JAN J
Active Member
I am definitely happy, but I only see that as a starting point in bringing Disney (and more importantly, Disney parks) back to their former glory.
Natural next steps in the short term should be:
—> getting rid of d’Amaro
—> getting rid of McCarthy
And in the next 2 years
—> replace Iger with someone who is NOT just a copy/paste version of him.
In my view, Paycheck deserves all the hatred and people celebrating his departure as he will get. Iger is certainly to blame in for the current condition of the parks, from the maintenance to the price gouging. But let’s remember that Paycheck was VP of Parks and Resorts since 2015 so a lot of those came from his desk to get Iger’s approval.
But at least we can have SOME hope that Iger will be aware of the increasing dissatisfaction from guests and actually ACT in a way to restore it.
Stock market will likely not be happy tomorrow. Not only the guy who had “full confidence” was terminated during the weekend, but they are bringing back the one whose departure also took place “effective immediately”.
But even so, I wish him luck. And hopefully some of the magic can be restored to the parks in the near term.
Natural next steps in the short term should be:
—> getting rid of d’Amaro
—> getting rid of McCarthy
And in the next 2 years
—> replace Iger with someone who is NOT just a copy/paste version of him.
In my view, Paycheck deserves all the hatred and people celebrating his departure as he will get. Iger is certainly to blame in for the current condition of the parks, from the maintenance to the price gouging. But let’s remember that Paycheck was VP of Parks and Resorts since 2015 so a lot of those came from his desk to get Iger’s approval.
But at least we can have SOME hope that Iger will be aware of the increasing dissatisfaction from guests and actually ACT in a way to restore it.
I know this move was done to inspire confidence in Wall Street, but it really suggests some deep, deep problems that are maybe far worse than even us Disney fanatics realize or comprehend
Stock market will likely not be happy tomorrow. Not only the guy who had “full confidence” was terminated during the weekend, but they are bringing back the one whose departure also took place “effective immediately”.
But even so, I wish him luck. And hopefully some of the magic can be restored to the parks in the near term.