where do they get the nerve to let my daughter eat lunch in Belle and Beast's ballroom? And my book-loving Belle-fan daughter would much rather have WDW stamped on her napkins than actually get to go inside Belle's library.

Sheesh. I mean, can you imagine? Walt must be rolling over in his grave. They changed the napkins and put in more RIDES?

What is WDW coming to??

Exactly!!!!!!

 

[RickyMouseMom]

Im an extremely detail oriented person, and I find this thread amusing...since I had brought up the napkin issue to my husband a few years ago...several times...since they were changed at the restaurants from restaurant specific printed napkins, to generic. For some reason, that really bugged me, and I took notice immediately. For those of you who don't care, that's ok. But for me (and obviously others too), it just rubs me a little that the last of the napkins that at least had a logo on it are now gone. Its the little things that are disappearing, that will never come back, that make me a little sad. So its just a napkin, but the accumulation of eliminating all the little touches over time will make a big impact to those who have visited for years. Yes refurbs and the FLE is a great thing, but so are the little details that make the experience all the more magical for some of us!

That being said....I'm hoping that maybe Disney will at least sell higher quality disposable napkins that we can buy!! I would love to have Disney napkins available on my counter or for my kids lunches!!

 

[MouseEarsForAll]

Really?

Would the last person out of the forum please turn the lights out? We've run slam out of things to discuss.

Can't. The mods are enjoying this thread...along with the rest of us.

 

[rock_doctor]

Really?

Would the last person out of the forum please turn the lights out? We've run slam out of things to discuss.

What do you mean by discuss? I think we should discuss that... ---> boy i am glad that didn't hit me i would have needed a napkin...

 

[perdidochas]

LOL at "We liked them so we took a year's supply of them home with us." Put two and two together folks.

Exactly.

 

[lucas]

They have to pay for John Carter somehow.