Originally Posted By ChiMike Here at DisneyParks, we have something special we never enjoyed at DisneyParks...the blessing of size. There's enough land at DisneyParks to hold all the ideas and plans we can possibly imagine. We've got to study the land.. . . . .We've got to put DisneyParks, which everybody will know, at the very upper end of the property because that will be the weenie. I've always said that there will never be another DisneyParks, and I think it's going to work out that way. But it will be the equivalent of DisneyParks. We know the basic things that have family appeal. There are many ways that you can use those certain basic things and give them a new decor, a new treatment. This concept here will have to be something that is unique, so there is a distinction between DisneyParks and DisneyParks. But the most exciting and by far the most important part of DisneyParks...in fact, the heart of everything we'll be doing in DisneyParks...will be our DisneyParks! We call it DisneyParks. DisneyParks will be a DisneyParks that will take its cue from the new ideas and new technologies that are now emerging from the creative centers of American industry. It will be a community of tomorrow that will never be completed, but will always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and systems. And DisneyParks will always be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free enterprise.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Walt did his generation of blogging when he started the weekly TV series that was just to promote the park. The main difference between that show and the Disney Parks Blog is the words and tone they used to discuss the park(s), as pointed out in post 1. The Blog uses people who are oh-so-super-duper excited about the new bench coming to Main Street to try and get us interested in coming to the park(s). Walt was genuinely excited about what he was talking about. Most of his stuff was also actually cutting edge, not a new way of decorating technology that had been around for a decade or more. More than anything, I think it's just an example of how corporate culture has changed through the years. Instead of having a head of the company who is actually interested and excited by their product, we get a slew of minions that try (unconvincingly) to tell us how great their product is, in a way that the public just doesn't believe. Then again, look at some of the commercials from the 50's, and the Blog doesn't seems quite so cheesy any more.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 If Walt blogged he'd probably be criticized by the Disney online community as being too positive or out of touch.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer GAG! OK, that put me off my breakfast... Something tells me that Walt wouldn't blog in the traditional sense, like Ferret mentioned, but he would have some line of communication with the public. YouTube channel? *imagines Walt bending over a computer desk to turn on a webcam, hunched over and speaking into it, while the sound and focus is slightly muffled* "So...er... Roy has to go to New York on Friday to talk to some bankers about Disneyland. Gonna try to see if we can get Herbie to draw the plans up, RIGHT NOW. Let's see what happenes. *runs away from the camera as Ryman walks in* LOL
Originally Posted By Bolna LOL <<This concept here will have to be something that is unique, so there is a distinction between DisneyParks and DisneyParks.>> That's just it!
Originally Posted By wahooskipper If Walt blogged we might see some REALLY colorful language. That said, I'm quite sure he would have embraced the new social media age. He wasn't shy about walking amongst his guests and I suspect he would interact with them online as well.
Originally Posted By ChiMike I think so too wahoo. I just don't think thomas smith would be writing his copy.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 He'd say...thank God I'm dead. Seeing my company today would have killed me.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Or, did I ever really exist? No one within the company seems to remember what it is all about...
Originally Posted By wahooskipper How many companies created in the 40s, 50s and 60s are the same today as they were back then? If Walt were somehow still alive the changes might be even more extreme than they are now. And, I'd bet people would have taken issue with some of those changes too.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer One wonders how things would have worked if Walt lived into his 90's...
Originally Posted By vbdad55 If Walt blogged he'd probably be criticized by the Disney online community as being too positive or out of touch. ---- yes he would- some would tell him his ideas sucked - he was out of touch...take your pick. I would just love to read his responses to those who continually quote what Walt would have done ..or how he would have felt..that would be pricelss
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's hard to imagine Walt Disney blogging about the company's latest corporate projects today. As host of the Wonderful World of Disney he seemed like a modern day wizard overseeing an incredible dream factory. The idea of him going on about about the latest Pixar film or umpteenth Disney park seems so quaint to the point of being ridiculous.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Walt would probably been forced out years ago when he refused to do sequels. You cant top pigs with pigs.
