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

[Hootiss]

Tapestry of Nations. Best parade/music ever.

 

[wicked.witch.of.wdw]

Lights, Motors, Action didn't replace this show. This theater is now used for special events.

... don't know why I thought that, thank you for correcting me ^_^

That reminds me, I don't like how so many old attraction buildings (that theatre, Wonders of Life, Millenium Village, etc.) are just taking up space for everything but "special events." There has to be a better use for that space, hasn't there?[/off topic]

 

[DCA_MillionaireFreak]

Millionaire Play It!

 

[>Ash<]

Im to young to remember the yesteryear of the parks ... i never remembered bodywars or adventurers club im only 21 lol

ive only ever seen the parks grow.

i miss a theme though and that is the year of a million dreams.

 

[cymbaldiva]

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?

One of my favorite Disney memories ever is the first time my exDH and I rode Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - we exited laughing our heads of because we were in Disney World and had gone to hell!

Oh I also miss (although I barely got to explore it) Main Street when it was not a giant souvenir shop. My first trip there as a 14 year old, I remember spending an hour in the arcade playing with the penny machines and just exploring main street. I loved the feel of it....it has no heart anymore.

Agreed ~

Also miss....

- Horizons

- Alien Encounter

- The Adventurer's Club

- the view down Hollywood Blvd before the BAH

 

[L&Lfan]

I miss 8 Traxx!

 

[mericletwins]

I miss Tarzan Rocks and resort specific refillable mugs. While I like the dining plans themselves, I think the ressie system needs to be overhauled.

 

[Robin"D"]

Management!

Robin & Angel

 

[cindy74]

I miss the adventures club and alien encounter

 

[goofy4tink]

E-Nights, Adventures Club, and resort specific mugs/merchandise.

 

[lllGurulll]

I remember for a short period of time, I felt that l was amongst a select few who knew about FastPass. Then seemingly all of a sudden the whole world caught on to "my" little secret. Oh...I miss the Toad too!

Whats amazing to me the is how many people still don't know how to use or even know its there.

 

[suncup1225]

I miss the old Tomorrow Land Transit Authority Narration...a couple of years ago the first day of our trip we rode the ride and things were the way they always were...then 2 days later the voice and narration was different and it was TERRIBLE. I miss hearing "Paging Mr. Morrow...Mr. Tom Morrow"

 

[lllGurulll]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Cranium Command and Body Wars
Horizons
Alien Encounter
World of Motion
the old Journey into Imagination

Oh, and the old Mexico ride. I've seen the youtube video of the new one and there is no way I will set foot on it. What a disappointment.

One more, the big saturday night fireworks at MGM.

 

[simzac]

Tarzan and Fantasmic every night of the week

 

[tkammenzind]

I'm with Jimmy V on this one - I'm not one of those people who go on vacation on a schedule - I have to follow schedules all week, I want to relax and unwind. Part of that is being able to not have to know what I might want to eat on a particular day six months in advance. We went down to Disney one year with the free dining plan, and honestly, they can keep that and just give me a room discount - we ended up coming back with credits because you could NOT get into a full service place on site, we ended up eating counter service the whole time, I would have been very upset had I actually paid for the plan.

And I have to throw in, for one of the worst changes, the recently added lap bars on Splash Mountain. I mean, seriously? Believe it or not, I've been riding this attraction since 1996, multiple times during each visit, and have managed to do it WITHOUT falling out....amazing, huh? Change the pattern of an entire ride because of a few morons...

 

[LoriABil]

I liked Spectro so much better than MSEP. But lots of people love the Electrical Parade. That's what makes the world go round!

 

[TonyB]

I miss:

• The Adventurers Club
• The Tapestry of Nations Parade
• The Beaver Tail stand @ the Canada Pavilion

 

[ajjollie23]

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.

THIS has made it SUCH a pain. what I wouldn't give to just walk to a restaurant when I am hungry and be able to be seated within 30 mins.
This just makes it so crazy. Plus, now you are not only stuck at that park as the PP said, but if plans made it so that you ended up having a late lunch and now you have a 5:00 ADR planned you are stuck eating before you are even hungry. and vice versa

 

[ajjollie23]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Cranium Command and Body Wars
Horizons
Alien Encounter
World of Motion
the old Journey into Imagination

Oh, and the old Mexico ride. I've seen the youtube video of the new one and there is no way I will set foot on it. What a disappointment.

One more, the big saturday night fireworks at MGM.

love that ride, can't remember what it used to be, but I do remember it being different and better. The only plus side is that my kids still absolutely love figment

 

[Agri]

The original Journey Into Imagination and ImageWorks. If WDW would bring anything back, that would be it.