Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They don’t do specialized merch much anymore…they just don’t want to limit scale when it can be shipped by bezos’s robots and drones en masse 24 hours a day.
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News Bob Iger is back! Chapek is out!!
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I think they’ve torched that bridge with Mears. I’d see them rolling back ILL before bringing back DME.
JusticeDisney
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You clearly misunderstood my post. We were talking about what may or may not happen going forward. Unless you have a crystal ball or some sort of magical powers…..
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It would cost them more - sure - but it never cost them that much to begin. I know Iger was around/involved…but I bet he didn’t really love that move. Chapek also boned the spin - which was his speciality. He basically said “you do it” and blamed Uber.
Somewhere in revenue…I’d be shocked if there wasn’t a correlation between a decline in on property room sales tracking and magical express pushing people off property. Maybe not huge…but money is money and it hurts ancillary sale streams.
They’re never really “full”…and you can’t blame Covid anymore. I do hear a grumble from the ghosts of work past still occasionally.
Mark Dunne
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Great stuff, I think magical express return in some way , listen the trouble in the parks and latest fights etc, are major concerns for Disney , I think the price hikes will drop down, and bring harmony back , cheapek was far to cold in his decisions, and left thousands angry, when you do that you change the fans, then they turn to castmebers in there frustration , dropping ME was a disaster for them, especially as bright line was cancelled through Disney , welcome back Bob
Bob Chapek out at Disney, Bob Iger returns to lead the company as CEO
Iger, who spent more than four decades at the Company, including 15 years as its CEO, has agreed to serve as Disney’s CEO for two years.www.wdwmagic.com
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
we have 18 years of documented pattern from someone who got WAY too much credit for running a mediocre parks operation to act like there’s a clean slate now.You clearly misunderstood my post. We were talking about what may or may not happen going forward. Unless you have a crystal ball or some sort of magical powers…..
So we all should be very reserved in our optimism/praise until we see some evidence of change.
He mostly packed parks/raised prices and overloaded dvc in Orlando.
But I do like the springs restaurants -
So at least there’s that
JusticeDisney
Well-Known Member
Oh, I agree with all of that. I still think he’s a huge upgrade from Chapek, though. Then again, I also don’t believe WDW is even remotely as bad as so many people here seem to think it is, so there’s that too, lol!we have 18 years of documented pattern from someone who got WAY too much credit for running a mediocre parks operation to act like there’s a clean slate now.
So we all should be very reserved in our optimism/praise until we see some evidence of change.
He mostly packed parks/raised prices and overloaded dvc in Orlando.
But I do like the springs restaurants -
So at least there’s that
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The ceo of one of the 3 biggest media companies in the free world is the face of ALL divisions
At the end of the day…that’s why chapek got canned
Perhaps they would bring in Art Vandelay as a consultant.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It was 100% the right move to fire Slaphead…I’ve been calling for it since day one and it happened. It’s a relief.
However this is just the shock moment…it can’t fall into another 10 years of Iger and the Hollywood reporters love affair with him…
As a shareholder, longtime fan, high spending patron and - much to everyone’s chagrin - a historian/expert on this company (I know…but sadly you know it’s true…)…I EXPECT them to do what the presser says and find the right management to take over and evolve the longterm strategy.
That’s what they said…now JUST DO IT, Nike!
no need for ego stroking “will he or won’t he?” With an old man…again
JD80
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Chapek was right!!
MrPromey
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Why does Apple need to be doing this?
As an Apple customer, I think it would be cool. It would add a coolness factor for Disney, too and having an onsite Genius Bar to handle cracked screens and such would be a plus for Disney and traveling guests but what's in it for Apple that they don't already have?
I'm pretty sure Disney has the available retails space to rent out so they're not the ones you really need to convince for this kind of thing and if Apple thinks it'll benifit them, I'm pretty sure they'll be there.
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Mears is a business, and if they can lock in and guarantee an income stream from a stable source like TWDC, I promise they'll build that bridge back no matter how bad it was burned. You don't turn down guaranteed revenue in the hospitality and tourism industry, especially when you're facing a recession.
MrPromey
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Br0ckford
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And he'd be great with the latex imports and exports
Casper Gutman
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Chapek was awful.
In a year or so, I think a lot of us are going to wish Chapek was back.
“This is not going to go the way you think.”
In a year or so, I think a lot of us are going to wish Chapek was back.
“This is not going to go the way you think.”
GimpYancIent
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Second chances do not come very often B.I. has been handed a second chance. Clearly, he has a greater level of intellect, style and craftiness than B.C. now to show it and not squander this opportunity.
Woke up. Opened this thread and read this.
Cheerful start to my day. I’m going back to bed.