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

[jnfr2424]

Ditto on dining it does not make any sense that summer has not begun and I have to make ADR's for thanksgiving now

Dreamflight
World of Motion
Horizons
Old Spaceship Earth
(more than 10 years but) Mickey Mouse Revue
Pleasure Island
Skyway
Main St especially the little side avenues with the flower carts
And the cinema and magic store
Double Decker bus in WS
Chef Mickey in DTD
Holiday Lights in Epcot
Food Rocks(with Bonnie Appetite!)

Wow a lot of good memories

 

[llb]

the prices! especially the original dining plan-that was great

 

[mmay60046]

Mostly I miss the hair I used to have. I used to have such a nice head of hair.

 

[cindyfan]

Again...... miss the Tapestry of Nations most!!!!

and.....
other attractions/shows we miss....
Hunchback show at MGM
Backlot tour
Horizons

also.....
E-ticket nights.... really not liking EMH!! makes the parks way too crowded.
Resort prices from pre-Millenium Celebration days! It's gotten out of control the last couple years especially with different rates for every day of the week/year, etc.
Simple dining! way to complicated with ADR's and dining plans, etc... bla-bla-bla.... I love the ADR's but once you throw in all the different dining plans and free dining .... OMG! it shouldn't be so difficult to get a decent dinner!

 

[ducky_love]

Ohhh- 20+ years but what about Mickey's Birthday Land??

 

[honeydiane1953]

Common Courtesy decent people with morals and the food is so under par.

 

[k5thbeatle]

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.

I couldn't agree more. I remember going with no reservations and not even worrying about where we would eat until the day of. It's the whole dining plan in general which has also cut the quality of the whole food experience at WDW.

Good post!

 

[Paging Tom Morrow]

E-Ride nights. I loved how short the lines were on those nights. So much better than EMHs.

A close second would be Comedy Warehouse. Really miss that place.

 

[jcvalenti]

I miss 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, the old wood and metal rifles and pistols they sold near The Pirates of the Carribean gift shop, Year of a Million Dreams, the 2005 vacation planning video style and Alfredo's.

What I don't miss is free dining and the dining plan in general. It's ruined the dining experience at the parks, IMHO.

 

[Wall-Eva]

I miss the original IMAGINATION ride!!!

 

[Cinderella's slipper]

Mostly I miss the hair I used to have. I used to have such a nice head of hair.

Thank you - thank you. I was a little bit saddened recalling many of the things people missed until I came to your post. Thanks for such a wonderfully good sense of humor.

 

[delaneyc52]

River Country
Adventurer's Club
Common courtesy

 

[tony609]

Small choice on3xl shirts and the over marketing of the princesses.

 

[Dizzy for Dsny]

River Country
Skyway
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Swan Boats around MK Castle
Treasure Island (later Discovery Island)

 

[Tikitoi]

Mostly I miss the hair I used to have. I used to have such a nice head of hair.

That is too funny!

Common Courtesy decent people with morals and the food is so under par.

Absolutely!


But also miss Concourse Steakhouse and the Tarzan show.

 

[cindyfan]

The original Figment
Horizons
The bus that drove around the countries
Mr. Toad
The Living Statues in Italy
The lights of winter

OMG... agree!!! almost forgot about the Living Statues!! and the bus at Epcot!!!

 

[Luis Rodriguez]

Oh, so many things I miss (besides myself being 10 years younger!!) ...
... lower crowds
... Horizons
... 20,000 leagues
... lower crowds
... Small details at dining (someone mentioned Mickey-shaped butter. I still remember Epcot logo-shaped butter)
... Really enthusiastic and Disney oriented CMs being the norm.
... Tapestry of Nations
... Figment and Dreamfinder
... No hat at MGM (Sorry, DHS)
... Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Although I haven't read the entire thread, I have to agree with those missing Common Decency and courtesy. Disney was my first introduction to the US (first visit was in 1977) and I remember fondly how everyone was so kind and helpful, even to a young man with obvious language problems... Americans are still kind, helpful and courteous, but it seems that nowadays there are more exceptions to the rule


Best Regards,

 

[KevinYee]

Lights of Winter.

 

[dmccarty]

Skyway. It was so nice to get in the cable car and ride above the crowd. It was private in a way. It allowed you to take a break and just see things.

Kinda miss 20,000 Leagues since I rode it so many times as a kid. On the other hand it really was not a very good ride. My cousin and I used to look at the cool, clear water in the "sea" during the heat of the summer and want to hop the fence and go swimming.

Mr Toad's Wild Ride. It was such a neat little fair type of ride.

Dining Plan is horrible since it has led to the simplification and unification of the menus at the restaurants especially the Signature restaurants. It is my biggest issue with WDW.

Rude Guests. In all of my visits prior to the 21st century I just did not see rudeness. I am sure it was there but I just do not have a memory of any rudeness.

The Herds Of Strollers. As a kid there were very few strollers in MK. I say MK because that is all there was at WDW when I was a kid. There were not huge corrals for the stroller herds or CM's having to be stroller cowboys.

AN IMPROVEMENT is the number of people who are handicapped and in wheel chairs/ECV. When I was a kid I never saw someone in a wheel chair compared today. Disney has done a great job with making the rides and the parks accessible.

Later,
Dan

 

[minuet]

Tapestry of Nations parade. The music, the puppetry was amazing!
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
The skyway