It doesnt matter what it is, plans, when one considers Disney, is a must!! There are numerous books written about attacking Disney commando style!! And then there are always the short vacations either because of limited funding or limited time. And were stuck with a capricious Disney!! I CANT HANDLE THAT!!!!
This has been probably the orneriest burr under my frosty butt, as well, since before 9/11.
Disney has been playing these games since at least May of 2001.
Three houses of Jewell's are getting up early this week for cruise calling. We can't really buy Halloween Party tickets until we see when we are able to get cruises. We can't really make PSes for dinner until we know if we'll be in the MK area or the Epcot area (also, there's actually a hotel night we want to pick up at the beginning of the week, and where we stay will depend on what we're doing, that night).
Because of the hoops we have to jump through to create the WDW vacation that my family still feels is worth the money it costs to take, a big chunk of our schedule isn't easily reschedulable.
I believe that many of Disney's cost cutting measures are hitting people like me, the people who plan ahead and regularly give Disney money for things like cruises and dinners and event tickets, the hardest of all. I know that, in my case, anyway, it has cost Disney some amount of revenue: they cut EE, we could no longer justify the extra expense of staying on-site.
The people who already treat WDW like Six Flags... come in, ride a few rides, eat a hot dog and a funnel cake, buy a t-shirt and call it a day, they're not the ones who'll notice much difference with the way things have changed.
I feel Disney is alienating a chunk of its most loyal customers with their choices.
-WFH