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Merry Christmas from the Grand! :santa:

That same sentiment was expressed many times on the thread that is now closed. We doubted there would be any change, but we were hoping for change. Some sort of silver lining we could cling to. Whether that was Disney Arrivals or guranteed parking or something else. Something instead of the...

I recently emailed GS to get more info regarding this alleged “Disney Arrivals”. I was called back by Mallory, a guest experience manager, who was eager to tell me all about this new and exciting protocol! It all sounded so promising... until it didn’t. Here are a few things she said about it...

Yes. I took the culinary tour of Jiko and Boma earlier this month. I believe it’s everyday at 4:15. Checkin at Jiko. It’ll be listed on their activities calendar.

I’m also going to add my voice to the chorus of objectors. I’ve driven to WDW 5 times in the last 4 years, stayed 4 different resorts, and I’ve only received 1 parking pass... in 2014. My most recent stay was just this month.

OP, since you mentioned Splash... Disney’s water rides use brominated water, which gives them that unique smell we all know and love.

I can’t answer your question, but I can back you up. I just checked my terms and conditions and you’re totally right. It lists Value as $15/night! It’s barely been a week. Are they already upping the fee? Here’s a screenshot of the parking info page: Here’s a screenshot of the Terms and...

I think some are expecting a difference with this fee because of what some of us were told by GS. According to late reports, we should expect to see something rolled out called “Disney Arrivals”. I have no idea what that is supposed to entail, but they went to the trouble of naming it, so it has...

Yeah, it’s like I said, these vloggers have APs so Disney isn’t losing any money on them since they get free parking anyway. Also, I don’t see Disney cracking down on them since they’re providing free advertising for WDW. As a whole, I doubt there are enough vloggers occupying these parking...

The map for the walking path. There are signs to lead the way:

OP, if you’re running late, encounter inclimate weather, or just don’t feel like walking, here is a map locating where the shuttle picks up/drops off. It’s circled in yellow:

Yep. If someone doesn’t believe it happens then I urge them to check out the different Disney vloggers on YouTube. Not only can you see certain vloggers park at the resorts to attend the parks, but they also share it as a “pro tip” to their watchers. It’s also interesting to note, since most...

Disney is supposed to be different.

Well I emailed the Bobs last week, but I held off on George because I couldn’t find the right words. Now that I’ve found them, I can’t seem to send them because I fear they may be too harsh. So I want to run it past you guys first: George, I started 2013 by planning my first trip back to Walt...

That’s what I was thinking too.

Curious... She said she was in George’s office? I contacted GS in 2014, never the presidents office. Not sure what that is about. The signature of her emails listed her department as Guest Experience Services. Or is GS and Kalogridis’ office one in the same?

Yes, but I had the pleasure of speaking with her in 2014, nothing recent. She was fantastic. I was wondering if she still worked in that department. Btw, going back to what we were talking about pages ago... Alison is the one who first told me that they have to call everyone back. Thanks! I...

Thanks for taking the time to share that. Btw, any chance her last name was Lovell?

Yep. A good show but definitely disturbing. When people start comparing your standards to Walmart and your behavior to an alcoholic... then it’s probably time to start changing your ways... :sad2:

There’s literally a hundred pages worth of responses saying exactly why we don’t want to tolerate this new fee, and most of them have nothing to do with cost and everything to do with the current state of WDW. We are sick of paying more for an increasingly mediocre experience. Disney used to be...