History YMMV / DisneyDreamlightValley

* TheScrappy: While the characters themselves are still liked well enough outside of the context of DDLV, many players have expressed a dislike for Mother Gothel and Maui's respective portrayals in the game. Mother Gothel for being the same condescending and passive-aggressive villainess she was in ''Tangled'' (only with her rotten attitude now generally directed at the player instead of Rapunzel, who isn't exactly exempt when she is added later) and Maui's CharacterExaggeration and AesopAmnesia that caused his normally AwesomeEgo to start coming off as genuinely obnoxious to some players (with his enormous size also causing him to get in the way of players at times). When an update enabled players to disable certain villagers from appearing in their villages, more than a few players stated that for them Gothel and Maui would be the first ones to go.

* TheScrappy: While the characters themselves are still liked well enough outside of the context of DDLV, many players have expressed a dislike for Mother Gothel and Maui's respective portrayals in the game. Mother Gothel for being the same condescending and passive-aggressive villainess she was in ''Tangled'' (only with her rotten attitude now generally directed at the player instead of Rapunzel) and Maui's CharacterExaggeration and AesopAmnesia that caused his normally AwesomeEgo to start coming off as genuinely obnoxious to some players (with his enormous size also causing him to get in the way of players at times). When an update enabled players to disable certain villagers from appearing in their villages, more than a few players stated that for them Gothel and Maui would be the first ones to go.

** The recurring Atlantean background scenery in the game.

* BrokenBase: The inclusion of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in ''A Rift in Time'''s second act was proven to be polarizing in the fan base. While a lot of people were hyped and thrilled to see Oswald join the valley, others were not as happy about him for various reasons: A general lack of familiarity with the character, his cel-shaded appearance causing him to stand out from the rest of the cast, being put off that he was entirely black and white without the blue shorts he's come to be known for, and most prominently the sentiment that Figment would have been a better choice; mostly due to the subtitle of the second act literally being named "''The Spark of Imagination''"

** As for profitable items, there's pumpkin puffs (pumpkin + cheese + egg). Even with you having to buy eggs and cheese from Remy's (and most likely charcoal from Kristoff), it's still the most profitable item you can quickly get a huge stockpile of. It is ''the'' way to get the most profit out of every pumpkin. A couple hundred can sell for a couple hundred '''thousand'''. The only downside is how tedious it can get to cook them all one at a time, plus pumpkins only being sold in the Forgotten Lands.

** Once the Scramblecoin Quest in the Eternity Isle expansion is complete, characters will start gaining special balloons above their heads showing they want to play the game with you and will follow you around to ask if you want to play. This bothered more than a few players who were either not interested in playing Scramblecoin at all or just didn't want their usual rounds in the game interrupted by characters constantly chasing after them. Thankfully, the ''Monsters, Inc.'' update added the option of turning off Scramblecoin requests in the Settings menu (under Gameplay).

** Once the Scramblecoin Quest in the Eternity Isle expansion is complete, characters will start gaining special balloons above their heads showing they want to play the game with you and will follow you around to ask if you want to play. This bothered more than a few players who were either not interested in playing Scramblecoin at all or just didn't want their usual rounds in the game interrupted by characters constantly chasing after them.

** Regarding ''actual'' characters, players were surprised when the highly-requested [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel Madrigal]] was announced to be added in the third content update, especially since she wasn't teased at all beforehand nor did Creator/StephanieBeatriz's name show up in the voice cast portion of the credits prior to the "A Festival of Friendship" update.

** Or rather "Unexpected Song". Not many people expected WesternAnimation/{{WallE}}'s {{Leitmotif}} to be a version of "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from ''Theatre/HelloDolly'', which appears only in brief snippets in the original ''WesternAnimation/{{WallE}}'' movie. Especially considering the song is from a Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios movie, which Disney has owned for even less time than they've owned Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}, Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}, and Franchise/TheMuppets; all of which have yet to be integrated into the game.

* UnderusedGameMechanic: The characters' home realms are nice to look at and remain accessible after completion, but outside of the occasional quest requirement, there's little reason to return to them. There are no resources to collect nor areas where furniture can be placed.

* {{Adorkable}}: Being a game full of Disney characters, nearly every character qualifies, though Goofy, Anna, and Ariel in particular stand out.

* UglyCute: How did Gameloft manage to make the ''crocodiles'' from the Glade of Trust so freakin' ''adorable''?!

** Mother Gothel was a surprising inclusion. While a popular villain, fans didn't expect to see her get in due to her being a creepily realistic (compared to more fantastical, over-the-top villains like Scar, Ursula, or Gaston) {{Abusive Parent}}s and ''Dreamlight Valley'' being a comparatively light-hearted game. Even more shockingly, Gothel made it into the game before Rapunzel (who wouldn't get added until the ''A Rift in Time'' expansion) or Flynn, the main protagonists of the movie.