Disney has made a few decent poaches over the last several years, but the general trend for too long is top tier talent leave/avoiding Walt Disney Imagineering.
Thanks. He certainly seems like he would be qualified, but I doubt he's a candidate. The guy's been with Universal Studios Florida since the start. He's a little too old to be tempted by career growth.
Like I said...money talksNot if you would go from an exec with actual power to guide the creative process to a yes man to the yes man to "Lord Business".
If it were just your opinion that counted I would agree with you. I have only seen You-Tube presentations of it and being a single, old man, the likelihood that I will ever see it is probably pretty small, so I have to rely on the opinions of others. However, the thing is that, individually we cannot give out passing or failing grades. The best we can do is say we like it personally or we don't. The overwhelming response to it when questioning the folks that it is targeted to, is that it is a very good, well liked attraction. They are really the only ones that count as long as it remains popular. When that stops happening, then we can evaluate whether or not it was a success overall. Movies have an art, but, the art is wasted unless people like it. For example, I know many people that love "Gone With The Wind" a classic old movie. I painfully sat through it once and "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damm, if I ever see it again in my lifetime. That doesn't mean that it wasn't artful or a success as a movie. My not liking it had no bearing on it as a work of art. The fact that many people did is what puts it in the category of a success.
It's an E-ticket setup for a World Showcase Players level of show.Disney difference
To me this just shows that Staggs reaps the benefits of the P&R activity that was approved before he took over. Sure, he had a hand in it as CFO, but it can't be ignored.I prefer examining percentages over raw numbers because they adjust for changes within the business itself, including how inflation has affected that specific business.
I also shy away from inflation calculators. At best, inflation calculators are questionable for the types of numbers we're looking at. At worst, they are downright wrong.
Disney doesn't particularly care how much the price of a gallon of milk has increased across the country since 2000. Instead, they care about how much the cost of their labor has increased in central Florida.
$2 billion in profits in 2000 is not the same as $2 billion in 2014. Similarly, $2 billion might be a great number in 2014. In 2028, it probably would be considered a terrible number. Without some adjustment, it's an apples-to-oranges comparison.
In 2000, Disney's Parks & Resorts generated $1.62 billion in operating income. In 2014, that number was $2.66 billion. "Wow," you say, "that's $1 billion more." Yeah, but over 14 years, that's a compound growth of only 3.6%. Sorry, but 3.6% annual growth for a business like Disney sucks. Financially, P&R was healthier in 2000 than it is in 2014, and this is reflected in my earlier post.
With all my disclaimers in place (), the following might sell Staggs' performance better:
View attachment 81783
Not sure, but Disney Springs should probably go in Staggs' column. We can all get luxury shaving kits and preppy hats.
Don't forget 2 different brands of flip flops
Disney difference
