You have seen my posts here about this topic...I feel very strongly about some of these things. I don't like the two broken down Coke refrigerators standing out along the wall of the barn along the railroad tracks (where the international food is being served for Worldfest). I have to say I saw many, many "Not in Miss Mary's Time" theme issues on my opening day visit, but on my visit for Worldfest a couple of weeks ago, I hardly noticed any. I know times change and big fans along the pathways going into the rides are nice, and that many people enjoy the concessions where they can make their own slush, and the concessions where they can pull a Coke out of a glass door refrigerator, but I'm still against those things. In my time on park many years ago it was DRILLED into us to "pay attention to detail." I bought into the fantasy that I was a "citizen" rather than an employee, and when I entered the guest area of the park in costume (not a uniform) I did my best to be a citizen of the 1880's. Sorry, I just don't like the exposed employee water coolers, the electric heater in the wall of Two Sisters Jewelry, the metal roll up garage door on the barn adjacent to RiverBlast (formerly called the wagonworks barn) and the cheap toys sold on park during Kidsfest. Don't get me started on the basketball game at GE, the airbrush artist, even the concession that sells Cardinals Baseball stuff. With a shorter winter season it is impossible to build a rollercoaster when no guests are on park, so everytime you ride the train you get to see construction equipment, trucks, backhoes, and so on. There is no way around it. All that said, NONE of the things I have mentioned would have been allowed in Miss Mary's Time. People would have been reprimanded, people would have been fired. SDC still has more flavor and atmosphere than many other parks, and is pretty good at doing what it takes to satisfy guests. If you did not experience SDC in the 60s, 70s, 80s or first half of the 90s, you probably don't get upset very much by the looser theme today. Shave is right, the park has moved away from being a living history or "Colonial Williamsburg of the Ozarks." Since people are not as interested in arts and crafts as they were 50 years ago, there are not nearly as many A&C's on park today. It's a theme park where they have got to cut costs and sell things in shops that people will buy, or they won't be there at all anymore. Designer clothes and assessories in the Valley Merchantile, and Dugan's being a ladies dress and costume jewelry shop...NOT in Miss Mary's Time! But that stuff sells today, so it is there. The management does respond to your feelings about all this stuff...when I was in Sullvan's Mill on opening day I heard the employees say they were happy to see many more "Made in USA" items in their shop, so if you are one of those vocal about that topic, keep talking to the right people, because it's working!