New York Times Review of ABD

[MJGirl]

Interesting review of ABD

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/travel/03journeys.html?ref=travel

 

[PatriciaH]

This was weird:

"There are still kinks. One media executive who took his family on the China trip called it “Mao’s long march,” complaining that it covered too much ground. Disney, which has since tweaked the China itinerary, has also learned not to over-promise in brochures. “The opportunity to wander a vast glacier frozen in time” on the Canadian Rockies tour, turned out to be, in one customer’s words, “more like the chance to look at a dirty patch of snow.” The tour has since been canceled."

Did they offer a Canadian Rockies tour before?

 

[sayhello]

This was weird:

"There are still kinks. One media executive who took his family on the China trip called it “Mao’s long march,” complaining that it covered too much ground. Disney, which has since tweaked the China itinerary, has also learned not to over-promise in brochures. “The opportunity to wander a vast glacier frozen in time” on the Canadian Rockies tour, turned out to be, in one customer’s words, “more like the chance to look at a dirty patch of snow.” The tour has since been canceled."

Did they offer a Canadian Rockies tour before?

My understanding is that it was one of the first few tours they offered when they were still "testing out" the concept the first year (the concierge agent I booked the Canadian Rockies trip with on Friday mentioned this). Apparently the first few trips were done by some sort of "invitation for volunteers". She didn't go into a lot of detail.

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[ga9497]

Yes they offered ABD's in 2005 as a test phase to Hawaii and Yellowstone national park. It was basically by invitation only. 2006 was the first year they offered the ABD's to everyone and the Canadian Rockies was one of them but it wasn't brought back in 2007 or 2008

 

[kristilew]

Our guide on Sacred Valleys told us they had a lot of problems with the Canada trips because Disney's US employees weren't able to guide them (due to visa laws of some sort). So they were relying on contractor guides from other companies, and the "Disney attitude" towards guests was not getting carried over.

I wonder if having the new Rockies tour start in the US is some way to get around that issue?

 

[Epcotforever]