We are just back from a 12 day trip to WDW. We usually go to the world 2-3 times a year. This was our longest trip to date.
We noticed a few things that do point out that John, Kevin , and Pete are right on target regarding the affect of the recession on Disney.
-While we stayed at the BWV we saw Lots of people trying the new Kat Kora resurant---and we asked several groups how they like it----NO ONE and I mean NO ONE said they like the food. 2 People said they like Kats wine selection.---but no one like the food......needless to say----we didn't waste our time there.
-We saw Lots of people doing food and wine. But it seemed that this year people were only buying one item and sharing it. In the past it seemed that someone would order for example, the escarot from France, and someone else from the party would order the beef....and then they'd share.
--The other thing we noticed was that as our family members left on the magical express we didn't see very many "bags of memories". Maybe people ship things home.....but we didn't see even one kid with a "Mickey" Donald. or stuffed Pooh.
I think while people are still coming to the world.....they aren't spending their money in the same ways they used to. I found that we ate "out of the world" alot more this trip than in the past.
Anyone else notice these things too?
We noticed a few things that do point out that John, Kevin , and Pete are right on target regarding the affect of the recession on Disney.
-While we stayed at the BWV we saw Lots of people trying the new Kat Kora resurant---and we asked several groups how they like it----NO ONE and I mean NO ONE said they like the food. 2 People said they like Kats wine selection.---but no one like the food......needless to say----we didn't waste our time there.
-We saw Lots of people doing food and wine. But it seemed that this year people were only buying one item and sharing it. In the past it seemed that someone would order for example, the escarot from France, and someone else from the party would order the beef....and then they'd share.
--The other thing we noticed was that as our family members left on the magical express we didn't see very many "bags of memories". Maybe people ship things home.....but we didn't see even one kid with a "Mickey" Donald. or stuffed Pooh.
I think while people are still coming to the world.....they aren't spending their money in the same ways they used to. I found that we ate "out of the world" alot more this trip than in the past.
Anyone else notice these things too?
Most of the time I would only order one item, though.
) Who could blame them? The weather felt like August most of the time I was there. 
There was no way I would part with 1 pot sticker or *shudder* try to split the chocolate lava cake! I had the salmon from Canada almost very day - yum yum!
