Theme parks like Disney World have been popular for decades, but are the high ticket prices, long lines, and stress associated with the modern-day experience worth the hassle anymore?

Where has this guy been?

When my wife and I went to Disney World in 1996, we planned nothing in advance. We found ourselves waiting in massive lines for rides and spending hours waiting for tables in restaurants. We realized we screwed up and we had to do better.

That was 27 years ago. Since then, we had kids and raised them to adulthood.

Every trip after that we scheduled reservations in advance. Every morning we wake up, we know what park we are going to. We spend about 20 minutes every day we are there planning that day’s activities, and we roll with whatever changes we encounter.

I don’t understand how having a plan in place in advance of your vacation somehow makes it more stressful. I’ve always thought it was easier to not have to wonder what we’ll be doing and where we’ll be going during our Disney trips.

Are there really people who insist on just showing up with no plan and then blame Disney when they are stressed?

Also, it seems like most of the Disney criticism I see is coming from Fox news in some form or another. Is that just my news feed, or is it an extension of the culture war that the right is trying to foment?

  • thisnoworkie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think that with the crowds there if you don’t have some kind of plan you just get lost in the sea of people. Or you just won’t be able to do some of the things that you wanted to do (I’m looking at you cantina in starwars land).

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s also one of the advantages that still exist for people staying on property. You can book all the reservations for your entire visit 60 days before the day you arrive.

      The only time I’ve had trouble getting all the reservations I wanted was the last time when we were trying to get reservations for seven people.

      Understandably, we had very little luck. We managed to get two separate reservations for the same time for Narcoossee’s, and we figured we’d just ask them if they could put us close together. However, they merged our reservation to one and put us all at the same table. It was wonderful.

      • thisnoworkie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I think that no matter what you do, you have to have some sort of plan when you visit any of the parks. I have only stayed on property once, but didn’t have any reservations. I just wanted the experience of being able to go to the room when I got tired waiting in line. Haha

        Anyone that goes there with no plan and without the annual pass (magic key now?) is kind of asking for a stressful experience.