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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just not interested in competing against SAHMs who have time to learn all the hacks and systems. I’m busy, so it sounds like way too much work. [/quote] I work full time and know most of the good hacks - it’s really not that hard. It’s just like planning a regular vacation. Most of the actual “work” is time on the phone getting LL’s when you’re actually there. Not 100% sure why you tried to make this a SAHM vs. working mom issue. [/quote] [b]I don't understand PPs point about working/not working[/b] but there are some serious Disney fanatics (of all types) a newbie is up against and it can be very overwhelming for a first time visitor to get up to speed which sucks the fun out of a vacation. [/quote] I do. Disney is a perfect for vacation with a SAHM with a lot of time on her hands. A woman who is type A and doesn’t have an outlet for it. I see HS classmates who are SAHMs taking Disney vacations and it’s perfect for them. [/quote] You would be shocked at how many childless adults are Disney addicts then. You clearly don't understand the fan base.[/quote] It's perfect for anyone who is type A, loves to plan, and has time on their hands to do all that planning - not matter of they have kids or not. [/quote] Sounds like a horrible way to vacation![/quote] DP. I don’t think the amount of planning for Disney is really much different from the amount of planning you’d do for any vacation where there are a lot of different activities and you have to choose between them and maybe know in advance which you prioritize. The real issue is that there is so much to do in a limited time period so you have to plan, if you have preferences. It’s not like there’s some place just like Disney, but requires less planning. And the Genie+ app actually is quite easy to use. About the only “trick” you really need is to understand that you need to get right online at 6:59 for those few super popular rides, or plan to “rope drop” them. You can have a perfectly great time even without that. But just like you wouldn’t expect to waltz into the hottest restaurant on your vacation with no reservation, you do have to plan if you want to ride the most popular rides. [/quote] This is a terrible analogy. When I go on vacation there are maybe one or two activities I need reservations for and I can get those reservations (or know I haven't gotten them) weeks in advance, and plan around that. I'm not spending my vacation trying to get reservations for the things I want to do.[/quote] It’s an active vacation with lots to do. If you don’t like fast paced, action packed, multiple experiences offered such that you can’t possibly do them all, then it’s not for you. My family would be bored sitting on a beach all day with little to do.[/quote] Beach vacations can be active. Kayaking, swimming, walking, wander for food, see local history and sights, charter a boat, fishing, live music, parks, different beaches mean different character, shops, sunset, family Football/frisby/whatever. None of that I have to wait in line for. I can call the day before and make a reservation without worry nothing being available. I don’t have to get to at 7 to do it.[/quote] I just don’t get posts like this. If you don’t like Disney, you don’t go. I don’t jump on Antarctica Travel Forums and tell people that there are better ways to spend their time/money, and how horrible the Drake Passage is and who really wants to go to a continent made of ice? Some people dig it. Some people don’t. The only thing I get out of your post is that you somehow need people to know that your way is better. It’s not - it’s just different. [/quote] This isn’t a Disney Travel Forum. It's a post on a Travel Forum asking why people don’t like Disney.[/quote] Actually OP asked for experiences where people’s kids didn’t like Disney (she herself was a Disney fan). And then we get this screed about how active beach vacations are better. It was pretty pointless. [/quote] Akshually what happened is someone claimed that Disney vacations are just like any other vacation because you can’t expect to walk into a popular restaurant without reservations. I have friends who like Disney and if you like Disney too that’s great, but it’s weird to me to act like the only difference between Disney and other vacations is that there are more things to do on a Disney vacation. [/quote] umm that’s exactly one of the main differences between Disney and any other kind of vacation. there are hundreds of things to choose from. [/quote] No, there are hundreds of things to choose from to do on a normal vacation. On a Disney vacation, there are hundreds of things to wait in line for. [/quote] Right. Because nobody ever waited in line to see the Sistine Chapel or rushed to save a beach chair at 630am anywhere. You can walk into everything with no reservations, tickets, or waiting. [/quote] There are very, very few other vacations where every element of the vacation is oversubscribed. Even if you end up waiting at the Sistine Chapel and are then running late, as per your example, you will still be able to sit down for dinner at a nice restaurant in Rome. Every single sit down restaurant doesn't book up 60 days out. And the next day you can do hundreds of things that aren't oversubscribed at all, so it's just one day of crowds. I also don't have to refresh an app hundreds of times per day to schedule each activity or walk a half mile to talk to customer service when something goes wrong.[/quote] there are no other vacations where the entire point is to choose from 100s of options within a defined space that you buy a single-entry ticket to. it’s FINE if that is not your thing - but silly to act like maybe there is something just like Disney that is better than Disney. If you’re here to make detailed comparisons between theme parks, that’s more on point. but do not go to Golden Corral and complain it’s not KFC. [/quote] Yet you missed the entire point of the thread. OP asked why people don't like Disney. You explaining why we're complete idiots to dislike Disney doesn't address OP's question. It just makes you sound like an ass.[/quote] It is you missing the point. The question asked: Can you share any experiences where your kids didn’t like disney and why? Instead we have people rambling on about what makes Paris so great and how they don't like carnivals or having to use a cellular phone for any reason on vakayshun.[/quote] Title is “if YOU had a negative experience.” If you had a great Disney time, this isn’t the thread for you.[/quote] If you have never been to Disney nobody cares about what vacations you prefer. People aren't talking about their neg experiences they are talking about what else they would rather do. [/quote] I don’t see any responses here from people who haven’t been to Disney. What are you talking about?![/quote] It’s clear to me some people have no idea what they are talking about. [/quote] You are assuming that the people who don’t want to plan or spend their vacations on their phone maximizing genie plus don’t know what they are doing. I’ve done Disney multiple times and know perfectly well how to do it. I don’t WANT to do it any longer because it has gotten so complicated. I remember how Disney used to be (and frankly, not even that long ago) and think they have gone in a bad direction. Don’t assume that people who prefer Paris haven’t done Disney and haven’t done Disney “right.”[/quote] I'm not assuming anything. It's clear people in here are merely reacting to what they have read without any personal experience. [/quote] No, it’s not “clear.” No one here has said they are responding as someone who hasn’t been to Disney so unless you can prove that “people” are doing so, it’s just assumptions on your part.[/quote] Ok. If you claim all the rides are for kids and you HAVE to make all dining reservations 60 days out then I think you're full of shit. YMMV.[/quote] I’ve been to Disney more than ten times and we’ve ALWAYS made dining reservations 60 days out. We are a large party including grandparents who need a break in the AC and who can’t do rides and want the time with the kids to relax. Not everyone has a small group and can do grab and go food all the times. Not everyone is traveling the way you are. Character meals are another one you need to book well in advance. So yes, for certain dining experiences you absolutely do need to book ahead. And yeah, some rides are definitely for the kids. [/quote] So perhaps I'm not talking to you? There are lots of posts in here from many people. There are anti-Disney people who just love to hate and you can tell who they are vs the people who have legit gripes.[/quote] Anti-Disney stances are legit if that is what people truly think. I have to go to Disney every few years for work and I would literally rather be anywhere else. You seem to think that if we would just actually really go to Disney we would love it! Because you love it. We must be making it up! It’s odd. I have been six or seven times and have to go for a week in the fall. I dread being surrounded by Disney people for that long. [/quote] What do you find to loathsome about "Disney people" that fills you with dread?[/quote] You’ve been, you’ve seen them. [/quote] If you go to Disney you are one too.[/quote]
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