Worst change in the last 10 years...What do you miss most

[Tramp68]

I wanted to do something that went along with the Best thing in 10 years...

I really miss Body Wars and The attraction where you control the teenage boy in his brain...

What is now missing from the parks that you wish would return????

 

[Plutofan1]

Wonders of Life...and it doesn't help that the pavilion is just sitting there, serving no real purpose (except F&W).

 

[Ana~n~Joseph]

It's not an attraction but a theme..I really miss Year of a Million Dreams, I thought that was the best promotion Disney has had to date.

 

[PSUGuy]

Hands down, the Adventurer's Club, Comedy Warehouse a Honorable Mention. Every major amusement park has a log flume ride, inverted rollercoasters 'haunted house' etc., etc., etc. Only Disney had The AC, a completely unique entertainment concept. We go WDW less often as a result of its closure.

Bill From PA

 

[Sassagoula Billy]

I miss the Tapestry of Nations parade. I also miss intelligent guests.

 

[JimmyV]

Worst change in ten years? Easy. The implementation of the 180+10 ADR system. All spontaneity has been removed from the ability to get a decent meal. If you care at all about dining at Disney, you now have to plan your vactions more than half a year in advance. And even worse. Not only do you have to figure out that you are going to WDW more than half a year in advance, you now have to scour the internet to find reliable park opening times and EMH schedules so that you can plan which park you are going to visit 6 friggin' months before you actually travel. Heaven forbid you land that coveted table at Cindy's Castle 189 days before departure, only to decide two weeks before you go that the MK is not really a good park to visit that day. And when you score that table at Le Cellier at 5:15 for dinner, you are pretty much committed to touring Epcot that day, like it or not.

Planning a Disney vacation is a lot fun, no doubt about it. But we all know that our park plans influence our dining choices, and our dining choices influence our park plans. But do we really have to make these decisons 190 days in advance? The fallout has been three-fold:

1.) It has caused people to double (or triple) book ressies, which in turn makes getting ressies even harder;
2.) It has made it next to impossible for local residents to dine at the nicer restaurants. (Do you make dinner reservations in your home town 180 days in advance?); and
3.) It has removed almost all chance of flying by the seat of your pants while doing a Disney vacation. Try to walk up at the nicer restaurants and you will be turned away in favor of people who uber-planned their trips more than 6 months in advance, leading you to the conclusion that if you can't beat them, you must join them. And when everyone "joins them", it turns planning a Disney vacation into a strategic coordination effort that rivals planning the Normandy invasion.

I've been taking Disney vacations since the first summer they were open (1972) and have been back almost every year since, at least once a year. Planning a trip has never been so complicated or stressful as it is now, and I attribute a lot of that to change over to the 180+10 system. 60 days for on-site guests and 30 days for everyone else was just fine. It didn't need to change.

 

[Sassagoula Billy]

Worst change in ten years? Easy. The implementation of the 180+10 ADR system. All spontaneity has been removed from the ability to get a decent meal. If you care at all about dining at Disney, you now have to plan your vactions more than half a year in advance. And even worse. Not only do you have to figure out that you are going to WDW more than half a year in advance, you now have to scour the internet to find reliable park opening times and EMH schedules so that you can plan which park you are going to visit 6 friggin' months before you actually travel. Heaven forbid you land that coveted table at Cindy's Castle 189 days before departure, only to decide two weeks before you go that the MK is not really a good park to visit that day. And when you score that table at Le Cellier at 5:15 for dinner, you are pretty much committed to touring Epcot that day, like it or not.

Planning a Disney vacation is a lot fun, no doubt about it. But we all know that our park plans influence our dining choices, and our dining choices influence our park plans. But do we really have to make these decisons 190 days in advance? The fallout has been three-fold:

1.) It has caused people to double (or triple) book ressies, which in turn makes getting ressies even harder;
2.) It has made it next to impossible for local residents to dine at the nicer restaurants. (Do you make dinner reservations in your home town 180 days in advance?); and
3.) It has removed almost all chance of flying by the seat of your pants while doing a Disney vacation. Try to walk up at the nicer restaurants and you will be turned away in favor of people who uber-planned their trips more than 6 months in advance, leading you to the conclusion that if you can't beat them, you must join them. And when everyone "joins them", it turns planning a Disney vacation into a strategic coordination effort that rivals planning the Normandy invasion.

I've been taking Disney vacations since the first summer they were open (1972) and have been back almost every year since, at least once a year. Planning a trip has never been so complicated or stressful as it is now, and I attribute a lot of that to change over to the 180+10 system. 60 days for on-site guests and 30 days for everyone else was just fine. It didn't need to change.

 

[nytimez]

Free dining.

 

[robinb]

Both of my "worst changes" are about 12 years old. I really miss Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Where else in Disney World could you get hit by a train and go to hell? I also miss the old Tiki Room and hate the new one. Thank goodness I can go to Disneyland and see both .

 

[jls19401]

I can name several things I miss, some a little older than 10 years but my biggest "miss" is the Skyway. I do agree with JimmyV, the adrs have made commando Disney necessary and it should not be that way. But as most here will tell us(old timers, my 34th trip, at the poly jan 26- feb 20) we need to let go of the Disney we remember and LOVED. I too miss the old day's of when Disney was MAGIC!

 

[Pakey]

The Dining Plan in general. Since restaurants are only compensated xxx dollars per meal credit, they have been forced to alter menus, go to premade standard desserts, get rid of unique entrees, etc.

Also, it has turned the nicer restaurants into family restaurants so that any attempt to have a quiet, romantic meal with quality food and a nice bottle of wine must now be tried at only those places not on the dining plan.

 

[Accash]

I miss many things! But two of them is definitely the Tarzan show and the Hunchback of Notre Dame show with the popcorn tubs I miss those very much

 

[vicb]

I can name several things I miss, some a little older than 10 years but my biggest "miss" is the Skyway. I do agree with JimmyV, the adrs have made commando Disney necessary and it should not be that way. But as most here will tell us(old timers, my 34th trip, at the poly jan 26- feb 20) we need to let go of the Disney we remember and LOVED. I too miss the old day's of when Disney was MAGIC!

I miss the Skyway too!

 

[BrerVixen]

The closure of the Adventurers Club.
The removal of Alien Encounter.

 

[Glenn&Sharon]

Adventurers Club!

 

[CinRell]

I wish they'd bring back MSEP for good...

And I'm NOT happy that Snow White is going away

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

I miss River Country! Not sure exactly when it left but it rules in terms of childhood memories of disney

DD misses the Pocohontas Show the most!

 

[Dlets]

I also miss the Tapestry of Nations parade in EPCOT. The music, costumes and rolling drum floats were so cool.

 

[DizneyLizzy]

1. Wonders of Life (Cranium Command was one of my favorites...)

2. the removal of Alien Encounter

3. free dining/the dining plan/180 day dining window

 

[brewcrew80]

Everything done to Epcot in the last 10-15 years. I loved Epcot when it was the land of the e-ticket dark ride. I miss World of Motion, Horizons and the old Journey into Imagination...and Imageworks UPSTAIRS.

I'm ok with Magic Kingdom being constantly updated. I loved Mr. Toad, but i get the argument that Disney has too much material to work with to dedicate that prime real estate to a outdated ride about a movie from the 40s that nobody has seen.