Snobbery

[SC-owls]

Going to a bit controversial here, i get the feeling there's people on this forum who turn their nose's up at the thought of going to dlp, as though there's only one Disney. Ive read many people's replies about their thoughts on dlp and most of them are so dismissive of the place even if they've never been.Ive done both, and enjoyed them both, but for me going to Florida is not just about wdw and i think people mistake the whole Florida experience and try and compare that to dlp. Plus the last time i compared the prices £6000 approx wdw-£1500 approx dlp.Thoughts anyone ?

[AmandaB]

Originally Posted by SC-owls

Going to a bit controversial here, i get the feeling there's people on this forum who turn their nose's up at the thought of going to dlp, as though there's only one Disney. Ive read many people's replies about their thoughts on dlp and most of them are so dismissive of the place even if they've never been.Ive done both, and enjoyed them both, but for me going to Florida is not just about wdw and i think people mistake the whole Florida experience and try and compare that to dlp. Plus the last time i compared the prices £6000 approx wdw-£1500 approx dlp.Thoughts anyone ?

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Fully agree with you, I can not afford to pay Florida prices and have had to save and go without for 3 years to do this 1 and only trip, but we enjoy DLP and my kids are always wanting to go back and that too me is what is important. I have NEVER had any problems in DLP and would recommend it to anyone who want to go.

I think people get to set in their ways and if they go to Paris and all they do is compare it to Orlando then they will not enjoy there visit.

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We've done DLP six times, it was great when the kids were younger. Been to WDW twice and it can't be compared to DLP. Last visit to DLP was between the two WDW visits and it made us decide that we'd never go back to DLP again. Nothing about snobbery, I just feel we've 'done' DLP. Oh, and it was full of smoking people who can't queue and push kids out of the way to get to the characters!

[lov2dibb]

We've done DLP three times and it was nice enough BUT the service/atmosphere is not a patch on WDW.

We went when we lived in Essex and it was relatively cheap to get there.

Now that we are in Scotland, the price of going to DLP is almost the same as it would be for WDW. Add to that the fact that there is so much to do in Florida outside of disney PLUS the reliably hot weather and there's just NO WAY I would consider going back to Paris

Its not snobbery - Its value for money

[2waterford]

I have never been to DLP and have no desire to.

Absolutely nothing to do with Snobbery. I have priced DLP a few times and I have always found for a little more we can have a 2 week holiday in Florida compared to a few days in DLP.

6 of us in a VIlla with our own pool as opposed to 2 hotel rooms wins every time for me.

Also the weather in Florida helps to swing it also.

I also love the people and the shopping in Orlando. Have never found the French as friendly as the Americans.

But it really has nothing to do with snobbery.

[2waterford]

Actually to put another view on the Snobbery point.

My SIL goes to France very year on her holidays, she sees it as a more upmarket location and wouldnt dream of travelling with the 'Chavs' to Orlando, much too common for her liking.

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Originally Posted by 2waterford

I have never been to DLP and have no desire to.

Absolutely nothing to do with Snobbery. I have priced DLP a few times and I have always found for a little more we can have a 2 week holiday in Florida compared to a few days in DLP.

But it really has nothing to do with snobbery.

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Exactly the same here ~ have priced it a couple of times, and just couldn't justify the costing...

Also - friends of ours went recently and their experience was something I would not want to go through They wouldn't ever go back and after hearing their report, I don't know if I would be brave enough to try it!

[AndyJ]

Originally Posted by 2waterford

Have never found the French as friendly as the Americans.

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I had lunch with an Imagineer in WDW who trained some of the original DLP staff. He said, in a hushed voice, that they "Just didn't get it."

It saddens me that one of the biggest arguments I've had in 10 years was with a DLP cast member who thought that my sitting on top of a bin in a disabled area, I was "Disrespecting the wheelchairs." Note that over half of said area was empty, outside of the fact a wheelchair would be in a precarious situation on top of a 4 foot bin anyway!

I love France, I speak French when I visit out of respect and have nothing against the French at all, but there is a different mentality to customer service, and a subtle hate of the British that is probably as much our fault as theirs.

A.

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We have never been to DLP and I don't think we ever will, unless it was a free trip. It just doesn't appeal to me, as gepetto says, it is Florida itself we love so much the parks are an added bonus. I know if we ever went to dlp I would constantly compare it to the Florida parks as I do whenever I visit any theme park and none of them are ever a patch on the ones in Florida.

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Originally Posted by lov2dis

We've done DLP three times and it was nice enough BUT the service/atmosphere is not a patch on WDW.

We went when we lived in Essex and it was relatively cheap to get there.

Now that we are in Scotland, the price of going to DLP is almost the same as it would be for WDW. Add to that the fact that there is so much to do in Florida outside of disney PLUS the reliably hot weather and there's just NO WAY I would consider going back to Paris

Its not snobbery - Its value for money

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im with you here as in the price irene

we've been the once to dlp and due to the rude attitude at the time with the cm's (never been to any disney park before then) toward my dd1 emma she was just turning 9 at the time, we didnt enjoy our time apart from the fact the we were also cold and damp

with what we paid for a 3 night stay in 2000 as to what i paid in 2001, i booked florida with weeks of having been to dlp due to the disappointment on emmas face, we paid in total for dlp £1100 but my price inclusive of disney passes (we only wdw on this occassion) i only paid £1286 for the 5 of us and this was flying with virgin from gatwick staying at the quality inn on idrive, so for me there is no comparison on price and im guaranteed the weather

i dont think its snobbery on my own part but i do see where you come from more so if someone sticks his/her nose up having never been
but then there are also those who stick his/her nose up at florida also having never been