Originally Posted By bobbelee9 << it's only because Iger, Staggs and Rasulo are such saints that CMs are even paid!>> CMs get paid?? You're kidding me, they should consider it an honor to be allowed to attend the parks for free. Isn't that the management attitude? If management gave up their raises and bonuses for one year, how much would that effect the parks? (I'm being serious about that last sentence/question.)
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^^^ We would have all the money we need to fix JII, take down the tarps/LaL, Start work on Skydance, Add a WS Pavilion, finish SSE....
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Times sure are tough. Maybe TWDC should close up all their theme parks, and get into something that could make them a buck.>> Ya think? ;-) Seriously, when I hear the lunacy argument that parks don't make anything (let alone very healthy profits most years), I feel like I'm having a discussion on whether the world is flat (which BTW FOX News is reporting as a theory, while leaving it up to viewers to decide on their own!) The two biggest reasons why TWDC is a multi-billion corporate media giant are animation and theme parks, but some times you'd never know it to read fan forums!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<If management gave up their raises and bonuses for one year, how much would that effect the parks? (I'm being serious about that last sentence/question.)>> You don't want to know.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad <<<Well, when Disney started cutting back its animation department was at its Second Golden Age pinnacle ... this was the era of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Toy Story etc ... even Pocohontas and Huncback (two of my favorite films) did very well.>>> I always thought the same thing. To me it seemed like when pixar came out that Disney just kind of gave up. They kept releasing sequels that they knew were weak b/c they didn't even go to theaters but straight to video. For a while there you could buy any Disney video and you knew it was a quality story. But after buying 2 or 3 of those straight to video items we started being more selective in what we purchased which really resulted in us renting rather than buying. And we were much less likely to buy a video after we had already rented it, so I wasn't surprised to see that video purchases started to decline. Honestly most consumers don't care what type of animation is used as long as it is a quality story. Yes pixar's animation was great but those stories could have been hand drawn and they would have been just as good.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Seriously, when I hear the lunacy argument that parks don't make anything (let alone very healthy profits most years), I feel like I'm having a discussion on whether the world is flat (which BTW FOX News is reporting as a theory, while leaving it up to viewers to decide on their own!) << I voted yes in the poll.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^I am sure you did. And that was likely before you started drinking!
Originally Posted By MPierce I was just thinking of your clone post over at the Magical spot. It's up to almost 400 post now. Funny about the different reactions from forum to forum. I would still love to see how you are perceived on the Dis Boards.
Originally Posted By -em >> I would still love to see how you are perceived on the Dis Boards.<< Now that would be funny...
Originally Posted By leobloom >>I was just thinking of your clone post over at the Magical spot. It's up to almost 400 post now. Funny about the different reactions from forum to forum. I would still love to see how you are perceived on the Dis Boards.>> You earn a gold star for your maya/Meg Crofton joke.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I was just thinking of your clone post over at the Magical spot. It's up to almost 400 post now. Funny about the different reactions from forum to forum. I would still love to see how you are perceived on the Dis Boards.>> Nah. Not gonna happen. I spend too much time (of course I have too much time thanks to the depression!) on Disney sites as is. I don't need another group of pixie dust snorting fanbois. Let Disney Social Media own that place!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> You earn a gold star for your maya/Meg Crofton joke. << Thanks, it just seemed so right.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Let Disney Social Media own that place! << The UNited States of America would still be a little strip of land along the Atlantic Ocean, had our forefathers thought like that!
Originally Posted By Disney and beyond The Studios is and always will be a Full day park for me. Two of my all time favorite Attractions (Tower of Terror and Muppet*Vision) make me want to go, and AIE, RRC, and Honestly, Star Tours and One Man's Dream keep me there. I'll go over this more in my topic about my most recent trip, but DAK just became full park after I bought the Imagineer's guide to AK. I never realized how awesome it really is. I don't doubt that both of these parks need plussing. DAK is in serious need of more attractions (for the love of god, Disney PLEASE replace C M/M.) I've been hearing things about DAK, though not all Disney Fans might be happy about it... And, as someone who wants to be an Imagineer, I have often thought about how to improve Hollywood Studios, and I have come up with some ideas, if anyone is interested... (For the record, I did choose a third day at MK over a second day at DHS, mainly because of my strange obssesion this trip with Country Bears...)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Let Disney Social Media own that place! << <<The UNited States of America would still be a little strip of land along the Atlantic Ocean, had our forefathers thought like that!>> This really deserves a more pithy Spirited comeback and I'm fresh out ... so can I have a raincheck and come back with one later?
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 i think Disney is going to stay quiet until they a get a very clear view of what universal is doing with harry potter and then there will be some announcements. You have to remember, everything is constantly changing until it is announced and then continues to change afterward.
Originally Posted By Disneyday There were rumors today that Disneyland Paris is getting a third park. I don't understand the reasoning behind that, but I guess it's a long term plan. Disney does know how to keep things under wrap. I'm beginning to think that they go after individual blogs if a topic is too close to home. I was reading some interesting WDW rumors the other day. I had seen the site on a search for Disney rumors. I tried the search the next day, and the site was gone. Maybe, I'm just ignorant about search engines but it seemed pretty odd.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 <<You have to remember, everything is constantly changing until it is announced and then continues to change afterward. >> Those are words to live by.
Originally Posted By Indigo DLP is much closer to WDW in its mix of guests. Disney wants to extend the 2-3 day guest into a 5-6 day guest. Takes a third park and a water park (probably indoors) to do that.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Even though it may be most susceptible to Universal competition, it can coast for another 5 years just fine, I say. oooo, I think your dead on in that it is most susceptible - and I think the boy Wizard who is taking roost just north of there- will not allow for 5 years of coasting...
