Nubs70
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Seems he follows the management philosophy of servant leadership. An interesting concept.
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A Spirited Perfect Ten
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While focusing on the every move of any/all Lifestylers make would be an awful waste of life, looking at how and why Disney treats these people as special (many are in other ways) and uses them as de facto BRAND advocates who basically disclose their free stuff by saying things like ''We were provided everything for free by Disney, even though you'd have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars, but that has nothing to do with the fact we found everything to be MAGICal and would
gladly spend our own money.'' IS a topic worth discussing.I believe there is 10-plus page thread on this very subject on WDW General and, no, I haven't posted a thing in it!
BrianLo
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Again, I know this is part of the "larger issue", but I feel like the bigger picture is being missed by focusing on... literally just a maybe missing picture.
Why not focus on the missing 800 million dollars instead?
If there is no picture of Iger in front of a completed SDL, then sure, I'll raise my brow. But he'll be there plastered on the media circuit, just like always.
Cesar R M
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I dunno, they were building the steel pretty fast.
Looking at the latest progress with Harry Potter land at Universal Studios Hollywood, you can tell who is clearly committed to building attractions while WDW is dragging their feet on a new attraction "couch cough" Avatar Land. And they said that the land is a year away from being done, I think they can get it done by the holidays.
Hahahahha ... yes, if you are looking to make up reasons that contradict the truth, then, yes, Disney absolutely delayed SDL to get a bump in 2016.
Cesar R M
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maybe thats a better way for Shendy?
Aka build Shangai Disneyland, with little disney penetration.. see how the park behaves in 12 mil crowds.. start bombardment of Disney channel.. expand parks when the onslaught behinds.
having 1,000 millions of people interested in Disney makes you wonder about overrun.
Again, I know this is part of the "larger issue", but I feel like the bigger picture is being missed by focusing on... literally just a maybe missing picture.
Why not focus on the missing 800 million dollars instead?
If there is no picture of Iger in front of a completed SDL, then sure, I'll raise my brow. But he'll be there plastered on the media circuit, just like always.
It isn't the picture, Brian.
It's what it represents.
Of course, he'll be seen prominently in opening day photos (unless he gets hit by a monorail between now and then!) That should go without saying.
As to the $800 million, what more can be said about it? Iger announced what it would be used for 11 months ago. So far, none of that money can be seen to be going to expand the capacity of the park and add attractions. I could call Bob's office (or you could) and ask the question to an assistant who will promptly hang up on you in a very unMAGICal fashion. But we aren't getting an answer to that. As a stockholder, that is a concern.
That would be true IF Shendi (aka the government) had interest in having a Disney Channel. Disney has been trying since the 1990s to get one over there ...
Everyone can express an opinion. I think our moderators do a darn good job of making sure of that.
The only people I'd like to see off the thread would be people that accuse me or simply insinuate I am guilty of being an accomplice to crimes against children. THAT is where I do draw a very strong line.
I got ripped by some here for going to CNN with concerns over two years ago that were barely addressed in an hour-long special last spring about theme park workers in O-Town. But since Steve requested no talk of the subject here, I'm going to respect that ...
Astro Blaster
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Random tidbit: I just came back from a long weekend in WDW and I rode the MAGICal Express back to MCO (it's actually convenient and - best of all - free). During the ride Jennifer Fickley-Baker popped up on the TV screens and all I could think of was, "Dr. Blondie!!" as I laughed for a good few seconds.
The NFL, NCAA, political parties, country clubs, religions, and any number of other institutions have been doing it for who knows how long. Brand advocates are brand advocates. Even the Spirited threads have brand advocates. I don't think its a good thing or a bad thing. It's a thing. Discussing it, ok. Passing judgement, I will leave that to those who give a carp.While focusing on the every move of any/all Lifestylers make would be an awful waste of life, looking at how and why Disney treats these people as special (many are in other ways) and uses them as de facto BRAND advocates who basically disclose their free stuff by saying things like ''We were provided everything for free by Disney, even though you'd have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars, but that has nothing to do with the fact we found everything to be MAGICal and would
I believe there is 10-plus page thread on this very subject on WDW General and, no, I haven't posted a thing in it!
I'm just wondering why no one ever talks about churros in your threads. That's the real travesty.
My question (and I've asked it before) is what happens when fatigue sets in? These films are cyclical and VERY pricey to create.
Are people going to want to see Thor 7: *(^&, I dropped the hammer on my foot!!! or Jar Jar Binks Goes to College on Endor or Cars 15: Lightning Goes to Hollywood and Gets Rearended or The Amazing, Awesome and Incredible Spiderman 26: We're rebooting and doing an origin story again?
I just don't see it.
And what else will Disney have? Nothing. Because Iger has made the Studio into a nothing but tentpole deal.
I have no doubt Disney will be doing great with that for the next 2-4 years ... beyond, it gets as hazy as a typical day in Shanghai.
So, they replaced Gary Buchanan with that thing (nicest word I could come up with)?
PhotoDave219
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Because Churros are just nasty.
PhotoDave219
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Edit: Nvm. A Doctorate in twitter means...... what, exactly? Beyond a higher starting salary?
Agreed on all points. I do give a carp ... to some degree. It depends on how my day is going, really. But I do believe they actually do a great disservice to those folks who take their words as gospel and just aren't as knowing as we are. I wouldn't want to be a newbie visitor to WDW who depends on any of them. You can get better info from message boards like the ones here.
Talk ... I loves the churros, especially when served by Mark in Frontierland, who gave Angie and myself a bag full of freebies after he heard of our very bad experience at BoG in 2013.
But you haven't lived until you've had them at TDR. Like just about everything else, they are much better there and come in multiple flavors depending on locale (and some are shaped like Mickey!)
Gary used to do videos on DME buses ... according to the poster I quoted, Dr. Blondie is now doing them.
(My guess would be they might have to pay him if they left them up ... or they simply don't want his image playing if he is no longer employed by them ... not sure.)
Cesar R M
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PhotoDave219
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Si. Je es muy loco.