Recent content by rio

If anything Disney is the more reasonable one. A $30-70 uber each way to get to and from the airport at Vegas, waiting an hour and a half for an uber on the strip, $6 bottles of soda, $20 to ride a roller coaster, etc. I think that city is more effective at fleecing you out of your cash than NYC...

Harry Potter is an entire generation’s version of Star Wars, complete with a revisionist creator and a potentially toxically expanding “Expanding Universe”. As long as Universal is keeps to the core 7 stories they’ll be able to milk the franchise for another 50 years.

Storytelling was way more heavy handed than Illuminations. But it keeps the spirit and brings back actual fireworks. I like it.

We've been in the world of "Big Data" for 13+ years now. I haven't seen how it's made any meaningful difference in company direction, consumer preferences, etc. You don't need a million data points to find out someone is a star wars fan and a star wars fan doesn't always appreciate a movie made...

I’m sure they could have but it may not have been family friendly

The best thing about the Last Jedi was that it did something different. It’s simply the best of the NT. Whether you agree with it or not, they created a situation where the rebel alliance couldn’t run away and was so hopelessly outgunned it didn’t make sense to fight. With a decent amount of...

I haven’t had any respect for the man since he turned tail just before COVID shut everything down and let Chapek implement and follow through on the main bad ideas he had. Disney needs someone else at the top, preferably a duo creative/business guy that can keep each other in check.

I was planning 2 weeks in Japan but couldn’t go at the end. I got everything but $150 refunded. I only got back $1200 (flights were paid in points). The US as a whole is just expensive rn

I wouldn't be surprised if this were a concession in the budget bill. Even if the intent is bad most simply aren't going to care. What this DOES show though is that DeSantis's strategy of attacking Disney IS favorable and IS working. Or at least enough people seem to think so that additional...

Eminent domain. No, Disney doesn’t own all the land, but this is a power the new board does have.

Depends on how persistent DeSantis is and the amount of damage he does, or if the board allows laws to be broken. Disney hasn’t gone through the motions undo their loss of control. A concession here, a concession there, suddenly they have lost a lot. Just because Disney has an agreement signed...

I was super happy when Uniqlo opened up. Now all that’s needed is a CVS

So the goalposts are now 10 yards away instead of 5. Got it

I wonder how this will affect bondholders and the credit ratingness of Reedy Creek or other entities in the state. The board can entirely choose to make decisions detrimental to bondholders and the only man who can tell them to stop is the governor.

The governor can appoint board members who oversees Reedy Creek. Disney must work with Reedy Creek when negotiating services, taxes, maintenance, etc. So Disney pays the taxes to maintain Reedy Creek, but does not have the ability to decide who governs them. Better, those board members only...