Bob Weis steps down as WDI President

[Rteetz]

Weis moving to Global Imagineering Ambassador role. Barbara Bouza now WDI President.

More at https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/walt...ran-bob-weis-moving-to-an-ambassador-role.htm

 

[DVCakaCarlF]

Can’t tell if this is a good or bad thing, tbh.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

Weis moving to Global Imagineering Ambassador role. Barbara Bouza now WDI President.

Source? tom's site is the only one reporting this and that's rarely reliable

 

[DCBaker]

Source? tom's site is the only one reporting this and that's rarely reliable

Leadership - Disney Experiences

dpep.disney.com

 

[DVCakaCarlF]

Source? tom's site is the only one reporting this and that's rarely reliable

Still waiting on Brazil announcement…

 

[trainplane3]

The Zach will be floored by this change in management.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

Leadership - Disney Experiences

dpep.disney.com

DPEP is an official Disney page....interesting

and thanks

 

[Rteetz]

What is interesting to me is Barbara is not a Disney lifer. She has only been with the company for a short time and now leads WDI. Nothing against her as I don't know much about her but its an interesting move.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

#ZachForPresident

 

[CJR]

Not sure how I feel about this, but I do wish both Bob and Barbara the best.

 

[castlecake2.0]

What is interesting to me is Barbara is not a Disney lifer. She has only been with the company for a short time and now leads WDI. Nothing against her as I don't know much about her but its an interesting move.

Very interesting. She has a very impressive resume, it might be good to shake things up.

 

[Lilofan]

Very interesting. She has a very impressive resume, it might be good to shake things up.

Nothing new when a new CEO is in charge, not all on the exec team will make the cut.

 

[MrHappy]

I happened to watch the Imagineering Story - the Shanghai one last night. Bob looked exhausted at the end...around the time he get named President.

 

[Incomudro]

I've got a bad feeling about this.

 

[JoeCamel]

What is interesting to me is Barbara is not a Disney lifer. She has only been with the company for a short time and now leads WDI. Nothing against her as I don't know much about her but its an interesting move.

Maybe going forward head of WDI won't be such an important position in the company?
With the move to the "swampland" of Lake Nona it may be a much smaller part of the operations with outsourcing the crutch that allows the move.

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

Interesting choice. If you like the new look of Epcot, get ready for more.

 

[ToTBellHop]

That’s a choice.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Interesting choice. If you like the new look of Epcot, get ready for more.

Now that makes me uneasy.

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

Now that makes me uneasy.

I was semi-kidding. Looks like Barbara has a heavy architecture background. That could be a great thing to have.

 

[networkpro]

Interesting choice. If you like the new look of Epcot, get ready for more.

Barbara Bouza, Gensler – Impact Podcast with John Shegerian

impactpodcast.com

I'd say if you like how hospitals and airports look....