Remember when that bridge in MN collapsed? Suddenly there was a call to replace the old crumbling bridges with new ones, but there was a problem. That state didn't have nearly as many engineers as it did back when all that infrastructure was built. I remember hearing people in that state say things like they wish they had the intellectual brain trust of their forefathers who built their state a long time ago so that they could rebuild before things go into disrepair. It's just one of those things that I kept in the back of my head, because it's just weird that people would ever think that previous generations were any more advanced than the current one. It sounded especially weird to a Floridian, where everything is always in a state of construction and growth. Any way, they couldn't find local companies who were qualified - or knew how the design the type of big bridge that collapsed and killed hundred of people, whom drowned in their vehicles in icy depths. Out of state contractors were eventually hired.
Any way, I'm going off in a tangent about this because the current management - I don't know why - reminds me of this. Like I said in an earlier post, under Eisner, they just kept building - more and much more quickly. Growth at WDW was EXPLOSIVE. Now, under the current management, they're very much like the people of MN back during the years when that bridge collapsed and have forgotten how to build things. I mean they do try. Art of Animation took... what, TEN years to get completed... FLE progresses, but it seems to have been under construction for a very long time. Disney Springs/Hyperion Warf has been in a stage of conceptualization for how many years now, as they scratch their heads, trying to remember what it was the Eisner team did that like magic turned vacant swamps into resorts and swimming pools. How long ago was Avatar announced? It's as if they've been staring at the model, waiting for it to grow, but no matter how much they water it and give it sunlight, it wants to crawl and take shape but its forgotten how...
And Iger thinks coffee is the most pressing problem for guests. Time for him to go bye bye.