Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 No, unfortunately, he hasn't left the company to work for WalMart. But he did see the writing on the wall with his job and my mocking advice that I'd put some positive PR spin on things if I were him and place a story on myself in the Orlando Sentinel quickly and guess what? I just came across a featurey Q&A (complete with really bad photo) of Phil in the Sentinel. They actually consider him a 'mover and shaker' ... very scary. <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busin.." target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com /busin..</a>.,2108641.story The header is something about MK VP rising from the bottom, instead of taking the MK to the bottom as it should have been. What a great reporter Scott Powers is. Truly.
Originally Posted By ChiMike It's just sad that nobody calls him on the labor issue. He gets a pass on that I guess.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 He gets a pass on everything. Can you imagine if this guy worked in Anaheim? They would have strung him up by his toenails years ago!
Originally Posted By pheneix >>>They actually consider him a 'mover and shaker'<<< But he is a mover and a shaker. He has single handed moved my spending to other theme parks and he has shaken out every last bit of magic and wonder the Magic Kingdom has ever had.
Originally Posted By ChiMike ^>chuckle< I guess me too.. Funny Pheneix. Let's hope he doesn't become a bigger mover&shaker. >>Question: Is there still a lot of Walt Disney in this park? Answer: I believe so. A lot of people such as myself have been here a long time. Yesterday, I was in with a group of about 100 of our salaried cast members, and we were listening to a little bit of a heritage session, called Walt and You, and it takes our newer salaried cast and takes them on that journey [to] understand Walt was a real man. He had this vision and dream, but it took a lot of work. +++++++++This is the outcome++++++++++++.<< First, I personally disagree, this is nowhere near the outcome of what Walt "did". The outcome, my dear friend, is that the park is still appealing to the masses in spite of 10 years of, what I feel is, mismanagement. That's the outcome. Pshh! >completely disgusted< Second, >>and we were listening to a little bit of a heritage session, called Walt and You, and it takes our newer salaried cast and takes them on that journey [to] understand Walt was a real man.<< I'm sure they wouldn't want that lesson plan to come out. I -hope- their isn't spin and revisionist history going on in there. Using Walt to justify many of their current systems and protocols. "Walt really only cared about money" "Walt didn't like it when money was wasted on items which couldn't generate revenue" "Walt said their was a sucker born every moment. Understand the guests are inferior to us" That would be a shame if that was occuring.
Originally Posted By Labuda I really like this part of the answer to the "Magic Kingdom's least appreciated feature" question: "Go ride the Tomorrowland Transit Authority." I just like hearing the MK VP tell folks to ride an olddddd ride like this.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 I hope phil holmes and the person that interviewed him both get fired. I always hate when people ask "Don't you feel the video game generation gets bored with old school style rides?" Well im part of the "video game generation" and I speak for the majority when I say NO! Kids don't get bored with elaborately themed rides with audio animatronics and catchy tunes...people will get bored looking at video projections all day and sh*ty dialogue (monsters inc laugh floor, stitch's great escape) though! That article just boils my blood.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<But he is a mover and a shaker. He has single handed moved my spending to other theme parks and he has shaken out every last bit of magic and wonder the Magic Kingdom has ever had. >> I hearby nominate this for LP.com post of the day! Good stuff!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I just like hearing the MK VP tell folks to ride an olddddd ride like this. >> I'd rather hear him telling folks he's resigning to spend more time with his family.
Originally Posted By pheneix But the TTA still looks like crap now, right? The last time I went on that thing there was bird crap all over the track and the damn thing looked like it had not seen a new coat of paint in decades. Does he REALLY want people to see this park at its worst?
