Exactly. Remember, Iger is the one who said he was going to wean all us freeloaders off the discounts and freebies...I'm absolutely astonished at how excited everyone is in thinking all these great things are coming back.
Exactly. Remember, Iger is the one who said he was going to wean all us freeloaders off the discounts and freebies...I'm absolutely astonished at how excited everyone is in thinking all these great things are coming back.
i dk if you used FP or not and how you traveled but if you did use FP wasnt that sort of a reservation system already? same if you booked a breakfast at a specific spot close to where you planned on visiting that day? of all the moronic decisions this company has made to me this is low on the totem pole to fix... i can see the frustration i get it but there are bigger fish that needs to be fixedIf park reservations go, it will all be worth it. When your policy (or position) reads like an Onion headline, you are doing it wrong.
So currently at Disney, I pay the mouse thousands of dollars for a vacation which for most includes tickets into the parks but now if I don't have a reservation to these parks I don't get in. That. Is. Insane. Make it go away.
So a different perspective to consider.The parks are making record breaking revenue/profit. It's not in decline financially.
Wasn't Encanto particularly well received? Given the aftermath of the pandemic and the mixed release strategy, that may not have resulted in a financial windfall (I don't know the actual numbers), but it seemed like "We Don't Talk About Bruno" was everywhere a few months ago.They need someone to triage animation and live action. What's the last non-marvel Disney/20th Century movie anyone gave a crap about? Quietly having its worst performance since the mid 2000s. Well I guess not so quietly anymore.
Animation:They need someone to triage animation and live action. What's the last non-marvel Disney/20th Century movie anyone gave a crap about? Quietly having its worst performance since the mid 2000s. Well I guess not so quietly anymore.
I’ve gone twice this year! The parks are great! No lie.Yeah but I still think a lot of this is from post Covid/no mask surges. There are many who have visited the parks since changes (genie+ etc) and higher prices that say they won’t be back or as often as before. We’ll see if that’s true.
The parks need to expand, big time, and make it easier to enjoy
Does that include marketing and the theater cut of the box office?Animation:
Frozen II made big money. The two that followed were released to D+ on day/date, or had a shortened theatrical run and had good ratings. But Encanto became a cultural meme.
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Likewise for Pixar, Lightyear was the only one that did poorly. The others had shortened/limited theatrical release due to the pandemic, but otherwise got great ratings.
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I'm not going to bother defending the Star Wars series. They've all been doing very well.
I will agree that Disney live action has done poorly with their D+ movies (with the exception of Hocus Pocus 2 which had big watch numbers).
In the end, the claim everything is bad and falling apart and failing is... false.
I don't see any immediate or short-term improvements at the parks except maybe improved CM morale. Maybe the Play pavilion gets back on track (maybe not).The Facebook group I'm in is besides themselves.. They're somehow convinced that this will benefit the parks at all... I'm at a loss as to why people are freaking out over nothing.
I say they should give her until Indy 5 to see if she should stay or not. It's not popular to say, but there's been some Ws under her. Honestly, I'd say it's about 50/50 for her reign; Force Awakens, Rogue One, Mandalorian & Andor are all Wins.Who else is getting the boot? Kathleen Kennedy seems like a good place to start
I feel Marvel is easier to bring back to speed than Star Wars. Phase 4 has definitely been a mixed bag but there's still been a lot of good stuff too. What they need to do is cut down on the amount of stuff they're producing. It's pretty clear that Feige & the other top creatives are being spread too thin & a lot of quality is slipping through the cracks.Nope. She was a Bob I person. It’s going to be interesting to see if they continue down the trajectory Bob I setup which lead to so much franchise damage to Star Wars and Marvel.
I cannot possibly see any change in the direction of the parks. They're making money hand over fist. People keep coming and spending more and more on the premium upgrades to their passes. Why one earth would they spend hundreds of millions when there is zero need to.I don't see any immediate or short-term improvements at the parks except maybe improved CM morale. Maybe the Play pavilion gets back on track (maybe not).
Does Iger roll back the price increase in two weeks then...and hope Wall Street will again focus on subscriber numbers?Michael Nathanson (one of the top media analysts) - Chapek was bad because he focussed on DTC subscriber growth and not profitability.
THAT'S COMPLETELY BACKWARDS. Iger is the one who launched Disney+ at a way-too-low price. Subscribers-at-all-cost-and-screw-profitability was an Igerism that Chapek was trying to fix with the price hikes and ad tier.
They really need to do a better job of controlling Genie+.Iger’s coming back to a company where the books are a complete mess. I don’t feel that Parks have been the cause of this given their profits and revenue. But let’s play Fantasy CEO a for a moment. Let’s say he does away with Genie+ and ILL and the like. Where do you make up the hundreds of millions in revenue shortfalls?
Indeed. Both Bobs made no secret that they were purposefully loss-leading to build up sub numbers. The same strategy that Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber, Netflix enacted. And Wall Street rewarded them for blowing past their initial sub numbers.Michael Nathanson (one of the top media analysts) - Chapek was bad because he focussed on DTC subscriber growth and not profitability.
THAT'S COMPLETELY BACKWARDS. Iger is the one who launched Disney+ at a way-too-low price. Subscribers-at-all-cost-and-screw-profitability was an Igerism that Chapek was trying to fix with the price hikes and ad tier.
They're up 9.2% in pre-market trading.Stock market will be opening soon, it'll be fun to see how Wall Street reacts. I bet there'll be a spike at opening.
lol noDoes Iger roll back the price increase in two weeks then...and hope Wall Street will again focus on subscriber numbers?
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