..but you sure highlighted negatives over positives.
We live close enough, our kids grew up with Florida passes for Disney.
The parades are always exceptional, the parks are very clean & well kept, the flowers are bright and beautiful, the cooling jets from the fountains are lovely, especially the splash fountain at EPCOT where the children can run and play.
This year..(kids are grown now) we have seasonal passes to enter the park after 4PM....and enjoy arriving in the cooler part of the day...
..We have twice enjoyed Festival of Foods from Around the World..walking around EPCOT enjoying exotic quisine.
The horticulure shows in the Spring are beautiful....roses of every color, ornamental trees....stunning.
...We've had dinner in Mexico, Canada, England, France, etc......all good.
And our small granddaughter has had her very first 'lunch with the Princesses'....with lots of picture taking.
..The princesses, btw, are adorable and beautiful and sweet and charming.
I could go on and on, but this is a small sample of 'the other side of the story'.
I agree. We had a great time! Would I go back? Not sure but I'm more educated now than I was before. Do I wish I had taken my daughter when she was around 5? Hell yeah.
Sounds like you know how to do it.
My next door neighbors took their daughter and niece,
drove all night, instead of checking into their motel,
went right to DW, then filled the kids with soft drinks
and candy. When they got back the wife told me,
"They should call it Disney Hell!".