My thing is that I think/wish more parks merch was on ShopDisney. There's a shirt I really wanted to get the kids when I last went and then when I tried to, I missed out on the the chance due to not having the right size in that last store. Why not sell it to me on SD? I also get it in some way - it is kinda cool to have things only available in one place and likely increases in-park spending to avoid FOMO. Sadly, my style is not to buy it and then I regret that choice (therefore netting them less money) vs. just buying it at the time.
lol -- We just went to Rocky Mountain National Park this last summer (Gateway little city: Estes Park, Colorado). The popularity of the park means timed entry now to help with overcrowding and going online the first day of the month, the month before your visit to be assured access times you want. And they have two different timed entry passes with different rules that confused a lot of visitors. We saw lots of people who didn't do that advanced planning or know about timed tickets before they were too late to get them, getting up at 5 a.m. to get to Bear Lake Corridor before they start just letting people with the timed entries come in a 6. Our National Parks these past two years are being over loved and the most popular ones are overcrowded just like Disney.
I would much rather get up at 6am one time, one month or any time in advance of my vacation to plan. Having to wake up multiple mornings, during on my vacation and not even be guaranteed to get the ride, or time I want is the absurdity. It’s stressful, disruptive and just not necessary. I think many people would be happier with a paid in advance option,
Agreed - andeven if money were no object, the product Disney is offering just does not seem worth it.
^^This^^
Because I need to find the time to sit down and write (edited for typo) a constructive email to Disney noting my plan and rationale for cancelling, I’ve started it, but then get side tracked (kids). And I want to still have an active reservation number so they can see that I’m not making up that I indeed have/had a vacation planned. We had 7 nights booked at the Polynesian, booked it back in 2020 . No way I’m giving them 700+$ a night for what they’re currently offering, or not offering I should say. We are fortunate to have the money, we just feel like it’s not a good use of our money. We did 7 nights at the Poly in 2019, and if compare the value for the money then vs now I just cant wrap my head around it. It’s almost insulting. I ironically received a survey about a month or so ago, regarding my May 2020 reservation and dit note I was cancelling and some of my concerns. But I really want to email them more detail than I provided in the survey.
Are up writing that note just because you want to let them know why, because I'm assuming that you can cancel just by cancelling within a certain time frame without having to explain it to them. So if it is in protest form, then all that is necessary is to say that the "new" WDW no longer appeals to my enjoyment level like it once did and no longer have the desire to attend.
I know I can just cancel without them knowing why. But the more people that let them know they’re dissatisfied the better. I’m not one to complain on a website but then not speak up where it counts. The likelihood is low they’ll do anything until it hurts their numbers…. But the more people that are vocal the better.
Right. They may not care a ton - but I'm sure they already assumed X% of all reservations are cancelled for whatever reason (scheduling, illness, money, etc). The clearer folks are about the fact that this is a chosen decision because of dissatisfaction, the less someone can right off current issues as unavoidable. I think of it this way - would it make a ton of difference? No. Would it make a greater than zero amount of difference? Yeah (and with a bunch of others, it could add up).
Not to mention having to book a year+ in advance. I love all these people saying to go to the national parks instead of Disney. We are finally making it out to ours, Big Bend, again. I had to get on a waiting list more than a year in advance. We were already so far down the list that when the only hotel in the park opened reservations, we couldn’t get a room. Luckily, I suspected this and had booked a cabin outside the park when I got on the other waiting list. Since it’s Spring Break, there will be a slow, long line waiting to enter the park every morning. Since we aren’t staying in the park, we won’t be able to park near certain hiking trails due to crowds. The park is massive, 30 miles from one parking lot to another, so it’s not feasible to walk. The good thing is that it’s so massive that it just absorbs crowds better than Epcot. Thanksgiving and Xmas break are just as bad. The only dead time is summer, when the highs reach over 100F. So I feel where you are coming from and think that many places have just as many issues as Disney,
I have never had an AP and never will. I have learned there is much better parks out there that treat their AP holders much better.
Yea the fake comment is unwarranted. As to genie plus it’s not particularly useful but should be a no brainer for a regular ticket add on for MK and HS. The real hit is for AP customers. Major devaluation for us.
Currently, you push back, cancel, Disney doesn't really care. Have you looked at park attendance? It appears to be nearly where they were pre-pandemic, but now with higher prices. As much as I dislike the price increases and getting less for more $$, the general population doesn't seem to care. As long as this continues, they have no reason to drop prices.
