Planogirl
I feel the nerd in me stirring
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I do agree that Epcot started turning into a shadow of its former self about that long ago. I also agree that changes such as the closing of Toad led to complaints. However it isn't the same.I believe it goes back twenty years. The decommissioning of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and Horizons. The ending of Surprise Mornings and introduction of the Character Caravan. Not expanding the monorail. The building of budget resort hotels. Rides that use plywood cutouts instead of well built sets. Maybe these things weren't brought up here on disboards, but I remember there being things to complain about very consistently.
Disney's whole perspective seems to be different. Maybe the change started back then but it wasn't as apparent. The food got steadily worse and the parks particularly Epcot started to degrade while prices went up and up. It would be a gradual process but personally I never noticed as much of it resort wide until the last several years.
By the way, I don't see building the Budget Resorts as a part of that. I see that as a step to make WDW more affordable to their visitors. Of course they might regret that step now.