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

[PEANUT1]

I really miss the Hunchback show..it was always a highlight for us I also miss free valet parking for DVC.

Free dining was the worst addition in my opinion.

 

[FluffedMojo]

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 .

I actually just wrote an article on my Blog (link in sig) about how they should bring the Old Tiki Room back for the 40th Anniversary.

 

[stevenpensacola]

my money...

 

[smitette]

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

I too miss Alien Encounter! That was one of the best things!! People that had never been in there before were so funny when the lights went out!!

 

[Figment1990]

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

We miss these shows TOO! Along with the Hunchback pre-show.
I also miss the Hercules show that was-supposed-to-be-that-never-was.

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

YES! We loved this parade! I wish they had brought it back for the Epcot anniversary.

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 Toad, but i get the argument that Disney has too much material to work with to dedicate that prime real estate to a outdated ride about a movie from the 40s that nobody has seen.

I don't mind the new stuff they've added to Epcot, or even the removal of WoM and Horizons (which I do remember fondly) because I really think Mission Space, Soarin and Test Track are fun and cool. I would have prefered that they had put Mission Space in Wonders of Life's spot, as I never could stomach Body Wars. (But the stuff outside of the ride was fun!) But the reason I quoted this post is because ITA with missing the OLD JIYI and the upstairs Imageworks! It was hands-down our family's favorite Epcot memory.

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But what I miss *most* that is no longer in WDW is the Davy Crockett Canoe ride! That's when we discovered that my dad, my sister and myself are a bunch of corny joke people and my mom.... is not!

 

[mcd2745]

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.

Amen!!!!!!!!!



Funny though...if you put that same exact post in the restaurants board, people react as if you might as well take their first-born if you took away 180+10.

 

[Erin1700]

Characters at Liberty Tree Tavern!

 

[Tinkh]

Stupid dining plan..... hate it and how hard it is to get in to restaurants that are sitting there with empty tables.

Miss Tapestry of Nations so much.

Comedy Warehouse was so fun! I hate the vanilla way they have changed DD.

However, I think what we miss the most is the giant Virgin records store. We spent HOURS there every singe trip

 

[W.E.D.]

I also miss intelligent guests.

Nice! I second this!

 

[terribm]

I miss resort specific merchandise and refillable mugs. I don't really know when they started phasing these out. Could it be longer then 10 yrs? I also really miss Tapastry of Dreams (oh, that music) and Tarzan Rocks.

 

[W.E.D.]

I miss

20KLUtS
The original, and never to be forgotten, JIYI

 

[themilesfamily]

I miss the Journey into Imagination ride -- the original one.

When that closed and I rode the refurbished ride -- well, it was the first time I realized that something at Disney could get worse rather than better.

It makes me really skittish now, every time they announce a change.

 

[asdfghjkl13]

I miss the old Contemporary Resort, with the food & fun center & concourse steakhouse

 

[rpbear]

The Tarzan show at AK

But I also miss my DD being 7. She still loves Disney but she does not have the sparkle in her eyes and the round mouth everytime she sees a princess. Disney is so special through the eyes of a child.

Lucy

 

[IndyClown]

Overall....it would have to be River Country. It's sad when I go by and see it's remnants overgrown with trees and weeds. It looks like a cemetary for my childhood.

More recently though, I would say the Adventurers Club (Disney's most unique food and bev concept) and the skyway tram.

 

[rock_doctor]

Hands down, the Adventurer's Club...

I have to agree with this... i loathed Pleasure Island and only went in for one purpose... to sit and chill at the Adventurer's Club. Disney does such a great job in its set dressing and this one could keep you busy for hours looking around. I am glad to have taken the time to go though each room, book shelf, nook and cranny...

I miss the old Contemporary Resort, with the food & fun center...

I also agree with this...it was even better when they had the movie theater going...

 

[JimmyV]

I miss the old Contemporary Resort, with the food & fun center & concourse steakhouse

That wasn't the "old" Contemporary Resort. That was the "mid-life" Contemporary Resort. The "old" Contemporary Resort had the Pueblo Room, the Gulf Coast Room, The Top of the World, and the Grand Canyon Terrace Buffeteria.

 

[cbnsoul]

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.

Couldn't have been said it better....

 

[asdfghjkl13]

That wasn't the "old" Contemporary Resort. That was the "mid-life" Contemporary Resort. The "old" Contemporary Resort had the Pueblo Room, the Gulf Coast Room, The Top of the World, and the Grand Canyon Terrace Buffeteria.

Well it's the old for me because I never been to disney before that.

 

[Victoria3]

Block Party Bash
Doug Live
Figaro fries
Mickey's Twas' the Night Before Christmas
Lights of Winter
Tree lighting at Epcot
Non generic merchandise
Wonders of Life
Mr. Toads Wild Ride
Super Soap Weekend
Adventures Club