Put a pin in the map for when the decline started. Late 1970s Disneyland got rid of extra cost ride ticket books and changed to general admission. Prior to that is was clean and family oriented. Late 70s on its way to shithole central with gang fights on the main concourse. Not sure when Disneyworld went to general admission pricing but was also showing great decline by the early 2000s. Not back since, these were once great parks. Who knew Tomorrowland (2015) was a doucmentary? So it goes...
Edit:
One thing about Disney past, the whole park look was integrated and cohesive. When a change was made it was seamless. Tough to determine what the old landscape was when something new put in. Is anyone with an effing clue in charge now?
I would say the decline began when Bob Iger took over as Disney CEO and the Golden Age was with Michael Eisner. Went to WDW since the year it opened until 2016. My husband bought me a Vacation Club membership because my daughter and I would go 3-4 times/year. Finally sold the membership in 2016 because the parks were not well maintained, the cast members as a whole were not interested in the guests, the food was crap, etc. Under Eisner, all the negatives and more were the opposite. Now, too, of course, after having read about Disney, I have no desire to bring our grandchildren.
I can't remember the exact date and don't care enough to look it up, but I bet it also has to do with ABC/ESPN coming onboard. That's a LOT of wokeness being added.
Put a pin in the map for when the decline started. Late 1970s Disneyland got rid of extra cost ride ticket books and changed to general admission. Prior to that is was clean and family oriented. Late 70s on its way to shithole central with gang fights on the main concourse. Not sure when Disneyworld went to general admission pricing but was also showing great decline by the early 2000s. Not back since, these were once great parks. Who knew Tomorrowland (2015) was a doucmentary? So it goes...
Edit:
One thing about Disney past, the whole park look was integrated and cohesive. When a change was made it was seamless. Tough to determine what the old landscape was when something new put in. Is anyone with an effing clue in charge now?
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/fa/e4/fbfae4a84e7872c61f6445ff44b8fd51.jpg
I would say the decline began when Bob Iger took over as Disney CEO and the Golden Age was with Michael Eisner. Went to WDW since the year it opened until 2016. My husband bought me a Vacation Club membership because my daughter and I would go 3-4 times/year. Finally sold the membership in 2016 because the parks were not well maintained, the cast members as a whole were not interested in the guests, the food was crap, etc. Under Eisner, all the negatives and more were the opposite. Now, too, of course, after having read about Disney, I have no desire to bring our grandchildren.
I can't remember the exact date and don't care enough to look it up, but I bet it also has to do with ABC/ESPN coming onboard. That's a LOT of wokeness being added.
Just read that Eisner bought CapCities/ABC (ESPN within this) in 1995.