News Josh D'Amaro Unveils New Leadership Roles for Disney Parks and Cruise Line

monothingie

monothingie

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop
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Meanwhile at the TDO WDW President's office...
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Cliff

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After spending a week in Tokyo Disneyland in November? Wow!

Just turn ALL of Burbank's Parks and Experiences division to the Oriental Land Company. I'm now 100% convinced that these people do "Disney" WAY better than Burbank does. From what I see, OLC has a DEEP love and respect for Disney's history and they have enormous pride for the brand and ALL of it's 100 year history.

If there is a Heaven and Walt is up there looking down at all of this. I'd be willing to bet that he loves Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Seas more than any other park in the fleet. I know every square inch of the six US parks but I never been to Hong Kong, China or France so maybe I could be wrong. But, so far, in my opinion,...Tokyo smokes the US parks.

Yeah,...I'd put OLC in charge of everything and let Burbank have licensing fees and a percentage of the Parks profit that OLC generates.

Pro tip: If you have a product, try to put people who LOVE the product in charge of it....instead of having people who don't love the product and just use it for their own, personal purposes. You will get a product that feels MUCH more sincere and genuine to customers that way.
 
monothingie

monothingie

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop
Premium Member
Cliff said:
Pro tip: If you have a product, try to put people who LOVE the product in charge of it....instead of having people who don't love the product and just use it for their own, personal purposes. You will get a product that feels MUCH more sincere and genuine to customers that way.
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That doesn’t sound very profitable.

Why won’t you think of Bob and his yachts.
 
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Cliff

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TsWade2 said:
Geez, everybody is so negative! But what do I know?
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I would say, just be "honest". When something is positive, be honest about it. If something is "negative", just be honest about it.

Call balls and strikes honestly. What we should NEVER do is think:

"Well, that pitch was CLEARLY a low left ball. But, I don't want to hurt the pitcher's feelings so I'll just call it a strike and try to be positive about it."

I dunno,...just be as real as you can be, and don't be afraid of or avoid the truth.....no matter where it lands.
 
mysto

mysto

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My appreciation for the Japanese people, culture, and even products has only grown over time. And i'm old.

Unfortunately my appreciation usually means that something will become unreachable. I don't expect OLC's influence to expand.
 
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Cliff

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HauntedPirate said:
(Not shown - The "I Hate Figment and the Imagination Pavilion" placard)
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That's an interesting comment.

It "could" be argued that "Figment" is seen as a Disney "legacy-fan" holdover from a dying era. I don't think that Burbank today has any love for "legacy fans" of the past. Burbank now has pushed out many of it's legacy creatives and is now stacked with "modern-thinking" employees today. "Modern" creatives are EXTREMELY interested in today's "modern audience" and are very eager to make content that appeals to this new hot demographic.

There are ways that "Figment" as we know him today, could be "re-imagined" into a new character to appeal to this new customer demographic. Figment could be given new "identity" traits and features that represent what "modern audiences" are HIGHLY attracted to.

These new Figment identity traits can also be a representation of the personal lives of Burbank's creative folks. In other words, personal issues that creators and executives are concerned with can be added as new features to Figment's personality and identity. There is nothing more satisfying for a creative to see "them" inside a character on display. If people love that character, it feels like "you" are being accepted, affirmed, validated and loved too.

Doing this to Figment could make him more socially valuable and help to ensure Figment's longevity in the parks for decades to come. Figment would certainly be a more useful tool for social messaging, which could be argued as a very good and virtuous thing for the capture of the coveted "modern audience" demographic.

I dunno....I believe in: "Make Disney "Walt" Again".

But hey,...I'm just a dying "legacy fan" who doesn't understand the power of the "modern audience",...I guess.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
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Agent H said:
Look I don’t like vahle either but what evidence do you have that he has an “intense dislike” of figment ?
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I've read things from people I trust over the past few years. Where, I couldn't tell you, because I don't keep track of every single thing I read. And when you read the same general thing a few times, from a few different sources... 🤷‍♂️
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
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Cliff said:
That's an interesting comment.

It "could" be argued that "Figment" is seen as a Disney "legacy-fan" holdover from a dying era. I don't think that Burbank today has any love for "legacy fans" of the past. Burbank now has pushed out many of it's legacy creatives and is now stacked with "modern-thinking" employees today. "Modern" creatives are EXTREMELY interested in today's "modern audience" and are very eager to make content that appeals to this new hot demographic.

There are ways that "Figment" as we know him today, could be "re-imagined" into a new character to appeal to this new customer demographic. Figment could be given new "identity" traits and features that represent what "modern audiences" are HIGHLY attracted to.

These new Figment identity traits can also be a representation of the personal lives of Burbank's creative folks. In other words, personal issues that creators and executives are concerned with can be added as new features to Figment's personality and identity. There is nothing more satisfying for a creative to see "them" inside a character on display. If people love that character, it feels like "you" are being accepted, affirmed, validated and loved too.

Doing this to Figment could make him more socially valuable and help to ensure Figment's longevity in the parks for decades to come. Figment would certainly be a more useful tool for social messaging, which could be argued as a very good and virtuous thing for the capture of the coveted "modern audience" demographic.

I dunno....I believe in: "Make Disney "Walt" Again".

But hey,...I'm just a dying "legacy fan" who doesn't understand the power of the "modern audience",...I guess.
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Chasing the new hot thing tends to lead to ... needing to chase the next new hot thing, in a much shorter time frame than what it took to react to the last new hot thing. ;)
 
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Cliff

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HauntedPirate said:
Chasing the new hot thing tends to lead to ... needing to chase the next new hot thing, in a much shorter time frame than what it took to react to the last new hot thing. ;)
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OK, smarty pants....if you know of a better and more effective way for Burbank to erase legacy, problematic, historical thinking and force positive, virtuous, modern social change,...I'm SURE Burbank would LOVE to hear it. They would be all ears!

Until then, Burbank will need to stay on it's current course of action. ;)
 

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