A historical preservation fund most likely. That being said maybe if better anti-trust laws can cut most of the fat out of the company, they can actually run the parks in a more creative-driven way because they won't have to worry about what ABC or ESPN or Marvel are doing.
So? We have clearly seen that is not a problem in Tokyo.
So, it’s not an actual path to your claimed objective. Universal Orlando Resort is full on properties than Universal doesn’t own.
Fair point and the IP and "destroy everything and start over" mandates are starting to trickle in as well.
I’m so upset with you for reminding me that this exists!!!! Haha
Isn’t it temporary, though?
Hopefully, though the character dolls in the California version are still there so.
If Walt were the head of DIS today, Parks and Experiences would not be like when Walt was head of Parks and Experiences.
But he doesn't have the power to do what he wants to do because he needs to answer to the shareholders on stock price on every quarterly call. He was also born after Walt died and was a kid during the early days of WDW so he doesn't really have a direct connection.
I know they were. I still fundamentally disagree with their existence though as they are not the children of the world, as did the Blair Family.
Also, Parks and Experiences and Consumer Products would not be the same division. Though I must admit I am not a supporter of putting words in dead people's mouths as a rule. We really don't know what he would have done or thought. We can only infer from what he was documented as saying in his lifetime and we might be completely wrong in that department as well.
Again, seeing as how Walt died 60 years ago next December, he has essentially devolved into a mascot for the company in the same vein as Mickey since outside of the Boomers memories of him on television as children, very few people who actually knew him are still alive. Also, he has essentially served as the company's convenient dead yes man whenever a controversial change in the parks happens. The publicity department likely has the quote about "Disneyland will never be completed" quote always on standby whenever an unpopular change is announced.
So you're saying Disney leadership cannot follow Walt's vision and theme park rules, which have carefully and meticulously recorded by one of the company's most accomplished Imagineers, because shareholders won't let them and because the CEO didn't know Walt personally?
It's possible but highly unlikely.
