I totally, 100% understand this.Jacca5660 wrote:It's not a bygone restaurant, but I miss the first years of the MK before there was anything else. It was like MK and Epcot rolled up into one park! I remember when SM was really like being in the future. You know when there was a Disney still in charge! It was all so amazing!
Don't get me wrong. I love what WDW is now, it's just, it was, I don't know how to explain it. I guess it was a different feeling. Can anybody help me here?
I went every Christmas of my life until I was 21, from 1978-1999. I could definitely feel towards the last few years that it just wasn't the same place that I knew as a little kid. Granted, it was still awesome, but...
Maybe it was all the cross-promotion that started during the Eisner years, but looking back now I felt like the parks were changing for the sake of change; chasing the trends/fads instead of creating them (which was the beauty of Figment). Since this is in a thread about restaurants, two examples come to mind: turning the Liberty Tree Tavern into a character dining opportunity, and making meals at Akershus princess-themed. Those kinds of overlays into something that was intended to be historical/cultural education seems to have cheapened the experience in my eyes, making it almost a parody of itself. And don't even get me started on the additions to "It's a Small World," that's for another thread on another day.
I've been wrestling with wanting to go back. It's been 10 years since my last visit and I'd love to see the ol' girl again: ride the ferry over from the TTC, take a spin on the Teacups, all that good stuff. But on the other hand, I kind of don't want to go back ever again because I want to keep "the WDW that was" forever cemented in my memory. It was just that special to me, growing up.
LOL- Look at me, I'm 31 years old and I'm reminiscing like an old fart!
Even to this day, I will not eat at Fulton's because of that. I can understand your resistance.
