peter11435
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Technically Tracy Wilson is replacing Sharon Siskie who was in charge of DCL specifically. She will report to Joe who leads Disney Signature Experiences which includes DCL, DVC, ABD, and Storyliving by Disney.
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News The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors Extends Robert A. Iger’s Contract as CEO Through 2026
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Ayla
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It's actually his wife's name.
HMF
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I certainly wish he never came back though I did admittedly hate Chapek more.
Mr. Sullivan
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My preference would be for Josh and Dana to do it together as a team a la Eisner and Welles. Josh more involved in the parks, Dana more involved in the studios. And I think that could've been a real possibility but yeah, I think the Kimmel thing took Dana's horse out of the race.
That said, I don't think I'd hate Josh being in the chair alone. I have some issues with him, certainly, but unlike both of the Bobs, he does seem to have a genuine interest in the parks beyond what they can do for the company financially. I know a lot of folks here may not agree with where his head goes with that, but I do certainly believe that he sees the parks as more than money printers.
That said, I don't think I'd hate Josh being in the chair alone. I have some issues with him, certainly, but unlike both of the Bobs, he does seem to have a genuine interest in the parks beyond what they can do for the company financially. I know a lot of folks here may not agree with where his head goes with that, but I do certainly believe that he sees the parks as more than money printers.
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HMF
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I will believe it when I see it.
Tom P.
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One of the smartest moves the United States could make generally would be to prohibit the CEO from also being chairman or even having a seat on the Board of Directors. How ludicrous that the CEO is in charge of the group that is supposed to be providing oversight of his work.
That being said, since that's not likely to happen anytime soon, my money would be on D'Amaro ending up as CEO and chairman. I don't hate the idea of D'Amaro running the company. I think he is certainly a far better choice that Chapek. But I don't think it is the best choice Disney could make. I think the best choice would be to look outside the company. And probably the best choice would also be a team of people in the vein of Walt/Roy or Eisner/Welles. Balance the business and the creative. But, again, I don't think that's likely to happen anytime soon.
That being said, since that's not likely to happen anytime soon, my money would be on D'Amaro ending up as CEO and chairman. I don't hate the idea of D'Amaro running the company. I think he is certainly a far better choice that Chapek. But I don't think it is the best choice Disney could make. I think the best choice would be to look outside the company. And probably the best choice would also be a team of people in the vein of Walt/Roy or Eisner/Welles. Balance the business and the creative. But, again, I don't think that's likely to happen anytime soon.
Me as well. At least Josh has been to Disney World recently. Bob Chapek hadn’t been to Disneyland or Disney World for a vacation in his adult life, when he became CEO, and it showed.
gorillaball
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This is responding to me? I critique someone for selectively isolating a company’s results to a period 1/4th of someone tenure, and failing to compare to its own industry and I’m telling a sob story? Ok. You seem to have misunderstood my response for caring about Disney’s finances, I don’t.
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peter11435
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To be fair neither one of them vacation like you or I. But Chapek and his wife did vacation at WDW, DCL, and Aulani during his time leading parks and resorts.
EricsBiscuit
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Gotcha. I wonder if Sharon replaces Joe who replaces Josh? Musical chairs!
peter11435
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Sharon is retiring
Figments Friend
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Calling it now…
More than likely Mr. Tightpantz will be taking the corner office.
Can’t really see any other option, and i have doubts Dana will take the role.
Do we need another media focused person….?
Not sure if Josh can handle the position well, but we shall see.
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More than likely Mr. Tightpantz will be taking the corner office.
Can’t really see any other option, and i have doubts Dana will take the role.
Do we need another media focused person….?
Not sure if Josh can handle the position well, but we shall see.
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As reported “Chapek never visited Disneyland or Walt Disney World in his adult life for pleasure, before becoming CEO” This fact helps to explain why he never fully understood the essence of the parks.
peter11435
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Key words there are “for pleasure”
Chapek and Josh aren’t really different in this respect. One is just better at convincing the public that he cares.
Tha Realest
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If there is a head scratching decision Iger’s made recently which should hasten his departure, it was the 1$ billion equity investment in OpenAI a few weeks ago.
Vegas Disney Fan
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After the disastrous Chapek years I was extremely excited when Iger returned, that excitement disappeared within the first 6 months and all hope I had of a renaissance was gone within the first year. Now I just want someone new at the top, preferably someone from outside the company who will shake things up, it’s possible Josh or Dana could surprise me without a Bobs oversight but I’m not optimistic, I think Josh or Dana = more of the same and in my opinion that doesn’t get it done.
I don’t know who I want, I just hope they are polar opposites of the current Disney management style, I don’t think we’re getting that with any internal promotion.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Except with tighter pants and a better public persona.
Tom P.
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I could be mistaken, but my guess is that none of us discussing this here know Josh D'Amaro personally. Perhaps someone has met him, but I suspect no one has a real personal relationship with the man. So how do we possibly claim to know how much he does or does not actually care about the parks?
Mr. Sullivan
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Well, I'm in a Discord server where there are several DL CMs in it and we were actually just talking about this. I wouldn't say they know him personally, but they have met him on several occasions (he is from what I understand not difficult to access when he visits unlike Bob).
They all said that Josh, unlike Bob, is very prone to just showing up at the parks unannounced with no agenda just to look around and see how things are going. He shows up without any security or people around him keeping him to an agenda and just walks around. He seems to do this at WDW as well.
They said in their interactions with him he was always very nice and personable (they did say the same for Iger, though noted Iger always was on a strict timetable and never went anywhere in the parks that wasn't planned so it was usually harder to even come across him in the first place).
He does I think legitimately based on that have an interest in making sure the parks operate well and look good. I do truly believe that he has an interest in them that's more than a public show.
John park hopper
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Guess Bob has milked the last drop out of the cash cow ----time to leave