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Please tell me someone else who at the time brought the same amount of notoriety to these tales. The brothers Grimm didn't write every tale, they compiled. Yes, Harris' compilation has his mark, however the underlying tales represent the stories that were told by those people much more...

Uncle Remus was an invention of Joel Chandler Harris, however the stories that Uncle Remus told were directly compiled by Harris from the African-American oral storytelling tradition. "While at Turnwold Plantation, Harris spent hundreds of hours in the slave quarters during time off. He was...

Disneyland is a work of love. Look at how Walt talks about the park, look at Tony Baxter describing his days in the park as a kid. I seriously question if the current WDI team loves the park in that way.

Exactly this. It's gone from a primary source retelling of stories told by blacks in the south that bring together Native American and African influences, to white people telling a German fairy tale, but set in New Orleans and the Princess is black.

I think that's the biggest problem with this change is that it is window dressing, and the only reason a change is happening is because Disney Execs believed they could make more money on merchandise for Princess and the Frog. They knew they could justify getting rid of a beloved attraction on...

There's only 2-3 quarters left, Comcast can force a sale in January 2024. Profit ≠ Cash, but even if it were Disney is seasonally less profitable in the 3rd quarter, which means only 2-3B$ between now and a forced acquisition. Bonds are trading at a discount currently and 5B$ of long term debt...

What is this ‘Splash Mountain’ I keep hearing referred to? I hear Disney is building a brand new log flume ride, but it’s Princess and the frog themed not some rabbit. Disney has always been allied with Fox against Universal. Say it with me: Oswald is the only Disney Rabbit Pirates just want...

A few things… they’re contractually obligated to buy the remaining Hulu stake for $9B and they will have to refinance the debt from the Fox acquisition at a higher interest rate. ESPN revenue is sharply declining due to cable decline. They could easily be in a tight cash position by late 2024.

That’s a bad sign.

They strap you into a tanning bed and put VR goggles on you. $3000 a night.

Or Autopia and Subs get the boot.

The company has been going downhill since the Fox Acquisition. It was saved once in the 80’s, and hopefully it can be again, but there are some hard years ahead.

I've got an idea, though it may not result in an immediate improvement I think long term it could be incredibly impactful. Get a list of the Imagineers and strategic planning people involved in Mission Breakout. Inform them they've been assigned to a new Moana themed flume ride and they'll be...

Yeah, they really should've just let NBC outbid them and saddle themselves in debt and then do a quick pivot to streaming with ESPN to collapse Comcast's legacy business, wouldn't have to deal with any competition in Florida for parks. The reason they needed Hulu is because streaming is the...

Was the queue as ugly and boring as it is in China? Went to the Grand Opening in Shanghai and pieces of concrete were crumbling off of 7 Dwarves, and the Tron queue wasn't even finished, did they at least do better in Florida? The best part of that whole ride is the launch, super cool, but it's...

This all started going downhill with the Fox Acquisition. Pixar, Lucasfilm and Marvel all made sense, Fox didn’t and because they overpaid they started juicing the parks for profit to make up for it and because it now means they’re further committed to buying NBC out of Hulu.

It's definitely $80M important. When you stay at the park there's a different price point for resorts that are walking distance vs resorts that you have to take a bus to get to the park from. I'd estimate that the price difference could be between $50-100 a night for the ability to walk along...

Short term thinking, and probably how Iger and Co think. Those malls may be a dime a dozen, however this particular mall sits on the only piece of land that would allow contiguous development between the properties Disney currently owns. It allows Disney to build hotels along the stretch between...

Couldn't agree more, it won't happen, but that's more an issue of the people in Disney than any outside factor.

Most of the Harbor Business owners around the carousel are nearly dead, it's a Fujishige. Badalian, the owner of the Tropicana and Camelot is 96. The Scalzo family that owns the Park Vue only has two daughters left in their 80's, the family will want to split assets. Lastly the only possible...