Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=702" target="_blank">The Latest: Latest: Parks and Resorts Reorganizes Leadership</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug Anyone else intrigued as I am by this statement: >>Operations of our worldwide sites will be structured under one leader.<< It will be interesting to see just who is appointed to this most important assignment...
Originally Posted By imadisneygal After that part of the statement explaning the role, later in the release it reads, "Al Weiss will have expanded responsibility for operations at our parks and resorts around the world. For an interim period, Don Robinson will continue to report to me." It seems that Al has been named the Worldwide Operations leader. Am I misreading this?
Originally Posted By idleHands "Am I misreading this?" No. Al Weiss is now President of Worldwide Operations: <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-bk-biz-disney111405" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com /news/orl-bk-biz-disney111405</a>,0,5153112.story?coll=orl-news-headlines
Originally Posted By tuknshak Sorry if this is a stupid question but who exactly is Jay Rasulo? What do you think this change will really mean for the future of the Disney parks?
Originally Posted By BrnardM It will be very interesting to see just exactlly what that means in practice.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I seriously doubt if it will make any tangible difference to your Disney theme experience in the short term. Sounds more like a strategic operations move to unify the various parks, resorts and their related businesses to me.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I certianly don't have any faith at all in Al Weiss. So, for what it's worth, we're not too optimistic about this news.
Originally Posted By Westsider Why is that ladies? I don't know much about Weiss. What did he do to lose your support?
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Sounds more like a strategic operations move to unify the various parks, resorts and their related businesses to me.>> Yes a cost and redundancy cutting measure to be sure. No Biggie. Now when they tried to push Global SQS, that cost them millions and was a logistical nightmare before its plug was pulled. This particular issue? Yawnners.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I don't know much about Weiss. What did he do to lose your support?>> Al Weiss was President of WDW. He is loved by many, much the same way Paul Pressler was loved when he was President of DL.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig Al Weiss did a much better job with WDW than Pressler did with DLR. Don't put them both in the same category. During the decade that Pressler and Harriss were running DLR, the only place that still felt like it had the old DIsney "magic" was WDW. Weiss was in charge there at the time.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss ^^I don't hold such a low opinion of Weiss, I was merely passing on what I know about how some fans feel about the job he has done.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Jay Rasulo is the head of Disney theme parks and resorts. He oversees all the resorts (hotels, shopping and restaurants), the various theme parks (11 and counting), and the Disney Cruise Line.
