Originally Posted By dagobert According to WDW1974 from the WDWMagic-Forum Robert Iger and the Board of Directors are currently at WDW to discuss and improve WDW. Maybe Star wars for DHS? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/bob-iger-at-wdw-now-bod-to-follow.900980/">http://forums.wdwmagic.com/thr....900980/</a> I didn't read the whole thread, so maybe there is just a lot of wishful thinking going on. Does anyone here know anything about that meeting?
Originally Posted By dagobert I read more of the thread and WDW1974 seems pretty confident that this meeting is about improving and rebranding DHS. Let's wait and see. It's a quite an interesting read. Someone is bringing up the Parks & Resorts Sale again, but he seems very bitter about WDW.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros When I read the title of this thread, my immediate thought was that they were there to approve the Studios redo. When DCA's redo got approved circa 2008, Iger and the Board visited the park; when Avatar got approved (whenever it was...it feels like ages ago), Iger and the Board visited WDW. When they're all there together, it can only mean that they're trying to get something approved The only other time I've seen evidence that all/most of them were in a park together was in 2012, when they all went to bask in the glory (and have an obligatory photo) of the newly-opened Carsland. I wonder if this means that they'll have an announcement ready in time for D23. That could be the type of thing that gets people excited for those conventions again!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Two minutes of reading the comments was enough to remind me why I don't read other board's comments.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Two minutes of reading the comments was enough to remind me why I don't read other board's comments.<<< I'm not really a member over there, but every now and then I posted there too. However I never really liked it, because it can get pretty ugly. That's not the kind of environment I enjoy. the same problem has/had Micechat. I know you have kind of an admiration of Bob Iger, over there they don't like him at all. I find that very disturbing when people don't have any respect on fanboards. Because of all the comments I watched some interviews with him on youtube. He is quite a good talker and, although I'm not a big fan of him, listening to him is very interesting.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>When I read the title of this thread, my immediate thought was that they were there to approve the Studios redo. When DCA's redo got approved circa 2008, Iger and the Board visited the park; when Avatar got approved (whenever it was...it feels like ages ago), Iger and the Board visited WDW. When they're all there together, it can only mean that they're trying to get something approved<<< Hopefully you are right and they are going to greenlight the DHS makeover. Did they ever go public with an announcement afterwards, or do we have to wait until D23 Expo?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "I know you have kind of an admiration of Bob Iger, over there they don't like him at all." lol that's the G rated description of how I feel about good ole' Bob.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Naaaaa. I have a big crush on him though. And I don't think it has ANYTHING to do with him being a billionaire or the head of Disney.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>He is quite a good talker and, although I'm not a big fan of him, listening to him is very interesting.<< He's very good at delivering an answer that is factually correct, but may or may not have the information you're really looking for; he would make a great politician. It's fun to watch old interviews with him, knowing in hindsight what he really meant with what he said. I don't always like what he says or trust him to be honest, but he's a very skilled speaker >>Did they ever go public with an announcement afterwards, or do we have to wait until D23 Expo?<< For DCA's redo, I believe they announced it on its own. I don't remember the exact timeline, but I think it may have been before the D23 Expo existed (I remember they announced the MK Fantasyland project at the first one), or it was in a non-Expo year. I also remember that the rumors had been swirling very strongly for several months, and I think it started to leak when they did presentations to frontline CMs. It's all sort of fuzzy in my memory, but there were lots of images and details that got leaked, which in turn forced them to make a public announcement Although they could end up doing something completely different, I think the timeline for this is just about perfect for an Expo announcement. We're about 2 months out, which gives them plenty of time to come up with a presentation and "sales pitch" to the fans, while not really holding back the information for a long time What ever they decide to do, it will be a big announcement. I don't see them dropping this on the Disney Parks Blog some morning, between posts about the latest candy apple and fireworks viewing tips; I imagine it will be primarily in the real media (with a blog post "written by Tom Staggs" to accompany). I guess part of the announcement timeline depends on the actual project timeline. I suspect they don't want another Avatar situation, where they announced the project years before it ever began construction; we've known about the project for about 5 years now, and we're still probably 18 months from opening. It's just hard to keep people interested in a project that long >>The head of Disney is a billionaire?<< He may or may not be an actual billionaire, but either way he's filthy stinking rich. What's a few million dollars between friends?
Originally Posted By magic0214 >>He is quite a good talker and, although I'm not a big fan of him, listening to him is very interesting.<< I thought how he handled the Gideon at the shareholder meeting was great. He really wanted to hear his question, then when that bombshell of "DHS is changing names" was accidentally dropped, he played off of it well. I remember last expo, people wanted some small announcements, but didn't expect anything, and we didn't get anything. This go around, if we don't hear announcements, there may be some mobs at the Anaheim Convention Center. This will be one fun expo!
Originally Posted By SallyOmalley Who is this crazy curious person wanting a married with children man? Get a life, would ya! There is a name for your kind and it isn't a good one. Any ho try to take my new man better be ready with plane tickets.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Who is this crazy curious person wanting a married with children man?" Hi Sally. It's funny you say this because I was just wondering who YOU are.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I thought how he handled the Gideon at the shareholder meeting was great. He really wanted to hear his question, then when that bombshell of "DHS is changing names" was accidentally dropped, he played off of it well.<< That's the only real speaking mistake he's made, as far as I can remember. But what a glorious mistake it was! It was news that we would have gotten eventually either way, but it was a lot of fun to get it in that way
Originally Posted By Disneylandfan85 >>For DCA's redo, I believe they announced it on its own. I don't remember the exact timeline, but I think it may have been before the D23 Expo existed (I remember they announced the MK Fantasyland project at the first one), or it was in a non-Expo year.<< I believe the DCA overhaul was announced in 2007, and D23 did not exist until 2009.
Originally Posted By dagobert According to WDW1974 (aka the Spirit) it's a done deal and the makeover is coming.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's certainly a relief! Now, it's a matter of what they actually approved, both in terms of scope, budget, and the project timeline before I want to get too excited about this. Whatever it is will obviously take several years to build, and will probably require some closures along the way. Given how sparse the current line-up is there, I really can't imagine the park being able to weather a DCA-like redo, with major portions of the park closed behind construction walls; nor can I realistically see them shutting down the entire park for the year or two where it's at its worst. I'll be really interested to see how they do it
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>That's certainly a relief! Now, it's a matter of what they actually approved, both in terms of scope, budget, and the project timeline before I want to get too excited about this. <<< I guess it has to be something bigger, otherwise they wouldn't need the BoD's approval. As long as there isn't an announcement, I'm not going to be excited either.
