Bob Iger at WDW now ... BoD to Follow?

[PhotoDave219]

Any chance the tomorrowland redo is on agenda?

Seriously? You would want to take money away from Star Wars and the rumored Pixar expansion for THAT!?!?

To answer your question, that has not been mentioned to me. I'm sure theres other things on the agenda but anything MK related has yet to cross my radar.

 

[PhotoDave219]

The first post was actually positive saying that Star Wars could be as successful as Harry Potter was. The last one was an answer to @Cesar R M's restroom joke with info that has been posted on this site before. I'll give you the middle one.

Mike, I swear if you turn this into another Universal debate, so help me I will FDisk your Nintendo.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Hopefully they will overlook how the movie did at the box office. If they move the laughing floor and buzz over to DHS and CoP to EPCOT, that would free up some room.

The Laugh Floor should really be in the new Pixar Place IMO.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

The Laugh Floor should really be in the new Pixar Place IMO.

Laugh floor needs retired.

 

[Mike S]

Well, I wasn't speaking just specifically towards the quoted posts, but it's cool. The same Uni/Dis debates just get old after circling around to it for the umpteenth time.

Well, if the topic of this thread pans out we should have plenty to talk about concerning WDW when D23 rolls around. We finally have something to be truly excited for

 

[Magenta Panther]

Laugh floor needs retired.

I know it's not real popular around here, but I swear, every time I've visited it, it's packed and the audience always seems to have a real good time.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

The Laugh Floor should really be in the new Pixar Place IMO.

Yep, they need to make the park kid friendly too.

 

[Progress.City]

Where are all our flies on the wall spies?

 

[Cesar R M]

My point isn't if it's positive or negative. It's that it seems every post by you seems to bring Universal into the discussion, seemingly inciting debate.

You mean just how pixie dusters and Disney Pr individuals come every week(by creating a new account) and then post everywhere how Frozen rules and how Frozenstorm is the best thing since sliced bread?

yeah.. Welcome to the magical world of forums. Where comparisons are a form of metric.

 

[Cesar R M]

Jon.... because for the first time, in a long time, we actually have very significant reasons to be optimistic. Some of the most critical people of TWDC are finding positivity that Star Wars is on the BOD agenda.

This isnt Brigante putting out a twinker rumor 3 years ago. This isnt a silly blog posting without sourcing.

Instead, multiple people with high and different sources are saying the same thing: The BOD are in Orlando and they're here to talk Star Wars, among other things. And after the last 10 years of watching nothing happen at the Orlando Parks while DCA gets remade, Shanghai get built, HK get an expansion, DLP get a bailout and 2KLUTS finally get replaced, it very well may be time for Orlando to shine once more.

We have reason to be optimistic.

Yeah, but remember how hyped we were for "pixar land" with the "big guns" touring DHS?
And in the end, we only heard the rumor of them giving the go ahead to only another queue line and another track for that toy story attraction?

 

[marni1971]

You forgot Muppets...
and Echo lake (with surrounding buildings)

I only included what I've directly been told about

 

[articos]

Question.

Would the tiered park ticketing decision ever make it's way up to the Board level?

I'm not sure. That's a great question.

No, it wouldn't.

 

[Steel City Magic]

Any news from today? Were they spotted in the parks at all?

 

[cheezbat]

I'm really curious what the board will approve budget wise. Is $1.5-$2 billion too much to ask for?

I would hate to see them slash it to say $500 million and all we get is Toy Story Playland and a moderate Star Wars land.

 

[JordanNite]

So we have a poster who claims Iger is in a meeting in Orlando at the Grand Floridian. Naturally this must mean he is there to discuss the Star Wars Land rite?

ROFLMAO only on this board are people this niave.

 

[Steel City Magic]

So we have a poster who claims Iger is in a meeting in Orlando at the Grand Floridian. Naturally this must mean he is there to discuss the Star Wars Land rite?

ROFLMAO only on this board are people this niave.

Oh you must be new. Usually when @1974 says something, 95% of the time its right on the money... so do you have anything to contribute besides some sick boy band dance moves?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

I'm always shocked by Disney's costs. Only Disney can take a $20 million ride and throw it in a $20 million building and end up with an overall cost of $150 million. Theming, development, and WDI are expensive but for what they spend on one ride most parks could add 5 off the shelf mega coasters and 5 flat rides.

 

[JordanNite]

I'd take it with a pinch of salt at what they claim a certain attraction cost.

I'm always shocked by Disney's costs. Only Disney can take a $20 million ride and throw it in a $20 million building and end up with an overall cost of $150 million. Theming, development, and WDI are expensive but for what they spend on one ride most parks could add 5 off the shelf mega coasters and 5 flat rides.

 

[Mike S]

I'm always shocked by Disney's costs. Only Disney can take a $20 million ride and throw it in a $20 million building and end up with an overall cost of $150 million. Theming, development, and WDI are expensive but for what they spend on one ride most parks could add 5 off the shelf mega coasters and 5 flat rides.

When TWDC gets new leadership this is definitely something that needs to be on the agenda of what to fix. It's just extremely bizzare.

 

[Shaman]

No matter who becomes CEO, I'm rooting for Kennedy like yourself, the real problem will be purging Disney's executive ranks; particularly in its most problematic division, Parks & Resorts. To get Disney to be its best again, its going to need a firehose of an enema to clean out all the junk. The hundreds of execs who you or I have never heard that have had a tremendously negative effect on the company. At the same time, the next CEO will need to clearly outline what Disney as a company should be, something Bob has never done.

How do you figure P&R is the most "problematic division"? Is it because of profits? Attendance?

I believe the most problematic division to the company was their gaming unit... Disney Interactive? ESPN is ok right now, but when business models change, Disney is in trouble. Perhaps securing a distribution channel (Netflix?) or creating one?

Has anyone considered that Iger and BoD are meeting at WDW for security reasons, Perhaps it's not WDW that's the target of the spending... I seem to recall there is another Disney park on the west coast.

Meeting at WDW minimizes the possibility of leaks from resort staff especially since WDW resort staff tend to be recent immigrants with limited knowledge of Disney, So they have no idea that there would be people interested in the waste paper from the meeting or photos of the meeting rooms.

Immigrants are not stupid. I mean I know accepting the working conditions sometimes seen at WDW is crazy, but....

I think your other ideas about Disney discussing the selling of some share of P&R or buying a cable company are more plausible. For sure, they are discussing other items and not just WDW.