News Walt Disney Imagineering Projects Earn Three Thea Awards for 2025

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Walt Disney Imagineering Projects Earn Prestigious Thea Awards for 2025

Walt Disney Imagineering Projects Earn Prestigious Thea Awards for 2025
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Disstevefan1

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Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea, Zootopia at Shanghai Disneyland.

The offshore parks always get the best stuff.

Its ironic the offshore parks reported a thirty something drop in offshore parks while domestic parks made money in the 4th quarter earnings report.
 
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Disstevefan1 said:
Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea, Zootopia at Shanghai Disneyland.

The offshore parks always get the best stuff.

Its ironic the offshore parks reported a thirty something drop in offshore parks while domestic parks made money in the 4th quarter earnings report.
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If Disney domestically was willing to open up the pocketbook like OLC continues to do on a regular basis, they'd be sweeping THEA and Brass Rings like there's no tomorrow.
 
Disstevefan1

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Comped said:
If Disney domestically was willing to open up the pocketbook like OLC continues to do on a regular basis, they'd be sweeping THEA and Brass Rings like there's no tomorrow.
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Totally agree. In my opinion I think they don’t think they need to domestically.

Folks will still show up and purchase LLMP, LLSP, LLPP.

I hate to say it, but less attractions means longer queues, and more the need for LL.

Maybe that is why they destroy and replace instead of adding.

Adding capacity costs more and may result in less LL sales. 🙁
 
BrianLo

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Comped said:
If Disney domestically was willing to open up the pocketbook like OLC continues to do on a regular basis, they'd be sweeping THEA and Brass Rings like there's no tomorrow.
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Domestically they’ve won way more awards than their collaboration with OLC. You are focusing on a single year window when they opened their big signature addition at OLC and had very little to offer domestically.

The add rate at OLC has been glacial accounting for the full last 15 years. Primarily their parks are held to higher maintenance standards and the big difference maker was actually investing properly in the early 2000s.
 
lazyboy97o

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BrianLo said:
Domestically they’ve won way more awards than their collaboration with OLC. You are focusing on a single year window when they opened their big signature addition at OLC and had very little to offer domestically.

The add rate at OLC has been glacial accounting for the full last 15 years. Primarily their parks are held to higher maintenance standards and the big difference maker was actually investing properly in the early 2000s.
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The Thea Awards are also not something that can be swept. It’s not zero-sum like other awards where if someone else wins then you lose. There’s no set number of awards or categories. They even introduced a new award this year to further expand recognition beyond the top brands and their marquee experiences.

Submissions are also due in July which means offerings that opened in June (at Disney and Universal) may not have been submitted for consideration this year.
 
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dmc493

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OLC is not as bogged down of a conglomerate as Disney. I think if Disney was strictly a theme park/experiences operator, I’d wager they’d be much more willing to invest at the scale OLC does
 
BrianLo

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dmc493 said:
OLC is not as bogged down of a conglomerate as Disney. I think if Disney was strictly a theme park/experiences operator, I’d wager they’d be much more willing to invest at the scale OLC does
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They do invest at the scale of OLC. You guys have very short term memories and don’t actually seem to pay attention to that operator as well.

Again the foundational problems were primarily made 20-25 years ago; 2024 reflects positively on OLC because it was the result of a decade of deferred and delayed investment. WDW fans would have been apoplectic if they received OLC’s 2010’s investments in lieu of what was done domestically.
 
Bocabear

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I am troubled that there is not any parks presence for Bolt... Perhaps Bolt could replace the Hall Of Presidents by explaining American history with his pack of Puppy pals... That would make it less problematic and they could sell Bolt plush toys.
 
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lazyboy97o said:
The Thea Awards are also not something that can be swept. It’s not zero-sum like other awards where if someone else wins then you lose. There’s no set number of awards or categories. They even introduced a new award this year to further expand recognition beyond the top brands and their marquee experiences.

Submissions are also due in July which means offerings that opened in June (at Disney and Universal) may not have been submitted for consideration this year.
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It's not quite as set as the IAAPA ones are, but there are still mostly expected categories that tend to return yearly...
 

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