Greg!!! You are indeed the voice of reason!! The top half of your list is
perfect!!! For those of you who are too lazy to go back a page (and thats usually me) let me repeat it here:
1) Eisner (on his own) has been bad for Disney
2) Elimination of EE was a very bad guest service decision
3) Dinorama is the most disappointing theme park addition I can remember
4) Pop Century (especially the "words") is an embarrassment
5) WDW theme park hour reductions are stripping away the guest experience
6) The Speedway never should have been built
7) Closing CoP during most of the 100 years celebration was blasphemy
8) Delaying Epcot opening to 10am was a feeble attempt to save a few bucks that caused an opening hour nightmare
9) AK opened with too few attractions, Dinosaur is a waste of good technology and Kali is too short.
1) Disney-MGM Studios rushed to completion and missed the mark causing a haphazard series of additions that have created a park with little cohesion and a horrible layout. (But, the attractions themselves are quite nice.)
As far as the second half (one by one, so crank up the quote function!!!):
1) Park maintenance is on the decline
Up until last year I would have disagreed with you. However, I will admit that it has improved. But what about
Disneyland? You west coasters!! How about it?
2) Charging for valet parking is a bad thing
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! This penny-pinching move is ridiculous. And as it puts off guests who utilized it in the past, it punishes the CMs who counted on the tips as income. Bad move all the way around!!!!!
3) AKL is nothing more than a well decorated Hilton
I agree. I can see their point, and it probably could have been better (Polly style), but I really like it anyway. So, agreed!!!
4) Imagineers are to blame for Dinorama
Agreed!! The buck stops (or never starts in this case) at the top!!!
5) Traffic at DD is the biggest problem at WDW
I agree!!! There are a whole bunch bigger problems!!!!
6) The All Stars do not fit in at WDW
Sorry!! And as way of explanation, did I ever mention the caste system of resorts that Ei$ner instituted? Well, in case you missed it
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7) The Golf Resort is up to the same level of "Disney" as the Poly and Contemp
Greg!! It was. It was, for what it was!! A failed experiment, perhaps. But give it its due, it was as well done as anything else Disney ever did. A vacation resort catering to a
non-theme park crowd who were interested in playing golf in a relaxing atmosphere. Perfect!!
8) The presence of more "rude" cast members
Nah! Sometimes you get a rotten one, but thats not different from years past. By and large CMs are
GREAT!!!!
9) The Disney Institute was a stupid mistake
Sorry Greg. It was not only a mistake. It was a stupid too. And strangely only one that a guy like Ei$ner could make!!!!
10) The old Disney Marketplace was any more "Magical" than DD
Just like the Golf Resort
I LOVED IT!! Well, maybe loved is a little strong. I liked it much, much better than the abomination that currently resides on this piece of property.
11) The character meal "ruined" the Crystal Palace
Hey!! Things change!!! (How about that coming from me!!!) Agreed!
12) WDW needs a gigacoaster
Sorry Bob.
AGREED!!!!
I guess the differences is what put me in car #3!!!
Stipulate, shmipulate!! Whos dumb idea was this!!! Lets duke it out instead!!!