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News Who Will Replace Josh D'Amaro as Disney Experiences Chairman?
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the issue with Vahle is he's described by most as being similar to Chapek and that should make everyone concerned. The only saving grace is I really do believe Josh wants to be aggressive with theme park expansion so maybe it doesn't matter who gets the parks job if its Josh calling the shots
Gusey
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The "opening" of Disney Adventure World very shortly after D'maro becomes CEO makes me think Natacha has a strong chance, especially if it could be seen as the finale to her time as President of DLP before the next big thing. She, like Josh D'maro, also will just appear in the park, and she has the extra experience of presenting the annual DLP anniversary news updates (which are basically DLP's D23 news).
Walt Disney World President Jeff Vahle Calls Josh D'Amaro 'The Real Deal'
Walt Disney World President Jeff Vahle Calls Josh D'Amaro 'The Real Deal'
Walt Disney World President Jeff Vahle Calls Josh D'Amaro 'The Real Deal'
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Tha Realest
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He got antsy after he similarly destroyed EPCOT.
HMF
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I really don't understand the love for Vaughn. The IP mandate has been in effect both the first time he ran WDI and now as well.
HMF
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Three words. Hatbox Ghost Placement.
peter11435
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FigmentFan82
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JustInTime
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FigmentFan82
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Over/ under Josh “loosens” the IP mandate?
el_super
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It's not going anywhere. Non-IP park projects are usually big failures.
Tha Realest
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The only non-IP we’re potentially going to get is a Figment redo, which is a misnomer as it is an existing attraction and Figment is functionally its own IP already.
flyerjab
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I think it may end up being a compromise at best. And the Tropical Americas and Villians lands might be the best examples.
Tropical Americas is an original land designed by Imagineering. There is backstory being created that does not exist anywhere else, so the story of the land is unique. A resident of Pueblo Esperanza made a carousel with handcrafted animals from different movies (a slightly more creative way to integrate IP in my opinion of course). There is a town square with a fountain of all things and Mayan ruins. There will be an overarching story to this place, not entirely based off of IP. And I think that Bruce provided this direction upon his return. If we recall, D’Amaro had the blue sky parks panel at D23 in 2022. Bruce is then hired. Then at the Destination D event the following year, they presented the idea of a Tropical Americas land. I really believe Bruce gave them more direction, providing for a cohesive land instead of the ideas they were sharing the year prior.
I think that Villians Land will be similar. Will there be IP? Absolutely. Will the land and backstory be unique? For the most part I would think so.
In the end, I really think this will evolve into a marriage of the two approaches. Unless they give us a new Imagination attraction with Figment and it crushes it from a guest satisfaction perspective. They really need data to show they can be as successful with NEW original attractions. Figment could help with that.
Tropical Americas is an original land designed by Imagineering. There is backstory being created that does not exist anywhere else, so the story of the land is unique. A resident of Pueblo Esperanza made a carousel with handcrafted animals from different movies (a slightly more creative way to integrate IP in my opinion of course). There is a town square with a fountain of all things and Mayan ruins. There will be an overarching story to this place, not entirely based off of IP. And I think that Bruce provided this direction upon his return. If we recall, D’Amaro had the blue sky parks panel at D23 in 2022. Bruce is then hired. Then at the Destination D event the following year, they presented the idea of a Tropical Americas land. I really believe Bruce gave them more direction, providing for a cohesive land instead of the ideas they were sharing the year prior.
I think that Villians Land will be similar. Will there be IP? Absolutely. Will the land and backstory be unique? For the most part I would think so.
In the end, I really think this will evolve into a marriage of the two approaches. Unless they give us a new Imagination attraction with Figment and it crushes it from a guest satisfaction perspective. They really need data to show they can be as successful with NEW original attractions. Figment could help with that.
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WaluigiTime
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Who will replace him? I will volunteer.
HMF
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No but he certainly didn't fight it.
peter11435
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Tha Realest
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Tropical Americas is a way to narratively and inorganically shoehorn two disparate IPs into DAK. It is not an example of breaking free from the IP mandate: rather, it is a clumsy way to implement it.