3 changes coming to the parks - Iger is making his mark

Agree.  It’s a real kick in the teeth to DVC owners.  Pretty sure APs and DVC owners helped The Mouse get back up and running after the clousure!

I'm puzzled by not needing a park reservation after 2pm being a huge deal. 
You don't need one now, right? 

Right now, if I have a park reservation for AK and I want to hop to Epcot after 2pm, I don't need a reservation at Epcot. 
Is this change removing the need to "tap in" to the first park to go to the second park for AP holders? 

I don't think the language is clear enough; it could mean multiple things. 

You have to tap into the first park where you have a reservation to hop at 2 pm.

For most, it’s probably not a big deal, but on our Nov and Dec stays we were really impacted by the 2pm rule and tapping into a park first.

November.  Hurricane/TS Nicole was coming.  I’m going to make up days because I cannot remember for sure.  
We were going to Fantasmic on Tuesday night.  Rain was moving in from Nicole on Tuesday.
Monday we are sitting at Ale & Compass so we decide that we should go to Fantasmic Monday night.  We had Epcot booked.  DH works from the resort many days and joins me after work.  Switching to Studios is nearly impossible.  So, it was easy for me because I would tap in at Epcot.  Not so easy for DH and it’s a good thing I picked what we did.  I switched him to AK.  He said he could easily take a bus, walk to the AK entrance, tap in and get back over his lunch hour. He did.  As it turns out, I’m glad he didn’t walk to Epcot at opening since the line to enter was back to the bridge that goes to BWV.  It was post wine and dine weekend and Epcot was slammed.  The Skyliner dumping into IG didn’t help.  This was a total pain.  But, we did it to see Fantasmic a night earlier.  The weather it turns out on Tuesday was really bad.  

December.  I was down and out & tossing my cookies from a migraine when I woke up on the morning I had Epcot booked.  DH had Studios booked.  We were doing Hollywood and Vine for dinner and then seeing Fantasmic!  I had to go tap into Epcot in order to get into Studios.  My head was pounding, I couldn’t really see and I’m laying there trying to figure out how in the world I was going to manage tapping in at Epcot.  The CMs at Studios are less than friendly about not tapping in too.  I didn’t want to take a chance.  So…when I finally could manage, I made my way to my car and drove to Studios to park.  Fortunately, they let me park there.  That was not always the case without a park reservation.  Epcot was too big for me to walk through and I’d have to make it all the way back to IG for the Skyliner.  

As luck would have it, I obtained a great CM at the parking booth and nabbed a great parking spot.  I slowly made my way to the Skyliner and went over to IG and tapped into Epcot.  After wandering slowly around for a bit and killing about an hour at Epcot, I went back to Studios to tap in around 2 pm.

Both of these situations were ridiculous.  In both of these instances, the new 2 pm rule would have saved us.  I’m pretty sure I would have been much better off when I was sick if I could have hung around the room till nearly 4 pm when we needed to leave for dinner at Studios.  DH did take a bus and met me later.  There was no way I could manage to go back to the car and get him at that point.  

I have never been a fan of park reservations.  I dealt it with it though.  These two situations made me very angry though.

Starting to throw us some bones but until APs are back, doesn't mean much. APs probably won't be back until 50th is officially over (I'm thinking APs back April 1) plus they have Tron AP previews. Let's see if anything else is announced this week. I'm canceling our Feb trip b/c DH doesn't have AP and I'm not buying any more day tickets.

No APs for DVC makes me angry. I hope they come back soon!

These items are a good first step, but more is needed. Particularly when it comes to Genie+ and other per person/day up-charges. IMO, this is where costs really add up and what might prohibit people from being able to experience the parks to their fullest. I'd also like to see California Grill go back to a regular dining menu. I hope after "the 50th," that CG will be back to normal.

I'm surprised that free parking at resorts for overnight resort guests is back. I thought it was a shameless money grab at the time it was implemented, but that was years ago at this point. I'd like to see changes to recent money grabs.

AP should definitely include PhotoPass also, IMO.