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Indeed, Shanghai Disneyland just reeks of being Iger's vanity project. Everything is IP, virtually no originality and in the case of Tomorrowland, The most boring aesthetics in the world.

Most of Animal Kingdom as it was originally designed was mostly original. I don't think he wanted to do Avatar but to his credit he made it blend into the park aesthetically even if the property does not really fit the theme of the park. He did do the god-awful Guardians Tower in DCA but to be...

Indeed, though Sleeping Beauty Castle does work better with the more intimate scale of Disneyland which is why in Hong Kong whose Main Street is on the same scale and the clone of the Disneyland castle was designed that way intentionally and why the idiotic re-do to make it bigger a few years...

It seems every Imagineer who retires now gets a book deal.

Sounds about right.

That was a temporary promotion and of course it later became Great Moments.

I honestly do wish I was 19 again.

Maybe, but I would want those IP's to be in an appropriate setting rather than randomly scattered in thematically clashing places in the various parks.

That's pretty much exactly what they think.

Your point being?

It also led to a ton of Pixar IP's being shoved into uncomfortable places in the parks.

A lot of the more sinister Eisner people (strategic planning veterans mostly) were still in the company during the early Iger years. SaveDisney largely failed in its intentions, unfortunately. Giving Roy E. the Emeritus role was a ploy to shut him up and he passed away only a few years later...

I don't think D,Amaro will be as bad as Chapek but I doubt he will be much better than Iger.

Yes, and the wand was for the Millenium Celebration, and the hat was for the 100 years of magic and as we all know they were promptly removed at the end of their respective celebrations.

DL's Castles colors used to be closer to the current WDW castle I believe, it was not always pink.