It’s been 2 ½ years since the pandemic began, and Disney World is virtually unrecognizable in a LOT of ways. And if we take a look at these updates, you might be surprised how the changes continue to SEVERELY impact your trips to the most magical place on earth
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44 Comments
I love your videos! Always so informative!!
I’m going for my birthday in early March then I’ll have to see if it’s even worth it to go anymore. Things are so different but hopefully Iger can fix the AWFUL state rob paycheck left the parks in.
The toilet paper crisis. PFT. it was fake. people fell for it and over bought TP so I couldn't get any.. There was never a shortage. People who make these products can tell you.
Glad it's all over now tho.
We just got back from a week at Disneyworld, it was Horrible I have been going to Disneyworld and Disneyland for over 50 years, it was so overpriced and over crowded it was not enjoyable, I don’t think I will ever go back. Cast members were upset and talking bad about guests,there was trash on rides and in que lines. We had a terrible time from check in at Port Orleans Riverside were they had our group on different sides of a very large resort even though we booked together back in February, there is no more Disney Magic They are all about profits, good luck and goodbye forever Disney …….
1. WE REFUSE TO PAY EXTORTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2. ANYWAY NOT: ANYWAYS (no S)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think one thing that bothers me about this video is that the changes are NO LONGER FORCED! Disney needed to do this during the pandemic. But guess what… we're no longer in the pandemic! Youre just excusing disney instead of keeping them honest. They're basically just screwing over visitors by charging them more, but providing a worse experience and less services.
Kungaloosh Spiced Ale is still not available 😩
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For the pearl booth, they are probably cycling the tanks. You can't just dump marine life in water and expect them to live.
Given that used car salesman Chapek announced he was freezing hiring and laying people off (just before he was thankfully fired), I don't think they'll be hiring people back any time soon.
Chapek out Iger back in
They do not need the park reservation system to know
who enters which parks and when. That’s a great big lie.
When your electronic ticket that was specifically connected to your name was scanned at the entrance to any park, they knew.
And the contactless security screening was in place before the pandemic- I remember it rolling out at Hollywood Studios.
I'd be willing to bet that if asked, the vast majority of park goers would rather have the old fast pass system back and do away with Genie+ or any other system used to FORCE them to submit to a Disney schedule. Gone are the days of just throwing a spontaneous daily plan together and going! Due to greed, Disney has taken spontaneity and fun out of the equation and replaced it with rigid schedules, appointments/reservations with more and more FEES and less perks. There's a lot of truth to the old saying, "if it aint broke, don't fix it"! Pandemic or not, Disney has lost their magic and replaced it with greed!
Changes are we Cut what we offer you and we charge you more for everything. And we are now pushing more content that is not family friendly.
It's sad that people are continuing to make videos like this and they're defending Disney. Its like a cult
Perhaps, you should realize that Disney is a cult and you're just allowing Disney to get away with it
After our trip in March 2022 I will say that 85% cast member return is exaggerated. Until Disney regains their equilibrium, we will not be back.
All those people who mourned the loss of O’hana noodles never had the O’hana potatoes. Those were worthy of the outcry
A March Break 2023 planner would be a big help. 🙂 Thanks you all you do!
Disney got into the streaming game much too late. Disney is getting beat up in an overcrowded streaming business. On top of that Chapek decided to get Disney into a political scrap because of a handful of employees that don’t even live in the state of Florida. Stop blaming the pandemic, the parks are making a fortune. The movies and streaming are losing it. Sink all of that extra money you are making from the price hikes into wages instead of the failure streaming service and your employee problems will go away.
I would be okay with Genie+ if there wasn’t a scheduled aspect to when i can go on rides and they didn’t make me pay MORE to ride the new rides that they know we want to ride. If it was an added payment option but i had free reign to ride what i want when i want then it would make the insult of paying for it a little more bearable.
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Now, photopass cast members don’t take your picture with YOUR phone 😢
Instead of sending the immigrants to New York or Chicago, maybe he can send them to Disney world. Disney can get some cheap labor.
It’s not just that the lightning lanes are no longer free, it’s the stress of having to get them at 7 am the day of your trip *each day*. Fast passes were better because you could get them months in advance, and they gave you more control over the time frames. I missed one of my lightening lanes due to the fact that it overlapped with another one on the other side of the park (Rise of the Resistance Vs. Tower of Terror). I did not have the option to change the times of these Lightning lanes, or at least I couldn’t figure out how without giving one up and losing it. Lightning lanes are horrible.
They had you say this
The Magic is definitely gone!
The park reservation needs to go way forever
I was just there and it very much shows that they are just about money. Was not enjoyable and will not return. The entire time was frustrating. Not the happiest place on earth anymore.
Tell new CEO….bring back magical express and charge me…similar to Mears or sunshine flyer. Pleeeeeze!
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I despise the finger scan! Ew ew ew!
No chapters?
Why are no bloggers talking about Igers return?? That’s the real change.
DCA needs another roller coaster badly. The avengers campus eTicket attraction must must must be an indoor coaster. If it’s not, the marvel land is a complete fail in my book
I wonder if Disney is gonna improve now that Bon is gone and Bob has returned 🤪
Chapel got alot of flack but he did do alot of questionable moves
Yes the magic is gone. Park hopping is worthless due to the late timing, food is sad due to preordering everything , lack of cast members leading to lack of info in line for parents, and the Virtual lines to some rides just made my trip this year so depressing that I'm not anxious to return for the first time ever.
How the heck can you get a 1pm boarding group if you cant hop till 2 !? 🤬🤬🤬
Also: emh needs to come back.
Thanks again for a great blog, AJ!
Basically the theme of this video is ‘used to be complimentary’ or ‘used to be available to all’ but now may be available ‘for a price.’ I’m planning a trip to Disney for January (my first since the closures in 2020) and I feel like I’m a visiting for the first time because everything is so different.
I HATE the touchless screening, I get tagged every. Single. Time. It’s a battery. For my
Phone! Why can’t they just install X-ray machines for bags like Universal does? It’s so much faster & keeps them from digging through my bag & rearranging everything…🙄