SanFranciscan
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2007
My husband and I just took our first trip to Walt Disney World the first week of October. We were very excited because this was our only trip outside of California since we went to Reno in 1985 to marry without the expense of a wedding we knew would have us in debt for years. People have told me that I am a low-maintenance woman in what sometimes sounds like a backhanded compliment. Whether or not these people are right that I have been content with my life due to low expectations, Disney employees went waaaay beyond my expectations.
We stayed at the Crestwood Suites in a rather industrial area of Orlando, which required us to take three different buses to get to Disney property, because we needed a kitchen for special diets. The only way to even get any information about how to catch public transportation to Disney World was to first get on the buses. Our hotel desk clerk knew nothing. The cashiers at the Wal*Mart knew nothing, even though the store sold Disney tickets. The Denny's waitress working near a lot of tourist hotels knew nothing. Yet when we got on the buses, the Lynx drivers were furious that we didn't know the system and were extremely rude.
By the time we got to Disney World we were already so frustrated that we didn't even feel like being there. The Disney employees were very good about trying to be helpful, even when we needed help getting back to a room that wasn't even on Disney property. It will take us until 2010 to save enough money to return to Disney World and stay on Disney property so that is how long it will be before we return.
I know that Disney takes a great deal of heat for keeping a captive audience on Disney property. Yet with the population aging, the number of tourists who do not drive is just going to continue to increase. I have no idea why the city of Orlando would want tourists, who have only a vague idea where we are going, to hit the road in mass in what is often in the rain in Florida. Yet the system off of Disney property is set up to enforce the use of a private vehicle. We found British tourists to be particularly perturbed by this.
Disney employees do a very good job of smoothing feathers ruffled off of Disney property.
We stayed at the Crestwood Suites in a rather industrial area of Orlando, which required us to take three different buses to get to Disney property, because we needed a kitchen for special diets. The only way to even get any information about how to catch public transportation to Disney World was to first get on the buses. Our hotel desk clerk knew nothing. The cashiers at the Wal*Mart knew nothing, even though the store sold Disney tickets. The Denny's waitress working near a lot of tourist hotels knew nothing. Yet when we got on the buses, the Lynx drivers were furious that we didn't know the system and were extremely rude.
By the time we got to Disney World we were already so frustrated that we didn't even feel like being there. The Disney employees were very good about trying to be helpful, even when we needed help getting back to a room that wasn't even on Disney property. It will take us until 2010 to save enough money to return to Disney World and stay on Disney property so that is how long it will be before we return.
I know that Disney takes a great deal of heat for keeping a captive audience on Disney property. Yet with the population aging, the number of tourists who do not drive is just going to continue to increase. I have no idea why the city of Orlando would want tourists, who have only a vague idea where we are going, to hit the road in mass in what is often in the rain in Florida. Yet the system off of Disney property is set up to enforce the use of a private vehicle. We found British tourists to be particularly perturbed by this.
Disney employees do a very good job of smoothing feathers ruffled off of Disney property.
