Disney Park Hot Takes

This is the internet. And because of that, it’s almost required to post unpopular opinions as facts. Personally, I love it when people drop hot takes. So I thought I’d hammer out some controversial statements – some WTFs about WDW&DL- because sometimes it’s fun to get stuff off your chest.

So here we go:

  • The Disney Dining Plan is a tax on people who can’t do math. It makes no sense unless you’re big on character meals.
  • Flight of Passage is great, but if you show up to the park 90 minutes before it opens to rope drop it – YOU STILL WAITED 90 MINUTES WHEN YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SLEEPING YOU FOOL.
  • Go ahead. Don’t spend $10/day on Max Pass. I will. And I’ll get double the FastPasses (plus get to feel superior about understanding what my time is worth).
  • Mickey pretzels are not good. Mickey Ice Cream Bars only seem good because it is hot in Orlando.
  • Germany is the best pavilion.
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is worth no more than a 25 minute wait.
  • Peter Pan’s Flight is worth even less than that.It’s great that Magic Kingdom is getting more licensed restaurants.
  • Lots of things that you remember as being better when you were younger only seem that way because that’s how you remember it.
  • Nostalgia is very profitable.
  • I’m aware of how weird it is for an adult to love Disney theme parks.
  • Get the best service possible at restaurants simply by ordering alcohol.
  • Sleeping Beauty is the most forgettable princess.
  • Epcot is the worst park for kids and the best park for adults.
  • Parades are alright. Waiting over an hour for a parade is insanity.
  • The real terrorists are people who don’t stop farting in the standby line.
  • the more people you add to a group on a Disney trip, the less enjoyable it becomes.
  • The Happiest Place on Earth needs to have at least 2-ply toilet paper.
  • Just because it’s expensive, it doesn’t make it ok to be rude to cast members.
  • The main villains inside a Disney park are grossly inflated prices and tour groups full of spoiled, rude, not-properly-supervised teens.
  • The Muppets are the most underrated IP Disney has in the parks.
  • I feel like Beverley is supposed to be a palate cleanser to be sipped in-between the other soda pops at Club Cool but nobody else seems to get that.
  • Mission: Space – Orange exists to make people puke and sell more Sprite in the parks because who buys Sprite anyways?
  • There should be a 2nd Starbucks at the opposite end of every park. Not because I want Macchiatos. But because it just makes good business sense.
  • Trader Sam’s needs a fastpass.
  • The credit card bill you receive the month after you get home is the real life equivalent of a Marvel movie’s post-credits scene.

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Final Thoughts – January 2017 Trip

This was only our second trip to Walt Disney World, but it was one to remember (see: Proposal story!).

It was our first time doing a split stay on Disney property, and it was so easy! Bell services were fantastic and it was so nice to not have to move our luggage ourselves. I’m not sure if we’ll ever do a full stay in one place again.

It was also our first time renting DVC points, and it was a smooth process- one which we’ve already used again multiple times! I don’t think we could ever afford to pay rack rate for the Deluxe Resorts, so DVC makes it affordable for us. We also loved both Old Key West and Saratoga Springs.

We used the dining plan on our first trip, but opted to pay for all meals out of pocket this time – which we definitely preferred. I don’t see us using the dining plan again.

It sucks that the half marathon was cancelled for Luke, but it gave us an excuse to attend a runDisney event in California since they allowed him to transfer his registration. I also ran my first ever 5k during this trip, which was so well organized and fun (I don’t see myself ever running a regular 5k though, runDisney events only!)

Overall, it was a great trip, and I’m so lucky that Luke loves Disney just as much as I do, and that we get to make these memories together <3