connie1042
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Only doing MK and Epcot on short 2 day trip in Oct. Too much construction for us.
I also think the pressure to go, go, go is reduced now that you have a townhouse and you know you will return frequently. Congratulations on your new home, that's great.Well, it probably won't be quite as exciting as it sounds. We had to finalize some furniture and decorations for a townhouse we purchased a few months ago and had to finalize a contract with a management company who will monitor our townhouse for us while we're not there. I'd say about a week of those 2 were spent specifically on the property issues as opposed to actually "vacation fun". We did go to the east coast and spent time at the Canaveral Seashore and had a blast there. We spent some time on International Drive and had a lot of fun checking all that out because we'd never ventured over there yet. We did a lot of just slowing down and looking at the resorts we visited and the other areas we visited as well. It's just the two of us now and we've slowed down a bit so a slower and more relaxed couple of weeks was perfect and just what we needed.
We did play some putt-putt golf at Fantasia Gardens but, aside from the resorts we visited and ate at, that was the extent of our Disney exposure.
I think it is 2017 during summer, not a time I visit WDW. Also, BTW, love your posts in general ArwenMarie.Is Pandora 2018? Ugh.
Isn't amazing how much there is to do in the area? We enjoy exploring new places almost as much as visiting themeparks.Well, it probably won't be quite as exciting as it sounds. We had to finalize some furniture and decorations for a townhouse we purchased a few months ago and had to finalize a contract with a management company who will monitor our townhouse for us while we're not there. I'd say about a week of those 2 were spent specifically on the property issues as opposed to actually "vacation fun". We did go to the east coast and spent time at the Canaveral Seashore and had a blast there. We spent some time on International Drive and had a lot of fun checking all that out because we'd never ventured over there yet. We did a lot of just slowing down and looking at the resorts we visited and the other areas we visited as well. It's just the two of us now and we've slowed down a bit so a slower and more relaxed couple of weeks was perfect and just what we needed.
We did play some putt-putt golf at Fantasia Gardens but, aside from the resorts we visited and ate at, that was the extent of our Disney exposure.
Seems that people are either saying things have to be updated/they need to add new attractions OR no one can stand seeing all the construction walls. We can't have it both ways.
Problem is, every construction project is taking forever. There's a lot construction at Universal too. But here's the difference: at WDW most of the construction sites look abandoned, no one is working. At Universal, the construction sites are humming with activity.Have you been lately? There is construction EVERYWHERE. I don't mind construction in one or 2 parks, but why are they doing all of this at once? Even DTD Could have been done in stages
So Diagon Alley was announced in Sept 2011 and it was completed in July 2014. I know people say that Disney announces projects much sooner than Universal, but if you compare construction time time frames Disney moves at a snail's pace.I just checked Avatar was announced September 2011.
Diagon Alley was announced 2 months later in December 2011
I've been an AP holder for more than 10 years visiting at least 4 times a year.
Just got home yesterday with a heavy heart and a decision that it's time for a break. My goal is to wait until 2017, not sure if my will is strong enough to hold
Out that long.
Besides the construction (IN EVERY PARK AND DTD), the food was pretty awful and more expensive than ever. For the first time ever, I experienced dirty bathrooms. On several occasions I encountered Cast Members fraternizing with each other rather than engaging guests.
It just wasn't the Disney that I fell in love with.
We never skip a park, but we have APs. If I had one park per day tickets at this point I would skip AK. The only thing I really enjoy there that I would miss is Kilimanjaro Safari and one attraction is not worth a ticket. However, I still really enjoy DHS, so much so that we went there twice our last trip. Granted neither time was a full day but probably 3/4 of a day both times so 1.5 days total. Most of the attractions they have closed there I didn't like/ride anyway.
I think you just gotta lower your expectations a little bit.
Disney has a lot more customers in 2015 than they had even just three or four years ago. More people + same amount of attractions = longer lines. Sure we got New Fantasyland, but I don't think the added capacity is even close to the increased MK attendance figures.
Just keep your expectations low until the next recession when attendance drops again and the lines shorten a bit.
We wouldn't skip any of the parks for several reasons. I don't actively dislike any of the park attractions that I can think of; I may not LOVE some of them, but I'd rather be at WDW than doing most other things. I would hate to travel so far and skip any of the parks. (Note that we always get park hoppers, so we aren't ever married to spending an entire day at any one park.)
My immediate family and I had been going to WDW approximately yearly up until a couple years ago (we've skipped a couple years because we had so much going on - new baby, moving across country...). So besides never having been able to do "everything" there is available to do on WDW property (or even just in the parks), several things are new since we were last at WDW (notably BOG, 7DMT, and A&E). There are several other things that we've never gotten around to (such as Jedi Training Academy), or that we've only done or seen once (Animation Academy, Flights of Wonder, LMA, Indiana Jones, TSMM,...). There are also many more things outside the parks that we've never done (Typhoon Lagoon, mini golf, either of the dinner shows,...).
Especially for those of us with small children, each trip is different because the kids are physically and mentally able to do more and more each trip. DD is petite for her age, and she is finally tall enough to ride most of the 'thrill' rides at WDW (this will also be DS's first ever trip to WDW). Even if DH and and I have experienced something a hundred times, each time we ride or see something with one of our kids for the first time, seeing it through their eyes makes it like a whole new experience.