News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!

[SingleRider]

Today had multiple rides with over 120 min waits. It was brutal in HS today. Extremely long lines.

Tower has been at half capacity for a week or so. If this is for the refurb on Foxtrot, I wonder what genius thought this was a good idea right before Thanksgiving and Christmas…

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I know it's going to be crowded but there is no way it is going to be bad as I know it (historically) can get because they even said they were never going to go to 100% capacity again even now post-pandemic.

Edit: I am a lot more worried about Universal on the other hand...

We kid a lot…

But this is serious. You’re not gonna get light crowds/shorter lines. You just won’t.

It very well can be manageable…but you have to think a couple steps ahead. That’s where we are.

 

[uncle jimmy]

Young eisner would look like the second coming around now…

But he’s old…and the world changed

A creative mind like his, might do they some good right now to have him come consult and help redirect an area.

I wonder if we'll see some other familiar names step back into the company in some role or position; Rhodes, Staggs, Rice, Weis, Mucha

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Hocus Pocus 2 does not hurt the brand, stuff like Live action Pinnochio does. Everyone I know who's seen it HATES it.

Neither hurts any brand. Pinocchio is fine. The people that HATE it seem to compare it to the cartoon…which is why they need to knock this stuff off. As long as it’s just for D+…it’s fine.

What hurts the brand is too many marvel movies/shows with diminishing results…
And Pixar not being able to find new characters to latch onto…
And bombing Star Wars straight out of the theaters steeped in public disputes all the time.

That hurts

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

A creative mind like his, might do they some good right now to have him come consult and help redirect an area.

I wonder if we'll see some other familiar names step back into the company in some role or position; Rhodes, Staggs, Rice, Weis, Mucha

Hard to say…

Appointing Eisner as “director emeritus” would be a strong PR move…because even though people crap all over him (mostly based on old out of context complaints on places such as this)…it is hard to dispute what his overall product was.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

So it feels just as crowded

It did not when we went last year hence why I'm saying this now,

 

[jpeden]

Hard to say…

Appointing Eisner as “director emeritus” would be a strong PR move…because even though people crap all over him (mostly based on old out of context complaints on places such as this)…it is hard to dispute what his overall product was.

This would be a genius PR move. Also he’s already had to call Mucha and at least ask her to consider returning, right? I mean, she was basically his #2 and did his bidding, which is why he was able to be so well liked while she dealt with the garbage.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

This would be a genius PR move. Also he’s already had to call Mucha and at least ask her to consider returning, right? I mean, she was basically his #2 and did his bidding, which is why he was able to be so well liked while she dealt with the garbage.

She’s a fixer…and I’d say she’s be back with Braverman…but they both got the boot a year ago…so who knows.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

We kid a lot…

But this is serious. You’re not gonna get lifht crowds/shorter lines. You just won’t.

It very well can be manageable…but you have to think a couple steps ahead. That’s where we are.

That’s my advice also, plan for it to be packed and feel blessed if it’s not, there’s nothing worse than expecting average crowds and then showing up to chaos.

We had an amazing trip in Nov 2021 but I haven’t seen any pictures in the last 6 months that look like what we experienced a year ago.

We’ll be back in January and I’m expecting huge crowds, I hope I’m wrong but I know we’ll have fun regardless of crowds, it’s WDW, we always have fun, even when we went for New Years a few years ago and were packed in like sardines the whole time we had a blast.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It did not when we went last year hence why I'm saying this now,

When did you go?

 

[BobPar]

That’s my advice also, plan for it to be packed and feel blessed if it’s not, there’s nothing worse than expecting average crowds and then showing up to chaos.

We had an amazing trip in Nov 2021 but I haven’t seen any pictures in the last 6 months that look like what we experienced a year ago.

We’ll be back in January and I’m expecting huge crowds, I hope I’m wrong but I know we’ll have fun regardless of crowds, it’s WDW, we always have fun, even when we went for New Years a few years ago and were packed in like sardines the whole time.

The summer was great regarding crowds & honestly as hot as it was i would seriously think about going back again vs Christmas season

 

[fgmnt]

Hard to say…

Appointing Eisner as “director emeritus” would be a strong PR move…because even though people crap all over him (mostly based on old out of context complaints on places such as this)…it is hard to dispute what his overall product was.

Eisner apparently can shepherd a more durable successor than Iger; you have to wonder if that has been considered by what counts as a brain trust in Burbank.

 

[alphac2005]

Well, at least Chapek wasn't as bad as David Zaslav over at WB. That's a very low bar to clear, but still. Over there, it's an absolute dumpster fire.

BTW, in case you're wondering what video from the ABC News website I had linked to in my "theoretical email to Iger" that no longer works, it's the full two-hour interview that Josh Elliott did of former Penn State president Graham Spanier in August 2012, which Spanier undertook to defend himself from criticism. Obviously a very big interview, which ABC had made available to view at the end of 2013, during Spanier's trial, but it no longer works.

Furthermore, ABCNEWS VideoSource should also really be improved further, in allowing access to raw interview material.

You have that right. We have a very close friend who is visiting with us right now during the holiday week and they work for CNN. To say it’s a dumpster fire under Licht and Zaslav is an understatement.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Don't need his permission to write about public events

And yet people sure acted that way.

Chapek is what happens when Iger pushed out everyone who could do the job far better than he could.

Like who?

Staggs should be on the short list for next CEO IMO.

Absolutely not. Despite having been disbanded, Iger never actually pivoted away from Strategic Planning and just promoted the likes of Staggs. Tom Staggs was one of the most uncredited shapers of The Walt Disney Company as it existed at the end of Eisner’s tenure and into Iger’s tenure.

Maybe. Maybe not. Time will tell.

Time has already told. The events already transpired.

Not praising Jim Cramer in general, but he actually hit the nail head-on with Disney.

This comment just makes Cramer look clueless. Parks wasn’t Chapek’s area of expertise. He had absolutely no park experience prior to getting the top job at the parks. If Iger had gotten his way the parks wouldn’t be a thing for Cramer to talk about and there’s no evidence he truly sees them as an area of potential growth.

 

[Baloo62]

Add pig tails and you have a dead ringer for Nellie Olsen

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Eisner apparently can shepherd a more durable successor than Iger; you have to wonder if that has been considered by what counts as a brain trust in Burbank.

They both sucked at that…but Eisner was about 60 when it all went down, Iger 70…

I blame pharma for keeping everyone around too long

 

[Lilofan]

Add pig tails and you have a dead ringer for Nellie Olsen

I just had a fleeting thought she looked like an old Cindy Brady - Susan Marie Olsen.

 

[Kirby86]

It was fantastic for hard core Beatles fans, but I think complete tedium for everyone else ("When does this thing finally end?", said wifey to me quite often while I watched it).

Oh it was definitely for the hardcore Beatles Fans. My dad and I loved it. However my Mom was bored out of her mind (she's more of a Rolling Stones fan.) Was it an odd choice for Disney plus programming? Absolutely but I'm glad it exists. If it was a Chapek decision I'll tip my cap to him.

 

[WaltsTreasureChest]

See below:

Again, wasn't advocating for Cramer, just saying he's right in that the parks clearly need more investment given that's their cash cow.

We’re putting Kramer from Seinfeld as CEO of Disney next?

 

[Kirby86]

We’re putting Kramer from Seinfeld as CEO of Disney next?

Not that there's anything wrong with that!