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Bob Chapek Confirms Disney Will Overhaul Epcot
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lazyboy97o
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The US even rejoined the Bureau International des Expositions last year in support of Minnesota’s bid to host the 2023 Expo. They lost the bid but want to try again for the next one.
And the gate receipts are pure profit.
Rich Brownn
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We actually just rejoined the BIE that regulates Expo's. Ironically Epcot is based on the NY World's Fair which was an unsanctioned fair.
mikejs78
Premium Member
Really not true at this point. Only a fraction of the pavillions are sponsored, they have operating costs that the ticket prices pay for. Of course there's a great deal of profit built in but it isn't pure profit.
peter11435
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Yep. Nowhere near pure profit.
Disney’s margins are not as good as people seem to think.
Of course, that was the previous model that doesn’t work anymore.
peter11435
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It was never pure profit.
lazyboy97o
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Disney fans overemphasize the importance of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair because of its place at the end of Disney’s life and the specific Disney attractions. It wasn’t overly unique in its format or message and not the only fair in which the company participated.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Not even close...in the disney shell game of accounting...not a single penny tends to walk away from a ticket as profit.
But it is a matter of “slotting” things on the ledger sheets.
Do you have proof that Disney is cooking the books? It's your duty to go to the proper authorities and let them know a publicly traded company is committing investor fraud.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I’m not claiming they are “cooking the books”...
I’m saying that when you run places with such high overhead - which they do - that operational cost gets eaten by something...it’s the tickets.
That’s not investor fraud. It’s just It has to be put somewhere.
I’ll look for a chart you.
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GlacierGlacier
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Met pinelope today in Epcot. I love this kinda stuff
Well, some CM got tired of a shaky easel that kept falling over....
GlacierGlacier
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It was a full janitorial CM too, with a lanyard. I absolutely love the creativity.
Is that anything like a jackalope?
sedati
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Not sure if he posts about these elsewhere, but Martin put out his communicore video today. I for one applaud him for having the entirety of the backstage magic show including the video preshow.
It’s very well done as always, and very nostalgic for me. Still, I do believe that step one in re-invigorationg Epcot should involve the complete destruction of those buildings.
It’s very well done as always, and very nostalgic for me. Still, I do believe that step one in re-invigorationg Epcot should involve the complete destruction of those buildings.
Kman101
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Well it was far too ambitious. They'd never do that much work. lol. They really don't need to totally overhaul the spine, though I'd have been curious to see if they really had the guts and money to totally re-do it (but they don't). I liked the idea of more greenery and water, but not at the expense of the buildings. All they need is some paint, the tombstones gone, the tarps gone, add some water and a few more trees and boom. Most of us would be satisfied.
jakeman
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When has anyone around here been satisfied when the finished product looks in anyway different than the concept art?
Rational we are not.
Rich Brownn
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It was unique ironically because it was unsanctioned . Unable to get many counties, the fair replaced them with corporations many of which went insane spending millions on elaborate pavilions. It wasn't just Disney. Probably the best remembered (and certainly the most visited) was GM's Futurama. Expo '67 just a few years later didn't have the same impact (even though it drew way more visitors) because it was more like a normal WF...