Recent content by BasiltheBatLord

I know nothing about what's going on, but it would surprise me if D'Amaro is already giving orders before actually being in the chair. That seems like an opportune way to undercut your boss, who D'Amaro clearly owes everything to. Unless Iger is just kind of checked out by this point and is...

It's always fascinating how history changes perspectives. I joined my first Disney parks forum in 2004 (WDWTrivia), and I remember clearly that Eisner was not viewed favorably by most of the fan base near the end of his tenure. I think a lot of fans at that time bought into the Save Disney...

I think one day can be fine if you're doing open-close and managing time well. Not ideal though as it doesn't leave a lot of breathing room for details/shows/in case of attraction closures. On property is probably better at Shanghai, which felt a bit far out from the city to me. It's been 10...

It’s true that there used to be several users on the DL side of the forums who had genuine intel and reliable track records, but I can't think of a single one who's still active. TP is still around, but he stopped sharing information after the "DIS Influencer" exposé came out and he was named in...

Mt. Prometheus in the snow today

Fantasy Springs is not going to keep Disney characters out of the rest of TDS whenever eventual replacements and expansions come (see: Nemo & Friends SeaRider)

It's amazing how bad mainstream journalism gets when it comes to theme parks. It's like they just don't bother doing any fact checking at all when it comes to the industry. Even from mainstream publications.

For what it's worth, Splash Mountain's longtime sponsor Kao ended their sponsorship last November.

It’s hard for me to imagine Splash Mountain staying at TDL indefinitely. There is zero attachment to the IP there (not like there was an attachment in the U.S. either). OLC may not be interested in spending a bunch to retheme a popular E-ticket now, but at some point they’re going to run out of...

I’m wondering if this is going to turn the parks chief position into a stepping stone to the CEO. Will be interested to see who gets named.

Is that Mike Eisner in the front left?

Q3 financial report: https://www.olc.co.jp/ja/news/news_olc/20260129_3/main/0/link/20260129_1.pdf Revenue, operating profit and operating cash flow all reached record highs due to higher spend per guest driven by strong performance of Fantasy Springs and special events, despite attendance...

I recall Martin saying in 2019 that RotR was specifically designed to make it possible to switch out era theming at a later date. I'm curious how that would be done though as the internal design of the star destroyer is consistent with ST and OT would look different.

Personally I would still do WDW first. In many ways MK was the blueprint that a lot of the international parks were built from, especially Tokyo. Japan is very cheap for Americans right now though, wouldn’t surprise me if a Japan trip is cheaper than WDW. DL is still my favorite individual...

I can't believe the NY Post is running a clickbait story about the 12/22 Tree of Life permit https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/lifestyle/disney-world-plans-demolition-of-park-attraction/