News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!

[AndyS2992]

My uncertain recollection is that this specific sign used to say Robert Iger and was changed when Chapek became CEO.

Nah, he had his own sign

 

[JoeCamel]

' uncertain recollection is that this specific sign used to say Robert Iger and was changed when Chapek became CEO.

"As you get off the ship, on the left side you can see a sign proclaiming: "Captain Bob Iger. Shrimp Distributors. Quality. Reliability. Key West. Willow Bay." Iger, of course, is the chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company. On the right hand side is the Pump House with lettering stating: "Bob Chapek. Master Ship Builder." Chapek is chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products and some people suspect he may become the next CEO after Iger."

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Jim hits the high seas for some stories from the third ship in the Disney fleet.

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[HauntedPirate]

Chapek’s sign was there in January 2017, which is when I photographed my opinion of it, and him. My dislike for him was not and is not a recent thing. Don’t like it? Skip my post. Childish? If that’s your opinion, so be it, I’m not losing a wink of sleep over it. I call it disagreeing vehemently with someone’s actions of cutting costs and increasing prices with the sole goal of boosting quarterly profits (for starters) and showing my disagreement. Josh now has a sign on the same pump house. My opinion of him isn’t dissimilar.

I have no problem if someone who had a hand in guiding and building and growing DCL wants a sign on CC. Matt Ouimet has a sign - It’s deserved. I have a problem when random Disney exec needs his ego stroked so he/she wants a sign. In these cases, it isn’t an honor, like a Main Street Window (although there are a couple of those who aren’t deserving), it’s a vain attempt to look important without doing a damn thing to deserve it.

 

[erasure fan1]

4. Iger likes KK. He personally took the blame off of her for Solo (pushing for a release when the film wasn't ready and the theaters were saturated with the sequel trilogy). And he took the blame off of her for locking SWL into the prequel timeline (he thought the $2B box office for TFA was a sign that the public was totally on board with it).

I agree. The first couple times the rumors came up, I thought it would happen. Now, I'll believe it when I see it. They obviously think cutting ties will be more problematic than the continued turmoil of star wars. I truly believe she needs to go and the franchise will be much better off without her. But I'd be shocked if she's in Igers cross hairs at this time. Now if Indy is a train wreck, I don't see how they keep her around.

If you didn't want to risk creating a new Star Wars story for the new movies all you had to do was get a competent writer and director and adapt the Thrawn trilogy.

That's the problem with Kennedy. She's got very little clue when it comes to star wars. While I've never been a huge fan of the EU material. It had some great ideas that you could pull from. Thrawn is one and Knights of the old republic is another. and the beauty is the vast majority of the heavy lifting was already done. With knights of the old republic you could have gone to Drew karpyshyn for any help with the story. It goes back to the earlier discussion and her saying they don't have the material to draw from like marvel does.

 

[kingdead]

They took the man's sign down? He's not going to jail for accounting but he's not going to jail for something else, is he? Or is there an epidemic of sign vandalism in Disney theme parks?

 

[Casper Gutman]

*Looks at Star Wars series that a very significant body of critics and viewers are hailing as a genuine masterpiece and the best show of the year*

Fans: We must remove Kathleen Kennedy at once or this chaos may continue.

 

[JoeCamel]

Chapek’s sign was there in January 2017, which is when I photographed my opinion of it, and him.

You didn't take the opportunity to flip off both Bobs? Make it a twofer?
Bob the former now the latter had a well established track record by 2017

 

[JoeCamel]

They took the man's sign down? He's not going to jail for accounting but he's not going to jail for something else, is he? Or is there an epidemic of sign vandalism in Disney theme parks?

It's closed for refurbishment, like 20K

 

[vikescaper]

Check the Lakeland antique mall, just $3000 next week only.
Either that or they gave it to Bob as a parting gift......

Nah…. $3000 is too much to spend on firewood!

