Originally Posted By DlandDug >>This is the major problem w/ WDI and the Company at large. All this money blown on the PROCESS than on the actual PRODUCT.<< Alas, it is exactly the opposite that is so troubling. For the last 25 years the Company has been headed up by people who only know how to push product, and seem to have no idea how to maintain the process. It's the biggest problem with any company that is reliant on the creative process. There was a great quote in one of the early books about the miraculous financial success that Eisner and Wells had in their early days at Disney. One of them stated that the Walt Disney Company had never been properly marketed, that every time you opened a door, money would fall out. But what they failed to maintain was the method whereby the money got there in the first place. It was the process. By putting more and more emphasis on distribution and sales, and less and less on the creative process, they eventually used up the existing creative legacy, and found not much new or compelling in the pipeline. Process is the way that creative product is created-- unless you're stamping out toasters or juice drinks or disposable pens. And the process of making those isn't really all that interesting...
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>This is the major problem w/ WDI and the Company at large. All this money blown on the PROCESS than on the actual PRODUCT.<< Alas, it is exactly the opposite that is so troubling. For the last 25 years the Company has been headed up by people who only know how to push product, and seem to have no idea how to maintain the process. It's the biggest problem with any company that is reliant on the creative process. There was a great quote in one of the early books about the miraculous financial success that Eisner and Wells had in their early days at Disney. One of them stated that the Walt Disney Company had never been properly marketed, that every time you opened a door, money would fall out. But what they failed to maintain was the method whereby the money got there in the first place. It was the process. By putting more and more emphasis on distribution and sales, and less and less on the creative process, they eventually used up the existing creative legacy, and found not much new or compelling in the pipeline. Process is the way that creative product is created-- unless you're stamping out toasters or juice drinks or disposable pens. And the process of making those isn't really all that interesting...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Had no idea that this was like at DCA..." It's exactly the same ride from what I understand with a different exterior. "All this money blown on the PROCESS than on the actual PRODUCT." Lord have mercy. "Alas, it is exactly the opposite that is so troubling. For the last 25 years the Company has been headed up by people who only know how to push product, and seem to have no idea how to maintain the process." Exactly. These kinds of projects are incredibly complex, and from what I can tell by the video this technology actually simplifies the design process and possibly saves time and money so that the Imagineers can actually concentrate on a better show.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "What ever happened to that guy that did the DCA videos? I think he only did 2 or 3, but he was oh-so-chipper and very corporate-approved. He seemed comfortable in front of the camera, and promised that he would be back in more videos to come, but he seems to have disappeared." That's not the same guy currently on that "So you think you can dance?" show is it?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Why does Disney have to have fastpass for attractions that feature a constantly moving vehicle such as the omnimovers or doom buggies..? I would prefer Disney to stop re-inventing the wheel and give us anything in the MK superior to the quality of the 2001 E-ticket attractions found at Tokyo DisneySea. Now that would be special indeed.
