the.dreamfinder
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Disney CEO Fumbles Entry to China
Is Bob Iger’s Disney headed for the exit in Xi’s China and Trump’s America?
Pro, to his credit, appears to have been onto something...
An oldie but goodie has resurfaced, with a jaw dropping addendum.![]()
Disney CEO Fumbles Entry to China
Is Bob Iger’s Disney headed for the exit in Xi’s China and Trump’s America?medium.com
Pro, to his credit, appears to have been onto something...
You're forgetting that hte $1.7B/mo are the expenses occurred with a full staff and all attractions running. Expenses during the shutdown and even now are considerably less.
Also, they put a halt on all the capex expenditures (and only recently started to spend to restart the nearly completed projects).
They're still I'm excess of a billion. Utilities, maintenance, landscaping... all of that is massive and essentially locked in place. Spaceship Earth must be temperature controlled 24/7 365. Most attractions must be cycled periodically even when closed. They've hot many square miles of property to maintain every single day.
They have not maintained the property to standards, from my observation of the Polynesian, Wilderness Lodge, and other common roadways.They're still I'm excess of a billion. Utilities, maintenance, landscaping... all of that is massive and essentially locked in place. Spaceship Earth must be temperature controlled 24/7 365. Most attractions must be cycled periodically even when closed. They've hot many square miles of property to maintain every single day.
Just curious, what would happen if SSE wasn't temperature controlled?
Just curious, what would happen if SSE wasn't temperature controlled?
Just curious, what would happen if SSE wasn't temperature controlled?
Just guessing, but it would probably be fully infested with mold beyond any other potential problems.
That's old news. He tried to sell off parks and resorts.Hold on...Bob Iger tried to spin off the parks? The same parks he put SWGE, TSL, etc?!??
A pandemic is the sort of instability that makes theme parks undesirable. A pandemic was not the specific reason for trying to offload the parks.“Re-surfaced” is an odd word to use to describe posting your own article.
And I’m particularly intrigued that you believe Iger tried to sell the domestic parks (DLR and WDW) in case of the possibility of a pandemic. What was the evidence for that?
Yes.Hold on...Bob Iger tried to spin off the parks? The same parks he put SWGE, TSL, etc?!??
So Iger thought there was going to be a pandemic and tried to sell off DLR and WDW? When was this exactly, that he predicted the catastrophe that we’re in the middle of right now?A pandemic is the sort of instability that makes theme parks undesirable. A pandemic was not the specific reason for trying to offload the parks.
Yes.
No I did not forget about the impact of staffing reductions. I does cost quite a bit of money to keep assets in mothball status. Additionally, the $6B in liquidity is being used to fund the entire $DIS empire. Even is WDW costs are cut to $500MM/month, there is alot of other $DIS divisions that are not making money and debt that still needs to be serviced.You're forgetting that hte $1.7B/mo are the expenses occurred with a full staff and all attractions running. Expenses during the shutdown and even now are considerably less.
Also, they put a halt on all the capex expenditures (and only recently started to spend to restart the nearly completed projects).
No, he thought the parks were an unstable, mature business that cost too much to operate, required too much continual investment and had no room for growth. A pandemic is an example of the sort of instability to which theme parks are highly susceptible.So Iger thought there was going to be a pandemic and tried to sell off DLR and WDW? When was this exactly, that he predicted the catastrophe that we’re in the middle of right now?
Pandemics hit at the first 2 foundational layers of Maslow's HierarchyA pandemic is the sort of instability that makes theme parks undesirable. A pandemic was not the specific reason for trying to offload the parks.
Yes.
Not maybe selling off DLR and WDW but sure as shinola why he gave the other Bob his job.So Iger thought there was going to be a pandemic and tried to sell off DLR and WDW? When was this exactly, that he predicted the catastrophe that we’re in the middle of right now?
OK, but Gary Snyder says in his addendum to his article that Iger tried to sell them specifically because of the possibility of a pandemic.No, he thought the parks were an unstable, mature business that cost too much to operate, required too much continual investment and had no room for growth. A pandemic is an example of the sort of instability to which theme parks are highly susceptible.
That's false, it's not because of possibility of pandemic.OK, but Gary Snyder, aka @dreamfinder, says in his addendum to his article that Iger tried to sell them specifically because of the possibility of a pandemic.
Was around the time Jobs was hanging on by a threadHold on...Bob Iger tried to spin off the parks? The same parks he put SWGE, TSL, etc?!??
Yes that's right. It was quite some time ago that Iger get tried to sell off parks and resorts. Iger will be known for his contributions but his trying to sell P&R is not talked about much.Was around the time Jobs was hanging on by a thread
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