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[skiingfast]

If you wanted a new forum for DL threads what would it be?

 

[skiingfast]

I'd like a seperate formum topic for "Driving to DL". To discus things like traffic, parking, construction, drive times, places to stop for the night, ect....

 

[skiingfast]

I wish there was a forum about shows. There are always several threads floating around about where to view parades. Questions about how to make it from one show to another in the same night. The Is this show worth seeing? questions

 

[blackjackdelta]

It would be nice to have a unified transportation forum.

Jack

 

[HydroGuy]

Along these lines DIS would be improved if it renamed many existing forums. Here is post I made last January with some recommendations:

Thanks Judy! I had not even noticed that new menu bar.

Just a thought here as this entire website with all the Disney links has grown so much in recent years...

I think DIS should consider choosing some naming conventions and then sticking with them. The names for all the forums that have developed can be quite confusing.

For example, what is the name of the forum for WDW theme park advice? It is "Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies" under "Disney Trip Planning Forums". How would one know this is a WDW forum and not a DLR forum? Many of the WDW forums are just simply called "Disney". A few are called "Disney World" which at least gives you a sense of what the forum is about.

The forums for DLR are called "DL" or "Disneyland" forums. The new secret menu bar says "DL xyz".

The Disneyland Resort Paris forum says Disneyland Paris (which is just a theme park at DLRP like DL is at DLR). And the Tokyo Disney Resort forum is under "Other Lands", which is fine, but the forum is called "Tokyo Disneyland" which, like DL, is a theme park at TDR.

For anyone too quick to say I am being overly picky about names, I will take the liberty of linking to "lesser" Disney forums to see what they do.

MiceChat calls all the resorts by their proper names. See http://micechat.com/forums/celebrate-parks/

MousePlanet's MousePad does too. See http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/index.php

The site organizers for DIS do a great job and DIS is my favorite place for all Disney information. It apparently started as a WDW only forum and grew from there. I am sure the DIS organizers have a lot of things on their plate. However, I think now that they have this giant resource that has probably grown way beyond what they initially envisioned, they should step back and think about how the forums are organized and what they are called. It will only make the best Disney internet resource better.

 

[disneydreamerbelle]

Not a new forum, but I would like to see the DL Trip reports listed at the top of the main DL section like in the cruise section. I think it would get a lot more traffic that way.

 

[PinkBudgie]

Along these lines DIS would be improved if it renamed many existing forums. Here is post I made last January with some recommendations:

I haven't paid much attention to the other countries, but it has made me wonder why everything in the giant WDW section is just called Disney and the forum titles not very specific. It is a little confusing at first.

I'm glad we now have the DLR community forum, but I think if we had too many different forums, people wouldn't check them all and a lot of questions might be missed.

 

[cooniez]

Along these lines DIS would be improved if it renamed many existing forums. Here is post I made last January with some recommendations:

ITA with your post. When I first joined I posted at the main WDW forum before I realized there was a separate forum for DLR! I kept thinking wth are these people talking about? before I figured out all the acronyms/references were for all things WDW!

 

[skiingfast]

I been thinking about this more as I see one poster in particular asking the same questions that other visitors have.

Simply people need forums for both DL and WDW covering:
Transport to DL
Park Passes for DL
Hotels at DL
Dining at DL
Shows at DL
Attractions at DL


The sub forums would be
Air, Car, Train
Onsite, off Site

Just real simple things like this would go a long way.

 

[Funball]

Ok..if there was a new forum made for DL, I would make one for weddings. I don’t think the wedding forum is filled with a lot of DL people , it’s mostly WDW. Also.. I would do one as like a forum for support with guests who bring dogs to the parks that have disabilities,of course this would be separate from the already standing disabilities thread. i would also like to see the DL trip reports in the DL board

 

[TheColtonsMom]

I been thinking about this more as I see one poster in particular asking the same questions that other visitors have.

Simply people need forums for both DL and WDW covering:
Transport to DL
Park Passes for DL
Hotels at DL
Dining at DL
Shows at DL
Attractions at DL


The sub forums would be
Air, Car, Train
Onsite, off Site

Just real simple things like this would go a long way.

I agree with this as well as Hydroguys post when I first found the DIS I kept ending up in area only pertinenant for Disney World It was very confusing to hit a board marked only Disney and find I was back on the DW side of the boards.

Maybe add one more that is Character Interactions lots of ?s about that all over the place.