UNIrd
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That defeats the purpose of owning an AP for us locals. Popping over to the parks after work is pointless.
Sorry. Disney isn't catering to people who pop in after work. And even then, you can make your 3 FP+ or try to book them that same day on the app.
I want to break down this post some as I don't fully agree.
1) Value is subjective. If one wants to go to a Disney park for experiences then it can be a value. Buying one day tickets each day is not a value in my eyes. I'd rather spend $100+ on a concert ticket or to a huge sporting event than go to DHS at this point in time.
2) I don't buy into the "you can't just show up you have to plan" mentality. Yes, it's advised you should do that, but that should not be the baseline. Imagine going to a fancy, expensive restaurant and being told your bad experience due to slow service and poor food was because you didn't "plan before hand". I think this is dismissive and elitist.
3) Your two comments still don't apply to the issue at hand: Disney Parks and Resorts reducing capacity (parks, hotels, etc) to save money and to deliver an inferior experience. This is beyond adjusting staffing to guest demand, they are making an exponentially worse experience. As Len posted wait times from 2014/2015 went up 20-60%. Planning means nothing when directives come to reduce costs and provide a significantly worse guest experience. It should not be the full responsibility of the guests to make sure they have a good time.
My statement wasn't on it's own. It was in response to someone saying they don't go to Disney World anymore and you don't get your money's worth. Sure that's subjective... but so is your statement saying you rather pay $100 for a concert instead of DHS. Okay, cool. So a concert is usually 2 hours of entertainment. You can spend 2-3 hours at DHS watching shows and nighttime entertainment alone. That's not including any rides, character meet and greets, streetmosphere, shopping, dining, etc.
Obviously value is subjective. It's probably the most subjective thing on the planet. But no one here is paying $100 to get into DHS.
Slow service and poor food because you didn't "plan before hand"? You're not even relating sensical things. Now, a 2-hour wait at primetime for dinner because you didn't make a reservation. Now that's where planning could have been helpful. See the difference?
If you're not advising people who are looking to visit Disney parks to get their at park opening to maximize their time, or to take advantage of FP+, or to take a break in the middle of the day and come back at night, etc, you're basically doing them a disservice. Sorry. I don't know when it was a good time to just waltz into a Disney park and to expect to have access to whatever rides at whatever time but it's definitely not the case today.
So plan accordingly.