BrianLo
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That really has nothing to do with the parks segment, though. Revenue has doubled, income more or less tripled over the decade.
Entertainment needs the shake up.
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News Who Will Replace Josh D'Amaro as Disney Experiences Chairman?
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That really has nothing to do with the parks segment, though. Revenue has doubled, income more or less tripled over the decade.
Entertainment needs the shake up.
NotCalledBob
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Mazloum out of those 3. He's even pulled off D23 segments with aplomb. Who can forget his cruise line gameshow segment from 2023?
Not Vahle. And Potrock has disappeared for the last year. They wouldn't have moved him sideways and disappeared him to suddenly bring him back as Chairman of DPEP..
Not Vahle. And Potrock has disappeared for the last year. They wouldn't have moved him sideways and disappeared him to suddenly bring him back as Chairman of DPEP..
Captain Neo
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Based on the data the Disney parks are their most profitable sector though year over year
They keep raising prices and fools keep coming
Chef Mickey
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The Parks have been profitable, but that business isn't sellable to the street under its current structure. Price increases, minimal investment, no innovation, no real attempt to make Disney a service, etc. The CEO's job is to increase shareholder value. I don't have the answer, but they should have addressed this dilemma in the parks as well. Parks have grown through price increases and investors aren't convinced, obviously.
A good CEO doubles the size of Disney and makes the offering better, as an example - 2 new parks, larger capacity, more services, etc. Sure, revenue has doubled, but the price of everything went up 40% through inflation, so it's not organic growth. They also achieved it through more expensive and less compelling services. Fewer hours (saves money), removing stuff, cutting food portions, etc. I'd argue they should have done better.
BrianLo
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Or, the companies 10-year earnings are flat and there’s exactly one other segment responsible for that. It’s so myopic to ignore the 1000lb cable elephant in the room and make everything about WDW (see later).
Experiences has been negatively correlated all decade now to the stock price. I’m sure the segment would look a lot more like Royal Caribbean if it was its own thing the entire time. Which is also to say awful in 2020/21.
Which experiences almost did. Remember - Disney bought out Paris, opened a half stake in Shanghai, finally turned Hong Kong around and quadrupled the cruise fleet berths. And this wasn’t even a particularly parks focused CEO.
Experiences isn’t just WDW. They entered the decade with 2 successful resorts and 1 share of a bad one and left this window with 3.5 shares of successful resorts.
And I am NOT for the record saying the company is good, but the experiences segment has NOT been the problem. It’s about the only thing they’ve done well as far as Wall Street should be concerned.
JustInTime
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I’d personally like to see Bruce Vaughn.
Disney Analyst
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I see we are on the same page. It would certainly be interesting to see someone who really understands Imagineering in charge of the parks portfolio as a whole, although it could be to the detriment of Imagineering if they don't find a good leader to replace Bruce.
But having someone who understands Imagineering in charge of everything, working with ops... could be interesting.
Doglover22
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Who do we think will give us the best shot at letting imagineers create their own original rides again? Not always depending on IP.
DisneyDean97
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I doubt they'd pick Bruce Vaughn to run Parks & Experiences, but if they did, Tony Baxter MUST be brought in to head WDI.
Id actually argue under josh as ceo since it seems were about to go on a major spending spree and expansion I feel its the best shot of non-IP stuff in years regardless of who the new park head is, but also for new park head give me the DLP lady
HMF
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I do think park operators and WDI should be separate entities. I would prefer WDI to have more power over the operators and executives however.
JustInTime
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I could not agree more. I think we need to put it out in the universe as much as we can!
JustInTime
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I feel like Disney knows it needs to pander to the Parks fans a bit. Appointing Vaughn would be an immediate home run and a huge win.
As to who would replace Vaughn at WDI - my vote would be Imagineer Daniel Joseph. He’s young and has the fire and love of the parks.
As to who would replace Vaughn at WDI - my vote would be Imagineer Daniel Joseph. He’s young and has the fire and love of the parks.
Rumors are pointing to an unknown coming in to run DPEP - Rob Thapek. He bears an uncanny resemblance to Bob Chapek but assurances have been obtained that they are two different people, including a pic of Rob with hair, and we know Bob was bald. “See? Totally different guy!”
flyerjab
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Jeff Vahle? No…just no.
I was wondering if Natacha Rafalski would be a possible choice. She is the current Disneyland Paris President and was also involved with the Disneyland Shanghai project. She has been heavily involved in turning the Studio park (Adventureworld) around in Paris.
I’m sorry but if Jeff Vahle gets it…just yuck. He stinks of pure business, spreadsheet, black and white thinking with zero creative bones to speak of. People always speak of WDW as the flagship resort, but you can see where it gets budgeted to death. And I’m not just talking rides/theming, I’m also speaking largely to maintenance. Just look to the sorry state that is Tiana’s as an example. I just get zero inspiration from him.
I was wondering if Natacha Rafalski would be a possible choice. She is the current Disneyland Paris President and was also involved with the Disneyland Shanghai project. She has been heavily involved in turning the Studio park (Adventureworld) around in Paris.
I’m sorry but if Jeff Vahle gets it…just yuck. He stinks of pure business, spreadsheet, black and white thinking with zero creative bones to speak of. People always speak of WDW as the flagship resort, but you can see where it gets budgeted to death. And I’m not just talking rides/theming, I’m also speaking largely to maintenance. Just look to the sorry state that is Tiana’s as an example. I just get zero inspiration from him.
bmr1591
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Everything I’ve heard about him is that he is incredibly stingy. If you wonder why maintenance and entertainment has suffered at World, it’s him. The reason many ride ideas weren’t greenlit is because of him. He’s content with what’s there and gouging those who come.
aladdin2007
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Don't forget he signed off on destroying the Magic Kingdom as we knew it so there is that as well....