Originally Posted By fkurucz >> I'd go with making the park a historical landmark.<< I think that for business reasons that the Walt Disney Company would fight that tooth and nail.
Originally Posted By phruby Well after Walt died and before Eisner took over the company, Disney was in real danger of being split up and sold to different companies. If that were to happen the parks would have been split up and sold to someone like Six Flags or Ceder Fair. Imagine what Disneyland would look like under Six Flags. <scary> It is possible over the next 100 years that the Disney company goes through years of poor corporate management and ended up in the same position again. In that case, the parks would be sold off to some off shore company and the quality would head downhill really fast. I think the odds of this happening are higher than we would like to admit. In the short term, Disney is one of the biggest fish out there so its unlikely for this to happen any time soon however, even big fish die and get eaten by other big fish and scavengers.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I know many here would disagree, but I think that for the last 20 years Disney has done a great job of meeting shareholder demands while still maintaining the Disney Legacy in the parks. Yes, it could be better. But it could also very likely be a helluva lot worse.
Originally Posted By Bellella Speaking of dressing up, if you go to D-land this summer and see a girl in a white lace dress whirling through the brought-back world of swing dancing and just feeling like its all too amazing to believe- that'll be me.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes You will never know how close WDP was to being bought up and taorn apart, with the television business going one way and the movie studios going another way and the west coast and east coast theme parks being sold to separate buyers. Here is a review of a book on Amazon titled Storming the Magic Kingdom. It bareley scratches the surface of what went on: >>>Disney is once again a golden name in Hollywood, but three years ago that wasn't the case, prompting a Disney family rift that erupted in a struggle for company control. But what Disney insiders saw as a mismanaged family business looked to Wall Street like a prime takeover candidate; the family squabble set off a chain of events that had such formidable financiers as Saul Steinberg, the Bass Brothers, even Ivan Boesky grappling for keys to the Magic Kingdom. Taylor, of Manhattan Inc., provides a detailed, conference-call-by-conference-call account of the ensuing paper war, in a narrative as fast-paced and exciting as a classic Disney adventure, with the company itself playing the Hayley Mills part: the imperiled, innocent heroine who at the end emerges harried but unharmedand more than a little wiser for the wear. Keeping financial jargon to a minimum, Taylor makes the Byzantine mechanics of contemporary finance easy to follow, shedding light on the takeover phenomenon and on the risks facing companies whose dearest assets are the creative talents of their employees.<<< It was all out war and Disneylnd was very close to being sold for profit. Thank goodness for Roy jr., Eisner and Wells.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Speaking of dressing up, if you go to D-land this summer and see a girl in a white lace dress whirling through the brought-back world of swing dancing and just feeling like its all too amazing to believe- that'll be me" Someone please get a picture of this.
Originally Posted By danyoung Whatever DL looks like, I'm sure the gas-powered Autopia will still be with us . . .
Originally Posted By HRM Of course there will be gasoline; as long as there are Dinosaurs (Train Ride), there will be oil companies drilling for oil and refining gasoline. Autopia lives on!
Originally Posted By Brad From some of the luddites on here over the years, I am sure the Autopia will DEFINITELY be here one hundred years from now! Worst waste of real estate in DL!!!
Originally Posted By berol Disneyland will be lots and lots of Autopias, no other rides, just Autopias.
Originally Posted By Bellella If we're still going to use gasoline 100 years from now, I'm glad I'll be dead. That would be just sad and pathetic.
Originally Posted By phruby It's human nature to use something until it is completely gone. From the late 70's we were suppose to run out of oil by the year 2000. That didn't happen because we came up with better technology to find harder to get oil. Now with fracking technology we have another 200 years. I have a feeling the Disney company won't be around in 100 years due to poor management. But then again, they could grow enough to take over a medium size country.
Originally Posted By Bellella Fracking is a really bad practice. And oil pollutes no matter how we get it. End of story. If you mean by "poor management" they'll let the park go straight to hell cause they can't make up their minds to keep the place running as it should, and comply with new "safety" rules- you're probably right.
