I went to Disney with my oldest and my mother just after Covid. The Disney hotel we stayed at when I was a kid had replaced the beautiful fountain and pianist in the lobby with a massive bar area that was already packed at 3pm. We haven’t gone back, mainly because it’s sad. A lot of the comments on this piece rightly say the new Disney is unfair to big families and children, but it’s not just about growing wealth inequality and monetizing the ultra wealthy. A child doesn’t care about Michelin-starred restaurants and private clubs. No kid wants a seated lunch at the Magic Kingdom. This what happens when a country decides that adults are more important than children— and starts catering to (and monetizing) their every whim and demand. The children are always the afterthought, even at their own theme parks.