jhaig
Not The First To Pass This Way
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2007
For starters, my family and I love going to WDW. We have made a trip every year since 2007 and this last trip in Sept 2016 was possibly our best one yet. We spent 9 nights at the Contemporary in a Bay Lake view room after being magically upgraded from the garden wing. Low crowds, great weather, and lots of fun all around.
But on this trip in particular, the words that I never thought I would hear from my family began to emerge - "I'm kinda bored with Disney". So I began to think about it and thought "You know, there may be something to this". Don't get me wrong, that Disney magic is still present in the parks and sometimes where you least expect it. However, how many times can you ride Peter Pan or Space Mountain and not have it get old after a while?
Over the last few trips we have noticed a lot of the same things that many people on the boards have also noticed. Disney has let the guest experience slowly be replaced with the never ending quest to fleece you of every penny you have. Special add-on's, parties, after and early hours, all available for a price. More and more it seems they are trying to simply make money just like any other business. Used to be Disney was not just a business, but now it really seems that way. Of course they're in business to make money, but it's just such an obvious money grab at WDW now that it borders on being obnoxious.
Yes there are some great things on the way (Pandora, Star Wars, and Epcot soon to be reimagined next). But for the next two or three years, it looks like we may just skip Disney altogether and try and see some other of the country's many vacation sites. Next year we are thinking about California, and not once thinking about Disneyland.
Does anyone else ever feel like you get Disney burnout? Will a couple years away help us to get back into the groove?
But on this trip in particular, the words that I never thought I would hear from my family began to emerge - "I'm kinda bored with Disney". So I began to think about it and thought "You know, there may be something to this". Don't get me wrong, that Disney magic is still present in the parks and sometimes where you least expect it. However, how many times can you ride Peter Pan or Space Mountain and not have it get old after a while?
Over the last few trips we have noticed a lot of the same things that many people on the boards have also noticed. Disney has let the guest experience slowly be replaced with the never ending quest to fleece you of every penny you have. Special add-on's, parties, after and early hours, all available for a price. More and more it seems they are trying to simply make money just like any other business. Used to be Disney was not just a business, but now it really seems that way. Of course they're in business to make money, but it's just such an obvious money grab at WDW now that it borders on being obnoxious.
Yes there are some great things on the way (Pandora, Star Wars, and Epcot soon to be reimagined next). But for the next two or three years, it looks like we may just skip Disney altogether and try and see some other of the country's many vacation sites. Next year we are thinking about California, and not once thinking about Disneyland.
Does anyone else ever feel like you get Disney burnout? Will a couple years away help us to get back into the groove?