Originally Posted By pheneix Paging Spirit, please e-mail me at pheneix@yahoo.com. I have a little story you might be interested in hearing.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 Of course if this was WDWMagic, this is the point in the thread were I would be flamed for being a nostalgic fanboy and that MK is just as great now as it was back then which is total crap. I have been going to WDW since 1985 and remember how great MK used to be. Remember when the used to point out that they would start at one end of Main Street and repaint the whole thing and when they reached the end they would start over again. Or that they would change light bulbs before they would burn out. I know I am not the only one who remembers those days. Now we have the windmill on TSI that has been damaged for what over a year now. They finally started cleaning the cobwebs off of various spots on TTA that had been there for awhile. Phil and the rest of mgmt. at WDW that only cares about the bottom line and not the quality of show need to go. I really hope now that there seems to be a plan in place for fixing the problems at the DL resort(aka DCA) and that WDI is going to assign specific imagineers to oversee the develop of specific parks that Lasseter and Iger are going to take a hard look at WDW and fix the problems. But I don't know if that is gonna happen until Jay Rasulo is shown the door.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Paging Spirit, please e-mail me at pheneix@yahoo.com. I have a little story you might be interested in hearing.>> That email will be coming shortly. I love stories ...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Of course if this was WDWMagic, this is the point in the thread were I would be flamed for being a nostalgic fanboy and that MK is just as great now as it was back then which is total crap.>> Of course it is. And THEY know it (they being management not the posters at that other website). Phil Holmes got his start working at Mansion. In all of his sucking up to get to the top, he must have forgotten what show quality was all about. Either that or he just hadn't been on/near the Mansion in the past decade. If you want to say 'Money is the absolutely, abject only thing that matters today' and run the place that way, that's one thing. But to LIE blatantly to guests, cast and media about how things have never been better and we do things better now than ever etc ... it's just total corporate BS worthy of WalMart. As to that other site, which I never visit, I hear I've been a lightning rod for controversy there ... I like that. Please remind the kids over there that the wand over SSE is coming down. <<Remember when the used to point out that they would start at one end of Main Street and repaint the whole thing and when they reached the end they would start over again. Or that they would change light bulbs before they would burn out. I know I am not the only one who remembers those days.>> No, you aren't the only one. Plenty of us exist, although many either don't visit as often or at all or if they were employed by Disney have left the company rather than watch it be dumbed down. Frankly, though, management (or most of it) would sooner we drop dead or at least visit other places instead of WDW because they don't want to be held to their own standards. Pity the company was based on providing the best in family entertainment since 1928 ... and that WDW was the absolute best family vacation destination for a quarter of a century. That makes it so much tougher to do what Phil's been doing. <<Now we have the windmill on TSI that has been damaged for what over a year now. They finally started cleaning the cobwebs off of various spots on TTA that had been there for awhile. Phil and the rest of mgmt. at WDW that only cares about the bottom line and not the quality of show need to go. I really hope now that there seems to be a plan in place for fixing the problems at the DL resort(aka DCA) and that WDI is going to assign specific imagineers to oversee the develop of specific parks that Lasseter and Iger are going to take a hard look at WDW and fix the problems. But I don't know if that is gonna happen until Jay Rasulo is shown the door.>> Well, Jay needs to leave for true change to occur ... at least outside Anaheim where John Lasseter is going to get his way if that means going over, under or through Jay. But JR also established a vast network of puppet execs, like Phil, who have sold their souls (if they had them) for their position, a very good week's pay, a company Escalade and some major stock options. They are like weeds all over the world. I don't even know what the answer is beyond getting JR out and getting someone who actually loves and appreciates the parks, the cast and the guests into the job and then go from there.
Originally Posted By jmuboy It would be a dream come true for Disney park guests, fans and cast members if Matt Ouimet was hire to run Disney parks and Resorts. It's time for Jay Rasulo to head to THE GAP!
Originally Posted By labretbear I've mentioned Matt as the replacement for Jay only because Matt's been seen at Disneyland at a few park events since leaving the company. Something of an anomoly in the corporate world. And it's fueled a fair amount of gossip and speculation, but I wonder. And I hope.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Matt is a different case because he left Disney, not the other way around like with Cynthia (and to a lesser extent, Paul). I know Matt would love to run the Disney parks. Whether or not he'd ever get the opportunity is another question entirely. And seriously isn't anyone gonna take a shot at Phil for that godawful photo?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Matt is a different case because he left Disney, not the other way around like with Cynthia (and to a lesser extent, Paul). I know Matt would love to run the Disney parks. Whether or not he'd ever get the opportunity is another question entirely. And seriously isn't anyone gonna take a shot at Phil for that godawful photo?
