Bob Iger staying Disney CEO through 2016

[Tonka's Skipper]

Folks I would not worry to much. If you look over the last 2 years, you can see that the Iger bean counters have been beaten back and much more in the way of major refits, maintenance and up grades have been coming to WDW. Iger has noticed guests have not been happy with broken down rides and the general shabby look of the parks and resorts, not to mention the loss of some of the little magic spots that make Disney ..Disney.

I believe Iger finally figured out that the bottom line is not the only thing important,..........the Disney name, brand, reputation are just as or more important!. ...Well I hope so anyway!

Time will tell!

AKK

 

[WDWDad13]

The near full details leaked at that time, but discussion of the decks, off ramp, name change and expansion of retail had all been occurring since well before then. It wasn't a surprise.

yes, but again not to that magnitude

 

[juniorthomas]

I want to get off Mr. Iger's Wild Ride.

You mustn't remember much of the Many Misadventures of Eisner the Pooh.

 

[alphac2005]

I don't know why everyone always goes back to the RFID technology...there will be payback off of this whether in hard or soft dollars otherwise they wouldn't have done it. It will eventually change the theme park experience completely.

There are no guarantees in business, whatsoever. That's much of the point has been made here and I'm not going to rehash, but there is a reasonable argument that the excessive spending on the program won't do as you have stated and it was simply spending resources that didn't involve improving the product and it won't live up to the revenue numbers that their management expects with the RFID system.

 

[alphac2005]

It's doing well from a short-term financial standpoint. In terms of the creative and long-term angle they are slowly but surely undoing what made the company great.

I was thinking about it today that there are probably many posters on the boards that were actually too young to even remember how different the quality was (rephrase, how there was such high quality) at the property and they don't even see what the disappointment is all about.

 

[HMF]

I was thinking about it today that there are probably many posters on the boards that were actually too young to even remember how different the quality was (rephrase, how there was such high quality) at the property and they don't even see what the disappointment is all about.

That is what scares me.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

While no fan of what has happened to WDW for the past decade, regarding Iger's purchases. He is more consistent than Eisner, but he still hasn't found his "ESPN". Fortunately he hasn't yet found his ABC Family either.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

I was thinking about it today that there are probably many posters on the boards that were actually too young to even remember how different the quality was (rephrase, how there was such high quality) at the property and they don't even see what the disappointment is all about.

WDW simply is a shadow of it's former self. Take it or leave it. Disney simply doesn't care. You have already been replaced by non-English speaking tour groups.

 

[Ignohippo]

While no fan of what has happened to WDW for the past decade, regarding Iger's purchases. He is more consistent than Eisner, but he still hasn't found his "ESPN". Fortunately he hasn't yet found his ABC Family either.

No, just Pixar, Marvel and LucasFilm. I'd take those acquisitions over the acquisition of ESPN any day.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

No, just Pixar, Marvel and LucasFilm. I'd take those acquisitions over the acquisition of ESPN any day.

You? OK. Disney Execs? Probably not, considering that ESPN is TWDC's most profitable unit. ESPN brings in 46% of all of The Walt Disney Co.'s profit.

http://beta.fool.com/danielsparks/2012/11/09/espn-disneys-reliable-cash-cow/16067/

 

[Ignohippo]

You? OK. Disney Execs? Probably not, considering that ESPN is TWDC's most profitable unit. ESPN brings in 46% of all of The Walt Disney Co.'s profit.

http://beta.fool.com/danielsparks/2012/11/09/espn-disneys-reliable-cash-cow/16067/

Right now it is, but it is getting more and more competition every day. CNN used to be on a mountain top all by itself, now it's almost irrelevant. The same is happening to ESPN.

Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm will be bringing in billions for at least the next two decades. Pixar is close to paying for itself and, at $4 bil, it won't take much more than the new trilogy for Lucasfilm to pay for itself as well. The only one that really worries me is Marvel. It'll all depend on how their second wave of franchises do.

 

[NowInc]

People tend to forget that Disney is a very very large corporation, not just Theme Parks.

...now lets see if he can buy Hasbro before he leaves

 

[Captain Neo]

I'll take Iger over the last ten years of Eisner.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Right now it is, but it is getting more and more competition every day. CNN used to be on a mountain top all by itself, now it's almost irrelevant. The same is happening to ESPN.

Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm will be bringing in billions for at least the next two decades. Pixar is close to paying for itself and, at $4 bil, it won't take much more than the new trilogy for Lucasfilm to pay for itself as well. The only one that really worries me is Marvel. It'll all depend on how their second wave of franchises do.

I foresee Star Wars getting the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" treatment. As in Disney is going to milk it dry with super-saturating the market with product and advertising.

Heck, they are trying that with Marvel/ Super Hero movies. They will just keep going until we never want to see a stormtrooper again.

 

[imagineer boy]

The only things I can give Iger major kudos for are the buying of Pixar and Lucasfilm. Everything else has been not so good. And yeah, this news has disappointed me greatly too. To be fair though, if he did leave he probably would just appoint one of his Cronies.

 

[NoChesterHester]

I'm not sure I completely understand the hatred for the man. There is no denying that Parks and Resorts has seen a huge influx of big capital. Now, I question the decisions on content just like everyone, but they are spending. A CEO probably gets way too much credit and way too much blame.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I'm not sure I completely understand the hatred for the man. There is no denying that Parks and Resorts has seen a huge influx of big capital. Now, I question the decisions on content just like everyone, but they are spending. A CEO probably gets way too much credit and way too much blame.

Like a President or anyone else in charge. You get all of the credit for success and all of the blame for failure. You're a leader.

 

[cheezbat]

Show me a solid change and new E-tickets at WDW and maybe I'll be ok with Iger. As it is right now at WDW I've seen nothing since Eisner's departure that makes me think he's doing a better job theme park wise.

Sure he's made some big movie property acquisitions, but that's about it.

 

[NoChesterHester]

Show me a solid change and new E-tickets at WDW and maybe I'll be ok with Iger. As it is right now at WDW I've seen nothing since Eisner's departure that makes me think he's doing a better job theme park wise.

Sure he's made some big movie property acquisitions, but that's about it.

Who's fault is the lack of E-tickets really?

My outsider guess is that the insane R&D spending on NGE is a large culprit. So who's to blame for focusing on that boondoggle? Plenty of blame to go around.

I don't believe Iger is passionate about the parks, but I also don't think he has demonstrated he is the scourge either. He seems to care about quality - possibly to a fault.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Show me a solid change and new E-tickets at WDW and maybe I'll be ok with Iger. As it is right now at WDW I've seen nothing since Eisner's departure that makes me think he's doing a better job theme park wise.

Sure he's made some big movie property acquisitions, but that's about it.

There will certainly be E-Tickets approved before Iger leaves...though not built and opened.