Last year I was in Orlando on business, and my young son and wife flew in for a couple of days. We hadn’t been to Disney since he was a toddler, so we decided to visit Epcot for a day.
What a mess. It was our last visit there as far as we’re concerned.
The park was completely packed and difficult to get around in. The lines were astronomical. Some rides were down or closed. Our passes were malfunctioning. We waited in a customer service line for an hour to get help, only to get scolded by a Disney pipsqueek for using the word “hell” (as in: “Why the hell don’t these passes work???”). We were also scolded by folks in the stores and restaurants for not having our masks on or positioned correctly on our faces.
This definitely wasn’t the place of my childhood. It’s turned into a cold machine, designed to remove money from your wallet as quickly as possible and returning the least service for it as practicable in exchange.
Why would anyone spend enormous amounts of money to spend several days or a week in these monstrosities?
i got a short lecture from a cashier ( about 8 years ago) for asking for Pepsi products at Disney World.
“Mickey drinks coke- repeat that. Mickey drinks coke”
i left without a purchase! Are they trained to be that annoying?
Yep. Disney exists for only ONE reason. To take your money and put it in the pocket of their corporate leadership. It’s completely turned around from Walt’s vision.
Yes we decided against Disneyland based on we have a family of 6 and the entry cost is astronomical. Cruising instead.
You actually sum up the Disney experience in a nutshell. My family is going to Universal next year and skipping the Mouse house.
We went in Jan 2020 and it was the worst experience ever there. Universal was great.
They have been really slow building new rides, especially since Bob ‘Cheapek’ has been in charge.
However, the park stuff is financially doing amazing now for them. High prices and high demand. I think the Star Wars hotel is probably the only big failure they’re going to have for awhile at the parks.