There's a difference between can't, won't and decided not to. Ceroc UK has decided not to properly define any sort of standards for 'intermediate' and 'advanced' - a decision reflected in most of the MJ organisations I've seen. This results in all the things you describe. But make no mistake: this is a choice, not some imperative that can't be changed.
Ceroc NZ made a different choice and did define these things, assessed people before they were allowed to move up, and enforced them in classes (I've seen teachers ask people to leave the class because they couldn't keep up). The result is a higher average standard in the classes allowing more complex and challenging moves to be taught.
No doubt this approach will scare off a few people who don't want to learn to dance. But it will also retain a lot of people who do want to learn to dance better.
Most of the 'advanced' classes I've been to in the UK have been intermediate moves made a bit longer and taught a bit faster. Occasionally, the moves are a little harder than intermediate; but not much.
To be perfectly blunt, most of the moves I've been taught in advanced workshops in the UK are about the standard of the moves that I've been taught in the regular weekly intermediate classes in NZ (if not a little lower).
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