 

[castlecake2.0]

Taking down Bob's sign seems a bit low, actually. Has anyone else's "window on Main Street" type acknowledgement ever been removed because someone fell out of favor with the current regime? It really feels like they're very disingenuously trying to rewrite history and hide the fact that Iger hand-picked Chapek and every single thing Chapek did was a continuation of Iger's policies.

They always change it depending who the current person is, it’s not the same as a window tribute

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Is it? I was under the impression that they began discussing a halt to theatrical productions after Solo bombed, and solidified the decision when Last Jedi underperformed.

That is correct. They didn’t buy LFL for $4,000,000,000 to NOT make movies

No, it was discussed when the initial timeframe was laid out. If I have time later I'll find a quote from Iger.

You Mean the guy doing damage control.

…as soon as you Venmo me the payment, I’ll get those magic beans we discussed right over to you

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The cast members know nothing. I had some detailed conversations during the pandemic to feel them out

First, they seem to not grasp the P&R head is beholden 100% to the ceo…in this case that was chapek. It’s their largest revenue source. They’re not “half in”

Second, they see a guy posting selfies on Instagram and Facebook with the serfs and think that matters at all…which it never will.

The deal is/was they hated chapek and needed a saviour so they picked tight pants. It there’s no divergence. Never was

It's so weird because I've seen stories of Adventureland merch cast who reacted to Chapek getting canned with tears of joy. Then the VPs and Directors I know were like "oh wow, interesting, back to my actual job, which this is unlikely to affect significantly in the short term, if ever. I think front-liners saw Chapek as the avatar of all the ways in which their lives were miserable during COVID. Fans did this too. All the COVID stuff that they hated got lumped under "bald man bad."

 

[CaptainAmerica]

They always change it depending who the current person is, it’s not the same as a window tribute

Bob Iger and Willow Bay stayed up throughout the Chapek regime.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Bob Iger and Willow Bay stayed up throughout the Chapek regime.

Rasullo and Staggs disappeared quickly

 

[Brer Oswald]

My uncertain recollection is that this specific sign used to say Robert Iger and was changed when Chapek became CEO.

It was there on my last trip to Castaway, which was prior to Iger fleeing from his post.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Anybody want to buy an action figure?

Make an offer.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It's so weird because I've seen stories of Adventureland merch cast who reacted to Chapek getting canned with tears of joy. Then the VPs and Directors I know were like "oh wow, interesting, back to my actual job, which this is unlikely to affect significantly in the short term, if ever. I think front-liners saw Chapek as the avatar of all the ways in which their lives were miserable during COVID. Fans did this too. All the COVID stuff that they hated got lumped under "bald man bad."

I think that was the natural response on all levels. Also…if one person is the bad guy…then no one else has to be

 

[MrPromey]

John Carter was way better than it gets credit. It should have spawned a multi movie franchise. Indiana Jones in space.

People didn't understand the history of the "franchise".

It looked in the trailers like a weird knockoff of a lot of other movies that had come before it and most people didn't realize that major elements of those movies were actually cribbed from the original John Carter stories (Barsoom) that are now over a hundred years old.

Everyone I know who knew the source material or even just the comics from the 70's, loved the movie.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Anybody want to buy an action figure?

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Make an offer.

It’s should cost 1/2 of one dvc point at riviera…

So $200

 

[DCLcruiser]

People didn't understand the history of the "franchise".

It looked in the trailers like a weird knockoff of a lot of other movies that had come before it and most people didn't realize that major elements of those movies were actually cribbed from the original John Carter stories (Barsoom) that are now over a hundred years old.

Everyone I know who knew the source material or even just the comics from the 70's, loved the movie.

Agreed. Carter is the origin of everything.

Let the people who did MoonKnight reboot JC. Would be awesome. Then push more of the Earth/Mars back and forth. Give it a mystery or Indiana Jones professor feel on Earth and Star Wars romance on Mars. Make the aliens less weird, plus real actors. And change the title so it’s descriptive.