News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!

[MrPromey]

Why? Genie+ is the culmination of every single step Iger took with the parks. Blue water strategy. Orlando the mature market. Billions in convoluted systems to avoid actually increasing capacity. Genie+ is Iger's supreme achievement, the manifestation of his mindset.

People are acting like Eisner is back.

My point of optimism is that Iger will be back in 100% full legacy mode.

I don't expect a lot of wrongs to be undone (at least when it comes to the parks) but my hope is that this is where continued wrongs stop.

 

[Tom P.]

What's the "agenda?" What makes you think Disney isn't focused on "creating good entertainment?"

Because they aren't managing to actually create much of it? I mean, whether you're talking movies, TV, streaming, or parks, is anyone really happy with the content they are putting out?

 

[_caleb]

@MisterPenguin, I came to this thread from the other one thanks to your link and now there’s a bigot spewing hateful nonsense and why did you have to steer me wrong like that?

 

[fgmnt]

My point of optimism is that Iger will be back in 100% full legacy mode.

I don't expect a lot of wrongs to be undone (at least when it comes to the parks) but my hope is that this is where continued wrongs stop.

This is a pretty acceptable rationalization. I do not think it will be correct, because the open contempt with which the company treats the parks and their customers was fostered by Iger, but maybe he will see his legacy threatened and his ego will override it all.

 

[BaconPancakes]

Ok I’m done feeding the troll. I’m guessing we’ll see him back as another username soon.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Worth remembering in these, um . . . interesting times that it's better to Report and Ignore irresponsible posters than it is to engage with them.

 

[_caleb]

My point of optimism is that Iger will be back in 100% full legacy mode.

I don't expect a lot of wrongs to be undone (at least when it comes to the parks) but my hope is that this is where continued wrongs stop.

SAME

 

[Figment1984]

Just report the guy and move on. That poor person is a prime example of someone who is terminally on Twitter stuck in whatever echo chamber the algorithm recommended to him. Just laugh at the stupidity and report.

 

[Casper Gutman]

So I hope this means the EPCOT tabletop is coming back and construction in the middle of the park will be extended by a year or three. Because that would be very bad but very funny.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Folks, put @DuckTalesWooHoo1987 on ignore. It's unlikely the account will survive the dawn. And it's just a stupid tangent for now.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

The only 2 mods of the forum are currently asleep.

Or people could simply ignore/block commentors and get back on topic… this doesn’t require the mods, it takes two to argue, if everyone ignores the inflammatory comments they generally stop.

 

[JustInTime]

I highly suggest everyone use the ignore feature. If a tree falls and nobody hears it…

Anyway, Iger said he would say more tomorrow. I can’t wait to read what else he and the company have to say!

 

[MisterPenguin]

starting a rumor that Chapek got busted posting here on one side or another of the "culture wars"

He already did that to himself.

 

[skiir97]

I remember where I was when I first read the news that Chapek was taking over. And now I read this headline. Full circle!

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

So I hope this means the EPCOT tabletop is coming back and construction in the middle of the park will be extended by a year or three. Because that would be very bad but very funny.

Someone mentioned this on a livestream but with steel already in the air I can’t imagine it happening. I was never a fan of the tabletop so maybe I’m just hoping it’s too late for it to come back.

Just reread and noticed the year or three… lol.

 

[TwilightZone]

 

[Vinnie Mac]

Wonder what this means for EPCOT

 

[_caleb]

I‘m with @MrPromey in thinking that Iger is coming back in legacy mode thinking about the big picture and what he wants to be remembered for. I’m hoping he’ll try to cast himself as a creative genius by bringing WDI back from wherever they were banished to, greenlighting some creative stuff on Disney+, and maybe doing a Walt Disney Presents…-style streaming show.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Make that a double, some real idiots out tonight...

 

[Magenta Panther]

As interested as I am to know the story behind all of this, I highly doubt this will have a positive impact for the fans/customers. I see no reason to celebrate. I don't see any reason to think that Iger would have run the company any differently than Chapek over the past couple of years. He jumped ship like a rat JUST before Covid started really affecting the company, leaving Chapek to deal with the mess.

Chapek is a bad leader, but he's really just a bland continuation of Iger's policies. The only substantial difference I noticed is that Chapek blurted out his intent to price gouge customers publicly like a brainless dolt. Iger at least had the sense to keep his trap shut while doing the same thing.

Yep, pretty much this. Iger's got more charisma than Chapek. But he's just as greedy and soulless, and has certainly done his part to tarnish Walt's legacy, particularly in the parks. Just remember that, instead of fixing the Yeti in EE, he put a strobe light on it. His idea of a "Potter Swatter" was dippy Pandora. I see very little to celebrate about his return.