I'm sick of hearing of how DVD doesn't have power to get AP's for their members and that they can't sway the Parks to allow them. As far as I can see Disney is 1 company and shares in both profits and losses. If the CEO wants it to happen ; it will happen. So blame him. Obviously he and the board of directors can care less about DVC members and what they shell out for passes. He probably figures we suckered them in so they will pay anything. Same reason they did away with Magical Express. But both of these may come back to haunt them later. Offering AP's and ME keeps even DVC members in the Bubble. Now even members are starting to look to travel out of the bubble more often. I have an AP but totaly understand the plight of members who canceled them thinking they could get them at any time and were shut out. Heck I'm staying at the Riv in 2 weeks but have plans to go to Universal for 2 days . Why not I had to rent a car . I might as well use it. Who knows maybe I'll upgrade my tickets to a Universal AP and ditch the DW AP .If DVD had the power and sway to get get APs offered to DVC owners, believe me, we’d have access, especially if they believe lack of them is impacting sales.
Frustrating as it is, it’s why perks can not be guaranteed because DVD themselves have to rely on others and in this case, DPEP isn’t budging on letting any subset of guests have access.
They happened to have opened this in 1982, WDW's biggest expansion ever.I don't think it's unprecedented...anyone remember the 80's? Zero "E Ticket" attractions from when Thunder Mountain opened in 1980 until 1989 when Hollywood Studios opened.
Clearly insatiable. I can't believe anyone would consider the next two years "meager" when Tron isn't even open yet and Guardians is only 10 months old....But anything significant is going to be a ~3 year project. If that's the case, we're in for a pretty meager 2024 and 2025.
If you're operating 4 theme parks, yeah, you really should be adding at least a couple new attractions every year. Not every one needs to be an "E" ticket--and not all that you listed are.
Awesome photo!They happened to have opened this in 1982, WDW's biggest expansion ever.
I'm sick of hearing of how DVD doesn't have power to get AP's for their members and that they can't sway the Parks to allow them. As far as I can see Disney is 1 company and shares in both profits and losses. If the CEO wants it to happen ; it will happen. So blame him. Obviously he and the board of directors can care less about DVC members and what they shell out for passes. He probably figures we suckered them in so they will pay anything. Same reason they did away with Magical Express. But both of these may come back to haunt them later. Offering AP's and ME keeps even DVC members in the Bubble. Now even members are starting to look to travel out of the bubble more often. I have an AP but totaly understand the plight of members who canceled them thinking they could get them at any time and were shut out. Heck I'm staying at the Riv in 2 weeks but have plans to go to Universal for 2 days . Why not I had to rent a car . I might as well use it. Who knows maybe I'll upgrade my tickets to a Universal AP and ditch the DW AP .