Yes, I’m quite familiar with the Disboards! I have been a member there since I was about 17, and was even a minor celebrity during my WDW college program days because I would post journals about my experience. Nowadays, I mostly just lurk…I had a really bad experience there about 10 years ago. I tend to share too much and got myself in trouble. I made the mistake of posting something about how dumb some people are at the parks from the point of view of a castmember, and people took it personally and got up in arms…in fact, a few people even tried to get me fired! When I tried to defend myself, I only made it worse. I was suspended for about a month and a half while Disney tried to decide what to do with me. Ultimately, I kept my job, but the experience made me far more leery. I found out about a parallel board that seems to exist only to make fun of the Disboards- they had a 10 page thread going basically ripping me apart. It was devastating.
What I like about the Oncepodcast forums is that it is a much more intimate community- the Disboards are just so overwhelmingly huge that you either get lost or you get harshly judged. I do still enjoy going there from time to time to read stuff, but I hardly ever post anymore. I agree that these boards are the best OuaT boards I’ve come across- the most intelligent, the most rational…people get pretty crazy on some of the others!