Well, I have to admit I have been avoiding this thread a little bit the last few days. I got the news while I was in WDW for the wine and dine half-half marathon. Literally the day after I told my little brother I was going to take him to SWW for his birthday as a prize for completing his first semester of college that would end a week or two before that. You are all a lot more positive than I am with disney right now! But, that could partly be that our trip was filled with dissapointments and I just had to send them 3 emails yesterday. I actually split them up into categories I was so aggravated. This is where I am going to drift and rant for a bit, so feel free to ignore me.
1. I complained 3x about what sounded like construction outside at the BC. We had a 4th floor room booked under a race package, and the morning of the 10pm-4am race it sounded like large metal pipes bouncing off the concrete for 2 hours. The second day in a row CM's had woken me up. I was only moved upon my 3rd complaint.
2. The wine and dine half suddenly turning into a half of a half marathon. Mixed feelings on if it was solely weather related, or influenced heavily by wanting to get everyone to the after party.
3. We stayed one night at ASMovies since we left at 6am for the airport and I couldn't justify the BC that night. Room was horrible. Dents and 4 foot long black scratches all over the walls. Then it took over 2 hours to get our luggage, including 15 min hold times and 4 different CM's. Did I mention this was midnight and we had a 6am bus? My brothers headphones also went missing in this.
4. And finally, the merry and bright dessert party. Total joke. It sprinkled - not rained - a bit that afternoon so when we arrived (late due to a 30 min FP+ wait for toy story) they had moved it to the studios catering area. Since it stopped raining 90 min prior they told us we could take food and drink to the viewing area still. So we marched over there to find 0 tables. 0 chairs. We actually had to sit on the pavement with our food. I get the wet food fear. But it it stopped 90 min prior, never sprinkled again, and you couldnt bring out a few of the plastic tables? I paid that much $$ for a quick service snack to sit on a curb and see the lights. I'd have been happy to pay the $20 that should have cost to do the same.
Sorry guys. Totally off topic rant there. I am the biggest disney kool-aid addict you'd find. But even I have had it with them. Canceling SWW was the last straw here. I'm already registered for the dark side challenge and marathon weekend, but after that with no SWW I am taking a long break.
