TheFloatingBear
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2016
I get what you're saying. But honestly, some of this stuff we have NO IDEA how/if it'll actually affect our trips. If we weren't obsessively on here, would we have gone on our trips and thought "gee... Service is terrible now... They must have cut CMs..." I don't know. Guess we'll see.
And every time someone rants about "CUTS!!", they rarely if ever balance it out with the NEW THINGS/PEOPLE being added. Staffing for the various nighttime parties at AK, staffing for RoL, staffing for new SW stage show. It's not all net outflows.
I guess I'm saying that if we weren't on DIS, it's possible our experience of our vacations wouldn't diminish at all.
The lack of info for planning gets to me. But again -- that's because I plan A TON. And because we always love to catch the newest stuff ASAP. If we were more laid back about that, like the VAST MAJORITY of guests are, it wouldn't be that big a deal not knowing park hours for AK yet -- we'd adjust, or not, once we found them out.
I think the negativity on DIS far outweighs the positivity. This thread has been largely positive -- with understandable frustration and venting thrown in in mostly a lighthearted way. Yulilin's SW thread is another one. But my goodness... All of the "going downhill", "more cuts", "I'm not going back" threads!! So many. It's why I mostly avoid them and periodically take a break from DIS altogether.
I'm as annoyed as anyone as an ultra-planner. I'm just saying I benefit from stepping back and getting perspective of the big picture for our family. For us, the magic is still there IN SPADES and makes all this stuff worth it. For others, perhaps not, and that's fair, too.
I totally get what you're saying, and like I said, I know once I get there, I'll be fine. We have so much fun as a family in Disney! And again, despite still having a lot of unknowns about my trip that begins in 23 days, I feel like I've remained pretty positive about things. I also agree that the boards can tilt to the negative.
However, I too am a planner. I'm not one that has to have everything "go as planned". I'm more of a over-researcher because I want to be prepared to make changes and adjustments, if that makes sense. Anyway, in reference to what I bolded above, if I wasn't on this board, I can think of at least 4 specific changes (some small, some larger) that would have completely caught me off guard, and would have had a detrimental impact. There are more, but those are the ones that come to mind. I'm glad that I can adjust before I get there! So, in any case, I'm glad to get so much info here! I can't imagine if I were taking a trip in April and May and not researching things, but I think that happens quite a bit.
And like I said, my biggest worry is how DH will perceive things, but I know he'll have a blast too!
I thought I would edit to give an example of two of the smaller ones - no more Lady Tremaine or Marie in MK - post-princess, those were DD9's two big new M&Gs she wanted to do this trip. It certainly won't make or break the trip, but I'm really glad we're not figuring it out the morning we get to MK - she would have been really disappointed!
