Well, not just cut crazy but JK was insanely harsh.
When DA opened in softs, the first thing I noticed were the "marble" columns in Gringotts. They looked like crap.
I posted as much online and was told I was far too negative and that they looked great and I was just being argumentative. They were however redone. Much of the paint work in DA was redone in fits and starts over the first few years to get the look we have today.
Cut to years later, and I hear of how JK set foot in the lobby of Grongotts and throws a royal fit over how bad she felt they looked and how upset she was and they were redone.
JK gets to say that and despite their egos the folks at UC have to listen. On a normal attraction if anyone says something similar they're labeled as having a bad attitude and not supporting their peers and blah blah blah to protect egos.
It's not just UC though. A trick I was taught when learning scenic design was to not relent on an easy change requested by a director. Particularly one that could be done quickly and you don't actually care about. Let the director obsess over the back and forth over that minor detail and meanwhile you essentially get away with doing whatever you want until you finally change that one tiny thing and they think they won all the battles.
This is counterproductive, and ignoring the goal of the greater good, but it's the norm of modern design.
