Why do people hate Disney?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y’all are arguing on an Internet forum over who takes the best or classiest vacations. Look at yourselves! lol

There’s a pandemic. Not many of us are traveling right now.

Still, you are arguing on the internet. Pandemic or no pandemic, being a message board troll isn't a good look. Lift somebody up, do something nice. Lot of energy wasted on trivial stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I made one trip to DisneyWorld and one to Disneyland with friends as a young adult. It was fine. It was never an option as a kid ($$) and my two boys have expressed zero interest in ever going. I'm not really a hater, it's just not my thing. Cedar Point in Ohio? Now you're talkin'

That said, I know a couple families that love love love their Disney visits. A co-worker admitted that they spent $10k all together for the most recent family trip, which included all the behind the scenes stuff. There is literally nothing his kids enjoy more.

[Anonymous]

1. People are snobby and think they are "above" Disney or that people that go to Disney never go anywhere else for vacation (ok some people are like that but not most).

2. Some people don't plan enough or manage expectations for their trip and so have a bad, standing-in-lines all day time. At least pre-Covid, it's not a place that works for people to wing-it and it's of course not common sense that you should plan for an amusement park visit like you're going into battle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. People are snobby and think they are "above" Disney or that people that go to Disney never go anywhere else for vacation (ok some people are like that but not most).

2. Some people don't plan enough or manage expectations for their trip and so have a bad, standing-in-lines all day time. At least pre-Covid, it's not a place that works for people to wing-it and it's of course not common sense that you should plan for an amusement park visit like you're going into battle.

Ding ding! This is the correct response.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I made one trip to DisneyWorld and one to Disneyland with friends as a young adult. It was fine. It was never an option as a kid ($$) and my two boys have expressed zero interest in ever going. I'm not really a hater, it's just not my thing. Cedar Point in Ohio? Now you're talkin'

That said, I know a couple families that love love love their Disney visits. A co-worker admitted that they spent $10k all together for the most recent family trip, which included all the behind the scenes stuff. There is literally nothing his kids enjoy more.

I love Cedar Point, but Disney has some cool rides.

I assume you haven’t been on the new Rise of the Resistance ride, since you said you’ve only been to Disney World once, but it’s awesome. It’s like being thrown in the middle of a Star Wars movie.

Smuggler’s Run is an advanced Millennium Falcon flight simulator, where each person plays a role — so it’s really like an immersive video game. I’ve been on it where 8 year olds are the pilots and it’s pretty hilarious to watch them crash the thing all over the place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean I didn’t want to go to Disney before I had kids. Disney is a happy place for kids. My kids love it. We also go to national parks, beaches, lakes, mountains, deserts and cities. Of course I would rather go to Japan or Hawaii but Orlando is an easy flight. Not like Disney is our only vacation but one of many.

I am talking about non covid times.

Because many people only get 1 to 2 vacations per year and they don't want to waste it on something mostly for the kids/they wont enjoy. Why do people who love disney get so defensive? When people tellll me they don't like the beach i don't try to convince them to love it..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So overpriced! I can book an incredible trip to Europe or the Caribbean for the same price.

And I find going to the Caribbean—most of the islands anyway—immoral. You’re supporting labor exploitation.

Meanwhile, I love going to Disney, Europe, and Asia.

Has anyone done the Euro Disney in France? I am thinking when our kids our older we would rather go to the Euro Disney...because you can do the Disney stuff for two days and then you are in France and can also do the standard French trip too with kids.

Our thought was yeah even with flights and hotels to Paris it is likely the same as an overpriced week in Orlando and a much more cultural experience for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y’all are arguing on an Internet forum over who takes the best or classiest vacations. Look at yourselves! lol

There’s a pandemic. Not many of us are traveling right now.

Still, you are arguing on the internet. Pandemic or no pandemic, being a message board troll isn't a good look. Lift somebody up, do something nice. Lot of energy wasted on trivial stuff.

Says someone who posts on a message board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean I didn’t want to go to Disney before I had kids. Disney is a happy place for kids. My kids love it. We also go to national parks, beaches, lakes, mountains, deserts and cities. Of course I would rather go to Japan or Hawaii but Orlando is an easy flight. Not like Disney is our only vacation but one of many.

I am talking about non covid times.

Because many people only get 1 to 2 vacations per year and they don't want to waste it on something mostly for the kids/they wont enjoy. Why do people who love disney get so defensive? When people tellll me they don't like the beach i don't try to convince them to love it..

I don’t think it helps when Disney haters call people who go to Disney intellectually impoverished.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So overpriced! I can book an incredible trip to Europe or the Caribbean for the same price.

And I find going to the Caribbean—most of the islands anyway—immoral. You’re supporting labor exploitation.

Meanwhile, I love going to Disney, Europe, and Asia.

Has anyone done the Euro Disney in France? I am thinking when our kids our older we would rather go to the Euro Disney...because you can do the Disney stuff for two days and then you are in France and can also do the standard French trip too with kids.

Our thought was yeah even with flights and hotels to Paris it is likely the same as an overpriced week in Orlando and a much more cultural experience for everyone.

It’s very small, so it’s really a day trip. But sure — you can incorporate it into a larger trip.

If you’re interested in theme parks in Europe, you can’t go wrong with the one in Copenhagen (Tivoli Gardens). I went there during the winter because I was in Copenhagen for work, and it’s gorgeous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y’all are arguing on an Internet forum over who takes the best or classiest vacations. Look at yourselves! lol

There’s a pandemic. Not many of us are traveling right now.

Still, you are arguing on the internet. Pandemic or no pandemic, being a message board troll isn't a good look. Lift somebody up, do something nice. Lot of energy wasted on trivial stuff.

Says someone who posts on a message board.

I'm not judging people based on their vacation preferences.

[Anonymous]

I think it must be the people who don't have the money to travel elsewhere as well. If Disney is your one big vacation of the year, I wouldn't want to go either. If you are doing that as well as a ski trip, a trip to the Caribbean to escape winter for a week, a national park trip or beach trip, and a trip to Europe (which is what our travel schedule for the year would like) then it's just one fun week among many others.


I have money to travel wherever I want, but I can't take time away from work to do that many trips, so Disney is not in my consideration set. If you like it and have the time to go, fine. I don't find it to be fun, but if others do, good on them.


same difference then. The point stands, if you only get 3 weeks to travel, then yeah Disney wouldn't b e high on my list either. If it's 5-6 weeks because you're in a senior role, then it's a different equation.

You are right, anyone who does not enjoy the particular type of vaction that you do must be either very poor or very junior.

[Anonymous]

What’s ironic about the people talking about how it’s more cultured/high brow to go to Europe over Disney is that Disney literally has a resort not only in Europe, but in France — a place most people on this board would consider *much* too high-brow to enjoy something as pedestrian as Disney.

[Anonymous]

Here’s another one: You all talk about how it’s better to travel to places like Japan. Well, turns out Tokyo Disney is very popular.

So the very people whose country you are touting as superior to Disney love ... wait for it ... Disney.

[Anonymous]

1. People are snobby and think they are "above" Disney or that people that go to Disney never go anywhere else for vacation (ok some people are like that but not most).

2. Some people don't plan enough or manage expectations for their trip and so have a bad, standing-in-lines all day time. At least pre-Covid, it's not a place that works for people to wing-it and it's of course not common sense that you should plan for an amusement park visit like you're going into battle.

It's just not my thing. It's no deeper than that.