Hot Takes!

Hot take: AKL needs a walking path to AK park.

Hot take: if you are staying at a WDW Resort hotel you should be able to park at any resort to visit without a dining reservation. Sometime you just want to shop, see the resort or visit a lounge. Using Disney transportation isn't always the easiest or best method. Just let me drive.

I haven’t booked certain dining reservations because of this exact reason. I’ve never eaten at anything at Caribbean Beach because I don’t feel like playing at be bus stop carousel there.

Agreed. I’ve never seen any African wildlife offended by footpaths. No reason for this to be omitted, and there’s no way that someone at some point didn’t pitch this idea during development.

Red hot take- OKW, SSR, and Port Orleans all need to have a dedicated skyliner route between the 3 resorts, Disney Springs and Epcot. It could drop off guests at the north side of Epcot. It’s 100 percent doable. It would dramatically boost the popularity and value of all the resorts.

This seems like a huge missed opportunity to me. It could be an incredible bonus and make it even more attractive to stay there.

100% - join the two most isolated, out-of-the-way things through a walking path (under 2 miles) - I'd walk/run that any day if it were beautifully lit and landscaped =)

I’m hearing you! We took a stroll through the new Poly Tower for the first time the other day. It was fine. The artwork was lovely. That said, it seemed very sterile and I wouldn’t have any interest in staying there. I love the original Poly.

Yes! I would love to see that happen, but I do wonder how far of a walk that would be!

100%. The original studios proximity to the ticket and transportation center makes them amazing for getting to either MK or Epcot!

Sterile is the most accurate description. There’s so much character at the original Poly property relative to the tower.

Hot Take: Upgrade the monorail or get rid of it.

Hot takes:

Kill park reservations completely and reduce complexity. Doesn't feel like a premium product when I have to plan so much.

Less screen or projection rides. More kinetic or authentic looking attractions. Frozen is definitely better after the face lift. 😉

I want bigger trash cans to eat off of so i can fit the whole family instead of just adding more places to sit with tables. I also want more shade over the trash cans. 😜

Lol - Forget tables… just make those trash cans bigger! Haha

Yes! I consider Poly to be an Epcot resort.

Hot take

Staff at the gates to pools to keep anyone not staying at resorts out. Finding a lounger in afternoon is hard enough with only resort guests coming back to swim from being at the parks all morning. Last time I was at Boulder Ridge, the lady next to me was bragging to me that her and her kids live close by and swim there all the time???

Not only a hot take, but the unyielding truth- it’s despicable that there still hasn’t been a jungle book attraction.

Hot Take: The food quality & options at HS are really lacking.

Saratoga Springs needs to demolish an entire building and rebuild the area with a Stormalong Bay tier water park/ pool. Theme it to whatever you want. Everyone would happily pay 2 extra points per night to have access to something like that for kids.

I agree. We love the "old" Poly studios.......but, I do really love that mini kitchen in the new studios...

"I want bigger trash cans to eat off of so i can fit the whole family instead of just adding more places to sit with tables. I also want more shade over the trash cans. 😜" - I love this! LOL!!

Hot take: Those viral videos of parents “surprising” their kids with a Disney trip — the ones where the kids break down crying — make me deeply uncomfortable.

Capturing a genuine emotional moment for your own memories is one thing. But packaging your child’s raw reaction for clicks and social media clout is something else entirely. Kids don’t consent to having their most vulnerable moments broadcast to strangers, and that kind of emotional exploitation has real consequences.

Let your kids have feelings that belong to them.

1000% agree!!!

Hot Take: They should bulldoze the All Star Resorts and build more true moderate resorts in the style of the never realized original Bay Lake resorts.

If nothing else, use some cleaner product...make it smell better! Last time I was riding it, it smelled like I was in a barn.